October 1 edition

Quick Bits

BQA Event

A free Stockmanship and Stewardship virtual event will be held Nov. 1 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. This event provides an opportu nity for cattle producers to learn about beef sustainabil ity and livestock welfare, how consumer concerns have impacted the industry and the role Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) plays in the conversation. For more information and to register, visit stockmanshipandstew ardship.org

D.C. Meeting

Ag advocates from across the country went to Washington, D.C. during the last week of Septem ber to champion the federal programs important to them and their communities. A cohort of farmers, ranch ers and food systems advo cates from 12 states joined the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition for approximately 30 meetings with Congressional lead ers and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials.

USDA Deadline

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has extended the applica tion deadline for Grazing Lands Conservation Ini tiative Cooperative Agree ments from Sept. 22 to Oct. 6. USDA is investing up to $12 million in partnerships expanding access to conser vation technical assistance for livestock producers and to increase the use of con servation practices on graz ing lands. To learn more, visit usda.gov

Solar Farm

A German company with headquarters in Irvine, Calif., is looking at a par cel of Laramie County land to build a 150-megawatt solar farm south of Chey enne near the Colorado bor der. South Cheyenne LLC is in the early stages of permit ting the project. The solar farm will cover 875 acres of private land, according to a letter the company sent to the Laramie County clerk.

CAID faces challenges due to aging infrastructure

across the state of Wyo ming exceeds 100 years in age, and multiple districts have dealt with infrastruc ture collapses.

“We had a catastrophic failure last year,” says CAID Manager Drew

James. “We had to shut down the water to approxi mately 8,400 acres.”

CAID canal

The construction pro cess for CAID’s main canal began in 1934 and was completed around 1937-

38. The canal is 62 miles long and irrigates 24,249 acres, stretched out across 50,000 acres.

James says there’s a big emphasis on repairing all of the infrastructure as it’s

Carbon County

CONSERVATION DISTRICTS

Three Carbon County conservation districts work on a variety of projects to help provide landowners and others resource management, land-use planning and detailed soils information. Districts are responsi ble for setting local priorities, administering grants, facilitating fund leveraging and providing a variety of outreach services.

S-E-R CD

Joe Parsons has been involved with the Saratoga, Encampment, Rawlins Conservation District (S-E-R CD) for roughly 10 years. Prior, he worked with the Greater Sage Grouse Initiative which was a partner ship position between Rocky Mountain Bird Obser vatory, Natural Resources Conservation Services and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD).

“Working in this role was a really good starting position which turned into working for the con servation district and ultimately becoming a district manager here for the district,” he shares.

He notes COVID-19 greatly impacted their school visits in the Rawlins area, but education and natural resource projects are a large focus of their dis trict, spe cifi

WORK TO CONSERVE LANDS

cally in Encampment and Saratoga.

“It’s been a wild ride after COVID-19. We were still doing projects during COVID-19, but it was really hard to get contractors and materials, so this year has been a wild summer,” he says.

The district recently hired Justin Stern to over see the Natural Resource Education Program and serve as the water resource specialist and educa tion coordinator.

“He does natural resource education – everything from water quality to ag days to where food comes from – classroom-type work with mainly elemen tary grades. We’re working on getting him into high school FFA and 4-H classes as well,” shares Parsons. “Education is one of the strongest programs within the conservation district,” he notes.

From a project and resource side, S-E-R CD has a handful of water development projects benefiting wildlife and livestock operations – from ponds to range developments, wells and off-site tanks.

The district is currently in various stages of plan ning projects on the North Platte River, including a large bank with stabilization and fish habitat project.

“Optics are high on it and it’s a pretty big project – the river has some really unstable banks threatening to take out some irrigation structures as well as irri gated hay meadows,” says Parsons. “By stabilizing several of those banks, we’ll be able to provide some longevity for some of the operators down there.”

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Annual event

WCHF inducts 2022 members

The Wyoming Cow boy Hall of Fame (WCHF) inducted 36 members of the class of 2022 in a ceremony Sept. 24 at the Little Amer ica in Cheyenne. Inductees included a husband-and-wife cowboy team, six generations of one family and individuals from across the state.

Presentation of the cow boy induction medals was made by Gov. Mark Gor don and Sen. Cynthia Lum mis (R-WY) with assistance from Miss Rodeo Wyoming Reata Cook and members of the WCHF board of directors.

Jonita Sommers of Pine dale was recognized for her work as the first ever WCHF Volunteer of the Year and the organization presented the first Cowboy Spirit Award posthumously to Chuck Larsen, who served as emcee for the program for seven years. His award was accepted by Linda Larsen.

WCHF mission

The WCHF was formed in 2014 to recognize Wyo ming cowboys. The cow boy is defined as gender neu tral – there are both men and women inducted into the WCHF, shared WCHF Execu tive Director Candy Moulton.

“We want to preserve

With substantial expe rience in the rodeo industry and ties in Wyoming’s agri cultural community, Mitchell feels she is equipped with the right tools to be successful in this position.

“My roots run really deep – I have a lot of years in the rodeo industry and living in Wyoming,” she says. “My community ties and ties in the rodeo and ag world will be very beneficial to the fair, and of course, being here as a part of the team for the past few fairs and getting to know the superintendents and volunteers has helped me build connec tions – my relationship with them is going to be a big benefit.”

Background

Mitchell has been heavily involved with rodeo and agri culture her whole life.

“I was raised on my grandpa’s ranch in Montana, and my mom and stepdad competed in rodeo events and had race horses,” she says. “I mainly ran barrels and did ranch work

Laramie – Since BJ Bender was a little girl, she knew she wanted to be involved in the agriculture industry. By the age of 11, BJ raised all kinds of livestock – from rab bits to beef cattle. In 2012, she relocated to Wyoming to attend the University of Wyo ming. Today, she continues to have a pas sion for providing local, ethical food good for its consumers, the environment and the community through her business Taste of the Wind.

Business plan

BJ notes she had dietary issues and was constantly frustrated and in pain every

time she ate. She decided to take matters into her own hands and make a difference in the ag community and industry.

Her business raises a combination of Mangalitsa and Berkshire hogs, Icelan dic sheep, Red Ranger broilers and laying hens, in addition to working with two local cattle producers for beef products.

“We’ve had an upward trajectory since we started roughly four to five years ago,” she shares. “Now, we are at about 20 hogs a year, 20 lambs, roughly 30 head of beef and 150 meat chickens.”

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The Wyoming State Fair (WSF) welcomed Kris Mitchell into her new position as assistant general manager on Sept. 16. Mitchell has served on the WSF team for three years as the exhibit supervisor.

The Casper Alcova Irrigation District (CAID), like most other irrigation districts across the state of Wyoming, is struggling to maintain the upkeep of its irrigation infrastructure. Much of the infrastructure

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Now

As we get into the calf shipping sea son, we realize there are many changes from last fall. There are some positive changes, especially prices, and there are the not so positives; such as the higher cost of inputs, inflation, drought, increasing interest rates and a falling stock market.

This fall, we’re seeing calves deliv ered earlier and less calves being back grounded for the usual 45 days. I’ve heard, “I want them down the road” often this month.

Producers are wanting to save any grass they have for their cows with the high price of hay, and more importantly, the low availability of hay everywhere. The 2022 hay production is reported to be down three percent from last year, and hay sup plies are at the lowest level seen since 1959. This is a scary figure.

CattleFax says, so far, some early trends are beginning to emerge from cattle sold through auctions. These trends indi cate a smaller overall supply, fewer yearlings available to trade and drought-forced early movement of lighter calves.

One of the positive notes is slaughter rates have kept up with or exceeded last year’s rates. Slaughter rates continue to rise with the final August fed slaughter coming in 2.1 percent above last year on a weekly average basis.

Steer slaughter was a bit lower in August than last year, while heifer slaughter really jumped with a 6.7 percent increase above year-ago levels. Cow and bull slaughter, with rising prices at the auctions, were 7.3 percent higher than 2021 on a weekly average basis.

The annualized culling rate slowed down though, com ing in at 12.3 percent after being above 13 percent from May through July. This early culling was caused mostly by the drought in the Southern Plains. They have really had it rough down there, sometimes running out of buyers at the local auc tions on sale days.

August was the lowest month for feedlot capacity so far this year, while the September 2022 inventory was up 0.5 per cent from August. The August low was 975,000 head lower, or down eight percent, than the record on-feed inventory in February 2022.

Demand for beef is still growing, both nationally and over seas, even though European inflation is higher than the U.S. and exports to Mexico and Canada are lower.

Now, the big question for beef producers is do you keep more or less replacement heifers, or none at all? It’s a hard decision to make as everyone’s operation is different. The trend now is to sell heifers this year and keep heifers for replacements in 2023.

I have heard a few people say now is the time to keep heif ers and have more calves to sell in 2024. Others have said with the drought expected to last the rest of this year, there will be plenty of cull cows slaughtered to keep cow numbers lower, and with rising prices, any weight calf will sell well. Remem ber, money isn’t money, till it’s in your pocket.

As cattle prices keep going up in 2023, more heifers will be retained which will raise the number of calves in 2025. If the adjustment happens quickly at around 18 months of the turn of the trend, usually that is enough retained heifers to rebuild the numbers of cattle.

Whatever the time, we hope inputs have fallen and this drought is history.

GUEST OPINIONS

Wyoming's Conservation Districts: Working Hard for Wyoming

By Kelli Little

Now that the leaves are changing and there is a chill in the air in the morn ings, the summer/early fall busy season is starting to slow down for Wyoming’s 34 conservation districts.

“Slowing down” being a rel ative term because the dis tricts are always working to improve and conserve Wyo ming’s water, soil and natu ral resources.

The districts have been busy on a myriad of proj ects including water qual ity sampling, soil sampling, planting trees, forestry man agement and water quality and quantity projects. This is not an exhaustive list, but it gives a sense of the vast myriad of responsibilities and projects the conserva tion districts undertake.

I started working at the Wyoming Association of Con servation Districts (WACD) six months ago. In those six months, I have had a crash course in all manner of con servation practices and poli cies which are the lifeblood keeping Wyoming’s natural resources safe and profitable for future generations.

I grew up in eastern Wyoming, went to school in Laramie and have lived my adult life in Gillette and Cheyenne. I think a lot of people like me know conser vation districts exist, but I’m not sure many people really know what they do.

Over the past six months, I’ve had the opportunity to visit 12 of the conserva tion district offices and learn about their priorities, con

cerns, projects and what they hope to accomplish in the future. I hope to visit each and every conservation dis trict office in Wyoming in the coming months.

WACD and Wyoming Water Association hosted the 2022 Watershed Con ference and Tour in June in Riverton which was well attended by conservation district staff and supervisors, state and federal agency per sonnel and other folks with an interest in water quality and quantity. The conference was a great success with a huge range of professional speakers, including a key note address from Wyoming Meteorologist Don Day and an update from Wyoming Legislature’s Select Water Committee Chairman Rep. Evan Simpson.

WACD also hosted a watershed training course in July in Buffalo. Thanks to a great partnership with Wyo ming Department of Envi ronmental Quality, who taught the training, many conservation district employ

ees completed requirements to become certified to do surface water quality sam pling in Wyoming’s waters. I personally learned a great deal at this training and hope to get some on-the-ground experience soon.

I also had the opportu nity to attend the National Association of Conservation Districts Southwest Region meeting in September. I was able to connect with my col leagues and counterparts from the various southwest ern states. Many of us share the same successes, chal lenges and goals, and it’s important to know we aren’t alone in our quest to practice responsible conservation of natural resources.

Now, with some time and education under my belt, I’m working to define what I hope to accomplish here at WACD. I want our organiza tion to be a professional and successful advocate for the conservation districts. There are many policy propos als and changes on the hori zon, both on a federal and state level, but I plan to suc cessfully lead the districts in navigating these challenges and opportunities.

One of those policies is the U.S. Environmen tal Protection Agency’s (EPA) Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) proposed rule. WACD has been at the fore front of the fight to keep the definition of WOTUS as favorable for Wyoming as possible. We have filed comments, an amicus brief in pending litigation and

participated in the EPA’s WOTUS roundtables.

Other federal and state policy issues which have garnered WACD’s atten tion and action include wild horse and burro manage ment, American Rescue Plan Act funding, Wyoming’s ad valorem tax changes, Endan gered Species Act, Coun cil on Environmental Qual ity National Environmental Policy Act regulations and the 30x30 Initiative, just to name a very few.

One thing is for cer tain, WACD and Wyoming’s conservation districts are working hard every day to improve the lives of Wyo ming citizens. Conservation districts are funded in sev eral different ways in Wyo ming. Some conservation districts receive mill levy revenue, some are funded by their counties and others receive grant revenue from various sources.

These districts operate leanly and responsibly, they work for the betterment of their constituents, and they take their conservation obli gations seriously.

For any questions or suggestions related to nat ural resource conservation, please reach out to a local conservation district. A list of Wyoming’s conservation districts can be found at conservewy.com

Kelli Little is the exec utive director of the Wyo ming Association of Conser vation Districts. She can be reached at kelli.little@con servewy.com.

Kelli Little

LMA hosts fly in

Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) members and staff traveled to Washington D.C. Sept. 18-20 for the LMA D.C. Fly-in. Over the course of two days, approximately 50 LMA members and staff met with senators, U.S. representa tives, Congressional staff and U.S. Department of Agricul ture (USDA) officials.

LMA members advocated for Congress to pass bills that would update an outdated Packers and Stockyards Act rule prohibiting owning both a livestock auction and a packer. This is an antiquated rule predating the current, transparent method of selling livestock at an open auction.

A pair of bills would address this issue by allowing live stock auction owners to invest in small and regional pack ers. At the same time, very large packers would still be pro hibited from owning a livestock auction.

LMA members also spoke about a need to update the Packers and Stockyards Act prompt payment requirements due to slowing mail service and a desire to incentivize elec tronic payment as the more efficient method.

Fly-in attendees also met with leadership of the USDA Packers and Stockyards Division; Andy Green, USDA senior advisor for Fair and Competitive Markets; and Dr. Rosemary Sifford, chief veterinary officer of the U.S. and USDA Animal and Plant Health Plant Inspection Service Veterinary Service deputy administrator.

In addition to meetings with legislators and regulators, LMA hosted a briefing to educate staff of the House of Rep resentatives and Senate on the livestock marketing industry.

Biofuel industry grows

According to a new report from CoBank’s Knowl edge Exchange, the recent surge of investments in U.S. renewable diesel production capacity is likely to ignite a period of growth and transition for the biofuels industry.

As major oil companies have begun embrac ing renewable diesel, U.S. production is expected to increase exponentially. Several industry stakeholders have announced plans for new soybean crush and refin ery facilities over the last two years. Soybean oil is the feedstock most commonly used for producing renew able diesel. Combined, the proposed crush and refin ery projects would increase U.S. renewable diesel pro duction capacity six-fold by 2030 to 6.5 billion gallons annually.

However, the expected growth in soybean oil-based renewable diesel requires considerably more soybean bushels for domestic crush. CoBank estimates the U.S. soybean acreage would need to increase by 17.9 mil lion acres to fill the supply gap created by the addi tional crush and refinery projects. Additionally, the U.S. would need to stop exporting whole soybeans.

For the full report, visit cobank.com

Corporation seeks land

Western Legacy Development Corporation continues to search for a site to build its $1.1 billion beef processing facil ity after being rejected by two cities in the Northern Plains.

Meatingplace reports both Rapid City, S.D. and Chey enne are no longer considered in the running for the plant. When the corporation first announced its intentions to build the 8,000-head per day plant, Rapid City, S.D. was the pro posed site. But the city’s industrial center developer said the proposed space was not large enough to accommodate a plant this large.

Cheyenne was thought to be the next possible choice for the plant, but Cheyenne’s mayor said it could not meet the water demand of the meat plant.

Meatingplace reported Megan R. Kingsbury, president and chief executive officer of Western Development, con firmed “her company is the unnamed developer looking for a site in conversations with Cheyenne, and said Wyo ming is but one of several states the project has approached. She declined to name other locations under consideration, however.”

The plant is “still on track to break ground in 2023,” she said, and begin operations by 2026. And that plant is just the first of several, according to Western Legacy’s longer-term plans in the meat industry, she said.

Idaho hosts sheep festival

Sheep have been trailing through the Wood River Valley of Idaho for well over a century and are an integral part of Idaho’s heritage. The iconic Trailing of the Sheep Festival, Oct. 5-9, celebrates the sheep, herders, history and food of this unique cultural tradition, with the event recognized as one of the Top Ten Fall Festivals in the World by msn.com

Each fall, the Trailing of the Sheep Festival honors the 150 plus year annual tradition of moving sheep “trailing” from high mountain summer pastures down through the valley to tradi tional winter grazing and lambing areas.

The festival includes activities in multiple venues – history, folk arts, a sheep folklife fair, lamb culinary offerings, a wool festival with classes and workshops, music, dance, storytelling, championship sheepdog trials and the Big Sheep Parade with 1,500 sheep hoofing it down main street in Ketchum, Idaho.

The Sheep Tales Festival will present Voices From the Land – unique stories of women in ranching, featuring women ranchers from three prominent Western sheep ranches. Culi nary events include: For the Love of Lamb tastings, Lamb Fest at the Folklife Fair, cooking with lamb classes and farm to table lamb dinners. Wool Fest will be featuring 10 different classes and workshops. The Happy Trails Closing Party in the Ket chum Town Square will provide food and live music.

For the detailed schedule, tickets and lodging deals, visit trailingofthesheep.org

Meat production reported

Commercial red meat production for the U.S. totaled 4.83 billion pounds in August, up five percent from the 4.59 bil lion pounds produced in August 2021. Beef production, at 2.51 billion pounds, was six percent above the previous year. Cat tle slaughter totaled 3.08 million head, up seven percent from August 2021.

The average live weight was down six pounds from the previous year, at 1,348 pounds. Veal production totaled 4.7 million pounds, nine percent above August a year ago. Calf slaughter totaled 33,900 head, down two percent from August 2021. The average live weight was up 28 pounds from last year, at 242 pounds.

Pork production totaled 2.3 billion pounds, up four percent from the previous year. Hog slaughter totaled 11 million head, up three percent from August 2021. The average live weight was up two pounds from the previous year, at 282 pounds.

Lamb and mutton production, at 11.7 million pounds, was up 13 percent from August 2021. Sheep slaughter totaled 182,000 head, two percent above last year. The average live weight was 127 pounds, up 11 pounds from August a year ago.

January to August 2022 commercial red meat production was 36.8 billion pounds, down slightly from 2021. Accumu lated beef production was up two percent from last year, veal was up five percent, pork was down two percent from last year and lamb and mutton production was down five percent.

For a full copy of the report, visit nass.usda.gov

Trade partnership celebrated

Leaders representing the U.S. red meat industry recently traveled to Tokyo to commemorate the 45th anni versary of the inaugural U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) office, which opened in Tokyo in 1977. Japan has consistently been a top customer and is the leading international market for U.S. red meat, purchasing nearly $4.1 billion in 2021. Through July 2022, U.S. red meat exports to Japan reached $2.4 billion.

The U.S.-Japan trade partnership is highly valued by those in the U.S. pork, beef and lamb industries. While in Tokyo for meetings, market visits and a celebration event attended by 200 importers, distributors, trade media and U.S. exporters, industry representatives expressed appre ciation for the business relationships developed over the past 45 years and expressed a commitment to serve the Japanese market well into the future.

Industry representatives participating were: USMEF Chair Mark Swanson of Fort Collins, Colo., founder of Tru Grit KGMS Enterprises LLC; Dean Meyer, USMEF chair-elect and livestock and grain producer from Rock Rapids, Iowa; Norman Voyles, Cattlemen’s Beef Board chair and beef producer from Martinsville, Ind.; Dan Gattis, Texas Beef Council chair, rancher and attor ney from Georgetown, Texas; Molly McAdams, execu tive vice president of the Texas Beef Council; and Craig Floss, chief executive officer of the Iowa Corn Promo tion Board.

FEEDERS

Bates Creek Cattle Co.

Blk/Bwf Strs

Hfrs,

nearing 88 years of operating.

“Everything is getting older,” he says. “Concrete only lasts so long before it’s going to crack and break.”

want more input from every body to see what they want to have done.”

Future development and call to action

Global, Sired by: Angus Bulls: 21 Angus, Heiken, Ellingson, Cattle Mt, GDAR, Lucky

Shaw, Hereford Bulls: Van Newkirk, Ward, Shaw Tracy & Amy Terrell 350 Mx Strs, 700-860#Complete Vac. Program, No Implants, Coming off grass, High Elevation, Producer All Natural Mark Shipley 350 Blk/Bwf Hfrs, 760-900#, Spayed/Open (45 hd are spayed balance ran open),

Full Vac. Program

O D Cattle Co. 225 Hereford/Rwf few Blk Strs & Hfrs, 850-1040#, Complete Vac. Program, Coming off grass, Producer All Natural, Home Raised, Green Box E Cattle 73 Blk Hfrs, 825-900#, Spayed, Complete Vac. Program, Implanted w/Revolar G, Coming off grass, Sired by Lucky 7 Bulls, Home Raised Kruse Livestock LLC 31 Bwf/Rwf/Hereford Strs & Hfrs, 800-900#, Complete Vac. Program, Revalor G Implant, Poured, Running on grass, Home Raised Kruse Ranch 22 Hereford Hfrs, 750-850#,

Morgan

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 ~ CALF SPECIAL

Scott Hornbuckle 100 Blk Angus Strs & Hfrs, 500#, Branding Shots, Steers are Knife Cut, Home Raised

Eller Ranch 90 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 400-500#, Branding Shots: 7-way, No Implants, Producer All Natural

Mike & Gretchen Wollert 90 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 550-600#, Branding & Precond Shots

Jessica & Luke Wiedman 70 Blk/Bwf Angus Strs, 600-625#, Branding & Precond Shots, Steers are Knife Cut

Ron Christensen 63 Blk Hfrs, 450-550#, Branding Shots, No Implants, Sired by Redland Reg. Bulls

Tim & Nancy Fenster 60 Blk few Bwf Strs & Hfrs, 580-600#, Branding & Precond Shots, Steets are Knife Cut

Heine Ranch/Royce & Kathy Heine 55 Blk/Bwf Strs & Hfrs, 540-610#, Branding & Precond Shots

Bentley Ranch 50 Blk Hfrs, 500#, Weaned on Sept. 6, Hay Fed, Chelated Mineral, Branding & Precond Shots Fred Acheson 45 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 550-600#, Branding & Precond Shots

Caster Ranch 43 Mx Strs & Hfrs, 525-600#, Birth, Branding & Precond Shots, Producer All Natural

Louise Garhart 21 Blk Strs & Hfrs, 600-650#, Branding Shots, Calves Born: March 15 thru May 15, Home Raised

SALE RESULTS -ALL

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - 1032 HD

Diamond One Ranch 1 Black Cow 1410 97.50C

Shaffer Livestock 5 Black Cow 1255 97.50C

Creekside Ranch 1 Black Cow 1330 94.00C

Bugas Ranch 2 Black Cow 1200 92.00C

Diamond One Ranch 1 Black Cow 1315 88.00C

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Ward

Diamond

Cow 1195 91.00C

Black Bull 1802 103.50C

Carson Wurdeman

TJ Hollingsworth

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Tracy Lampman

Thaler Land

Rita Long

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Black Bull 2035 103.00C

Black Bull 1742 101.50C

Black Bull 1990 97.50C

Black Bull 1590 95.50C

Black Bull 1640 95.50C

Black Bull 1160 95.00C

Black Bull 1413 92.50C

Black Bull 2130 90.50C

UPCOMING

Monday, October 3rd

Wednesday, October 5th

Friday, October 7th

Monday, October 10th - Calf

Wednesday, October 12th - Yrlg

Friday, October 14th - All Classes

Monday, October 17th - Calf Special

Wednesday, October 19th - Yrlg & Calf Special

Friday, October 21st - All Classes

SALE RESULTS -YRLGS & CALVES

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Herman Livestock 27 Black Steer 634 190.50C

14 Ranch LLC 49 Black Steer 719 189.00C

Brian Smith 17 Black Steer 740 188.00C

Notch Peak Cattle Co 20 Black Steer 766 187.00C

Notch Peak Cattle Co 62 Black Steer 841 185.00C

14 Ranch LLC 43 Black Steer 820 181.50C

Rawhide Ranch 26 Black Steer 829 179.50C

Jerry Blackburn 50 Black Steer 914 179.00C

Reed Eilers 14 Black Steer 952 175.00C

Evans Ranch 54 Black Steer 976 172.00C

Wade Phipps 20 Blk/Red Steer 939 174.00C

JP Werner & Sons Inc 22 Blk/Red Steer 961 170.00C

Notch Peak Cattle Co 35 Red Steer 802 184.50C

Notch Peak Cattle Co 47 Red Steer 893 179.00C

14 Ranch LLC 30 Black Heifer 636 186.50C

Barney Ranches Inc 153 Black Heifer 789 181.00C

88 Ranch Land 20 Black Heifer 803 180.00C

Tom Dixon 45 Black Heifer 842 178.00C

88 Ranch Land 182 Black Heifer 852 177.00C

Doug Lemaster 15 Black Heifer 753 176.00C

Dilts Ranch Co 24 Black Heifer 908 168.00C

Prager Ranches Inc 18 Black Steer Calf 377 258.00C

H & H Livestock 18 Black Steer Calf 376 230.00C

Moore & Addington 21 Black Steer Calf 425 225.00C

Moore & Addington 113 Black Steer Calf 477 220.50C

Prager Ranches Inc 69 Black Steer Calf 470 218.50C

14 Ranch LLC 18 Black Steer Calf 605 202.00C

Judy Windmeier 4 Black Steer Calf 496 201.00C

Keenan Ranch LLC 28 Black Steer Calf 565 201.00C

Cheryl Lund 22 Black Steer Calf 545 199.50C

Marlan Wiedman 23 Black Steer Calf 558 196.00C

Prager Ranches Inc 7 RWF Steer Calf 382 259.00C

Moore & Addington 60 Black Heifer Calf 416 207.00C

Broken Box Ranch 23 Black Heifer Calf 603 204.00C

Moore & Addington 22 Black Heifer Calf 485 189.00C

Keenan Ranch LLC 28 Black Heifer Calf 543 179.50C

Broken Box Ranch 48 BWF Heifer Calf 548 215.00C

Broken Box Ranch

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Judy Windmeier

BWF Heifer Calf 624 211.50C

Black Bull Calf 527 177.00C

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CAID has an immense amount of infrastructure, so maintenance and develop ment is a huge challenge for the crew.

“When they constructed the project, it was meant to hold a bigger capacity than what it is now – it was sup posed to be doubled in size, so all of our infrastructure is a lot bigger than it needs to be,” says James. “We have six tunnels in the project, and we operate and maintain five of those. There’re about 13 large siphons going under the natu ral drainage.”

This is a lot of infrastruc ture and a large area for a small irrigation district with only eight full-time employ ees to cover.

“There are also drains we have to maintain as well –it’s the cost of upkeep that’s a huge burden, not only for us, but every irrigation dis trict in the state,” James says. “To get everything back up to where it needs to be without the risks of failures is a pretty daunting task.”

Level one studies

The Wyoming Water Development is aware of the struggles and challenges Wyoming irrigation districts are facing. They are perform ing water resource studies across Wyoming, says James.

Wyoming Water Develop ment approved CAID for a level one study, which will take roughly 13 months to complete.

The state of Wyoming will also be doing a level one study on the critical aging of irrigation infrastructure, so they are taking a 30 thousand foot view of the entire state and the aging infrastructure, he mentioned.

“In the last three years, three irrigation districts have had catastrophic fail ures: Deaver Irrigation Dis trict, CAID and Goshen Irri gation District,” he says. “So, the state is taking a step to see what they can do to help us, but it is more of a bur den on the producers and the stakeholders within the dis trict than they can bear at this point.”

Public meetings are being held across the state for the aging infrastructure study. The Casper meeting is sched uled for Oct. 26 at the fair grounds from 6-8 p.m.

CAID plans to take on bigger projects, but rising prices and inflation are prov ing to be a challenge for the district.

“As far as resources, pipelines are pretty much out of the picture right now with the price it’s at,” says James. “We are thinking outside of the box to try to go after every resource we can.”

CAID recently proposed a significant rate increase for irrigated water users. These increases have not yet been approved.

“This rate increase is a necessity for the operation and maintenance of the dis trict,” he shares.

CAID is planning to accomplish significant work with the rate increase, says James, and the fee increase will benefit producers in the long run.

“We aren’t here to put any producer out of business – we are doing everything we can to improve the system so they can produce better crops,” he adds.

James also says CAID is working to receive as many grants as possible and work ing with Wyoming Water Development and other agen cies to fund projects.

“We want to create a sys tem where it works for today rather than what it was meant to work for 80 years ago,” he says. “We are trying to do as much as we can with what we have. We understand we are not going to fix every little problem but hopefully in the near future, we will have a five to 10 year plan to revamp the entire system.”

CAID’s main concern is keeping the water flowing and doing everything they can for the bigger picture of the district, says James.

“I do understand the onfarm issues are there as well, but making sure the main source is still intact is our main priority,” James says.

“Overall, we have a great team here who really cares about the work they are doing,” he says. “We want to see producers be success ful, and we are trying to give producers the best they can get. Ag sustains the economy in this area, and agriculture doesn’t exist without water, so CAID has an important job to do.”

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“I think a lot of people need to go to these meet ings, listen, take part and put their two cents in with what they really want to see hap pen with this study,” he says.

“With this study being at the state level, I think they want these meetings because they

“We want to proactively preserve the infrastructure for 50 years down the road, not just for tomorrow,” he says.

Kaitlyn Root is an editor for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr. net.

For more information on CAID, visit casperwyoming.chambermaster. com/list/member/casper-alcovairrigation-district-17609. To learn more about upcoming aging infrastructure public meetings, visit wwdc.state.wy.us/critical_ infrastructure/meetings/meetings.html.

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WOMEN

Kendall Roberts highlights importance of women in

Kendall Roberts grew up on a cow/calf operation outside of Cheyenne. She is the second generation on the King Ranch Company, L.P., and is the third-gener ation rancher in her family.

Kendall attended the University of Wyoming (UW) and got her bach elor’s in ag business and master’s in ag economics.

She interned with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture in 2008 and went to Washington D.C. for an internship with the National Association of Conservation Districts as their legislative intern from January through May of 2009.

After graduating in 2011, Kendall came back to the ranch and has been there full time ever since.

Kendall and her husband James work on the family ranch and also have a small Red Angus cow/calf opera tion intermingled with the rest of the family’s cow/ calf operation.

Kendall says figuring out how to feed and clothe more people with less land, less water and less people in the ag industry is a chal lenge for producers across the world. This is a chal lenge Kendall faces headon every day.

“More and more women are stepping up to the challenge because we know we can do it,” she says. “It is very excit ing to see, especially now when we can ban together and have a united front and do the best we can for the industry.”

Involvement in ag organizations

During her time at UW, Kendall was involved with the Sigma

Alpha Sorority.

“The sorority focuses on the pillars of making sure you’re developing leadership, scholarship and fellowship,” she says.

Kendall served in the collegiate level as well as three years on the national executive team for the sorority. She served as trea surer, secretary and finance chair.

“I am still an active alumni today of the orga nization,” she says. “I also serve the local UW Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter, working with them to do presentations and ranch tours to make sure they get some experience outside of the classroom.”

Kendall serves as the ag and rural representative for the Wyoming Seat Belt Coalition to give a perspec tive of ag safety and the importance of buckling up in the state of Wyoming.

“The ag industry is always affected, whether it’s traveling on rural roads or safety issues with trac tors and equipment,” she says.

She has also served on the overseeing advi sory committee for the UW Sustainable Agricul ture Research and Exten sion Center in Lingle for five years.

Kendall has been a member of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) since she was old enough to join. She served as the marketing transpor tation co-chair for three years, and is an active member of the Young Pro ducers Assembly (YPA).

She is currently a mem ber of the Wyoming Farm Bureau out of the Laramie County area.

YPA involvement

The YPA is a group of young WSGA members who came together to cre ate a place of learning, camaraderie and friendlyfamily atmosphere while advocating for Wyoming’s cattle industry.

Kendall has been an active member in YPA since its start in 2015.

“I was approached by the leadership of the WSGA in the fall of 2015 to start developing some sort of way to get young producers and young people in agriculture to become more involved and hear their voice,” she says. “We got a large group together and from there we decided to start the YPA with focus on opportunities for us to develop leader ship and growth for young people who are passionate about the livestock indus try in Wyoming.”

Kendall was selected to chair YPA from 2015 to 2016 and was selected to serve as the president of YPA from 2016 to 2018. She served both those years as president of YPA, board member and execu tive officer as the YPA rep resentative to WSGA.

She currently serves as the YPA Region Two repre sentative covering Albany, Laramie, Platte and Gos hen counties. Kendall is also the YPA public rela tions and media chair.

“YPA is still growing –we are still trying to work and develop the program, and serving as the Region

Two representative was an opportunity to go from the large picture to working on regional development from my area,” she says.

Changing dynamics

Kendall says the times are changing in the ag industry – more women are becoming involved.

“Their passion for ag is becoming more prominent than ever,” she says.

Kendall says she was raised in a family where if a man could do it, so could a woman.

“I grew up on a fam ily operation that encour aged myself and younger sister to be involved in the operation,” she says. “We also were involved in FFA and 4-H which instilled even more the importance of women being involved in ag because it developed opportunities to really develop and hone in what we loved most about ag or specific niches from the big picture of ag.”

“I’m able to keep chug ging along because oppor tunities present themselves more and more for women, and we should take advan tage of that,” she says. Recognizing women in ag Kendall says women in ag should be recognized for their efforts and what they do for the ag industry.

“We just want to do our job and produce our prod uct, and sometimes we are OK with flying under the radar, but there are some women out there who really set an example and should be recognized,” she says.

“I have the best job in the state of Wyoming,” he mentions.

In addition, the con servation district has 12 miles of friendly wild life fence conversion proj ects focusing on mule deer and pronghorn migration on both public and private lands.

“The district is doing a total tear out and rebuild. When a lot of the fences were put into this country, it was sheep country back then with woven wire on the bottom and two to three strands of barbed wires on the top – it was the norm and most of these stretches of fence have reached their end-of-life expectancy. We don’t need the woven wire anymore with most of our producers being cat tle operators, so we’re tak ing all of that out and put ting in new,” he says. “With supply chain issues, it has been an undertaking and a half – just keeping contrac tors and materials.”

This year, two spring

development projects took place within the district –one was a well and another one was a spring. The con servation district is looking forward to continuing its work on multiple projects.

Little Snake River

Little Snake River Con servation District Natu ral Resource Coordinator Larry Hicks left the Uni versity of Wyoming in 1991 and has been working for the Little Snake River Conservation District ever since.

“We work on every thing and anything related to natural resources, from forestry to mineral develop ment, to agriculture, water and wildlife, federal land use policy – anything con sistent with our statutory authority affecting the tax base that is natural resource oriented, we’re involved in some level,” Hicks says.

On an annual basis, the district routinely does

about $1.5 million a year of small water projects with the state of Wyoming Water Development Commission, $1.25 million for environ mental impact statement and watershed plan for another agriculture reser voir, $4.5 million appropri ation through the joint chief program to implement fuels, vegetation and nat ural resource projects and $7.7 million appropriation for yearly regional conser vation partnerships.

“That’s just a part of it – just starting to scratch the surface of what we have agreements with,” he shares. “We have numer ous agreements with the Wyoming Wildlife Natu ral Resource Trust Fund, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice, WGFD and Bureau of Land Management working on migration corridors, cru cial winter range and hab itat work with those enti ties,” says Hicks.

Recently, the Little Snake River Conservation District has incorporated over two million acres of Sweetwater County into the Little Snake River Conser vation District.

“Our district is now combined of both Car bon and about 25 percent of Sweetwater County, so we’re a bi-county conser vation district – only one in the state of Wyoming I’m aware of that have that kind of relationship where the conservation district crosses into two different counties,” he concludes. “Most of the work we do is to address natural resource issues – primarily agricul ture, but we try to protect the tax base, to work on, protect and develop our natural resources.”

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industry

Women are becom ing more involved with ag organizations, trade orga nizations, marketing devel oping programs, etc., says Kendall.

“It’s important to rec ognize them because they’re serious about their efforts,” she says.

“It’s amazing to think we have come so far as women in ag, and it was because of someone doing it before us and they should be recognized because if it wasn’t for them, we wouldn’t be here,” she says.

Advice for future generations Kendall offers advice for young women in ag.

“My family motto is assume nothing,” she says.

“Assuming something is always going to come your way and can set you up for disappointment. Assume nothing is going to be easy or handed to you and noth ing will be as simple as it seems. Work hard and ded icate the time.”

She advises young pro ducers to learn about dif ferent aspects and facets of the ag industry.

“Don’t just learn about

one part of the industry,” she says. “Learning more makes you more of a wellrounded individual and helps you see things from a different perspective instead of being narrowfocused.”

She advises young pro ducers to be prepared for hard times and challenges.

“People will expect you to back down because it’s too hard, but you have to keep trying,” Kendall says.

“Step up to the chal lenge,” she adds. “With out people stepping up, we wouldn’t be where we are today.”

Kendall says her favor ite quote is from former Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead. He said, “Always take the long loop.”

“You need to check every corner and make sure you don’t leave any thing behind,” she says. “Because if you forget, it will come back to you and you will have to work twice as hard to catch up. I live by this every day.”

Kaitlyn Root is an edi tor for the Wyoming Live stock Roundup. Send com ments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

“More and more women are stepping up to the challenge because we know we can do it.” –Kendall Roberts

A few weeks ago, I attended our county’s annual Farm Bureau dinner and meeting. Many good things came from this meeting: I got to eat a well-prepared steak, I took on a more active role within our county’s Farm Bureau chapter and I got to visit with a reader about my column. The last item on this list was incredibly insightful, and I’m happy to share this reader’s thoughts.

The reader said he

noticed a lot of my columns had one common bottom line: advocating for agricul ture. However, he said a lot of the ideas I give as exam ples for advocating includes things some people aren’t comfortable with.

For example, some peo ple aren’t comfortable walk ing up to a complete stranger at a grocery store and educat ing them about the produce in their buggy – fair point. Others aren’t active on social

media, so they don’t have an opportunity to make or share pro-ag posts – yet another fair point.

“But,” the reader said, “you can have a positive experience with a person, and when you have that pos itive experience, you can make it known you work in agriculture.”

The reader then went on to say even the simplest act of wearing a cowboy hat and having a positive inter action with someone you don’t know very well could subliminally give the per son a positive opinion of cattlemen.

I sat there for a minute and realized he’s 100 per cent correct. If I see some one who looks like they just walked out of the hayfield, I automatically assume they’re

a nice person.

I’ve had many positive interactions with people who spend a lot of their summers on a tractor in a hay field, so why wouldn’t I think they’re a decent human being with a noble profession?

On the contrary, in col lege, I had many negative interactions with guys wear ing Dale Brisby swag. If I saw a dude wearing a shirt saying “Pow Pow Ol’ Son” on it, I would automatically assume they don’t know the difference between a steer and a bull.

There’s an old saying, “A bad apple can ruin the whole bunch,” but what if a good apple makes you buy more? There are numerous examples I could give for this, but I’ll pose with a counter example.

A lot of people out there

do not like former President Donald Trump; just as many people do not like President Joe Biden.

If you loathed Trump, and saw someone wearing a Make America Great Again cap, what would you assume? On the flip side, if you saw someone wearing a Biden 2020 shirt at the gas pump, what would you assume?

I am by no means saying these assumptions are cor rect – I know plenty of great people who voted for some one I didn’t particularly like. But, if you see a stranger at a restaurant supporting some thing you don’t agree with, what are you going to think of them?

Now, if this principal can be applied to negative assumptions, why can’t it be applied to a positive

assumption?

By supporting agricul ture in the simplest way pos sible – wearing some type of “uniform” to show you’re an agriculturist – you’re advo cating for the ag industry without having to do any thing, really, except laundry, I guess.

Furthermore, when you’re wearing the “uni form,” leave your waitress a good tip; hold the door for the person behind you; heck, you could even smile at the young kid having the time of their life running up and down the aisles at the grocery store.

I guess the bottom line of this column is, once again, advocate for agriculture, but I’d like to tack on a little bit extra: Wear your industry “uniform” with pride and a smile on your face.

when I was young.”

Mitchell was part of the National High School

Rodeo before attending col lege at Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington on

a full-ride rodeo scholar ship. After graduating with a degree in business adminis tration, Mitchell and her hus band Robert began raising a family in Douglas where she

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CRAIG OR JOLENE DEVERAUX, NEWCASTLE 53 BLK-HFR 917 162.75 WT 1,492.69

GOSNEY RANCH, KAYCEE WY

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LLC RISING THREE LIVESTOCK, DOUGLAS WY

23 BLK-HFR 870 165.75 WT 1,442.02

ANKNEY RANCH CO INC, SHERIDAN WY

8 BLK-HFR 1019 152.50 WT 1,553.59

LOVE LAND & CATTLE CO, SHERIDAN WY

11 BLK-HFR 1025 153.00 WT 1,568.94

BELUS BROS INC, BUFFALO WY

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JAMES EKLUND LIVING TRUST, BUFFALO WY

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86 BLK-HFRCF PC 461 210.00 WT 967.09

JOHN A HEPP, BUFFALO WY

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3 BLK-STRCF PC 623 189.00 WT 1,178.10

38 MXD-HFRCF PC 498 199.00 WT 991.33

TOM OR LINDA LULIAS, BUFFALO WY

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DENNIS OR STRAUS HEPP,

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BLK-STRCF

BLK-HFRCF

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1,039.94

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CROSS H RANCH INC, BUFFALO WY

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BRETT OR DARCY DELAPP, KAYCEE WY

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PHIL & JAN PAINTER, BUFFALO WY

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MILAN OR NORMAN SCHREIBEIS, WYARNO WY

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She is most proud of the Darleen Swanson Memorial Barrel Race she produced in honor of her late mother. The race has been put on for seven years.

The proceeds from the race fund the Darleen Swan son Memorial Scholarship which is given to a competi tor in the race each year.

In 2019, Mitchell came across the opportunity to be a part of the WSF team. For three years, she worked as the exhibit supervisor where she applied her exper tise in fair exhibits and rodeo events.

She also has previ ous experience working as fair secretary for Goshen County. With her skills and passion for rodeo, Mitchell decided the assistant general manager position would be a good fit for her.

“I decided I have a lot to give to the fair and the youth of Wyoming and ag, and I will throw my hat in the ring and see what happens, and I happily accepted the job,” she says.

Continued education

Mitchell enrolled in the International Association of Fairs and Expositions twoyear fair management course in the fall of 2021.

“I enrolled in those courses to better myself in my position,” she says. “I’m a big advocate for contin ued learning, and I really wanted to learn more about the industry and more about how other fairs do things.”

She hopes to incorpo rate what she learns from the course to help better the WSF.

“Going through these courses has been a fabulous learning experience,” Mitch ell says. “The connections I’m making, the networking and just learning about the fair industry more as a whole has been very beneficial.”

Showcasing youth

As assistant general manager, Mitchell will undertake a variety of duties including handling spon sorships, contracting, hiring judges and assisting in mar keting efforts and year-round interim events. Her goal in the new position is to help showcase youth exhibitors in the WSF.

“I’m really looking for ward to helping showcase the youth of Wyoming at the fair,” she says. “Youth in agriculture is our future, and we need to support them anyway we can. We need to show how good it is for kids to be involved in ag and what they are learning by being in 4-H and FFA.

“I want to work hard to celebrate agriculture in Wyoming and watch the WSF grow,” Mitchell adds.

For more information, contact Kris Mitchell at kris. mitchell@wyo.gov or call 307-358-2398.

Kaitlyn Root is an editor for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net.

Teton County resident honored

The University of Wyoming (UW) College of Agricul ture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources honored notable alumni and supporters on its annual Ag Appreciation week end Sept. 29-Oct 1. UW named Ann Ramsay, in honor of Elizabeth McCabe, recipient of the 2022 Legacy Award.

McCabe, Ramsay’s mother, was a much-loved mem ber of the Jackson Hole community. A passionate supporter of the 4-H program, she photographed every Teton County fair for more than four decades.

In December 2020, Ramsay donated a property in Teton County to support UW Extension in her mother’s honor. The $1.8 million generated by the sale of the prop erty created an endowment to help supplement the salaries of Extension employees and offset high living costs in the area.

“Ann sees the value of the Extension service and the 4-H program to keeping this place a community,” says Mary Martin, a longtime Extension educator based in Jack son. “4-H kids grow up with a skill set that’s enviable. She’s making sure this continues.”

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1924, to George and Iola (Sloan) Graham in Custer, Mont. Joe was the middle child of seven and was the last to meet his Lord and Savior on Sept. 23.

Joe married Eunice (Prell) Graham on Feb. 23, 1944, in Broadus, Mont. They lived together on the ranch for 71 years, and Joe was still living in their house when he passed away.

Joe served his country and his community in many ways. He was a World War

From the Kitchen Table

By Lynn Harlan Fall – Wondrous Fall

A BLT from a real tomato and peaches off a truck from Grand Junction, Colo. Peach pie, peach crumble, peaches and ice cream.

Sleeping with the win dows open. Watching sixman football in Kaycee –sweaty kids and fast action.

A cool morning on the mountain loading lambs with plenty of neighbors helping, and lots of beer and food throughout the day. Preconditioning the calves –sweaty folks and fast action.

Getting some fall rain to soften up the grass, and wait! Is that a bit of green grass growing?

Riding a leaf-strewn trail on a good horse with good friends. Getting some time to watch the University of Wyoming Cowboys on TV, and cheering on Josh Allen with the Bills.

Buck sales, lamb sales, old ewes going on a truck to an easier life back east for a few more years. Shorter days and getting to the house earlier in the evening. Using the oven, maybe.

Campfires. Don King Days. Meeker sheepdog tri als, the best of the best.

Recording the Pendle ton Rodeo, and watching the breakaway embraced by many of the big rodeos. You go girls!

Come on, Lisa Lock hart – you’re on the bubble to make it to the National Finals Rodeo in the barrel racing. As of Sept. 21, num ber 16 – the top 15 go – with $77,777.78. All those lucky sevens!

Fall college and high school rodeos.

Trailing cows and calves off the mountain. Shiny haired, big beefy calves bucking down the hill.

Oh, they’re beautiful. Letting the ewes head home, they know the way and you have to stop the lead often.

Everyone smiling with the cooler weather. Silage

trucks on the road down at the neighbors – corn silage being packed down, tarped and tucked away for a cow’s winter lunch.

Pumpkins and all kinds of colored gourds in the store to decorate with. Corn mazes and pumpkin spice –oh my Lord, the pumpkin spice jokes.

The trees! Just starting to turn, but soon will color in all their majesty. I have a backdrop of green mead ows and cottonwoods out my window, leaf peeping at it’s best.

And the aspens! Wyo ming’s answer to fall splendor.

An early snowfall in the Big Horns to settle the dust. Homegrown apples which haven’t been stored for a year. Apple pies and apple crisp.

Donning a coat in the morning and shedding it later. House flies and mos quitos slowing down.

The furor of summer political campaigns over. Kindergarteners getting on the bus for the first time, anxious yet excited. Moms taking a breath as everyone trundles off to school and she has a cup of coffee in peaceful quiet.

Starting school with a clean slate and a new note book. Digging up the car rots and potatoes out of the garden.

Corn on the cob, baked squash with butter and brown sugar. And, did I mention pumpkin spice?

Homecoming and a friend’s granddaugh ter crowned homecoming queen. Fresh salsa made with those real tomatoes, the best. Corn salsa made with fresh corn, the best.

Oktoberfest in Munich, which actually starts in the middle of September. And yes, I’ve been, back in the BB days (Before Bob).

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II veteran. He was on many county boards, including the Crook County School Board, FHA and the election board. Joe was the direc tor of the Hulett National Bank (which he helped to start) and served as a Crook County commissioner.

He has been recognized as an Honorary Chapter FFA Farmer, Century Club Member of Farm Bureau and awarded for his accom plishments in soil conser vation. Joe was a Shriner, an Eastern Star mason and member with his wife.

Joe and Eunice were honored as the Crook County Fair parade mar shals in 2005. And in 2019, Joe was inducted into the Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame.

If you were to ask Joe of his greatest accomplish ments, he would say with tears in his eyes, serving his country and raising his fam ily. He was an honest, faith ful, forgiving, hard-work ing man who believed the strength of a handshake is deal-binding. Joe took pride in the land.

He always said, “If you take care of the land, the land will take care of you.”

He demonstrated this in his 82 years on the ranch.

Joe is preceded in death by his loving wife Eunice; his parents; and his siblings Mabel Foltz, Lester Gra ham, Margery Chatfield, Lee Graham, Buck Graham and Betty Richards; the par ents of his daughters-in-law Don and Marj Thompson;

and grandson-in-law Joe Fitzgerald.

Joe leaves behind his two loving sons Dave (Sherry) and Dick (Janet), and their families. Dave’s family: son Scott (Shayla) Graham of Inyan Kara; LaNae (Rowdy) Curr of Inyan Kara; children Tray lin and Kope; and Dace Graham (fiancé, Morgan Rising) of Moorcroft. Son Marty (Tina) Graham of Gray Road; Selby Graham of Gray Road; and Delcy (Seth) Bayles of Broa dus, Mont. Dick’s fam ily: daughter Amy (Randy) Rathbun; Larissa of Gil lette; Cole (Ashton) Fitzger ald of Newcastle; children Strait and Joe; Cora Fitzger ald of Lusk. Son Jeff (Shel ane) Graham; Jade and Sage

of Hereford, S.D.; San den Graham stationed at Ft. Stewart, Ga. Daughter Jenni (Gabe) Gill; Kailee, Lani, Addi of Inyan Kara. He also leaves behind numer ous nieces, nephews and cousins and countless fam ily members, friends and neighbors.

Visitation will take place from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Oct. 4 at the Gymnasium at Moorcroft Town Center in Moorcroft. Funeral ser vices will begin at 11 a.m. with burial following at the Moorcroft Cemetery.

Arrangements are under the care of Fidler-Roberts & Isburg Funeral Chapel of Sundance. Online con dolences may be written at fidler-isburgfuneralcha pels.com

heifer calves, getting that out of the way. Mums in the gar den. The Harvest moon. Aurora Borealis. Breaking out the Kaycee

Buckaroo sweatshirt. Mid dle school and high school volleyball. Wyoming traffic jams – mobs of sheep and cows

trailing home on the county roads. Fall horse sales. The beginning of the fall run. Putting away the air conditioner for another year.

The rut. Bow hunting. Driving with the win dow down. Digging out a sweater. Yes, I love fall best of all.

Joseph “Joe” Brutus Graham was born July 24,

Fall travel – Camino & Son, LLC sheep trail home from the Big Horns. Scott Shreve photo

and perpetuate the stories and the work ethics of the Wyo ming cowboy,” she shared. “And, our primary criteria to become inducted into the WCHF is that the individual has to have spent at least 45 years ‘in the saddle’ – work ing cattle, working livestock and really working as work ing cowboys.”

She noted rodeo cowboys don’t qualify on their own merit, but must have another primary cowboy role.

2022 event

Over 500 people gathered in Cheyenne to honor this year’s class.

“We had a lot of fun – it was really great,” mentioned Moulton. “We had several state representatives present, including Miss Rodeo Wyo ming – we’re pleased to have them because it shows we are representative of the entire state.”

The induction program has two goals. The first and primary goal is to recog nize and honor the men and women being inducted, and the second goal is fundraising, she explained.

“It helps us do the things we do during the course of the year to further perpetuate and

preserve the Wyoming cow boy,” she said.

Currently, WCHF is look ing to fundraise for a reprint of a cowboy-based coloring book for elementary schools and make videos of the incom ing class of inductees.

Independent videogra pher Chuck Coon, the for mer Wyoming Travel & Tour ism Media Relations man ager, works diligently to cap ture the stories of the induct ees. On Sept. 24, nearly 300 people came together to view all of the videos.

“We’re always looking to raise funds for these video projects,” she mentioned.

The videos will be posted on the WCHF webpage at a later day and put into video drives for purchase.

Nomination process

There are 10 regions throughout the state, and the 23 counties in the state are divided up among these 10 regions. Roughly 75 individ uals/groups were nominated for this year’s class, Moulton explained.

“Our class is a mix of both living and deceased induct ees,” said Moulton. “We do it intentionally because we have a lot of cowboys in the state

who have helped develop Wyoming into what it is and particularly the livestock industry who have passed away – we want to honor these important individuals.”

The WCHF is man aged and directed by a board from each region, but each county committee chooses the inductees to be recognized and the state board will verify the nomination.

“The state board doesn’t make the selection, the county committees do, because the county committees know their members the best,” she said. “We try to have at least one to two members from each county inducted.”

In some cases, a county doesn’t nominate anyone or the county committee feels the nominee submitted doesn’t meet the criteria.

“We have a scoring sys tem,” she said. “Every indi vidual county committee member scores the nominee, and an average score is taken from all scores from the com mittee, and if they don’t meet the minimum requirement, they are not further consid ered for induction.”

“We want to keep it spe cial and important,” she shared. “If nominees don’t score high enough, there won’t be an inductee.”

“In some cases, it can be very competitive. There were a couple of counties this year that had several inductees –there were some really high scoring individuals in these counties,” she added.

Nominations for 2023 will open up in October of this year.

“Anyone can nominate inductees,” she mentioned. “Nominators don’t have to be related to someone, they could be a friend or even help a family write their nominations.”

WCHF 2022 Class

Families, friends and community members cele brated this year’s class of 36 inductees. Region One, Crook County inductees included Maurice Williams of Beu lah and the Driskill family, including Col. Jesse Lincoln Driskill, Jesse Lincoln “Link” Driskill II, John Wylie “Bud” Driskill, William Walter “Tobe” Driskill, Jesse Loring “Diddy” Driskill, Jesse Bel vin “Buz” Driskill, Malcolm Franklin Driskill and Jesse Thomas “Tom” Driskill.

Charles L. Reynolds of Gillette and Rod Smith of Weston were Region One, Campbell County inductees.

Region Two, Goshen County inductees included Clyde Omar Stewart of Yoder

and Wayne S. Hunter of Hawk Springs. Niobrara County’s Arthur Samuel “Artie” Joss of Keeline was also inducted.

Region Three, Albany County inductee was Phile tus Rathburn of Fox Park, and Laramie County’s Wayne and Francis Peavy “Biddy” Bon ham of Federal were also inducted.

From Region Four, Den nis Robert Daly of Doug las was the Converse County inductee, and Natrona Coun ty’s Dee Burtch of Alcova was also included in this year’s class.

Region Five, Johnson County inductees included Robert Borgialli, Neal Rod ney Schuman and William Thomas Wagoner, all of Buf falo. Zane R. Hilman of Big Horn was Sheridan County’s inductee.

Region Six from Big Horn County included Joseph S. Bassett of Lovell and Park County’s Chris C. Renner of Meeteetse.

Region Seven, Carbon County inductees included Lua Burton Kelly of Medi cine Bow and Frank E. Miller of Rawlins. From Sweetwa ter County, Burt Lamb of Washam and Manila, Utah and Charles Alfred Still man-Philbrick and Elroy P. “Bronco Jim” Philbrick of

Green River were inducted.

Region Eight, Fremont County inductees included Robert William Hamilton of Lander, Bob Bessey of River ton and Clyde Woolery of Kinnear. From Hot Springs County, Ramul Dvarshkis and Larry Bentley of Thermop olis were also Region Eight inductees.

Region Nine, Uinta County inductees included John H. Hamilton and Rich ard H. “Dick,” both of Fort Bridger.

Region 10 rounded out this year’s class. From Sub lette County, inductees included Charles Leonard Priebe of Pinedale, Milford Byron “Mike” Steele of Boul der/Pinedale, Ivan Samuel “Pete” Hoagland and Thomas Daniel O’Neil Sr., both of of Big Piney, Kent Snedicor of Daniel and Carl Philip “Red” Mathisen of Daniel/Cora.

From Region 10, Teton County, Bob Lucas and Jim Maher of Jackson were also inducted.

For more information or to make a 2023 nomination, visit wyomingcowboyhalloff ame.org

Brittany Gunn is the edi tor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr. net.

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SALES

Nov. 17 K2 Red Angus Fall Female Sale, at the ranch, Wheatland, 307-331-2917, k2redangus.com

Nov. 17 Largent and Sons “Prime World” Sale, at the ranch, Kaycee, 307-7382443, 307-267-3229, largentandsons.com

EVENTS

Sept. 17-Oct. 31 Green Acres Corn Maze, every Saturday and Sunday, Casper. For more information, visit greenacrescornmaze.net or call the Maze hotline at 307797-8796.

Sept. 29-Oct. 10 Clear Out West Radio Ninth Annual COW Cruise, For more information, visit clearoutwest.com or cruise-vacations.ca or call Cruise Vacations at 855530-0131.

Oct. 5-9 26th Annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival, Sun Valley, Ketchum and Hailey, Idaho. For more information, visit trailingofthesheep.org

Oct. 6-9 10th Annual Wyoming Women’s Antelope Hunt, Ucross. For more informa tion, visit wyomingwomensantelopehunt.org or call 307-721-7007.

Oct. 8 University of Wyoming Extension Tree Care Workshop, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Agriculture Resources and Learning Center, Casper. For more information or to register for the event, call 307-235-9400.

Oct. 11 Governors Mental Health Summit, 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper. For more information and to register, visit bit.ly/governors-mh-summit

Oct. 11

Oct. 12

Oct. 13-16

Oct. 14-22

Oct. 17-19

Wyoming Water Development Commission Infrastructure Public Meet ing, 6-8 p.m., Lyman. For more information, contact Chace Tavelli at chace. tavelli@wyo.gov or 307-777-7626 or Jay Schug at jschug@trihydro.com or 970-449-2921.

Wyoming Water Development Commission Infrastructure Public Meet ing, 6-8 p.m., Pinedale. For more information, contact Chace Tavelli at chace. tavelli@wyo.gov or 307-777-7626 or Jay Schug at jschug@trihydro.com or 970-449-2921.

Montana Wool Harvesting School, Molt, Mont. To register, e-mail Denise Hoepfner at hoepfner@montana.edu.

The Northern International Livestock Exposition, Billings, Mont. For more information, visit thenile.org

Wyoming Water Association Annual Meeting, Hilton Garden Inn, Laramie. For more information and to register, visit wyomingwater.org/annual-meeting

Oct. 18 Beef Quality Assurance Training, 6-8 p.m., Prairie Winds Community Cen ter, Bridgeport, Neb. For more information, e-mail nebraskabqa@unl.edu or call 308-633-0158.

Oct. 19-20

Wyoming Section Society of Range Management Fall Meeting, Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody. For more information, visit wyomingrangelands. org/fallmeeting

Oct. 26 Wyoming Water Development Commission Infrastructure Public Meet ing, 6-8 p.m., Casper. For more information, contact Chace Tavelli at chace. tavelli@wyo.gov or 307-777-7626 or Jay Schug at jschug@trihydro.com or 970-449-2921.

Oct. 27 Wyoming Water Development Commission Infrastructure Public Meet ing, 6-8 p.m., Buffalo. For more information, contact Chace Tavelli at chace. tavelli@wyo.gov or 307-777-7626 or Jay Schug at jschug@trihydro.com or 970-449-2921.

Nov. 1-3 Wyoming Weed and Pest Council Fall Conference and Annual Meeting, Holiday Inn Cody, Buffalo Bill Village, Cody. For more information, visit wyo weed.org/meetings-conferences/conference

Nov. 4-7 Angus Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, visit angus convention.com

Nov. 5 Wyoming FFA Blue Jeans Ball, 5 p.m., Campbell County Senior Center, Gillette. To buy tickets, visit wyoffafoundation.com/blue-jeans-ball

Nov. 8 Wyoming Water Development Commission Infrastructure Public Meeting, 6-8 p.m., Riverton. For more information, contact Chace Tavelli at chace.tavelli@wyo. gov or 307-777-7626 or Jay Schug at jschug@trihydro.com or 970-449-2921.

SALES

Oct. 8 First Annual Breeder’s Production & Prospect Sale, Buffalo Livestock Marketing, Buffalo, 307-684-0789, 307-746-5690, 307-746-8442, buffalolive stockwyo.com

Oct.10 Ox Bow Ranch Female Sale, at the ranch, Wolf Creek, Mont., 406-2354281, oxbowranchangus.com

Oct. 24 J & L Livestock Montana Angus Female Bonanza XIX, PAYS, Billings, Mont., 406-861-5664, 406-200-1880

Oct. 26 Micheli Ranch Bull Sale, at the ranch, Ft. Bridger, 307-252-0437, 307-7477786, 307-747-3897, micheliranch.com

Oct. 29 Ludvigson Stock Farms Fall Herdbuilder Bull Sale, Weschenfelder

Nov. 19 Redland Angus Annual Production Sale, Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buf falo, 307-250-1548, redlandangus.com

Nov. 19 Pharo Cattle Company Sale, Three Forks, Mont., 800-311-0995, pharocat tle.com

Nov. 19 Amdahl Angus and Hereford Annual Fall Bull and Female Sale, at the ranch, Rapid City, S.D., 605-929-3717, 605-999-6487, amdahlangus.com

Nov. 20

Nov. 22

The Wyoming Angus Association 12th Annual Wyoming Select Female Sale, Archer Event Center, Cheyenne, 307-216-0090, 307-630-1539, wyo mingangus.org

Paint Rock Angus Annual Fall Sale, at the ranch, Hyattville, 307-469-2206, 307-271-2000, 307-272-5332, 307-578-7392, paintrockangus.com

Nov. 29 Ward Livestock Red White & Blue Bull Sale, at the ranch, Laramie, 307399-9863

Nov. 29

Dec. 3

Western Video Market, Silver Legacy, Reno, Nev., 530-347-3793, wvmcat tle.com\

Pharo Cattle Company Sale, Valentine, Neb., 800-311-0995, pharocattle.com

Dec. 3 Leachman Cattle of Colorado High Altitude Sale, Location: TBD, 970-5683983, leachman.com

POSTCARD from the Past

Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com

The Stock Growers

With the recent 150th anniversary of the Wyo ming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) and the Wyoming Livestock Roundup this week pub lishing its “Fall Cattle men’s Edition” featuring Carbon County, it seemed appropriate to pass along bits of history of my home county and especially the Upper North Platte River Valley.

And, in my experience, the best source for this his tory is from the writings of the late Gay Day Alcorn in her book “Tough Coun try.” During the next few weeks while I’m at hunting camp, I’ll let Gay enter tain with her writings, the first entitled, “The Stock Growers.” Enjoy.

The WSGA started in Laramie County in 1873 with a chief object of advancing Wyoming live stock. Another aim was to detect, arrest and con vict cattle thieves. Money from the organization’s general fund was available for the purchase of rope to hang violators.

Cattlemen knew when all the terrain in each roundup was covered, the cattle were again turned loose to drift and even though all the area was covered, scores of cattle were still missed. Calves unbranded at the spring roundup were called mav erick yearlings the fol lowing year and belonged to no one. These maver icks were to be sold by the roundup captains to the highest bidder with the money going to the association.

Without brands, it was impossible to tell who owned what and the Wyo ming Territorial Legisla ture in 1873 made it man datory for stockmen to brand cattle, sheep, hogs and other livestock. In 1882, the WSGA pub lished a book with the brands of their members

and the locality where each member’s stock was likely to range.

Cattlemen of the Upper Platte Valley orga nized at Warm Springs (name changed to Sara toga in 1884) in the spring of 1882, when Barton T. Ryan was “called to the chair.”

Spring Creek rancher C. L. Wells was made secre tary and Lewis Swan was appointed captain of the spring roundup. Ryan was appointed a delegate to the County Stock Grow ers meeting in Rawlins.

By the time the 1883 WSGA reissued their expanded brand book, Carbon County stockmen were represented. Upper Platte Valley members whose brands and ranges were listed included the Blydenburgh brothers,

Sam Morgan, F. Earnest, Kuykendall, Carr and B. T. Ryan.

From the beginning, cattle theft in the valley had been minimal. B. T. Ryan saw the tremendous herds of cattle moving through the territory from Oregon east and from Texas to Montana as a far greater problem. Some of the wranglers were not adverse to picking up cat tle along the trail.

On a much smaller scale, this same kind of thing happened in the val ley when cowboys from the roundups gathered into the herd the milk cows of Warm Springs residents. The irate village citizens were likely to have the family cow returned, but those cattle roaming near the main cattle trails were not.

Gay further wrote, “North Platte Valley ranchers began to take a serious look at the cattle business as they knew it in the mid 1880s. . . . but, then, that’s for Gay to pass along in the next “Post card” while I’m enjoying the fall colors in the Sierra Madres.

In 1885,

of

operations in the Upper North Platte River Valley of south central Carbon County, and surrounding Saratoga and Encampment, was the ELL Seven Cattle Co. with headquarters on Spring Creek. This image was taken from the “1885 Fourth Edition Brand Book” published by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association, and discovered in the Bob Martin/Dick Perue collection. The suede covered book has been copied and then donated to the Wyoming State Archives by Perue. Historical Reproduc tions by Perue.

WEEKLY

Min-Dak

Min-Dak

Poultry

Livestock, Poultry

National Sheep Summary

As of September 23, 2022

Compared to last week slaughter lambs sold 5.00-15.00 lower. Slaughter ewes were weak to 19.00 lower. Feeder lambs under 80 lbs were 10.00-20.00 lower, heavier lambs steady to 5.00 higher. At San Angelo, TX 7,972 head sold. Equity Cooperative Auction sold 400 feeder lambs and 60 replacement ewe lambs

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2

San Angelo: hair 38 lbs 325.00; 40-50 lbs 278.00-325.00; 50-55 lbs 300.00-304.00.

Ft. Collins: 40-50 lbs 147.50-160.00; 50-60 lbs 145.00-150.00; 60-70 lbs 140.00-150.00; 82 lbs 116.00. hair 62 lbs 150.00; 75 lbs 145.00.

South Dakota: 40-50 lbs 140.00-175.00; 50-60 lbs 155.00170.00; 64 lbs 164.00; 70-80 lbs 132.00-141.00; 80-90 lbs 117.00-129.00; 90-100 lbs 103.00-116.00; 100-110 lbs 98.00113.50.

Billings: no test.

Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2

San Angelo: hair ewe lambs 60-80 lbs 250.00-280.00/cwt, 80100 lbs 232.00-260.00/cwt; yearling hair 80-110 lbs 170.00192.00/cwt; mixed age hair 85-130 lbs 127.00-156.00/cwt.

Ft. Collins: hair ewe lambs 60-80 lbs 172.50-207.50/cwt; young hair 100-130 lbs 130.00-140.00/cwt; middle age hair 110-160 lbs 75.00-132.50/cwt.

South Dakota: ewe lambs 90 lbs 200.00/cwt.

Billings: no test.

Sheep and lambs slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 33,000 compared with 34,000 last week and 35,000 last year.

Source: USDA AMS Market News, San Angelo, Texas

National Wool Review

As of September 23, 2022

In Australia this week, the Eastern Market Indicator was down 27 cents at 1279 cents per Kg clean from the sale a week ago. A total of 37,613 bales were offered with sales of 86.4 percent. The Australian exchange rate was stronger by .0064 at .6673 percent of the U.S. dollar. Australian wool prices are quoted US Dollar per pound, delivered, Charleston, S.C. The current freight rate is .15 cents per pound clean.

Clean

Change from 75-85 Percent

Sale of Australia

5.45-6.18

4.35-4.93

3.73-4.23

- .08 3.28-3.72

- .12 3.08-3.49

- .23 2.92-3.30

2.63-2.98

1.61-1.82

- .19 1.57-1.78

- .08 0.90-1.02

- .09 0.79-0.89

2.06-2.33

CATTLE FUTURES

SETT PRICE

Month Week Prev This Week Change

OCTOBER 144.85 144.13 -0.72

DECEMBER 149.35 147.78 -1.57

FEBRUARY 153.78 151.35 -2.43

APRIL 157.53 154.98 -2.55

JUNE 153.95 151.25 -2.70

FEEDER CATTLE FUTURES

SETT PRICE

Month Week Prev This Week Change

SEPTEMBER 178.20 175.98 -2.22

OCTOBER 177.98 177.33 -0.65

NOVEMBER 178.05 177.83 -0.22

JANUARY 179.95 178.43 -1.52

MARCH 183.08 180.50 -2.58

WHEAT FUTURES

SETT PRICE

Month Week Prev This Week Change

DECEMBER 9.11 8.96 -0.15

MARCH 9.22 9.08 -0.14

MAY 9.27 9.15 -0.12 JULY 9.13 8.99 -0.14

CORN FUTURES

SETT PRICE

Month Week Prev This Week Change

DECEMBER 6.88 6.69 -0.19

MARCH 6.93 6.76 -0.17

MAY 6.94 6.77 -0.17

JULY 6.88 6.72 -0.16

OATS FUTURES

SETT PRICE

Month Week Prev This Week Change

DECEMBER 4.17 3.83 -0.34

MARCH 4.20 3.86 -0.34

MAY 4.22 3.87 -0.35 JULY 4.23 3.90 -0.33

SOYBEAN FUTURES

SETT PRICE

Month Week Prev This Week Change

NOVEMBER 14.57 14.11 -0.46

JANUARY 14.63 14.20 -0.43

MARCH 14.65 14.25 -0.40

MAY 14.68 14.29 -0.39

CUTOUT

Wyoming Hay Summary

As of September 29, 2022

(very

1 27.50-44.00.

South Dakota: Good 3-4 (very

(fleshy) 65.00-93.00,

Cull 1 50.00-60.00.

Billings:

105.00;

3-4

80.00,

65.00-70.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 57.50-82.50;

1-2 (thin)

1-2

1-2

Compared to last week alfalfa hay sold steady across the state. Demand was moderate to good. Spotty rain showers on the horizon around Powell as producers were very busy trying to bale hay and get stacked into the barn before the rain. Some sugar beet harvest is underway in the western areas. Hay producers are on 3rd cutting in the west and in the east are on 4th or have finished 4th cutting. Some producers feel like the market is trying to back up a little in the West. Some loads of hay continue to head out of state with quite a lot staying in the

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AKC LAB PUPPIES: All col ors available, whites, blacks, yellows, dark chocolates and dark reds. Excellent hunters, family companions. Full AKC registration. Shots, wormed, dewclaws removed. All pup pies are cute, but it’s what they grow into that counts. Not all Labs are the same. Proud to own!! Been raising qual ity AKC Labradors for 25-plus years. Look at the rest but buy the best. Both parents on site for viewing. Will sell quickly!! $200 deposit, picking order is when the deposit is received. Doug Altman, Mitchell, S.D. Call/text 605-999-7149, click the “our labs” tab on the website for pictures, www. southdakotayellowlabs.com 10/8

BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES

FOR SALE: Traditional black and white, long hair. Out of trophy winning working blood lines. Born Sept. 19, $500. Guranteed to work!! Call 307645-3322 10/1

TWO BORDER COLLIE PUP

PIES FOR SALE. Black and white, one-month-old. Con tact Chris Limmer at 307262-6956, leave a message if no answer 10/1

GREAT PYRENEES PUP

PIES FOR SALE: Ranch raised, run with livestock ev ery day, parents onsite, prov en bloodlines. Ready to go to work!! Have been raising these fantastic LGD for 40+ years, $1,000. ALSO, TWO 6-MONTH-OLD MALES run ning with livestock. For more information, call 406-2077674 10/8

BORDER COLLIE PUPS FOR SALE WITH ONE-QUARTER AUSSIE: First shots, out of working parents. Black and white and tri-colored. $500. Call Grant Weaver, 307-4210818 10/1

Longhorn

REGISTERED TEXAS LONG HORNS FOR SALE: Gentle pairs, trophy steers, heifers, solid and colorful bulls. Forag ing, hardy, low-maintenance cattle. Horn Showcase champi onship lines for show, beef and pasture ornamentation with traf fic stopping colors and excellent horns. Easy cattle accustomed to simple handling, great for youth. Westhaven Ranch in California, 209-274-9917, email swestmoore@gmail.com or visit www.westhavenlong horns.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classi fieds 10/29

WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, BS, LSH. Dues paid to Dec. 31, 2022. No irons included, $3,000. Call 307746-8243 10/22

REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RHC and LHH. Very rare. Can use one iron. Renewed to Jan. 2031, $3,500 OBO. Call 307751-2336 10/1

25 RED ANGUS AND RED BALDY COWS: April/May cal vers. Have been vaccinated this fall. Bred for disposition, calving ease, mothering abil ity and fertility. Call evenings, 406-277-3282 or 406-2773887 10/15

TWO LITTERS OF LIVE STOCK GUARD DOG PUPS FOR SALE: 1) Anatolian Shepherd 50%, Italian Marem ma 25%, Pyrenees 25%. One female, 3 males left. 2) Ital ian Maremma 50%, Pyrenees .375%, Akbash .125%. Ready now!! Current on puppy shots, $200 each, OBO. Riverton, WY. Call, text or leave mes sage 307-851-5791. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 10/1

BLUE AND RED HEELER PUPS FOR SALE: First set are blues, 1 male, 1 female, 6 weeks old, $400. SECOND SET ARE REDS , 3 females, 3 males, 5 weeks old, $350. All are ready to go, have first shots and wormed. Out of working parents and ranch raised. Call 307-921-0582 or 307-851-3912 10/1

AKBASH LGD PUPPIES: Beautiful guardians from phe nomenal workers. Parents are proven guardians and have chased coyotes and strays off our property. Great for live stock protection or security for your property. Available after Sept. 22. Delivery to Bill ings, MT on Oct. 7. Will have first vaccine and deworming, $500. Call 307-431-4540. To view photos, go to www.wylr. net in the classifieds 10/8

250 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS: South Dakota ori gin, OCVD, exposed to proven LBW Black Angus bulls for 45 days. Start calving Feb. 1, 2023. References available. Please call 785-394-1955 (cell), 785-394-2374 (home) or 785-731-5067 10/8

YEARLING AND VIRGIN 2-YEAR-OLD BLACK AN GUS BULLS AVAILABLE: If you are looking for a stress free calving season, this group offers low birthweights and EXCEPTIONAL EPDs. Cur rent EPDs available on our website www.antlersangus ranch.com or call Earl, 307660-4796 10/1

Custom Feeding

WE HAVE PEN SPACE AND FEED AVAILABLE FOR BACKGROUNDING CALVES, developing re placement heifers or feeding cows. Durbin Creek Ranch/ Washakie Feeders. Call 307921-3021 10/22

CATTLE WANTED!! Look ing for 1,000-1,200 calves to background. Thirteen miles west of Martin, S.D. Call Rod ney, 605-454-0053 or Kory, 605-454-0123 10/8

FULL CARE FOR FALL WIN TER COWS AVAILABLE. ALSO, backgrounding for calves. Call Ian, 307-4219116 10/1

WIGGINS FEEDYARD, AC CEPTING CATTLE OF ALL CLASSES: Cows, yearlings or calves to background or finish. Call 308-262-1140 (of fice), Steve, 308-279-1432 (cell) or Sue, 308-279-0924 (cell) 10/22

Angus

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BAY

GELDING FOR SALE. Has been used in all sorts of ranch work: Been roped off of, used in brandings and trailer loadings. Located in central Wyoming. Call 307-851-1606 10/22

REGISTERED AQHA HORS

ES: Mostly colts. Yearlings, 2-year-olds, some weanlings. Mostly Skipper W and running blood. Very nice colts. For more information, call 308-384-1063 or 308-380-3314 10/1

HORSE/COW HAY FOR SALE: Small squares, grass/ alfalfa, covered, $10/bale. ALSO, large rounds and small squares of alfalfa. Located in Sheridan, WY. Delivery possi ble. For more information, call 307-752-5920 10/15

2022 AND 2021 HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa, alfalfa/grass and grass mix. ALSO alfalfa/ oats, alfalfa/oats/millet and straight millet. 2022 SECOND CUTTING ALFALFA, 2022 oat hay and 2022 millet. All in net-wrapped round bales. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, 701-690-8116, please send a text if no answer or keep trying 10/22

BARLEY STRAW: Certified weed-free small squares, $4/ bale. ALSO round bales. Grey bull, WY area. Call 307-7623878 or 307-202-0108, leave message 10/22

VALLEY VIDEO HAY MAR KETS, LLC: Wyoming and western Nebraska hay avail able. Call Barry McRea, 308235-5386, www.valleyvideo hay.com 10/22

CERTIFIED BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE, 3x4. Cody, WY. Call 307-899-1952 TFN

FALL IS HERE!! Round up your BEST BOOT BUYS for SCHOOL, ARENA and RANGE!! GREAT SELECTION of boots, WORK GLOVES, TACK, CHINKS and more. Ev eryday low prices!! WE CAN ship!! Shop Moss Saddles, Boots and Tack, 4648 West Yellowstone Highway, Casper, WY, 307-472-1872. Our family serving yours for 50 years!!

Check us out on Facebook or our website 10/1

CERTIFIED OAT STRAW AND CORNSTALK BALES: All in big round bales. GRASS/ ALFALFA AND STRAIGHT ALFALFA, first, second and third cutting, small squares and big round bales. ALSO, New Holland 560 round baler, well maintained and in good condition. Please call 307-7545864 10/1

HAY TARPS: Heavy-duty vinyl 30 mil, sleeved edges, no grom mets, 15’x49’, $85. Will deliver for an additional fee. Contact Kevin, 970-391-5746 10/1

2022 BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE, 3x3 bales. ALSO, other hay available. Call 307-3500350, Farson, WY 10/15

210 ROUND BALES OF 2022 ALFALFA: Second and third cutting. Located 4 miles south west of Fort Laramie, WY. Call 307-715-6184 10/1

FIRST AND SECOND CUTTING ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: Lo cated in Otto, WY, west of Basin, WY. Call 307-250-7846 or 307254-4957 10/15

GOOD QUALITY HAY FOR SALE: Put up right, bales around 1,400 lbs. Call 605-8425515 10/15

HAY FOR SALE: Grass, alfalfa and straw. Delivery available!! Call 307-630-3046 10/1

FOR SALE: Grass/alfalfa in large rounds and 3x4 squares in southwestern North Dakota. Can help with delivery. Call 701523-1235 10/1

2022 HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa, oats and Sudangrass hay. Call Earl, 307-660-4796 10/1

Buffalo,

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A NEW HERDER CAMP OR A PERSONAL RANGE CAMP FOR YOUR FAMILY? Contact us at Western Range Camps and see what we can build for you. We specialize in quality, handcrafted camps built to your specifications. Contact us today to design the camp that is just right for you. Western Range Camps, 435-462-5300, heidi@ wrcamps.com, 1145 S. Black hawk Blvd, Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647 10/1

HAMPSHIRE AND SUFFOLK

RANGE RAMS: Yearling rams and 2-year-old stud rams available. B. ovis and scrapie free. Vet checked and semen tested. Ready to work, $550/ head. Raised in eastern Mon tana for nearly 30 years. Deliv ery options. Call or text Gibbs Range Rams, Pat, 406-9772852, Jordan, MT. To view pho tos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds 10/8

Irrigation Systems

The choice is simple.

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Equipment

JOHN DEERE 4430 TRAC TOR: 6,500 hours, has new dual tires, new seat, new steps, new lights. Fantastic farm tractor!! Asking $26,500 OBO. 1998 FORD F-SERIES DUMP TRUCK, 4x4, 8.3 Cum mins, 6 speed Allison auto matic transmission, 22.5 rub ber, 50 gallon diesel tank, air assist pintle hitch, 10’ dump bed with grain door, 6 yard bed, 40,173 original miles, stored inside most it’s life, GVW 30,000 lbs., tires 90%. Great truck for farm use, snow removal etc... Call Mike 970371-4050, rmhojio@gmail. com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classi fieds 10/22

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Cannonball

ELIMINATE ● RISING ● FUEL

COSTS: Clean, safe and ef ficient wood heat. Central Boiler Classic and E-Classic Outdoor Wood Furnace; heats multiple buildings with only 1 furnace, 25-year warranty available. Heat with wood, no splitting! Available in dual fuel ready models. www.Central Boiler.com WE ALSO HAVE whole house pellet/corn/bio mass furnaces. Load once per month with hopper. www. Maximheat.com A-1 Heat ing Systems. Instant rebates may apply! Call today! 307742-4442. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classi fieds TFN

Fencing

LOED 15,000

LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRIBUSINESSES SINCE 1975!!

Treated posts, corral poles, buck-and-rail, western rail, fence stays, rough-sawn lumber, bed ding. SEE US at www.lodge poleproducts.com and click our “Picking A Fence Post” tab to see why folks choose our posts!! TFN

Equipment Livestock Equipment

DISPLAY SYSTEM CLEAR ANCE, never used. 26’ HEAVY

No wire to steal! Easier On You.

Copper wire is being stolen from electrically powered pivot systems world-wide. Many grow ers have resorted to 24-hour guards, razor wire, floodlights and daily disassembly to protect themselves. T-L’s hydraulically powered pivot systems can be designed with little or no wire to steal. Stop theft and discover T-L’s reliability, simplicity and low main tenance cost. T-L irrigation systems are easier on you - for life.

Big Horn Truck and Equipment Manderson, WY rairdenjlw@tritel.net • 800-770-6280

NEW LISTING! Sand Butte Ranch

The Sand Butte Ranch is located near Pavillion, WY in the Midvale Irrigation District. The ranch totals 1,423 acres, with 582 irrigated. Five Reinke center pivots, a small amount of sideroll and gated pipe. Two nice homesteads on the property with typical set of support buildings. Too much to this ranch to describe here. Please go to www.wyomingrangerealty.com for brochure, or call and have one sent to you. Offered at $4.9mm.

Camel Rock Rangeland

This 830 acres of native range is located between Riverton and Dubois, WY just north of Hwy 26 and west of Hwy 133. Consisting of rugged breaks and draws it offers good protection in winter. Current owner has utilized it for dude horse pasture for many years. There is easy access from either Hwy 26 or 133. A powerline traverses property and there is natural gas available along the Hwy 133 frontage. The 830 acres includes an 80 acre BLM inholding that is not fenced and seller has used it for years.

Beautiful views in every direction, to Ocean Lake to the east, Wind River to the south and Wind River Mtns to the west.

Numerous water wells delivering high quality potable close by. Perimeter fenced and recent survey available. Priced at $495,000 • Price Reduced to $460,000

RANGE REALTY, LLC

Fred Nelson, Broker/Owner 307.840.0593

255 Shetland Road • Riverton, WY 82501 email: kinnear@wyoming.com www.wyomingrangerealty.com

AUCTION, 160 ACRES HAVRE, MT: Online auction closing Oct. 17

nationalauctionusacom. Auc tioneers: Cash Seal and Jim Eli, 406-259-4730 10/8

320 ACRES WITH A MILE AND A HALF OF LIVE SPRING WATER: Alpine setting. Beautiful views. Lo cated in the Dillon, MT area. $1,700,000. Call Sidwell Land & Cattle Co., Richard Sidwell, 406-861-4426, 406322-4425 or e-mail sidwell@ sidwell-land.com 10/8

EXTENSION EDUCATION

By Anowar Islam, University of Wyoming Extension forage specialist

Pros and cons of fescue toxicity – Part VII

In my last few col umns, I’ve discussed common syndromes of fescue toxicosis in cat tle including fescue tox icity problems in horses, reproduction problems in mares including abor tions, difficult birth (dys tocia), longer or pro longed gestation, thick ness in placenta, deaths of foal, retained pla centas, little to no milk production (agalactia), mare death during foal ing, some biology of the causal agent, benefits of fungal endophyte, endo

phyte free tall fescue and non-toxic endophytes and their effects on tall fescue and animal performance.

Today, I will focus on level of endophyte infec tion in pasture.

Endophyte testing

One important factor to keep in mind for pas ture grazing is to avoid overgrazing. Overgrazing tall fescue infected with or without toxic endo phyte is detrimental. In general, forage intake of animals is higher in novel endophyte tall fescue than tall fescue infected with

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toxic endophyte.

It is important to man age pasture grazing by lowering stocking rates. Therefore, it is recom mended novel endophyte tall fescue pasture should not be grazed below four inches.

It has been reported most tall fescue pastures are endophyte infected at a level of 60 to 80 per cent. However, this infec tion percentage varies sig nificantly based on initial infection level, location, time of the year and most importantly age of the tall fescue pasture.

In the pasture, not all tall fescue plants are infected by endophyte. It’s important to check and determine the infec tion level from time to time. When there is a con cern about infection level, it is suggested to have samples and test the field.

There are several pri vate and public laborato

Worland, WY

Call to Consign Cattle

Sale Barn: 307-347-9201

Danny Vigil: 307-388-0781

ries that can do the test for forage and seed endo phytes. A representative sample should be col lected based on the guid ance provided by the test ing laboratories.

Varying levels

Often, fescue tox icity problems vary among farms although all farms might have simi lar or heavier endophyte infected tall fescue. This is mainly because of dilu tion effect of other for age species or weeds. The farms maintaining good legumes or diversity of forages have fewer fescue toxicity problems.

On the other hand, unpalatable or weed spe cies enhances livestock to have high intake of endo phyte infected tall fescue, hence increasing fescue toxicity problems. How ever, producers should be careful because even livestock with few visible toxicity problems might have reduced conception rates and lower calf wean ing weights. This will

affect the overall produc tivity of farms.

Also, adequate dilu tion may not occur evenly throughout the growing season which may result in periods when the cat tle diet is mainly based on tall fescue pasture with increased risk of fescue toxicity problems.

I will continue discus sion on the possible solu

tions of fescue toxicity problems in future col umns.

Anowar Islam is a professor and the Univer sity of Wyoming Exten sion forage specialist in the Department of Plant Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natu ral Resources. He can be reached at 307-766-4151 or mislam@uwyo.edu.

they can work together.

Women in ag

BULLS

Brown, Matt - Thermopolis

1 CharX Bull, 2235# $9800

1 CharX Bull, 1820# $9200

Hampton Sheep Co. - Worland

1 Hrfd Bull, 2165# $9750

Bassett Living Trust - Lovell

1 Blk Bull, 1985# $9750

Greer, Tyler - Hyattville

1 Red Bull, 1695# $9450

91 Ranch - Cody

1 Blk Bull, 1935# $9450

1 Blk Bull, 1835# $8700

Thomas, Fred - Meeteetse

1 Blk Bull, 2060# $9400

Riley, Michael - Burlington

1 Red Bull, 2105# $9400

Horseworks Wyoming - Thermopolis

1 Hrfd Bull, 1525# $9250

Otter Creek Grazing Assoc - Ten Sleep

1 Blk Bull, 1640# $9100

BG Ranches LLC - Shell

1 Blk Bull, 1635# $8900

Murdock, Carol - Deaver

1 Hrfd Bull, 2400# $8750

BULL CALVES

Herman, Jordan - Hyattville

2 Blk Bull Clvs, avg. 298# $26000

HEIFERETTES

Thomas, Fred - Meeteetse

2 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 995# $12750

Lewton, Lonnie - Ten Sleep

3 Blk Hfettes, avg. 920# $11400

Lungren, Luke - Worland

1 Blk Hfrette, 855# $11300

Lewton, Justin - Ten Sleep

2 Blk Hfrettes,

Shawn - Greybull

3 CharX Strs, avg. 745# $17000

5 BWF Strs, avg. 695# $15550

SLS Cattle Co. - Meeteetse

2 Blk Strs, avg. 733# $16900

Johnstone, Alex - Ten Sleep

2 Blk Strs, avg. 745# $16300

Casdorph, Myron - Worland

3 Blk Strs, avg. 697# $16000 STEER CALVES

Risch, Jediah - Ten Sleep

5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 338$ $27500

8 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 467# $22600

9 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 525# $21500

Brewster Ranch LLC - Ten Sleep

13 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 365# $26300

61 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 470# $22925

21 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 570# $20600

Pries, Jerold - Burlington

4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 370# $25900

Johnston, Alex - Ten Sleep

8 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 430# $23000

31 Blk

1 Blk Cow, 1260# $8250

1 Blk Cow, 1395# $7500

Lewton, Lonnie - Ten Sleep

1 Blk Cow, 1165# $8800

1 Blk Cow, 1420# $8600

1 Blk Cow, 1515# $8600

1 Blk Cow, 1195# $8200

1 Blk Cow, 1305# $7600

1 Blk Cow, 1555# $7100

Axtell Ranch - Thermopolis

1 Blk Cow, 1480# $8600

1 Blk Cow, 1450# $8400

1 Blk Cow, 1345# $8250

Hampton Sheep Co. - Worland

2 Blk Cows, avg. 1460# $8600

1 Blk Cow, 1555# $8300

BG Ranches LLC - Shell

2 Blk Cows, avg. 1763# $8600

McNeff Double Bar C Ranch - Thermopolis

1 Blk Cow, 1560# $8400

Diamond S Ranch - Hyattville

1 Hrfd Cow, 1465# $8400

2 Hrfd Cows, avg. 1440# $7300

Lewton, Justin - Ten Sleep

2 Blk Cows, avg. 1238# $8400

1 Blk Cow, 1315# $8000

Schwarz, Ben - Ten Sleep

1 Blk Cow, 1300# $8250

Herman, Jordan - Hyattville

1 Blk Cow, 1305# $8200

1 Blk Cow, 1375# $8000

Durbin Creek Ranch - Thermopolis

1 Blk Cow, 1455# $7850

1 Hrfd Cow, 1540# $7250

1 Blk Cow, 1340# $7200

Schlattman, Dean - Greybull

1 Red Cow, 1785# $7850

K Triangle LLC - Thermopolis

1 Blk Cow, 1330# $7500

Pries, J. Gordon - Emblem

1 BWF Cow, 1360# $7500

Casciato, Joseph - Thermopolis

1 Red Cow, 1530# $7500

1 Red Cow, 1465# $6650

Protsman, Jr., Jerry - Powell

1 Blk Cow, 1490# $7300

Greer Land & Livestock - Hyattville

1 Red Cow,1380# $7000

Murdock, Carol - Deaver

1 Blk Cow, 1550# $6750

1 BWF Cow, 1595# $6450

Schmeltzer, Christopher - Worland

1 RWF Cow, 1580# $6500

PAIRS

Hampton Sheep Co. - Worland

2 Blk Pairs $1425/Hd.

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BJ and her husband Christopher raise pastured pork, grass-fed lambs and pastured chickens for con sumption and work with the Balzan Family in Wheatland, and the Rar din family in Laramie to source their grass finished beef.

“My long-time focus has been on high-qual ity food, multi-species regenerative agriculture and in keeping supply chains local,” shares BJ. “I think the most sustain able way to consume food is by sourcing it from local farms and ranches and small family businesses – there’s not a whole lot available as far as lamb, pork and chicken in this area, so that’s what we decided to produce – to fill this gap and provide highquality products raised in a way we can stand behind.”

from 12 waste streams: two local restaurants – The Trading Post and Albany Lodge; three local grocery stores; one local breadsupply chain; Bonds Brew ing Company; one organic food research facility; the Laramie Soup Kitchen; and Laramie Interfaith.

“We work with our local soup kitchen to pro vide food products for families in need, and we help them achieve grants for their programs because they are minimizing their waste by giving us any products no longer fit for human consumption that have not come into con tact with meat,” says BJ. “They give us produce, bread and dairy – we can use these products to feed our animals.”

Being a woman in ag has been empowering for BJ, she notes. She gets excited when she can net work with other women in agriculture.

“Women have always been foundational in agri culture because being in the home and being the most intimate with what the family is eating is the foundation of agriculture,” BJ explains. “If we don’t have good people cook ing good meals to nourish our families, we wouldn’t have agriculture – women really have been the basis of agriculture for a really long time.”

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According to Taste of the Wind’s website, their goal is to produce healthy and tasty food, eliminate local waste and hunger, and improve the environ ment with an ethical and transparent process. Their goal is to not make it a solely profit-based oper ation, but to keep team members and customers happy and healthy.

Food waste and collaborations

In addition to pro viding quality, nutritious food products with great taste, Taste of the Wind also focuses on reducing food waste in the commu nity to create better tasting and healthier products, and to prevent the waste from entering into the local landfill.

Currently, the busi ness collects an average of 1,500 pounds of food waste every week. They collect different waste

“We seek out local food production compa nies which have a decent amount of food waste not suitable for human con sumption and recycle it using our animals,” she adds.

“We also do a lot of collaboration with other producers because we have a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share we run year-round – a CSA share is a way to invest in our farm and as a thank you for investing, our cus tomers get a monthly share of what the farm is pro ducing,” she explains. “We put together monthly boxes with meat, eggs and milk, and we work with other local producers to source products we don’t produce ourselves. We do all of the order fulfillment, customer service and mar keting.”

She notes she is always talking to other producers because there are a lot of people trying to do similar things and it’s great when

“Even though women may not have been seen as the face of agriculture because part of their main responsibility was their family, women in Wyo ming really have been the foundation of ag,” she notes.

“There have always been women involved in many different aspects of agriculture in Wyoming and I’m glad more are get ting involved. It’s awe some to work with women in this field because they understand the varied spectrum of why agricul ture is important, from that family-home-base, to operations out in the field. As women, we have dif ferent assets and strengths that we can contribute to the industry,” she says.

Producers interested in collaborating or com municating with BJ and Taste of the Wind can visit tasteofthewind.com, e-mail bj@tasteofthewind. com or reach out via Face book and Instagram @ TasteoftheWind307.

Brittany Gunn is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

Danny Vigil • Northern Livestock Represenative

vacc at branding.

Blackstar Cattle – 5 yearling SimX steers, 850#.

Matt Brown – 4 CharX steers, 850#.

Visit Cattle USA for broadcasting and online bidding – auctions.cattleusa.com

Monday, Oct. 10 • Bawl of the Fall - Feeder Special Karl Pierce – 150+ mxd black, 400-450#, 2 rounds of shots.

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REPORTS

Sugar Bars Legacy

ple Tigger – March 2022 bay roan filly sired by Met alic Shine X Tiggers Cool Sierra. Consigned by Bar M Quarter Horses. Purchased by Keith Schultz of White wood, S.D. for $4,750

Lot 22 – HR NU Shine Lana – April 2022 palo mino filly sired by Hes Busy Shining X Cookin Leah Lynx. Consigned by the Haight Ranch. Pur chased by Tom Lohse of Buffalo for $4,750

Saddle Mare

The Sugar Bars Sales Association wants to thank all the consignors, buyers, staff and attendees for their support in making this a successful 20th anniversary sale. Futurity result com ing soon.

Top Sellers

Weaning Colts

Lot 2/Wildcard – Cen tennials Dream – March 2022 chestnut stallion sired by Slew of Dreams X Cool

est Sensation. Consigned by Bar M Quarter Horses. Purchased by Cathy Lin derman, Showdown Quar ter Horses of Idaho Falls, Idaho for $10,000

Lot 8 – Ima Super Boon – April 2022 sorrel stallion sired by JS Pure Seduction X Sierras Super Star. Con signed by Bar M Quarter Horses. Purchased by Tom Lohse of Buffalo for $5,500

Lot 16 – Shines Pur

Lot 74 – Scotch Power Nicola – May 2017 black mare sired by Whisper In Scotch X Shez Nifty Profit Profit. Consigned by Haight Ranch. Purchased by Leslie Marshal of Day ton for $33,000

Saddle Geldings

Lot 79 – JC Truckle Bee – April 2014 sorrel gelding sired by Frosty Boy King X Lil Darlin Approval. Con signed by The Basin Ranch, Paul Cook. Purchased by Robert Clark of Snowmass, Colo. for $24,000

Lot 71 – Cragos Dual

Pep – May 2017 palomino gelding sired by Duals Blue Peppy X Cragos Frosty Pearl. Consigned by Kim Lance. Purchased by Kerry Larmer for $21,000

Lot 67 – Bartender Nicks 70 – April 2016 bay gelding sired by Mr Zips A lot X Razzy Nickie Bar. Consigned by Rod and Cor rine Schaffer. Purchased by TNT Quarter Horses of Parkman for $20,000 Yearling

Lot 51 – Smokey Cow boy DRR – April 2021 buckskin stallion sired by Shiny Blue Boon DR X Leavem In Amarillo. Con signed by LB Quarter Horses. Purchased by Tom Lohse of Buffalo for $7,000 Broodmare

Lot 56 – Ima Lacy Sen sation – June 2012 chestnut mare sired by Coolest Sen sation X Mr. Showdown Sugar. Consigned by Bar M Quarter Horses. Purchased by Cathy Linderman Show down Quarter Horses from Idaho Falls, Idaho for $14,000

Stallion Prospect Lot 68 – John E Boy –June 20, 2020 grullo stal lion sired by Dunit Lean Dream X Snippy Catalena

Hope. Consigned by Amber Krogman. Purchased by Howard Huxtable for J.E.B. of Red Owl, S.D. for $16,500

Lot 79 – JC Truckle Bee. Courtesy photo

2 – Centennials Dream. Courtesy photo

Cowboy DRR. Courtesy photo

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