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WC Chart Topper 9225 P BW: 82 AWW: 889
Annual Bull Sale
3.14.20 Kearney, Missouri • 5 pm
Selling 150 Bulls
WC Icon 9200 P BW: 80 AWW: 916
the Bottom Line By Larry Burchfield
Burl Cooper said his Red Angus herd has been his most profitable Burl Cooper, owner of Cooper Ranch in Romance, Ark., has made a lifetime of raising cattle, a long lifetime. At 83 years old, Cooper has no plans to retire or even slow down. He is up early every morning loading feed and hay to make sure his Red Angus cattle get the best nutrition, especially during the winter. The cattle respond and will come running with a honk of the ATV horn or see the tractor humming down the road loaded with hay. It
ever since. Burl and his family moved to White County, Ark., when he was 25 and began clearing what is now Cooper Ranch. His first land purchase was in 1961. “This land was basically wilderness when we bought it.” Burl said. “There were a couple of old log roads through here and even the county roads were poor gravel roads. I had worked for a lot of years to come up with the $4,000 down payment on the land. It was tough. Photo by Larry Burchfield
WC Maher Revolution 9154 PET BW: 82 AWW: 775
WC Network 8727 P ET BW: 71 AWW: 792
WC Platinum 8558 P BW: 71 AWW: 836
WC Intensity 9331 P BW: 75 AWW: 834
Sale Manager:
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Greg Hubert P.O. Box 100 Oakley, KS 67748 785-672-3195 (office) 785-672-7449 (cellular)
For more bull sale information, call Derry & Mary Wright 42922 Old Hwy. 10 • Richmond, MO 64085 816-776-3512 farm office 816-456-3792 cellular dwright@wrightfarms.net www.wrightcharolais.com Chris & Kelsi Peuster, Managing Partners 816-529-2190 cellular
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Burl Cooper transitioned his cattle herd to Red Angus in 1993. He said the breed’s maternal traits and temperament sold him on it.
gets crowded around the feed troughs as We almost starved to death, but we hung in there and made it work.” Burl puts out buckets of soybean meal. The pioneer spirit and determination Burl originally hails from McAlester, Okla., where several generations of both Burl brought with him from Oklahoma has been the catalyst for the sides of his family worked foundation of a quality Red the land. Several siblings of Angus cattle herd. Burl’s parents moved west Romance, Ark. Today, Cooper Ranch stretchduring the Dust Bowl of the es over 655 acres and runs 276 1930s, but Burl’s parents head of cattle. toughed it out. Burl bought Burl has raised several differhis first cattle as a teenager ent breeds of cattle over the years and has been raising cattle
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