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Colley Feed and Farm Supply

By Julie Turner-Crawford

COW AND BULL SALE Aug 3, 2022

4:30 PM following regular cow sale Expecting 1000 Cows and Several Breeding Age Bulls!

Betty Hamill (Russell Hamill Trust) of Adair, OK.

69 – good quality home raised commercial Black Angus, Angus/Charolais cross spring calving bred heifers. Heifers will be 30 months old at time of calving, bred to registered Angus low birth weight (70#) bull with 45 day calving window starting 09/15/22. All heifers were vaccinated at 9 months of age for Brucellosis (bangs) at weaning by Pryor Vet Clinic and have been on an excellent vaccination and mineral program. Heifers on our farm never receive any growth implants. Our cattle have excellent herd health and the only cattle purchased on our beef cattle operation for the past 30 years is virgin registered Angus bulls. Ready to turn out to pasture, received 2nd round of Vira-Shield 6 w/Lepto Vibrio, pinkeye, blackleg, and Ivermectin injectable wormer during Pryor Vet Pregnancy tested on 04/25/22 (had over 95% a conception rate). Very docile, easy to handle and in excellent condition. Call 918-915-0818 for more information.

Due to a partial reduction of our commercial beef cow operation we are selling 130 commercial fall calving Angus and Angus/Charolais cross Bred Cows with 60 day calving window starting 9/15/22. All cows are home raised and ages range from 3 to 8 years old, bred to purebred lower birth weight Angus bulls. All cows were calfhood vaccinated as young heifers and are in excellent health. Vaccination program includes Virashield 6 w/Vibro/Lepto and pinkeye shot received twice per year. FMI Glen Hamill 918915-0818 or Troy Yoder 918-640-8219. 60 – head Angus and Angus X, bred to black Angus bulls (Hoover Dam or Broken Bow), fall calvers September through November, weight average 1200 lbs, 7 years and up, born and raised on the farm, annual shot program, heifer calves on cows will make good replacements. FMI Mary Ann Friese (573) 225-7932.

40 – Sim/Angus Fall calvers – 6 and 7 years old , start calving in September, bred back to a Red Angus or Sim/Angus bull. FMI Kurt Marrs 479387-0874.

90 – Black and BWF heifers, bred to LBW Angus bulls, start calving September 15, fancy set of heifers that weigh from 1050 to 1200 pounds. FMI Bryon Haskins 417-850-4382.

100 – Black & BWF 5 to short & solid, bred to Sim/Angus bulls, start calving August 15. 40 – Red Angus / Char X, 5 to short & solid, bred to Red Angus, start calving August 15. FMI Tim Durman 417-438-3541.

1 – Registered Polled Hereford bull, three-yearold, homozygous polled, sired by WWS P90 Victor 712, bull will be vet checked, sement tested, and trich tested before the sale. FMI Dennis Michael 417-398-0019 or 417-955-2606.

15 – Two to four-year-old Hereford pairs. FMI Cash Skiles 417-669-4629

JRS Office 417.548.2333 Skyler Moore 417. 737.2615 Bailey Moore 417.540.4343 Jackie Moore 417.825.0948

View more information at www.joplinstockyards.com Cattlemen’s View or JRS facebook! l Location:

Sarcoxie, Mo. l Owners:

Lance and

Andrea Colley

History: Lance Colley and his grandfather, Champ Colley, started Colley Feed and Farm Supply in 2004.

Lance said the idea came after seeing the variation in feed prices.

“I could buy bagged feed off a pallet for one price, then five or six days later, the same feed off the same pallet, and it would be $1 a bag higher. I asked why because it was the same feed and why is it different? I was told the Chicago Board of Trade went up, so the feed went up. I thought that was wrong, and I started a feed store. Unless our input costs change, the price of our feed doesn’t change, regardless of the markets.”

The original idea was to offer friends and neighbors feed at a low cost, and the Colleys hoped the new business would help them offset the cost of feeding their own cows.

As the business grew, Champ turned the reins over the Lance in about 2007.

“He’s still here every day,” Lance said of his grandfather. “He’s still a big part of what we do.” Products and Services: Colley Feed and Farm Supply makes one feed – the Colley Mix.

“We physically go get products from the manufacturers, and I truck it in myself; we blend it, package it and sell it all in-house,” Lance said. “It’s guaranteed 16-percent protein, 5-percent fat all stock feed. It has Cheerios, Fruit Loops, cashews, peanuts, dried distillers and peanut hull pellets. We get all of these byproducts from these manufacturers and blend it to make a really good, highly-digestible feed.”

Lance said the feed, which he developed and tested himself, has a TDN of nearly 80 percent.

The Colley Mix is available for pickup at the store.

While the Colley Mix is a big seller for the store, the Colleys also grow and sell hay, and they keep the same lowest-price possible philosophy with their hay sales.

“My grandpa always told me you can make a quick buck today or you can make 50 cents forever.”

Additionally, Colley Feed and Farm Supply offers haying products.

“We keep a bunch of generic supplies,” Lance said, adding that they have net wrap, bailing twine and other products.

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