Stacey Ramsey

By Julie Turner-Crawford

Hometown: Bolivar, Mo.

Family: Children, Kiley Ramsey and Blake Ramsey and Blake’s fiancée Jacey Alexander; parents: Frankie and Paula Phillips; brothers Paul Phillips and Brad Phillips (deceased); nieces and nephews, Rileigh and Noah Phillips, and Allen and Cole Phillips.

In Town: Stacey Ramsey recently retired after a 26-year career in the Bolivar, Mo., School District, serving as the district’s children’s services worker.

“I dealt with the child abuse issues, kids not coming to school and connecting families with any kind of assistance they might need,” Stacey explained. After retirement, Stacey began a new career, but she still helps children.

“I work for the state [of Missouri] in the hotline unit,” she said. “When people call to report abuse or neglect, I’m one of the people on the other end of the phone.”

In the Country: Stacey’s family has been involved in the Foxtrotter industry for decades, breeding and showing multiple world title winners.

“We have had our ups and downs, but we have always been at the top of the breed,” Stacey said. “Mom and Dad had Traveling Suzi (the 1982 World Champion). She was the top of the breed, and people still know who she is to this day. She had a son, Stroker Ace, and he was a top producing stud. Paul and I had mares, and his mare was a year older than mine. He would win his class, and I would win my class.

Stacey said the first time she showed was on a pony when she was about 6 or 7, then moved up to the “big horses.”

The walls of the family’s trophy room are filled with garlands, Stacey said.

“We don’t have room to hang anymore up, but anymore that we’ve gotten, we find a place for them,” she said. “I have two containers of garlands just from my mare Snip. Snip was the kind of horse that wanted to win. If there was a crowd of horses to move through, I would shut my eyes and say, ‘Go, Snip.’”

Stacey continues to be involved in the Foxtrotter breed, and her daughter Kiley following in Stacey’s footsteps.

“She loves it,” Stacey said. “I haven’t shown as much because I want her to be successful. Dad can call her and say he needs this done with this horse, or says he needs her to feed and she will do it.”

Thanks to Kiley’s interest in showing, the family has begun adding horses.

“Things had dwindled down, but Kiley want to give it a go,” Stacey said. “She has even gotten Dad interested in riding again.”

Future Plans: Stacey plans to move back to her hometown of Buffalo to be closer to her parents, and the horses.

“I want to be able to work with the horses as much as I can and continue the winning tradition our stock has always had,” she said.

Slaughter Cows

Beef Cattle

5 Area (Tx-Ok, Ks, Neb, Ia, Colo, Nm, Mn)

Live Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice

Steers: 161.00-167.00; wtd. avg. price 165.03.

Heifers: 163.00-166.00; wtd. avg. price 164.85.

Dressed Basis Sales - Over 80% Choice

Steers: 265.00-268.00; wtd. avg. price 267.42.

Slaughter Bulls

Replacement Cows

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 140.00-230.00.

Hair Breeds - Good 1-2 (per cwt): 155.00.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 140.00.

Hair Ewes - Utility an Good 1-3 (per cwt): 105.00-120.00.

Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2 (per cwt): 110.00.

Hair Bucks - 1-2 (per cwt): 137.50-165.00.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs:

Ewes - Medium and Large 1-2 (per cwt): 135.00.

Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 147.50-240.00.

Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/<20 lbs lamb (per unit): 190.00-345.00.

Feeder Goats:

dairy & fed cattle

National Dairy Market 3/3/23

Cheese: Barrels closed at $1.5750 and 40# blocks at $1.9500. The weekly average for barrels is $1.5675 (-0.0050) and blocks, $1.9160 (-0.0215).

Fluid Milk/Cream: Farm level milk yields are mixed after some inclement weather in recent weeks/days throughout the country. Winter storms in areas of the West that are still recovering from heavier than typical rainfalls are adding to the uneven milk output levels from one farm to the next. All said, though, milk is generally plentiful for all Classes in all regions. Bottling orders are variant from one region to the next, as school orders vary. Retail bottling orders are steady. Spot milk availability into cheese production is widely available in the Midwest, as spot prices ranged from $10 to $2.50 under Class III. Condensed skim is and has been widely available for drying, as well. Butter makers are running active churning schedules, as cream multiples are holding at steady, for the most part, from week to week. F.O.B. cream multiples are 1.20-1.27 in the East, 1.14-1.25 in the Midwest, and .95-1.21 in the West. SPOT PRICES OF CLASS II CREAM: $ PER POUND BUTTERFAT, F.O.B., producing plants, Midwestern U.S. - $2.8710 - $2.9906.

sheep & goats

Diamond, Mo. • TS White Sheep/Goat 3/2/23

Receipts: 496

Feeder Sheep/Lambs:

Hair Lambs - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 285.00330.00.

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 245.00-322.50.

Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 340.00-435.00.

Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 245.00-315.00.

Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 207.50-210.00.

Wether Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 370.00.

Slaughter Goats:

Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 322.50-405.00.

Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 285.00-305.00.

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 130.00-227.00.

Bucks/Billies - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 130.00-240.00.

Wethers - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 185.00.

Wether Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 405.00.

Replacement Goats:

Nannies/Does - Selection 1-2 (per cwt): 165.00-260.00.

Families - Selection 1-2 w/<20 lbs kid (per unit): 190.00270.00.

Receipts: 611

Feeder Sheep/Lambs: Hair Lambs - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 295.00312.00.

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs: Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 222.00-315.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 232.50.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3 (per cwt): 120.00-134.98.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 90.00-119.00.

Hair Bucks - 1-2 (per cwt): 100.00-141.00.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs:

Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 218.00.

Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/<20 lbs lamb (per unit): 235.00.

Feeder Goats:

Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 322.00-397.50.

Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 242.50-325.00.

Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt): 150.00.

Slaughter Goats:

cow/calf pairs

Norwood, Mo. • Producers Auction Yards Sheep/Goat 2/25/23

Receipts: 1,526

Feeder Sheep/Lambs:

Hair Lambs - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 277.50340.00.

Slaughter Sheep/Lambs:

Hair Breeds - Choice and Prime 1-3 (per cwt): 237.50-330.00.

Hair Breeds - Choice 1-3 (per cwt): 267.50.

Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 100.00.

Hair Ewes - Good 2-3 (per unit): 145.00.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per cwt): 100.00-120.00.

Hair Ewes - Utility and Good 1-3 (per unit): 95.00-145.00.

Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2 (per cwt): 80.00.

Hair Ewes - Cull and Utility 1-2 (per unit): 65.00-100.00.

Hair Bucks - 1-2 (per cwt): 100.00-125.00.

Replacement Sheep/Lambs:

Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per cwt): 135.00.

Hair Ewes - Small and Medium 1-2 (per unit): 155.00-210.00.

Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/<20 lbs lamb (per unit): 130.00-360.00.

Families - Small and Medium 1-2 w/20-40 lbs lamb (per unit): 160.00-405.00.

Feeder Goats:

Kids - Selection 1 (per cwt): 317.50-400.00.

Kids - Selection 2 (per cwt): 270.00-310.00.

Kids - Selection 3 (per cwt):