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The vaccine dilemma: Veterinarian provides tips on how to successfully vaccinate the herd Vaccines tend to be a common topic of debate between producers in the cattle industry. There is disagreement about what vaccines to administer and at what times. Veterinarian Dr. Jay Hudson presented his thoughts on vaccinating cattle at the Johnson County Cattlewomen’s Agriculture Summit in Buffalo on Jan. 8. Hudson said the epidemiological triad is critical to keep in mind when vaccinating cattle. This diagram allows producers to analyze the host cattle, the multiple agents affecting the host and the host’s environment. Hudson stressed the importance for producers to improve the environment of their cattle and not just rely on vaccines to keep the herd healthy. “The health of your cattle starts with you,” he said. Management practices Hudson believes managing nutrition and stress levels is crucial for producers to keep their cattle healthy. He said management practices have a direct effect on the cattle, and vaccinations are not the only important factor when keeping cattle healthy. “Producers can influence environment by using management tools, and this will influence pathogen levels,” Hudson said. Hudson also noted stocking rate plays a role in the sickness rates of cattle. Commingling is also shown to increase stress levels. “If producers over stock, it’s usually when they start seeing sickness,” said Hudson. Each individual animal has its own, unique immune response. Hudson said in order to keep all cattle healthy, those with a weak immune system need to be protected. “Herd immunity is essential, whether you’re talking about humans or animals. There are sets of the population which are going to have great innate immune systems and responses and others, which will be mediocre,” said Hudson. He noted vaccines assist in developing high herd immunity levels, while genetics, stressors and nutrition play a role in which animals get sick as well. Hudson said vaccinations are only one part of management practice. “No vaccine is 100 percent,” he said. Individual cattle may respond to vaccinations differently than others. He said the age of cattle and the operation/production system plays a role in vaccination response. Producers introduce

new cattle to the herd using different strategies, and it directly impacts the health of the herd. “Closed herds, which don’t allow outside cattle to come in are notoriously the healthiest,” said Hudson. When to vaccinate Vaccinating cattle too many times throughout the year or giving cattle too many vaccinations at one time can put a lot of added stress on the animals. “Those less stressed closed herds, even when not vaccinated very well, are far better off than herds getting seven to eight vaccinations,” said Hudson. He said many studies have shown cortisol – the primary stress hormone – inhibits innate immune response, particularly at a young age in cattle. Hudson isn’t sure vaccinating calves more than a couple of times is worth the added stress. “Stress equals sickness, this will always be true,” he said. Hudson noted the timing of vaccine administration as the most important part of the vaccine program. Studies have shown cortisol levels increase dramatically in both the dam and calf when separated from each other the whole day, said Hudson. It’s better to only separate them for a few hours after vaccinating and branding. He also said heifers receiving a modified live vaccine should be vaccinated nine to 12 weeks before they are bred to protect ovarian function. Hudson noted he has seen too many producers inconsistent with the timing of vaccinations. He said new technologies claim vaccinations last longer than they actually do, and cattle need to be receiving consistent vaccinations at the correct times. “Introduce vaccines at the appropriate time, even with this new technology,” he added. Vaccines to include in protocol Hudson said producers should be aware of over vaccination, but there are certain vaccinations that he says are vital to cattle health to include in the protocol. Hudson said Wyoming is known for bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) outbreaks, and it is a must to vaccinate for. He noted BVD is complex and can be introduced at any stage of an animal’s life. Hudson recommends vaccinating heifers for lepto hardjo-bovis (LHB), even if the cow has a good immune system. LHB can cause serious defects in a cow’s ability to become pregnant and carry a fetus

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to full term. Hudson said cattle dealing with certain environmental stressors may need additional vaccinations. “If producers are calving in an intense environment, under wet conditions, I highly recommend scour control,” he said. Hudson also said he recommends myco-

plasma vaccination for calves going to the feedlot because of the high possibility of being introduced to new organisms. Hudson said bulls tend to be forgotten about by producers, but they are the “most disease spreaders in the whole herd.” He usually administers Endovac to protect against

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eye and foot injuries in bulls. Hudson said bulls in commingling and community pastures should receive TrichGuard to prevent the spread of trichomoniasis. Hudson also encouraged producers to administer a lot of clostridial boosters in bulls because he finds a lot of unexplained deaths in bulls due to clostridial disease. Vaccine handling Handling vaccines appropriately can greatly affect the outcome results of the vaccinations. “Keeping things cool and out of sun exposure is important,” Hudson said. He acknowledged bottle mount vaccinators as

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being a clean, safe way to vaccinate. He said once the bottle goes in, nothing is fed back into the bottle, so there isn’t contamination. Pistol grip syringes are another option Hudson uses, but he noted there is a higher likelihood of blood, bacteria or debris contaminating the syringe, especially when one single bottle is used frequently. Hudson said the most important factor is for producers to ensure cattle are being injected with a clean syringe every time. Kaitlyn Root is an editor for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

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From the Kitchen Table By Lynn Harlan Sheepmen in San Diego The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) held their annual get together recently in San Diego, Calif. Bob had meetings to attend and I tagged along. Who wouldn’t want a break in sunny California, a room

overlooking the marina and ocean views? Last year’s meeting was a “virtual” one, so it was good to reconnect with friends. Over the course of the trip, I encountered a few new “bests.”

Best plane ride: flying from Denver International Airport to San Diego in a window seat and clear skies. We flew over the Colorado mountains, the Arizona desert with a glimpse of the Grand Canyon and caught a view of the Imperial Valley in California, which is home to various crops and alfalfa fields and is fed by the Colorado River. During the winter, the valley feeds thousands of lambs. Best margarita: hands down, the margarita Brad Boner made when we had a get together in his room. Best animal contact: the giraffe at the San Diego Zoo who walked up to us and we

chatted for 10 minutes. Best boat ride: the harbor tour we took, where we motored by the Midway and a fleet of famous ships and even took a trip under the Coronado bridge. Best two minutes of football: After the harbor tour, we caught the second half of the Bills versus Chiefs game. Best market day in January for someone from wintry Wyoming: the Saturday market at Little Italy. The flowers, fruits and vegetables on display, as well as the food vendors, all made for a delightful morning. Best sheets I’ve slept on in a while: the crisp sheets at

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our hotel. How come when I buy 300-count sheets they’re never that nice? Best lamb ribs: the meal served at the opening reception of the convention. Best hypnotist show: performed by Dr. Al Snyder. Snyder, who was born in Ten Sleep, went on to become a veterinarian and now travels the country doing his hypnotist show. ASI had him at the meeting in Sacramento, Calif. 19 years ago when Dr. Jim Logan was the hit of the show. He was hypnotized to be a CIA operative who was receiving faxes (toilet paper) and had to hide them. Dr. Logan was stuffing them in his boots and everywhere. This year’s show was just as hilarious, and Dr. Logan was again up on the stage with about seven others. Dr. Snyder had participants milking sheep, gazing at his bare bottom – of course he was fully clothed, driving a stick shift on bad roads and receiving phone calls out of a cowboy boot. The end of the show was a Luke Bryan concert, with “Luke Bryan,” and others belting out songs, groupies dancing and members of the band. It was a great show. Best heated pool and hot tub in January: again, at our hotel. Best ring man and Luke Bryan impersonator: Lane Nordlund. He did an awesome job at both. The highest bid item at the Thursday night auction was a lion hunt with Sandy Bob Forbes in Kaycee. Best food and drink I didn’t have to prepare: everywhere. The chef did an admirable job with the lamb served at the convention, and the meals we ate outside of the meeting were all good. Expensive, but good. San Diego has one of the best climates in the United States, it’s lovely there and you pay for the whole experience when you visit. I finally gave up grousing about the cost and just enjoyed my time. Best ambassadors of our wool industry: the Make It With Wool contestants. Their annual showcase is the last

evening at the banquet, but well-mannered youngsters were all over the hotel during the week. Our two representatives from Wyoming were Madi Dunning from Encampment and Cassie Downare from Buffalo. Cassie finished in the top 10. Best representation of our industry from Wyoming: sheepmen who are at home and going through the daily grind don’t always recognize and consider the folks who are attending these meetings throughout the year. Many thanks to: Brad Boner from Glenrock, who is the current vice president of ASI and will move up to president in 2023 – a big job; Peter John Camino from Buffalo, who is the new chairman of the American Lamb Board for the next two years; Amy Hendrickson from Casper, who serves as the executive director of the Wyoming Wool Growers Association (WWGA) and on the ASI consultant team; Regan Smith from Powell, the current president of the WWGA; Vance Broadbent from Evanston and a past WWGA president; Cat Urbigkit from Big Piney, an award winning author and photographer; Lee Isenberger from Wright, who serves on the Wool Council; and Bob Harlan from Kaycee, who sits on the National Lamb Feeders Board ASI Board of Directors. Many past presidents and members of WWGA attended meetings over the years and were nominated for various councils, committees and national offices. These are just a few of the Wyoming volunteers who have represented Wyoming sheep producers and the state’s sheep industry. Best speakers: all of them. Many folks have commented on how easy it was to attend the meetings. Best South Dakota voices for the lamb and wool industry: Peter Orwick, who has been the ASI executive director for over 20 years. In San Diego, the Camptender Award was renamed the Please see ASI on page B11

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It’s the Pitts by Lee Pitts

A Prisoner of Circumstance Stanley is a computer nerd who inherited a paidfor ranch and 450 good cows. For some people, like me, this would be a dream come true. But, for Stanley, who hates cows, horses and the outdoors, he became a prisoner of circumstance. One man’s dream really is another man’s nightmare. Stanley’s goal in life was to design video games. He was three years into getting a degree in electronic engineering when his folks died and he had to come home to run the ranch.

One might say we shouldn’t feel sorry for Stanley; he could simply sell the ranch and the cows, never get out of his pajamas and play computer games for the rest of his life. But, it’s not that easy. Even thinking about selling the ranch which has been in his family for 125 years made Stanley feel like a traitor to his ancestors. Plus, he’s got a young son and daughter who are both interested in cows and love everything about ranch life. So, Stanley feels a

responsibility to keep the ranch going for his kids, who would be the sixth generation on the place. Just because Stanley has been reduced to being a placeholder doesn’t mean he’s no longer interested in everything electronic. He’s heavy into social media, maintains a homepage for his cat and got post-traumatic stress disorder from playing Mortal Combat on his MacBook six hours a day. Stanley is no slouch when it comes to cyberspace. His home office is overgrown with cable spaghetti, he gobbles up computer cookies and you’ll never catch him plugging a power strip into itself. Stanley has spent a fortune turning the dirt road that leads to his place into an information superhighway, and I’ve often thought Stanley might operate in some gray areas by hack-

ing into other people’s databases. I wouldn’t put it past him. Stanley is so into computers he named his daughter Alexa, after the WiFi network tool which performs tasks for you. I see a big problem ahead for daughter Alexa – she’s going to be run ragged with Stanley saying things all day like, “Alexa, dim the lights,” and “Alexa, lock the doors,” or “Alexa, turn up the thermostat.” Of course, all of Stanley’s cows now have radio frequency ear tags; he pumps water with solar panels; he sells his calves by video and he buys his bulls on the internet. Stanley was also interested in turning his ranch into a windmill farm, but the wind doesn’t blow enough on his place to put out a birthday candle, and he can’t turn it into a solar farm because there aren’t any mandatory

transmission lines nearby to plug into. Because Stanley doesn’t care for cowboys, he’s been reduced to devising ways to replace them with drones and robots. Now, a computer might be able to beat you in a game of chess and one might even be able to check on remote water troughs, but a computer can’t repair a broken float valve, stand on the back of a truck in freezing weather doling out alfalfa or pull a calf. There’s no robotic squeeze chute on the market that gives shots, and a computer can’t roundup your cows. Although, Stanley tried. Stanley thought to himself, what makes cows move? Horses, of course. Cows will also run to a feed truck, and heel flies really make cows move. So, Stanley got the idea if he could make his drones

sound like heel flies, he could buzz his cows and herd them anywhere he wanted. So, Stanley filled his bunkhouse with drones instead of cowboys. Then, to test his idea, Stanley used a small sample – a pasture with 50 cows in it. Sitting at his desk in his home office still wearing his pajamas, he flew four heel-fly-drones to push the cows to his corral. At first the cows ignored the unmanned aerial vehicles, so he turned up the volume on the drones to high and soon the cows starting running with their tails in the air. Sure enough, Stanley was able to gather the entire 50 cows in one location but, alas, it was not in his corral. The cows were standing in a dirt tank with water up to their bellies so the “flies” couldn’t bite them.

Sweetwater Rocks Bighorn sheep transplant delayed due to landowner concerns the area. Lutz told the commission the current proposal is the fourth plan to establish a Bighorn sheep population in the Sweetwater Rocks area since the 1980s, but each was abandoned due to landowner opposition and concern over livestock grazing permits. What’s different this time is the support of two major landowners in the area – including Sweetwater Ranches – and WGFD Director Brian Nesvik’s level of determination to find a resolution which can pave the way for livestock producer support. Landowner concerns After landowners and permittees expressed concern about their ability to graze domestic stock on public land allotments managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) if the transplants were approved, Nesvik wrote a letter to the BLM stating, “Should Bighorn sheep be used as a surrogate by federal land managers to adjust allotment stocking rates or otherwise reduce livestock grazing in the Sweetwater Rocks Cooperative Review Area, the department will remove the wild sheep.” Lutz reported, while livestock producers appre-

ciated Nesvik’s letter, they doubted the letter would impact potential BLM grazing decisions, especially if the BLM were sued by environmental advocates for failing to adhere to BLM’s national policy requiring the separation of Bighorn sheep from domestic sheep on BLM lands because of concern for the risk of disease transfer. Lutz called the producer concerns “grave and legitimate,” and said area landowners are supportive of wildlife in the region, but the impact of the national BLM policy on separation of the sheep species would fall on livestock producers in the area. After conferring with the Wyoming Bighorn/ Domestic Sheep Interactions Working Group, and a subgroup of the working group, Lutz said the wildlife agency went back to the landowners and livestock producers in the area and found opposition to the proposal had increased to the extent that most landowners opposed the transplant, mostly because of the potential impact to federal land grazing permits. Replying to a question, Lutz confirmed the BLM’s sheep separation policy could result in both cuts to animal

unit months as well as closure of grazing allotments. Meeting planned to develop strategy “At the end of the day, we’ve got to look outside the box,” said Nesvik. The WGFD director is gathering a group of lawyers and stakeholders for a meeting in early February to develop a legal strategy to determine what sort of assurances can be put in place to ensure livestock grazing would not be impacted by the proposed transplant. Nesvik suggested alternatives may include going through a National Environmental Policy Act process with the BLM, or initiating a change in BLM’s policy to allow such Bighorn sheep transplants to move forward without impacting livestock permits. “If we’re able to identify assurances the producers can get comfortable with, I think this very worthy project goes forward,” Nesvik said. “And, I think short of having those assurances, I think it’s a bad idea for us to go in there if we can’t find a way to satisfy some justified concerns.”

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Lander Region Wildlife Coordinator Daryl Lutz told the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission during their meeting the last week of January the proposal to transplant Bighorn sheep into the Sweetwater Rocks near Jeffrey City has hit a snag and will be delayed. The agency had hoped to conduct the transplant within the next month or two. “We’re slowing the process down,” Lutz said, to try to provide assurances needed to gain livestock producer support for the project. WGFD evaluation approval The commission gave its nod of approval for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) to evaluate the feasibility of transplanting Bighorn sheep into the region in response to a proposal advanced by Pathfinder Ranches, LLC. In a letter to the state wildlife agency last summer, Pathfinder Ranches wrote of its support for a reintroduction project so long as Bighorn sheep would “not be or become a talisman for those groups wishing to disrupt, reduce, hamper, slow or otherwise negatively impact livestock grazing on federal, state and private lands” in

Cat Urbigkit is a correspondent for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup and is a member of the Wyoming

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William R. "Bill" Angell Aug. 24, 1946 – Jan. 27, 2022

William R. “Bill” Angell was born in Lansing, Mich. to Robert D. and Frances L. Angell on Aug. 24, 1946 and passed from this world on Jan. 27. Bill was raised on a small farm in Michigan where he first acquired his love for agriculture. After graduating from East Lansing High School, he enrolled at Michigan State University (MSU) where he would begin his lifetime involvement with the cattle industry. Bill was an avid evaluator of livestock and was

a member of the livestock judging team at MSU, where he had great success and always valued the instruction he received from his coach and lifelong friend, Dr. Harlan Ritchie. Upon graduation from MSU, Bill continued his education by earning a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin where his success in livestock judging continued, but this time as the coach. All the success he experienced as a coach paled in comparison to the most important thing he received while in Wisconsin and this was the introduction to the love of his life, Donna Zimmerman. Bill and Donna were married on April 30, 1971 and spent the next 50 plus years together making a life of memories and leaving their mark on so many people. Shortly after their marriage, Bill and Donna moved to Lexington, Ky.

where Bill coached the livestock judging team at the University of Kentucky (UK) and continued to impact many young people who would go on to do great things in the industry. Throughout his life, when Bill would recognize the potential a young person had to impact the industry or to achieve their goals, he was the first one to lend support and to share some of his expertise he had gathered along his journey. His willingness to take the time to share words of encouragement with people over the years was an invaluable gift to so many. On April 17, 1973, Bill and Donna started their family with the birth of their first-born, Blake William. After two years at UK, Bill made a career change that would set in motion the next nearly 50 years of his professional

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life. In the fall of 1973, Bill moved his family to Pine Bluff, Ark. as he became a field man for the American Polled Hereford Association. This is where Bill’s love for the purebred side of the cattle industry was forged. He traveled throughout a four-state region, as well as nationally, working with Polled Hereford breeders assisting them with the marketing and promotion of their operations and conducting the business of the association. While in Arkansas, Bill and Donna grew their family with the first blessing coming on Sept. 27, 1976 in the birth of their daughter Miki Renee. Just a short 13 months later, another blessing arrived in the birth of their third child on Oct. 29, 1977 with their daughter Marisa “Missy” Lynn. In 1978, Bill and Donna moved their family to Colorado as Bill accepted a position with the Record Stockman newspaper. Bill loved working with seedstock operations and assisting them with their marketing and promotional strategies for their annual production sales. One of his most valued and loved contributions in this capacity was the ability to provide ringman services at these production sales. For those in the cattle business, Bill was a fixture ringside at production sales across the country for decades. He had a knack for figuring up the sale average within moments of the conclusion of any sale. Those who knew of this ability would seek him out to see how the sale ended up, because even in today’s world of computers, he was always the first one to have the averages tabulated. After leaving the

Record Stockman, Bill worked for Superior Livestock Auction for a number of years where he built the sale catalog, developed the advertising and promotional campaigns and generated the sale reports. However, Bill’s passion remained in the purebred side of the business and when he had the opportunity, he returned to that segment of the industry when he became the yards manager at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS). Over the many years at NWSS, Bill’s contributions to the activities which took place “in the yards” were immeasurable. One of his contributions became an iconic glimpse of history when he constructed the “Wall of Champions,” in the Livestock Center. It provided a visual tour of the past for all who viewed it. Bill’s most recent impact on the industry was known through his time as livestock manager at the Nebraska State Fair. Bill was hired when the fair moved to its new location in Grand Island, Neb. and he played a pivotal role in advancing not only the Nebraska State Fair, but the incredible facilities of one of the premiere livestock show venues in the country. Bill gave a lifetime of service to the cattle industry and his contributions to it were vast. Bill was not one who looked for praise or recognition, but found joy and self-fulfillment in knowing the event he was involved with, whether it be a production sale or a national show, was as successful an event as possible, and that he had done everything in his power to ensure the outcome. Based on his selfless nature and his kind soul, he was loved and cherished by so many he came in contact with over

the years. Of all his accomplishments, the one he was probably most proud of was being a grandpa. Bill was blessed to have four grandkids, which he loved and adored. He attended any and all activities they were involved in and cherished spending time with each of them. He was a beloved grandpa who will be greatly missed. Bill loved his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, his family, his countless friends, the cattle industry, his MSU Spartans and the United States of America, which he proudly served in the National Guard. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, inlaws, sister-in-law, Lois and brother-in-law, David. He is survived by his wife of 50 plus years, Donna; son, Blake (Kirsten) Angell of Gove, Kan.; daughter, Miki (Steve) Kissler of LaSalle, Colo.; daughter, Missy (Amy) Angell of Greeley, Colo.; brother, Richard (Leslie) Angell of Michigan; grandson, Tyler Kissler; granddaughter, Makayla Kissler; grandson, Seth Kissler; granddaughter, Brynnlee Angell; brotherin-law, Reg (Betty) Zimmerman of Wisconsin; sister-in-law, Barbara Zimmerman of Wisconsin; brother-in-law, Bill (Sharon) Zimmerman of Wisconsin; nephew, Nic (Shara) Angell of California; nephew, Kevin (Jenny) Angell of Michigan and numerous other brother-in-laws, sister-inlaws, nieces and nephews. A celebration of life service was held on Feb. 4 at the First Presbyterian Church in LaSalle, Colo. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the First Presbyterian Church of LaSalle or to one of Bill’s favorite charities, St. Jude’s Children Hospital or The Wounded Warriors Project.

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Erle D. Barto

Aug. 11, 1935 – Jan. 20, 2022

On Jan. 20, Erle D. Barto, age 86, of Evansville, after a struggle with kidney disease, headed off to get the band back together. He knew they were looking for a rhythm guitar player. Erle was born in the basement of a house on the corner of Third and Elk Street in Casper on Aug. 11, 1935 to Albert James and Florence Mildred (Struck) Barto. He attended McKinley School and, in 1953, graduated from Natrona County High School, where he held the rank of major in the ROTC and was a four-year member of their rifle team, winning national honors each year. He was employed briefly by Republic Supply Company and the City of Casper and was married to Mary Hiser of Glenrock, and then to Constance Jones of Casper for over 20 years. His association with their families endured. Erle was a lifetime member of Elks Lodge #1353. He joined the Wyoming Army National Guard exactly 69 years before his death, enlisting in B Battery 349th FA BN. In 1954, he was employed for six months as an Obstacle Marking System (OMS) mechanic and transferred to Santa Clara Vanguard (SCV) Battery. Erle received a medical discharge in January 1956, reenlisting in SVC Battery in July 1957, when he departed for six months of basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. Upon his return, he was reemployed as a full

time OMS-3 mechanic and attended training at Aberdeen Md., Ft. Sill, Okla., and at the Tank and Automotive command in Warren, Mich. In 1964, Erle reached the rank of E7 after which he had the opportunity to obtain warrant officer status, eventually becoming a Chief Warrant Officer Four. He became shop chief of OMS-3 in Casper and commanded Service Battery for 21 years, supervising the maintenance programs in Casper, Douglas, Lusk, Newcastle, Gillette, Lander, Riverton, Afton, Evanston, Rock Springs and Rawlins. In 1985, Erle transferred to the State Maintenance Shop in Guernsey to take the position of Unit Training Equipment Site chief, and was assigned to the Strategic Trauma Readiness Center headquarter in Cheyenne as the Chief of the Command Maintenance Evaluation and Training team for Wyoming, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. In 1983, after purchasing a Super Cub and taking flight instruction from his best friend, Bill Cheney, Erle earned his private pilot’s license. In July 1983, he married Charlee (Holt) Foster. In 1985, the couple, together with her son Matthew, moved to Platte County where they operated a cattle ranch which included 160 acres of hay ground. Erle greatly appreciated his chance to be a cowboy. In the years to follow, Erle earned his commercial pilot’s license and honed his flying skills hunting coyotes in Platte, Goshen and Laramie counties alongside his long-time gunner and close friend Bob Cheney, whom he cherished like a second son. His proficiency with the airplane was further enhanced when he and Charlee ventured into the realm of commercial photography, taking aerial shots of every farm and

ranch in southeast Wyoming and northeast Colorado. Other flight experience included checking windmills and livestock. Matt and Erle frequently commuted by air to work and school. Erle’s involvement with the airport board was key to the improvement of civilian facilities at the Guernsey airport. After Matt’s graduation in 1998, the couple moved to the remote cabin Erle had built 28 years before. Erle considered it a privilege to have spent so much of his life fishing, looking for arrowheads, exploring the country by snowmobile and ATV and hunting for that elusive 85th elk. He often remarked he was blessed to have had “a good wife, a good dog and a good horse,” and the company of the closeknit community in the Deer Creek Park area. Erle is preceded in death by his parents; his sisters Carol (Doug) Bryden and Helen (Lee) Lareva and Dolores Hart; and his nephew Barry Erben. He is survived by his wife Charlee; his son Matthew; nieces Kay Swanson and Corey Ralph; nephews Jim and Ken Trantham, David and Jeffrey Bryden, Frosty and Mike Erben, Charles Holt and their spouses. He is also survived by Pam Erben; Brandi and Jeff Zaccardi; and Wendie, Pedro and Cody Mendoza, as well as a special group of friends he considered family. The family would like to thank Dr. Neff, Erle’s nurses Surrey and Candace, the staff at U.S. Renal Care, the progressive care nurses at Wyoming Medical Center and all who helped him. In lieu of flowers, donations to Central Wyoming Hospice and Transitions or a charity of your choice would be appreciated. Bustard and Jacoby are charge of arrangements and a celebration of life will be held in the summer of 2022.

LETTERS

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Dear Editor, Our Republic or “the experiment” as described by the Founding Fathers – Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton and Franklin – is alive and well: evidenced by the movement of a few patriotic folks upon the halls of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. It is reassuring to know an ember of the “Spirit of ’76” still glows in the bosom of a few Americans who hold liberty dear. This is not, as some mislead individuals would have us believe, a fragmentation of failure of our Republican form of government. It is our legacy, a gift from the framers of the Constitution. The American people should focus on this perspective and not be mislead by demagogues decrying the failure of the American system of governance. We are a people ever confident of the strength and faith of our country. Our Republic is strong. If any part be suspect of failure or weak-

ness look to the politician elected to administer and interpret the word of our Constitution: they who possess an innate propensity to betray a sacred obligation to their public, compromising their position, pursing “projects of fashion.” Of that momentous day on Jan. 6, 2021, one image is burned into my memory: politicians weeping, turning to pray, being herded as sheep to a haven of safety. This same group of folks, who with combined resolution, commit young American lives to foreign conflict on foreign soil in support of the foreigner storming castles in pursuit of freedom. They ask what they themselves are unwilling to commit to. When disgruntled individuals knocked at the front door of this noble house, not one stalwart was willing to step forward to risk his fate in defense of this august institution. Not one was confident of the respect due his office. Their failure reflects

immensely upon the structure of this country. There is a need to reassess their role in the representation on the U.S.A., for assuredly there has been a commensurate loss of respect of friend and foe alike. I believe there is need of apology to this great Republic from these eloquent and stately representatives of freedom. Yet realistically, be there even one politician guilty enough of “devotion to country” to shoulder this responsibility? Perhaps the better alternative, these individuals be required to face a tribunal and judges for their want of ability to lead during a questionable confrontation and their decline into chaos. They presupposed the ending; a flaw of character and ultimate failure of government. Truly, the Congress is not of a divine substance, but therein may lie the rub. God save us all. Very truly yours, John W. Snyder Weston

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OBITUARIES

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Chester "Chet" Hejde

Sept. 20, 1930 – Jan. 19, 2022

Our Lord’s steadfast and faithful servant Chester “Chet” Francis Hejde, 91, of Aladdin, passed away peacefully on Jan. 19 at Crook County Long Term Care in Sundance. Chet was born Sept. 20, 1930, in Sundance. He was the second of four children born to Francis and Virginia

(Zimmerschied) Hejde and spent his early years at the home ranch near Aladdin. Chet attended his first year of school just up the road at the Eothen Country School. He moved to Sundance in 1936 and completed his schooling at Old Stoney, graduating from high school in 1948. He attended the University of Wyoming from 1948 to 1952. He enlisted in the Army and served from 1952 to 1954 at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Chet returned to Laramie and finished his college education with a degree in animal husbandry in 1956. Chet married Evelyn Engelhaupt in 1955, and they ran the ranch at Aladdin for the rest of his productive life. They had two

Ronald J. Shober

June 15, 1953 – Jan. 27, 2022 In the early morning hours of Jan. 27, Ronald “Ronnie” Jay Shober of southern Campbell County passed from this life to the next, where the grass is always green and the horses never cripple. He was 68 years old and passed in his sleep with family and friends nearby. Ronnie was born to Ira

daughters – Wanda (Rodney) Burget and Sandra (Walter) Neiman, and were blessed with five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. In addition to ranching as a profession, Chet was a true student of the outdoors. He was an excellent hunter and an even better teller of hunting stories – all true, of course. He was an outfitter and guide and his clients quickly became life-long friends and “family.” He loved fishing and was a master at fly tying. His grandchildren all carry on his love of hunting, fishing and the beautiful Bear Lodge Mountains which he called home. Chet was an accomplished musician. His great love and talent for music inspired all who knew him. He played tuba all of his life, playing in the Sundance Band F. “Ike” and Ila Shober in 1953. He spent his early life with his family of six ranching on the Shober Homestead on North Horse Creek, north of Gillette. With siblings and cousins nearby, Ronnie had many wonderful memories of his childhood. The funniest memories usually involved his cousin Dave Shannon. In grade school, Ronnie began working on the Morse Ranch which was later

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and the University of Wyoming Band. He attained “AllAmerican” status through membership in the 1951 National Intercollegiate Band organized at Indiana University. Chet played in the 65th Army Band and attended the Navy School of Music in Washington D.C. At the end of his tour of duty in the Army, Chet auditioned with the Ringling Brothers Circus Band and was considering their offer when the call came from home to come back and take over responsibilities with the ranch – an offer he couldn’t refuse. Back home, he played in the Belle Fourche Cowboy Band and the Spearfish Fireman’s Band. He played for numerous country dances with a group of local musicians called the Aladdin Offbeats, and most recently performed for many years as a member of the Black Hills Jazz Band. He blessed listen-

ers with his beautiful baritone voice as a member of the Men’s and Boys’ Choir at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. to the Black Hills Barber Shop Chorus and at countless funerals, weddings, community events and celebrations. He could also “cut a rug” with style and grace as a graduate of the Arthur Murray School of Dancing. Chet was a respected leader in his community serving for many years on the Crook County Hospital Board, as a 4-H leader and on numerous agricultural boards. He was a lifetime member of Sundance United Methodist Church, a member of Sundance Masonic Lodge #9, Electa Chapter #5 of Eastern Star, a Shriner and Associate Guardian and Associate Grand Guardian for Bethel #43 and the Grand Bethel of the State of Wyoming. He was also a member of the American Legion and Crook County Heritage Association

where he worked tirelessly to help renovate Sundance’s historical school, “Old Stoney.” Chester is survived by his wife Evelyn; daughters Wanda (Rodney) Burget and Sandra (Walter) Neiman, all of Aladdin; brother Charles C. Hejde of Surprise, Ariz.; sister Kathleen Hejde of Rapid City, S.D.; grandsons Benjamin (Judy) Neiman of Sundance; Darrell (Tyler) Neiman of Aladdin; Daniel (Brianna) Burget of Kansas City, Mo.; and Ryan (Hartley) Burget of Sheridan; granddaughter Amy (Dane) Odde of Casper; and numerous greatgrandchildren and nieces and nephews. He was proceeded in death by his parents Francis and Virginia Hejde and sister Barbara Anderson. A Masonic funeral will be held in Sundance at a later date. The family has established a memorial for Old Stoney, which can be sent to 3700 State Highway 24, Aladdin, WY 82710.

known as the Harris Ranch. Ronnie worked for Glenn Morse and then Jayne and Nick Harris through high school and for a short while after getting married. Ronnie met his match in JoAnn Camblin whom he married on May 28, 1976. In 1979, Ronnie and JoAnn moved to a place of their own with all their worldly possessions, which consisted of three saddle horses, a modest herd of cows, starter herd of sheep, three dogs and one blind cat. The new ranch was originally the Otis Wright homestead, south of Gillette on the Belle Fourche River. Ronnie had always wanted to ranch and raise a family. Fortunately, Ronnie and JoAnn had several nieces and nephews, whom they adored and kept busy with before they had children of their own. Even today there are many middle-aged men and women, some officially related and some not, who refer to their Uncle Ronnie with fondness. On March 10, 1980, Ron and JoAnn welcomed their favorite son, Ira D. Shober into this world. Then with great efficiency, 13 months later, they welcomed their favorite daughter, Sarah J. Shober, into this world on April 17, 1981. This was

when life got super easy. In the spring of 1984, Ronnie was a new business owner and new father when a horrible spring storm hit which made everyone’s lives even easier. Ronnie could have looked at all the insurmountable problems in his life and chosen to just give up. Fortunately, Ronnie had faith in his Creator and His son Jesus. Hindsight has revealed, that long before 1984, God had already placed many mentors, friends and neighbors who have time and again shown up when times were tough, who have been used by God to create a silver lining in the darkest of clouds. Ronnie credited his ranching education not to a university, but to several mentors whose words carried him throughout his life – mentors such as his dad, Ike Shober, Glen Morse, Jayne and Nick Harris, Eric Ohman and father-in-law Earlie Camblin. Close friends and neighbors who have shown up and whom Ronnie would have accredited as “making life possible” such as Ohmans, Carters, Moores, Driskolls, Hacketts, Perssons, Dobrenzs, Mankins, Johnsons, Bells, Hudsons, Roushs, Becks, Geers and all his family listed below and

other friends too numerous to mention. Ronnie loved to team rope, golf, play cards and laugh, but most of all, he loved every moment he was able to spend with his four grandkids: Kayson Conway, Emily Shober, Charis Conway and Benjamin Shober. He is proceeded in death by his father, Ike Shober; father and mother-in-law, Earl and Jean Camblin; and his mother, Ila Shober, who followed Ronnie’s lead and met him in heaven two days after Ronnie arrived. Ronnie is survived by wife, JoAnn Shober of 45 years; children Ira (Melanie) Shober and Sarah (Kyle) Conway; four grandchildren; siblings Tanya (Larry) Suchor, Mickey (Linda) Shober, Diane Shober; brothers-in-law Tut (Collette) Camblin and Doug (Charlene) Camblin as well as numerous nieces, nephews and even several great- and great-great nieces and nephews. Funeral services for Ronnie will be held 11 a.m., Feb. 5 at the Church at the Barn and interment will follow in the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery. Memorials and condolences may be sent in care of Gillette Memorial Chapel, 210 West 5th Street, Gillette, WY 82716.

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June 4, 1933 – Jan. 24, 2022

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ine Kautz on June 4, 1933. Ronnie graduated from Lyman High School in 1951, and began farming with his father near Lyman. He married Margaret Lucille Johnson on June 26, 1953. In 1965, Ron purchased a farm near Huntley and farmed there until his retirement in 2016. Ron loved farming and agriculture. He had a work ethic that few could match and none could surpass. He served agriculture with terms as a director of the Federal Land Bank and as president of the National Sugar Beet Growers Association.

Ron and Margaret “Marky” were surrogate parents and grandparents to many youngsters. Their generosity supported numerous church and missionary activities. He was preceded in death by his parents and three siblings. He is survived by his wife, Marky, sons Keith (Karen) of Cheyenne, Bruce (Patricia) of Colorado Springs, Colo. and Lowell (Susan) of Torrington, along with 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be scheduled at a future date. Condolences may be sent to Marky c/o Aspen Winds, 4010 North College Drive, Cheyenne, WY 82001.

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SALE REPORTS Bobcat Angus 17th Annual Production Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Jan. 29, 2022 Western Livestock Auction, Great Falls, Mont. Auctioneers: Joe Goggins and Greg Goggins 128 Angus Bulls Avg. $4,086 23 Older Registered Angus Cows Avg. $2,039 490 Commercial Bred Heifers Avg. $1,671 164 Young Commercial Bred Cows Avg. $1,919 42 Older Commercial Bred Cows Avg. $1,121 One Quarter Horse Gelding Avg. $9,500 Top Sellers Bulls Lot 98 – Bobcat Exclusive H226 – Price: $17,000 DOB: 8/21/20 Sire: Musgrave 316 Exclusive Dam’s Sire: EXAR Denver 2002B EPDs: BW: -0.5, WW: +67, YW: +124 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Green Mountain Angus Ranch, Ryegate, Mont.

Lot 5 – Bobcat Klondike J6 – Price: $12,250 DOB: 2/8/21 Sire: Apex Klondike Dam’s Sire: Musgrave Big Sky EPDs: BW: +2.3, WW: +77, YW: +133 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Konnyr Marek, White Bird, Idaho Lot 22 – Bobcat Forge J57 – Price: $10,000 DOB: 2/28/21 Sire: PGC Forge

Marcy Cattle Company and Marcy Livestock Angus Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Jan. 27, 2022 Gordon Livestock Auction, Gordon, Neb. Auctioneer: Joe Goggins 176 Angus Bulls Avg. $5,417 81 Angus Heifer Calves Avg. $2,440 Three Angus Cows Avg. $4.333 Top Sellers Bulls Lot 9 – Marcys Full Bore 015 – Price: $17,500 DOB: 2/13/20 Sire: BUBS Southern Charm AA31 Dam’s Sires: Sitz Upward 307R EPDs: BW: +3.9, WW: +70, YW: +119 and Milk: +35 Buyers: Weber Angus, Plainview, Neb. Lot 92 – Marcys 21 Tahoe 32-1 – Price: $17,000 DOB: 2/5/21 Sire: Tehama Tahoe B767 Dam’s Sire: Marcys Scale Crusher EPDs: BW: +0.7, WW: +85, YW: +145 and

Milk: +31 Buyer: Kevin Hebbert, Nebraska Lot 29 – Marcys 21 Scale Crusher 51-1 – Price: $13,500 DOB: 2/7/21 Sire: Marcys Scale Crusher Dam’s Sire: Connealy Consensus 7229 EPDs: BW: +1.5, WW: +65, YW: +118 and Milk: +28 Buyer: TL Ranch, Monticello, Mo. Lot 1 – Marcys 20 Scale Crusher 59-0 – Price: $13,000 DOB: 2/12/20 Sire: Marcys Scale Crusher Dam’s Sire: SSAF Balboa 230 EPDs: BW: +2.5, WW: +76, YW: +133

McConnell Angus Ranch Annual Bull and Female Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Jan. 28, 2022 McConnell Angus Ranch, Dix, Neb. Auctioneer: Matt Lowery and Royce McConnell 188 Angus Bulls Avg. $6,750 53 Registered Running Age Angus Females Avg. $2,698 15 Registered Yearling Open Angus Heifers Avg. $1,917 Top Sellers Bulls Lot 1 – McConnell APP 042 – Price: $49,000 DOB: 8/15/20 Sire: Deer Valley Growth Fund Dam’s Sire: Connealy In Sure 8524 EPDs: BW: -1.0, WW: +80, YW: +152 and Milk: +35 Buyers: Micheli Ranch, Fort Bridger; Prescott Ranches, Colorado; and Johnson Mesa Angus, New Mexico Lot 64 – McCon-

nell Regard 4260 – Price: $15,500 DOB: 9/7/20 Sire: S A V Regard 4863 Dam’s Sire: S A V Bismarck 5682 EPDs: BW: +3.8, WW: +87, YW: +148 and Milk: +30 Buyer: Gary Dethlefs, Nebraska Lot 3 – McConnell Growth Fund 056 – $15,500 DOB: 8/18/20 Sire: Deer Valley Growth Fund Dam’s Sire: Gaffney Game Changer 371 EPDs: BW:

Dam’s Sire: HF Powder Keg 71C EPDs: BW: +6.6, WW: +87, YW: +143 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Glennie Ranches, Two Dot, Mont. Lot 78 – Bobcat Megahit H229 – Price: $10,000 DOB: 8/22/20 Sire: Jindra Megahit Dam’s Sire: EXAR Denver 2002B EPDs: BW: +3.2, WW: +79, YW: +141 and Milk: +18 Buyer: Diamond Box Livestock, Cut Bank, Mont. Lot 11 – Bobcat Emerald J74 – Price: $9,500 DOB: 3/5/21 Sire: Connealy Emerald Dam’s Sire: Bobcat Consent EPDs: BW: +0.3, WW: +83, YW: +144 and Milk: +19 Buyer: Glennie Ranches, Two Dot, Mont. Females Lot 171 – Bobcat Lass 411 – Price: $5,500 DOB: 2/17/14 Sire: EXAR Denver 2002B Dam’s Sire: Connealy Danny Boy EPDs: BW: +2.9, WW: +63, YW: +110 and Milk: +26 Buyer: TD Angus, North Platte, Neb. and Milk: +31 Buyer: Minnie Creek Angus, Johnstown, Neb. Lot 11 – Marcys Southern Charm 069 – Price: $13,000 DOB: 2/7/20 Sire: BUBS Southern Charm AA31 Dam’s Sire: Marcys Scale Crusher EPDs: BW: +3.2, WW: +74, YW: +131 and Milk: +29 Buyer: Rex Nelson, Nebraska Cows Lot 249 – Marcys 19 Ethelda E 8-9 – Price: $5,000 DOB: 1/30/19 Sire: Marcys Scale Crusher Dam’s Sire: Connealy Tanker 736A EPDs: BW: +1.4, WW: +75, YW: +136 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Bill Gaskill, Montana Heifers Lot 225 – Marcys 21 Ethelda E 85-1 – Price: $7,500 DOB: 2/14/21 Sire: Marcys Scale Crusher Dam’s Sire: Connealy Consensus 7229 EPDs: BW: +1.3, WW: +73, YW: +127 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Kevin Hebbert, Nebraska +1.7, WW: +84, YW: +155 and Milk: +37 Buyer: Farthing Ranch, Iron Mountain Lot 2 – McConnell Growth Fund 012 – $15,000 DOB: 8/12/20 Sire: Deer Valley Growth Fund Dam’s Sire: PA Full Power 1208 EPDs: BW: +2.2, WW: +84, YW: +157 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Harding Ranch, Meriden Lot 10 –McConnell Altitude 029 – $13,000 DOB: 8/24/20 Sire: McConnell Altitude 3114 Dam’s Sire: S A V Pioneer 7301 EPDs: BW: +2.2, WW: +68, YW: +120 and Milk: +22 Buyer: Koupal Angus, South Dakota Females Lot 212 – MA American Beauty 1581 – $3,750 DOB: 1/30/21 Sire: S A V America 8018 Dam’s Sire: S A V 004 Density 4336 EPDs: BW: +2.4, WW: +72, YW: +121 and Milk: +21 Buyer: Johnson Livestock, Saskatchewan, Canada

Black Hills Stock Show Angus Bull and Female Sale Reported By: Calli Williams, WLR Field Editor Jan. 31, 2022 The Monument, Rapid City, S.D. Auctioneer: Seth Weishaar 41 Total Registered Bulls Avg. $5,243 12 Total Registered Females Avg. $4,902 Top Sellers Angus Bulls Lot 59 – Tost Payweight 7115 023H – Seller: Tostenson Family Cattle, Highmore, S.D Price: $11,500 DOB: 09/06/2020 Sire: TR Mr. Payweight 7115E Dam’s Sire: MW Predominant 391 EPDs: BW: 2.4 WW: 66 YW: 119 Milk: 27 Buyer: Amdahl Angus and Herefords, Rapid City, S.D. Lot 50 – CW 913 Goalkeeper 31 – Seller: Cottonwood Angus Farm, Pipestone, Minn. Price: $10,000 DOB: 01/08/2021 Sire: Baldridge SR Goalkeeper Dam’s Sire: Carter’s Payweight 1682-C204 EPDs: BW: 1.6 WW: 72

YW: 136 Milk: 27 Buyer: Hoyt Angus, McHenry, N.D. Lot 22 – Weber Montana Skies 71J – Seller: Weber Bros Cattle Company Lake, Benton, Minn. Price: $9,500 DOB: 03/12/2021 Sire: 5T Power Chip 4790 Dam’s Sire: Nevermore 8138 EPDs: BW: 2.6 WW: 53 YW: 83 Milk: 13 Buyer: Mike Niemann, Clear Lake, S.D. Lot 32 – Weber Dakota Connection 42J – Seller: Weber Bros Cattle Company, Lake Benton, Minn. Price: $9,500 DOB: 02/21/2021 Sire: Musgrave Sky High 1535 Dam’s Sire: PVF Insight 0129 EPDs: BW: 3.1 WW: 61 YW:

104 Milk: 24 Buyer: Dale Richard Thue, Lake Norden, S.D. Lot 63 – T3 Inaugeration 205 – Seller: T3 Angus LLC, Beulah Price: $9,000 DOB: 03/28/2020 Sire: PVF Inauguration 6174 Dam’s Sire: Bushs Unbelievable423 EPDs: BW: -0.2 WW: 50 YW: 92 Milk: 28 Buyer: Bob May, Mineral Point, Wis. Open Heifers Lot 11 – Chestnut Queen 156 – Seller: Chestnut Angus Farm, Pipestone, Minn. Price: $10,250 DOB: 02/02/2021 Sire: VZR Diamond Jack 1905 Dam’s Sire: Chestnut PR The Product 63 EPDs: BW: 2.6 WW: 62 YW: 103 Milk: 20 Buyer: Kaydence Westover, Hulett Bred Heifers Lot 15 – Nelsons Blackberry H050 – Seller: Nelson Angus, Eseland, N.D. Price: $4,250 DOB: 02/26/2020 Sire: DBR Take Notice Dam’s Sire: ZH GQ 130 Bred to: GAR Home Town EPDs: BW: 1.5 WW: 49 YW: 87 Milk: 21 Buyer: Charles C. Tipton Jr., Box Elder, S.D.

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Position Announcement Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts Wyoming Natural Resources Foundation Executive Director The Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts, a statewide non-profit organization based in Cheyenne, WY representing Wyoming’s 34 local conservation districts, seeks a highly motivated and dedicated individual to fill the position of Executive Director. Responsible for financial management, program coordination, grant writing, legislative and policy activities of the association. Includes supervisory responsibilities and extensive travel. A full position description is available on www.conservewy.com under the Resources Tab. Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, background or knowledge of agriculture, natural resources and private land stewardship, excellent written and verbal communication skills, strategic thinking, problem solving and being a team player. Starting salary $60,000-$70,000 DOE. Benefits and vehicle provided. To apply, submit cover letter, resume, three references and answers to the two questions provided in 150 words or less to executivedirector@ conservewy.com by 5 PM, Feb. 18, 2022. For questions call 307-751-9389. 1. Describe a situation where you have had to be self-motivated. 2. Describe an experience(s) of where you have had to speak in front of a group of people.

Services Wyoming Sugar Company is now hiring for a full-time, year-round agriculturalist. View the job description and apply at wyomingsugar.com. 307-347-3261 EARN $60,000/YEAR, PARTTIME in the livestock or farm equipment appraisal business. Agricultural background required. Home study course available. 800-488-7570 or www. amagappraisers.com ........ 2/5 SEASONAL COWBOYS WANTED: Farm/ranch looking for ranch hands for winter, January-April employment. Pay, $1,250/week. Call 620546-3913 ........................ 2/5 AG WORKER HEALTH AND SERVICES HAS FULL-TIME OUTREACH WORKER POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN POWELL, WY: The hourly rate is $15-18/hr. Call 406-248-3149 or e-mail info@agworker.org to request application. Performs outreach/intake (registration), education and enrollment duties necessary to serve the agency’s clients properly. HSDIP/GED, one year of public contact work, combination of experience and training that provides the equivalent scope of knowledge/skills/abilities necessary to perform the work. Bilingual in English/Spanish required. Valid driver’s license/liability insurance/travel required .......................................... 2/5 RANCH HAND WANTED: In search of experienced dependable individual/couple for year-round position on a well-maintained northwest Nebraska yearling operation with some cows. Haying, feeding, fencing, equipment/ facility maintain, identifying and doctoring of sick cattle are a few of the necessary skills needed. Newer John Deere equipment and modern all steel working facilities. Housing, work pickup, beef provided with the opportunity to run livestock. Family friendly work environment with paid time off. Competitive wages depending on experience. For more information, call 307685-8213, e-mail resumes with references to paholli@ bbc.net ........................ 2/12 FARM/RANCH HAND: Experienced, reliable for yearround employment. Duties include, but not limited to irrigation, haying, fence repair and livestock handling. Housing provided, pay depending on experience. Central Wyoming location. Send resume or letter of interest to Farm/ Ranch Hand, PO Box 850, Casper, WY 82602 or e-mail jodym@wylr.net ............ 2/5

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Services

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PUMP STATIONS•STREAMS & PONDS•MASTER PLANNING DESIGN/BUILD•IRRIGATION•LIVE WATER•SURVEY VINEYARDS•WATER DEVELOPMENT•WATER RIGHTS ENVIRONMENTAL & COMPLIANCE

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CROSSROADS DIESEL SERVICE IS YOUR MOBILE DIESEL MECHANIC reaching out to customers throughout Wyoming and neighboring states. Book with us now through March 15, 2022 and save 10%!! Please contact Troy, 307-351-2960 with further questions and to schedule an appointment ............................2/26

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Auctions

Torrington Livestock Markets 307-532-3333

www.torringtonlivestock.com Financial Services ALL TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE FINANCING. Great service!! Great rates!! Call Chuck Brown at C. H. Brown Co. WY LLC, 307-3223232 (office), 307-331-0010 (cell), or e-mail chuckbrown@ wyoming.com....................2/5 AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ ranch and all commercial loans. RATES AS LOW AS 3.5%. We have been helping with all aspects of agricultural, commercial financing and management for years. LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with management to increase profitability, deal with and fix credit problems and on all your financing needs. WE CARE AND HAVE WORKING PROGRAMS designed for the farmer/rancher and not the banker. Please call Steve, 303-773-3545, or check out our website www. agrionefinancial.com. I will come to you and get the job done!! ............................. 2/26

Brands REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: RHC AND LHH. Very rare. Can use one iron. Renewed to Jan. 2031, $5,000 OBO. Call 307751-2336 ............................2/5 1912 WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, BS, LSH. Irons available, seller will pay transfer fees. Willing to consider all offers. Call 307 272-4215 ........ 2/19

Dogs CUTE PUPPIES FOR SALE!! Australian Kelpie (mom 33 lbs.)/miniature Australian Shepherd (dad 25 lbs.), born Oct. 18, 2021, 2 females, 1 male, UTD shots/wormings. Bred for health, intelligence and disposition. Parents raised with kids, cats and livestock. Past pups have been used in both family/ranch family settings and service/therapy dogs. BORDER/MINI AUSSIE PUPPIES, 3 males, 2 females. All pups come with a 1 year health guarantee. Call for more information, pricing and delivery options, 406-581-7586. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ................. 2/12

Dogs

GERMAN SHORTHAIRED PUPPIES: Ready to go!! Pups are well socialized, current on vaccinations, crate trained and have been exposed to birds. Pups will go home with a health certificate, our 1 year health guarantee against any life threatening genetic defects, 2 year hip guarantee, and AKC papers. $850. Call 605-2165533. To view photos, go to www. wylr.net in the classifieds ....2/19

AKC LAB PUPPIES: All colors available, whites, blacks, yellows, dark chocolates and dark reds. Excellent hunters, family companions. Full AKC registration. Shots, wormed, dewclaws removed. All puppies are cute, but it’s what they grow into that counts. Not all Labs are the same. Proud to own!! Been raising quality AKC Labradors for 20-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 ....................................... 2/5

FOUR BLUE HEELER PUPS FOR SALE: Two females and 2 males. Out of working parents, 5 weeks old, ranch raised. $400 firm. Call 307-921-0582 or 307851-3912 ................................ 2/5 AUSSIEDOODLE PUPPIES: Striking, exclusive, AKC parents. Tails, dewclaws, shots, etc. Medium sized, $2,000-$2,400. Located in Loveland, CO. Can text/e-mail photos and video. Call Gina, 719-582-0283. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ................... 2/5 GREAT PYRENEES PUPPIES FOR SALE, ranch raised. For more information, call 406-2077674 ......................................2/19

Cattle

DOG PROBLEMS???

All of our ranchers have been very satisfied with our operations for the last 15 years. Let us PAY YOU to kill your prairie dogs and we promise you will be satisfied. Dick 406-366-3858

WOODEN SHOE FARMS MATERNAL VALUE ADDED BULL SALE HEREFORD AND ANGUS GENETICS, THURS., FEB. 17, 2022, 1 p.m. at the ranch, 673 N. 825 W., Blackfoot, ID 83221. Selling 80+ lots, 2-year-olds, fall and spring yearling bulls, select groups of Angus, Hereford, black baldy open commercial heifers. Contact 208-681-4169 or 208-6040235, woodenshoefarms@ gmail.com ........................2/12 AKAUSHI CATTLE FOR SALE: 80 half-blood heifer calves, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified; 80 half-blood steers, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified; 15 3/4 blood heifer calves, weighing approximately 550 lbs., DNA verified and EID tagged to insure authenticity; 10 full-blood heifers, calving April 1, exposed to full-blood Akaushi bull, Bangs vaccinated; 20 full-blood 2-yearold bulls; 10 older Angus cows, exposed to full-blood Akaushi bulls, calving April 1. Located in Bethune, CO. Call 719-7400403....................................2/5

Angus

RANCH RAISED STRAIGHT BORDER COLLIE PUPPIES. Dad is registered, the mom isn’t registered. Out of working genetics. One male, 6 females. Call for more information, 435-757-1661.......... 2/5

Angus EXCELLENT YOUNG VIRGIN ANGUS BULLS: Perfect for first calving, $1,500-$1,700 per head. Extra good volume deals. Delivered free. Trexler’s, Hill City, KS, 785-421-5706 or 785421-8311...........................2/26 RV BAR ANGUS 15TH ANNUAL PRODUCTION SALE FEB. 26 AT THE RANCH IN JENSEN, UT: Selling 65 yearling Black Angus bulls, 5 yearling Simmental bulls, 2 yearling Black Hereford bulls, 2 18-month-old Black Angus bulls, 2 18-month-old Hereford bulls and 10 females. Sale will be on www.liveacutions.com. Bulls will be PAP, semen and trich tested. Free delivery of 5 or more bulls up to 150 miles. Free feeding on bulls until May 15, 2022. For more information, call Randan Vincent, 435-828-1116, www.rvbarangus.com ......................... 2/19 YEARLING ANGUS BULLS: These bulls are grown, not fattened, will get out and cover cows. Many will work on heifers. We will deliver. Call Joe Buseman, 605-351-1535 ..........2/26 FOR SALE: Registered and commercial Black Angus BRED heifers. Three groups AI bred to these elite calving ease sires; MAF Gunner N327 ($12,000 Ashland son sold to Stevenson Diamond Dot, MT.) Connealy In Focus 4925, RBM Next Step. Two groups, pasture bred to “sleep all night” low birthweight, calving ease Black Angus bulls. Group #1, due March 16. Group #2, due April 10. Group #3, due April 11. Group #4, due April 1 for 30 days. Group #5, due May 1 for 21 days. Vaccinated and poured/dewormed. Available FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Delivery and volume discounts available. MILLER ANGUS FARMS, Estelline, S.D., Kody, 605-690-1997 or Brady, 605-690-5733 ...... 2/5

15th Annual Bull & Female Production Sale Saturday, February 26, 2022 1 PM (MST) At the Ranch 7673 E Hwy 40, Jensen, UT Selling 65 Black Angus bulls, 5 yearling Simmental bulls, 2 yearling Black Hereford bulls, 2 18-month-old Black Angus bulls, 2 18-month-old Hereford bulls and 10 females. Sale will be on www.liveauctions.com. Bulls will be PAP, semen and trich tested. Free delivery of 5 or more bulls up to 150 miles. Free feeding on bulls until May 15, 2022. For more information call Randan Vincent • (435) 828-1116 • www.rvbarangus.com

Annual High Country Genetics Performance Bull Sale

Selling 50 Angus & 14 SimAngus Yearling Bulls

High Elevation, Bred For Balance In All Traits, Cattleman’s Kind

Monday, February 28, 2022 • Cowboy Auction - 1 p.m. Shoshoni, WY

All AI bred by these breed leading sires: Angus: Resilient, Accomplishment, Ozzie & Gus SimAngus: Beacon & Oracle Backed by 40 years of AI & ET genetics produced in harsh mountain environment where cows work for a living. PAP tested.

P\T Livestock ptlivestock.com 307-709-8351

Pete & Lynnda Thompson

Lynnda 307-709-8361 Big Piney & Riverton, WY

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Angus

Clay Creek Angus Jim & Lori French 3334 Rd 14 Greybull, WY 82426 307-762-3541 • www.claycreek.net

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Hereford

YEARLING HEREFORD BULLS FOR SALE

PRIVATE TREATY

120 Yearling Bulls • 80 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls 120 Replacement Heifers by Popular Sires: S A V Bismarck, Rito 707, S A V Resource, Connealy Spur, Connealy Countdown and Coleman Charlo

Davidson Angus Sires: Sitz Logo Son SAV Resource Son Musgrave Exclusive Free wintering available. Burlington, WY • (307) 762-3612

Bryan: 970-381-0264 • Linda: 970-381-6811 54286 CR 27, Carr, Colorado 80612 Check Out Our Facebook Page: Sidwell Herefords, RLLP

Simmental

Saturday, March 19, 2022

Riverton Livestock Auction, Riverton, WY

Pasture Wanted

Limousin

2-year-old registered Limousin Bulls

WOODARD LIMOUSIN: Limousin and Lim-Flex yearling bulls for sale. High performance proven genetics, polled, good dispositions. Contact Rodger Woodard, 719-4392011, www.woodardlimousin. com .................................. 2/5

Nick Jindra • Clarkson, NE • 402-920-3171 nickjindra@hotmail.com • jindraangus.com

Red Angus

65 FIRST-CALF RED ANGUS HEIFERS FOR SALE: 47 first-calf heifers (includes 10 black hided), April/May calvers. 18 first-calf heifers (includes 1 black hided), June/July calvers. Bred to Red Fork calving ease bulls. Smaller framed, efficient, easy fleshing. Gentle dispositions and great longevity. Have been worked with dogs, on foot, and horseback. Raised in rugged, steep, rocky, high elevation country. Red Fork Red Angus, Ken & Cheri Graves, Kaycee, WY, phone 307-738-2247, e-mail gravesredfork@rtconnect.net............2/26

CHOCTAW/BECKTON 4- AND 5-YEAR-OLD BRED COWS. Start calving March 15. Call or text 307-231-2883, text is best .......................................2/12

REGISTERED RED ANGUS BULLS FOR SALE: Have 2-year-old bulls ready to go now and yearling bulls ready late spring. Delivery available. For more information, call CLR Red Angus, Dan Robertson, 307-431-1013 ...................2/26 PAP TESTED HIGH ALTITUDE RED ANGUS COMING 2-YEAR-OLD BULLS: Performance and calving ease bred, 28 years of PAP testing. Call Smith Land and Cattle Company, 719-588-1877 .........2/19 BIG, STOUT RED ANGUS YEARLING BULLS: Silver Bow, Make Mimi, Detour and Moonshine. Low birthweight and high weaning weight. Will feed until May. Private treaty sales for the 28th year. Call Shepherd Red Angus, Cody, WY 406-6986657 or 307-578-8741 ...... 2/26 UP TO 20 HEAD OF RUNNING AGE BRED COWS: Range from 2- to 8-year-olds. Bred to Red Angus bulls. March and April calvers. For more information, call CLR Red Angus, Dan Robertson, 307-431-1013 ..........................................2/12

Salers Focus Bull Sale

Joe Freund 303/341-9311 Joey Freund 303/475-6062

Pat Kelley 303/840-1848

SimAngus

Selling 30 Purebreds February 14, 2022 Stockmen’s Livestock Dickinson, ND

SIMANGUS BULLS: Bred to be productive members of your herd. 3H Simmental Ranch, Plains, MT. Contact Alan, 503931-6815 or 3HSimmental@ gmail.com ........................4/23

Big Sky Salers Bill Helm 406-557-6259

S I M M E N TA L / S I M A N G U S BULLS FOR SALE: Yearlings, 18-month-olds and 2-year-olds. Sired by S A V Rainfall, E W A Peyton, Baldridge Bronc, W B F Iron Clad, Gibbs Deacon, Gibbs Broad Range, Koch Big Timber, T J Teardrop, and sons of Gibbs Pirate, WC United, Crouthamel Protocol. Call James, 970-3968791..................................2/26

REGISTERED LIMOUSIN AND LIM-FLEX BULLS FOR SALE: Two-year-old, 18-month-olds and yearlings. Raising registered Limousin for over 50 years. Good dispositions, out of popular AI sires. Complete set of weights, measurements and EPDs. Waddle Limousin, Pine Bluffs, WY. Call 307-245-3599 ........ 2/19

Hereford

Durbin Creek Ranch

Bull Sale Feb. 9, 2022 • Worland

Gelbvieh

,NINE BAR NINE GELBVIEH Yearling Gelbvieh Bulls Available: 2 Red Bulls 4 Black Bulls

307-351-6453 ninebar9@hotmail.com

Brown Swiss FOR SALE: One Brown Swiss 2-year-old first-calf heifer. Bred to calving ease Black Angus bull. Due to calve mid to late February. Vaccinated with ScourGuard 4KC. Call 307-358-9323 ............... 2/12

100 PAP Tested, Range Ready Hereford Bulls 250 F1 Baldy Females Wyatt Agar (307) 921-8825 • DurbinCreekRanch.com

Sheep

Pasture Wanted

Bulls are PAP Tested Willie & Sharon Altenburg • 970-481-2570 • Fort Collins, CO willie@rmi.net • www.altenburgsuperbaldy.com

Selling approx. 175 Registered Angus Bulls 18 months old and stout spring yearling bulls 50 Registered Angus Heifers

LS CUSTOM LEATHER: Belts, tack, cell phone cases and much more!! Can personalize belts. Please visit www.lscustomleather.com. Contact Lester, 307-631-1053, leave a message ............................2/5

38th Annual

Includes 40 Age Advantaged 18 Month Old Bulls

PAP, BVD & SEMEN TESTED

SCHLEINING GENETICS, LLC, BOVINE REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES, 2022 AI SCHOOLS AULT, CO: Four day courses ● All supplies provided ● Extensive hands-on experience with live cows ● Earn college credit ● March 10-13, Ault, CO, $700 if registered by Feb. 14, $800 starting Feb. 15 for late registration. April 21-24, Ault, CO at Schleining Genetics, $700 if registered by March 14, $800 starting March 15 for late registration. For more information, call Dallas Schleining 970-420-0267 or visit www.schleininggenetics.com ............................ 2/5

Leatherwork

Salers

60 Black & Red Simmentals 60 Super Baldy SimAngus™

Tuesday, March 22, 2022 • 1:00 PM

At the Bull Center near Clarkson, Nebraska

GREAT SELECTION OF VALENTINES GIFTS!! MONTANA Silversmiths, AUSTIN Accent and others!! Jewelry prices start at $9.95!! SILK SCARVES, BELT BUCKLES, MONEY CLIPS, TOM BALDING and DUTTON BITS, and ALL KINDS OF QUALITY TACK for your COWBOY or COWGIRL VALENTINE!! 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......................2/12

USDA MEAT PROCESSING: State of the art facility just EXPANDED AND HAS OPENINGS FOR beef processing. Short notice available. Call today to schedule your dates, 970-240-4329, www.kinikin. com ..................................2/19

Selling 120 Bulls with Nuts, Butts, and Guts!

44th Annual Sale

Jindra Angus 22 Annual Production Sale February 9, 2022

REGISTERED TEXAS LONGHORNS FOR SALE: Featured September 2020 American Beef Producer. Gentle pairs, steers, heifers, solid and colorful bulls. Foraging, hardy, low-maintenance cattle, traffic stopping colors. Easy calving, excellent maternal outcome. Cross-breeding for robust calves resistant to disease. Fascinating, fun to show, simple handling, great for youth. Westhaven Ranch in California, 209-274-9917, e-mail swestmoore@gmail.com or website www.westhavenlonghorns.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................................... 3/26

FOURTH ANNUAL MIDSTATES HAIR SHEEP SALE MARCH 26, 2022, AT 11:30 AM STARTING WITH HAY AND EQUIPMENT, SUTTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION 2280 US-6, SUTTON, NE: Looking for consignors and buyers. Healthy hair sheep only. No broken mouths. Co-op members receive 2% off commission rate and consignors bringing more than 50 head receive an additional 1% off. A commission fee of 10% will be charged on the sale of each animal. Brucellosis testing must be done on rams over 6 months of age to go out of state. Health papers will need to accompany any out-of-state sheep. Veterinarian present to inspect and write papers. Early consignments are encouraged, so they can be added to the online catalog and lots assigned. NO consignments day of sale. Register to bid online minimum of 7 days in advance at www. LMAauctions.com!! For more information and consignments, call Josh Bernt, 402-710-4125 or Emily Parks, 319-269-3428 (FriSun). Visit our website www. midstatesco-op.com .........3/19

1 p.m. • Centennial Livestock Auction Fort Collins, CO

For more information contact Fred & Kay Thomas at 307-868-2595 or e-mail fkdramsrus@gmx.com

Saddles & Tack

AI Schools

Private Treaty

Yearlings and 2-Year-Old Bulls

Longhorn

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Custom Feeding WIGGINS FEEDYARD, ACCEPTING CATTLE OF ALL CLASSES: Cows, yearlings or calves to background or finish. Call 308-262-1140 (office), Steve, 308-279-1432 (cell) or Sue, 308-279-0924 (cell) ............................ 2/26

Custom Processing

WANTED: SPRING GRASS LEASE Looking for spring grass for 150 head of fall-bred cows. Currently based in Hyattville, WY, but will consider all locations. Registered Red Angus cattle. Financial and landlord references available. Please call/text Rachael Calvo, 605-830-2313 or e-mail: calvorachael@yahoo.com PASTURE WANTED FOR 2,000 YEARLINGS AND 500 PAIRS. Can be split into smaller bunches. Call 701-523-1235 .......................................2/26 PASTURE WANTED FOR UP TO 200 HEAD: Year-round would be best, but seasonal would work as well. Southeast Wyoming, southwest Nebraska Panhandle, north central Weld County Colorado preferably. NOT looking for full care! GREAT references. Calls only please, 303-233-0604...... 2/5 WANTED: 2022 summer pasture for 125 cow/calf pairs. Would like from May 1 until Dec. 15 or any time frame in between. Any number of cattle per pasture, would not have to all go to one pasture. ALSO, in search of farm ground, farms to lease or a ranch to lease on a short-term or long-term basis. Please contact 307-250-6900, leave message or text ..... TFN

Horses ATTENTION MARE OWNERS!! FCCRA Western Performance Horses Stallion Service Auction. To place bids through Perfect Horse Auctions and view available stallions, go to www. FCCRAhorse.com. Promoting quality horses in the Four Corners for 39 years ..... 2/26

Sheep

LAMB SCAN

SHEEP & GOAT ULTRASOUND

TODD REINESCH 605-680-4719 25317 364th Avenue Kimball, SD 57355 rchoice@midstatesd.net

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Seed

Warner Ranch Seed

Serving Fremont County, Wyoming and the surrounding areas. HarvXtra® alfalfa with Roundup Ready® technology, Roundup Ready® alfalfa and conventional varieties available! Plant the best! Buffalo Brand Seed for annual forages, cover crops, pasture grasses, small grains and custom mixes.

Call Today!

Bryan Warner • 307-850-7668 (cell) PRE-INOCULATED CERTIFIED ALFALFA SEED: Surpass, Tri Valley, Vernal and Perry, all $3.25/lb. While supplies last, order early!!! Call 307-8519830 or 307-856-5748 ......2/12

Hay & Feed

Hay & Feed VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Wyoming and western Nebraska hay available. Call Barry McRea, 308235-5386. www.valleyvideohay.com ...........................2/12

Ranch Lease Wanted

Equipment

Pipe

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: CIH 290 Magnum tractor; two challenger MT585D tractors; Artsway 425 grinder mixer; Modern Mill (mix mill) feed mill; IHC 415 24’ roller harrow; Vermeer R23 rake; MF 2190 4x4 baler; Sitrex 17 wheel rake; CIH WD2504 swather with 19’ rotary head; Rogater 854 sprayer; Wilson 53’ spread axle cattle pot; Wilson 53’ tri axle convertible cattle pot/van; IHC 80 bbl vac truck; Dragon 130 bbl vac trailers; Dragon crude oil trailer; Trailmaster crude oil pup; Mobile Tech 9 yd. volumetric concrete mixer; Sicard 8’6” snowblower with Ford engine; Degelman 570 rock picker. Call 406-254-1254 ...................2/26

OILFIELD PIPE: RPJ Enterprises, Inc. Used for fencing, corrals, cattle guards, etc. ALL SIZES!! 2 3/8 at 31.5’ long on average per joint. OTHER available sizes are 7”, 5.5”, 4.5” and 3.5” pipe in stock. Sucker rod, cut/notched posts. Delivery available. Pierce, CO. Call 970324-4580, e-mail rpjenergy@ gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ....................................4/9

FOR SALE: Farmking 8’ snowblower with hydraulic spout. John Deere 714A and 716A chuckwagons with John Deere running gears and bunk feeding extensions. H&S 7+4 18’ chuckwagon with 12 ton gear. Meyer 4516 chuckwagon with tandem running gear. Two Kory 260 bushel gravity boxes with 10 ton running gear. Willmar 4550 Wrangler diesel wheel loader with cab/heat and 6’ bucket, 4x4, new tires. All in very nice condition!! Call 605999-5482 ............................. 2/19

Livestock Equipment

Irrigation

17 - Second cutting alf 2020 39 - First cutting alf 2020 20 - Alf mix 2020 60 - Alf mix 2020 48 - Alf grass mix, mostly alf 2021 46 - Alf 2020 18 - Alf 2020 24 - Oat straw 2019 44 - A!f mix 2019 200-225 - Sm. Sq. bales, 3rd cutting, sheded

Any Statement made on sale day takes precedence over printed material. Not Responsible for Accidents.

Polensky Auction Service

License #555

Clerk #428

ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: 3x3 square bales, Nisland, S.D. For more information, call 605-8925676 ......................................2/12 ROUND BALES OF ALFALFA FOR SALE: Lexington, NE, $180/ton for 30 bale loads. Discounts available for large orders. You haul on your schedule. Contact Shotkoski Hay Company, 308-324-4193 or shothay@yahoo.com ............................. 2/26 GOOD SUPPLY OF PREMIUM QUALITY STRAW in large square 3x4 bales. Delivered by the truckload. Volume discounts available. E-mail redriverforagesales@ gmail.com, call/text Dustin, 1-204-209-1066...................... 2/5 HORSE AND COW HAY FOR SALE. Mountain grass and millet. ALSO, have little squares of straw. Located east of Cheyenne, WY. Delivery available. Buy one or as many as you want, semi loads available. Call Kent, 307631-3917 or Bruce, 307-6306725 .................................... 2/26 ALFALFA HAY AVAILABLE: 1,500 tons, first, second and third cuttings. Hay qualifies for the USDA trucking support payment. For more information, call 402-694-9310 or 402-6949389 ................................ 2/19 ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: 20%+ protein, cow to dairy quality hay. Trucking available. Call 307421-9116. Located in Hemingford, NE ........................................... 3/5

Going, Going, Gone

(701) 425-2072

HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa, grass and grass/alfalfa mix, big square bales, round bales and small square bales. All sizes, all qualities and all quantities. ALSO HAVE STRAW AND CORNSTALKS FOR SALE. Delivery available!! Call 307-630-3046 ...............2/19 ROUND BALE CORNSTALKS FOR SALE. $130/ton. Cody, WY. Call 307-899-1952 ...............2/12 HIGH ALTITUDE 2021 HAY FOR SALE: We have oat and pea 3x4 bales starting at $165/ton. ALONG WITH triticale 3x4 bales starting at $125/ton. Located in Moffat, CO. Contact us at 719588-4987 ..............................2/12 500 TONS OF ALFALFA HAY FOR SALE: First cutting, no rain, 4x4 bales. In Riverton, WY, $250/ ton. Call 307-709-2375 ........2/12 QUALITY COLORADO HAY FOR SALE: Horse or cow quality hay. Big and small squares. Call for pricing and availability, 570395-0184 ................................ 2/5 HAY FOR SALE: 2021 first and second cutting alfalfa. 2021 corn stover. 2021 CRP clean/green, sprayed in the spring for weeds. 2021 Haybet barley and milo. 2020 first cutting alfalfa. Semi load delivery available. Call for pricing, 701-690-8116, please send a text if no answer or keep trying .... 2/5 QUALITY BROME GRASS HORSE HAY: Tarp covered, 3x3x7 bales. Located in northern Colorado. Large quantities available. For more information, call 970-217-8414 .......................2/12

Irrigation

Easier On You.

Big Horn Truck and Equipment

Manderson, WY rairdenjlw@tritel.net • 800-770-6280

Read it in The Roundup Property for Sale

Signs will be posted.

Stack 11: Stack 12: Stack 13: Stack 14: Stack 15: Stack 16: Stack 17: Stack 18: Stack 19: Stack 20:

Looking for a year-round 400 - 1,000 head ranch OR farm/ ranch combination to lease or take in cattle. Preferably long term. All locations considered. Registered Red Angus operation. Financial and landlord references available. Please call/text Joe Calvo, 605-830-2210 or e-mail: calvorachael@yahoo.com

The choice is simple.

Kenny Magilke Sr.

Stack 1: 73 - Second cutting alf 2020 sheded Stack 2: 44 - Grass alf mix, mostly alf 2021 Stack 3: 34 - Alf second cutting 2021 Stack 4: 114 - Alf grass, mostly alf 2020 Stack 5: 46 - Alf grass alf mix, mostly alf 2021 Stack 6: 20 - Alf 2020 Stack 7: 42 - Oat straw 2019 Stack 8: 14 - Grass mix 2019 Stack 9: 32 - A!f grass 2019 Stack 10: 107 - Grass alf 2020

WANTED: RANCH TO LEASE OR TAKE IN CATTLE

Irrigation Systems

From Prairie Knights Casino. 5 miles north on 1806 to 74th St. 3 miles west. From Solen, ND. 5 miles east on Hwy 24 to 14th Street, 2 miles south and 1 1/2 miles east. 1255 74th St., Solen, N.D. Home (701) 663-9846 Cell (701) 426-7338

Equipment Restoration

Property for Sale

DBL TREE TRACTOR RESTORATION LLC: Tractors, stock trailers and flatbeds, total repair, sandblast and paint. Please call Mike, 406-930-0720 ...........2/5

TWO TRAILER HOUSES FOR SALE IN GILLETTE, WY. Close to downtown. 307-6705374 ................................ 2/19

ARIZONA RANCHES FOR SALE: 22,000+ acre central Arizona ranch, 200+ head yearlong, plus up to 2,500 stockers seasonally, Arizona state plus small BLM grazing leases, small feedyard, modest headquarters on 10 deeded acres, $1,200,000; southern Arizona ranch, 550+ head year-long, plus seasonal increases. 400+ deeded acres plus state, USFS and small BLM grazing leases. Shipping corrals on paved highway, $4,000,000. Forty acre former ranch homestead, well, power and phone, old adobe home, $390,000. LARGER RANCHES also available. Harley Hendricks Realty 877-349-2565 e-mail HarleyHendricks@HarleyHendricks.com ................ 2/5

Heating Equipment ELIMINATE ● RISING ● FUEL COSTS: Clean, safe and efficient 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.CentralBoiler. com. WE ALSO HAVE whole house pellet/corn/biomass furnaces. Load once per month with hopper. www.Maximheat. com. A-1 Heating Systems. Instant rebates may apply! Call today! 307-742-4442. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ...................TFN

Fencing LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRIBUSINESSES SINCE 1975!! Treated posts, corral poles, buck-and-rail, western rail, fence stays, rough-sawn lumber, bedding. SEE US at www.lodgepoleproducts.com and click our “Picking A Fence Post” tab to see why folks choose our posts!! ................................TFN

Pipe

Antiques & Vintage LOOKING FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AND Mexican Vaquero items and old wagon wheels. Call 307-267-4205 ............ 2/12

HDPE Pipe for Ranch Water Systems Fair prices, good service, rancher owned. Quantities up to a truck load. Delivery available throughout the West. 775-657-1815

Rent/Lease Wanted

BOYD RANCH: 5,420+ total acres including BLM and state with 7 pivot sprinklers in western Montana. Located between Virginia City and Alder, MT. Great water rights. Fishing ponds with deer, elk and birds. Puts up 2,000 tons of hay. Newer buildings. A must see!! Call for price. Sidwell Land & Cattle Co., Richard Sidwell, 406-861-4426, 406-322-4425 or e-mail sidwell@sidwell-land. com.......................................2/26 LARGE GOSHEN COUNTY CATTLE AND CROP RANCH: 4,065+ acres with center pivots and 3 1/2 miles of Horse Creek. Huge cattle barn and steel shop. 1,618+ acres water rights. Three homes. Adjoins Hwy. 85. $5,400,000. Call Casey Essert, Land Broker, Empire Realty, Torrington, WY, 307-532-1750. More listings available at www. buyaranch.com ..................TFN

Hunting & Fishing FEB. 21: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER, IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: Pine Bluffs 9:30-9:45 a.m., lot across from Sinclair; Burns 10:10-10:20 a.m., Antelope Truck Stop (drive thru call, Greg); Cheyenne 11:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m., Tractor Supply; Chugwater 12:40-12:50 p.m., Chug Chug Gas (drive thru); Wheatland 1:20-1:50 p.m., Wheatland Travel Plaza; Guernsey 2:202:30 p.m., Crazy Tony’s (drive thru call, Greg); Fort Laramie 2:45-2:55 p.m., Haystack Hills Trading (drive thru); Lingle 3-3:15 p.m., Ty’s Pit Stop; Torrington 3:30-3:50 p.m., Gary’s Gun Shop; Scottsbluff, NE 4:50-5 p.m., Murdoch’s (north side). For more information, call Greg, 308-750-0700, or visit www.petskafur.net .............2/12 FEB. 10-13: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER, IN THE FOLLOWING WYOMING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: FEB. 10: Douglas 7:30-7:50 a.m., Douglas Feed (drive thru); Bill 8:30-8:40 a.m., Bill’s Store (drive thru, call Greg); Wright 9:30-10 a.m., Exxon Big D on S. 387; Newcastle 11:45 a.m.12:15 p.m., Voelker’s Body Shop; Upton 1:30-1:50 p.m., Joe’s Grocery Store parking lot; Moorcroft 2:20-2:40 p.m., The Coffee Cup; Gillette 3:10-3:40 p.m., T&T Guns and Ammo; Gillette 4:15-4:45 p.m., Rocky Mountain Sports. FEB. 11: Gillette 7:30-7:50 a.m., Rocky Mountain Sports; Sheridan 9:30-10:15 a.m., Sportsman Warehouse; Buffalo 10:45-11:15 a.m., Good 2 Go; Ten Sleep 12:45-1:15 p.m., Pony Express; Hyattville 1:45-2 p.m., Paint Rock Processing; Manderson 2:402:50 p.m., Hiway Bar (drive thru); Basin 3-3:20 p.m., Overland Express Mart (drive thru); Greybull 3:40-4 p.m., Overland Express Mart (drive thru); Lovell 4:30-4:50 p.m., Good 2 Go; Bryon 5-5:15 p.m., Cardtrol (drive thru); Powell 5:30-5:50 p.m., Murdoch’s. FEB. 12: Powell 7:30-7:50 a.m., Murdoch’s; Ralston 8-8:20 a.m., Good 2 Go (drive thru, call Greg); Cody 8:50-9:30 a.m., Nature’s Design Taxidermy; Meeteetse 10:3010:50 a.m., Elk Horn Bar; Worland 12-12:30 p.m., Coop One Stop; Thermopolis 1:20-1:50 p.m., Renegade Guns; Shoshoni 2:30-2:45 p.m., rest area/bus stop; Riverton 3:15-4 p.m., Vic’s Body Shop (behind the Dollar Tree); Hudson 4:10-4:30 p.m., Wyoming Custom Meats (drive thru); Lander 4:35-5 p.m., Zander’s One Stop; Jeffrey City 6:30-6:45 p.m.; Muddy Gap 7:10-7:15 (drive thru). FEB. 13: Casper 7:30-8:15 a.m., Wagner Outdoor Sports; Glenrock 9-9:15 a.m., east exit on I-25; Douglas 9:50-10:20 a.m., Douglas Feed; Orin Junction 10:50-11 a.m., truck stop (drive thru); Lost Springs 1111:10 a.m., truck pull off (drive thru); Manville 11:15-11:30 a.m., truck stop (drive thru); Lusk 11:50 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Decker’s Grocery. For more information, call Greg, 308-750-0700, or visit www.petskafur.net ............... 2/5

Property for Sale READY TO GET OUT OF THE WINTER CONDITIONS OF THE NORTHERN STATES?? Here’s an opportunity for a nice winter home in sunny southern California in the Imperial Valley! 120 miles east of San Diego, CA, 60 miles west of Yuma, AZ and 9 miles from El Centro, CA. Three bedroom, 1 bath home with 12 acres of farmland. $550,000. For more information, call 307-2720975 or visit www.facebook. com/pg/cowboyauctioncompany .................................... 2/26

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Property for Sale

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Mineral Rights

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hcooper@ipcoilandgas.com South Muddy Farm-Riverton: 146+ acre farm in the Midvale Irrigation District. Excellent yields in an area known for quality hay. Currently in hay and beans. A great family farm set up with a proven record of production. $1,100,000 Crippled Spider- Boulder: 880+ acre ranch at the base of the Wind River Mountains on Muddy Creek. Beautiful home with a complete set of first class newer improvements that include: Commercial grade greenhouse, walk in cooler and butcher shop, huge shop with large apartment, cabins, second unfinished home, rv pad, and much more. Pivot and gravity irrigated meadows with trophy fishing. Everything you need for self sufficient living. Price: $4,200,000 REDUCED Moriarity Bighorn River Ranch-Thermopolis: 680+ acre ranch with two homes, feedlot and shop. Straddles Highway 20 North with 1.7 miles of Big Horn River frontage. 240+ acres of irrigated land with Lucerne Irrigation District and Big Horn River direct flow rights. Great location. $1,790,000 CONTRACT South Fork Farm-Cody: 80+ acre irrigated in the South Fork Valley. Smaller home and nice 4 stall horse barn surrounded by irrigated meadows at the end of the road. Surrounded by big block ranches. Beautiful property in one of NW Wyoming’s most scenic settings. $1,090,000 SOLD Neff Pasture-Hiland: 15,000+ acre grass pasture just 1 mile off Highway 20/26. 11,660+ acres of deeded with 1,280 state, 780 BLM and 1,280 private lease. Easily traveled, contiguous, deeded ranch. $3,500,000 SOLD Propp Farm-Worland: 414+ acres with 233+ irrig. w gated pipe and ditch. Crop, alfalfa and riverbottom pasture. About 1 mile of Big Horn River, small set of improvements. Very productive farm in a good area. $1,575,000

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USDA to collect data on farmland rental rates Beginning in February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact farmers and ranchers to gather land rental rate information for the Cash Rents and Leases survey. The results of this survey will serve as a valuable decisionmaking tool for farmers, ranchers and other landowners and can be used for rental agreement negotiations. “This brief survey is our only source of county cash rental rates,” said Mountain Regional Field Office Director Bill Meyer. “By responding, producers help the farming community and ensure USDA bases its decisions on the most accurate data.” More than 19,000 regional farmers will receive the survey forms. NASS also offers the option of responding online via a secure internet connection. In April, NASS representatives will begin calling landowners who have not yet responded. The results of the cash rental rates survey for non-irrigated cropland, irrigated cropland and pastureland will be compiled, analyzed and made available online at the state level Aug. 5, 2022. County level estimates will be available Aug. 26, 2022. As with all NASS surveys, the results of this survey will be available in aggregate form only, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified. These and all NASS reports are available online at nass.usda.gov/publications/.

CATTLE COMPANY

Saturday, March 12, 2022

Lunch at Noon • Sale begins at 1pm

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ASI continued from page B2 Peter Orwick Camptender Award; and Chase Adams, who serves as our liason in Washington, D.C., Best Shepherd’s Voice Award: the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. From the Sheep Industry News, The Shepherd’s Voice Award for media recognizes outstanding year-long coverage of the sheep industry by either print or broadcast outlets. Nominations may be publications, networks or specific reporters exhibiting a strong commitment to balanced reporting and consistent coverage of the sheep industry locally, statewide and/or nationally.” Congratulations Dennis Sun, publisher, and the crew at the Roundup. Dennis was slated to appear and accept his award, but circumstances came up and he was unable to travel to San Diego. I have a paltry connection with the Roundup, so I was asked to accept the award. My acceptance speech was painful to say the least. This is what I meant to say… “Hello, I’m Mrs. Bob

Harlan. I’ve had that wonderful job for 38 years (a smattering of laughter), but for almost four years I’ve written a monthly column for the Roundup. I’m honored to be up here accepting this award for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup, the weekly news source for Wyoming’s ranchers, farmers and agribusiness community.” And additionally, from Andrea Zink, Dennis’ daughter who works at the Roundup, “As Wyoming’s weekly newspaper, our goal is to get the latest news and issues to our readership. We are so grateful to work with our partners in Wyoming’s and the nation’s sheep industry to promote your work and achievements. This award is very much appreciated!” January is over. Had a little help with a fun trip to sunny California. February is full of early calving, shed lambing, ultrasounding ewes and living the life. The stores are full of red hearts and boxes of chocolates. Don’t forget your amazing partner in all this wonderful life!

UW Extension hosts Fremont County Farm and Ranch Days Riverton – Twenty-five different educational presentations – most of them new and on topics ranging from pasture seeding techniques to direct marketing of meat – will be part of Fremont County Farm and Ranch Days to be held Feb. 9-10. The event is sponsored, in part, by University of Wyoming (UW) Extension and takes place at the Fremont County Fairgrounds in Riverton. The university’s new Ranch Management and Agricultural Leadership program will offer a seminar as part of the program, at Central Wyoming College on Feb. 10.

“The Fremont County Farm and Ranch Days tradition has been happening for 38 years now,” says Fremont County Extension Educator Chance Marshall. “This free annual event remains one of the best opportunities in Wyoming for farmers, ranchers and all people involved in agriculture at any level to discuss and learn about issues facing the industry.” He continues, “The two-day event has a trade show of local vendors and 25 educational presentations. There’s something that is sure to interest anyone on the agenda, and

everyone is invited.” On Feb. 9, Wyoming’s First Lady Jennie Gordon will provide the keynote speech about the Wyoming Hunger Initiative from 1:45-2:45 p.m. Scott George, a member of the Wyoming Beef Council and former president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, is the keynote speaker Feb. 10. His presentation, titled “American Beef Trade and the Beef Checkoff,” is scheduled for 1:45-2:45 p.m. Session topics include horn fly management; benefits of equine massage and adjustment; being pre-

pared for calving season; beekeeping in Fremont County; a private pesticide class; negotiation in agriculture; alfalfa weevil control considerations; and understanding mineral requirements for grazing cattle. A free lunch will be provided each day from 1-1:45 p.m. by the Fremont County Cattlewomen. A schedule is available online at wyoextension.org/ fremontcounty/agriculturehorticulture/. For more information, call 307-332-2363 or 307857-3654, or visit bit.ly/ farm-ranch-2022.

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Montana Wool Growers Association elects new directors at annual meeting The Montana Wool Growers Association (MWGA) membership held its annual meeting, on Dec. 3, during the 138th Annual MWGA Convention in Billings, Mont. The agenda included association updates, election of officers, voting on bylaw changes and policy resolutions. A keynote address by Montana State University President Waded Cruzado was a highlight of the convention. At the end of the keynote, the MWGA Research and Endowment fund presented Cruzado with a $100,000 check in support

Annual meeting – Several elected officials were selected during the Montana Wool Growers Association meeting Dec. 3. Pictured left to right: Levi McEuen, Justin King, Scott Blackman, Ben Lehfeldt, Duane Talcott, John Sampsel, Leah Johnson, Cord Bieber, Calli Michaels, Sam Ortmann and Ken McKamey. Not pictured, Dave Scott. Courtesy photo

of the Montana Wool Lab fundraising initiative. As a grass-roots organization, MWGA voted on

policy resolutions to steer the actions of the association. The bylaws of the association were updated to

include more inclusive language and address combining the Montana Ram and Ewe Sale committees, as

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well as other changes. For a full list of resolutions and bylaw changes, members should check the upcoming issue of the Montana Wool Grower, slated to hit mailboxes in mid-February. Duane Talcott of Hammond, Mont. was elected to steer MWGA as president. He follows in the footsteps of outgoing president, Ken McKamey, of Great Falls, Mont. Levi McEuen of Broadus, Mont. was elected to serve a three-year term in District Four. Justin King of Hammond was selected to complete Duane Talcott’s term, so Justin will serve

one year in District Four before the seat will come open again. In District Two, Ben Lehfeldt of Lavina, Mont., was re-elected to serve another three-year term. MWGA would like to extend a generous thank you to outgoing board members, Ken McKamey of Great Falls, Mont. and Dana Penrod of Miles City, Mont. for their service to MWGA and their fellow sheep producers. The MWGA website is under construction and will have a new vibrant look this spring. For more information, visit mtsheep.org.

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