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Rangeland specialist discusses impacts of fire on great plains

Estate planning is discussed for agricultural operations and families ......................... Page 2

In a University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) BeefWatch podcast, dated Sept. 8, Extension Rangeland Specialist Dr. Mitch Stephenson discusses the impact of unprescribed fires or wildfires on range-

Soil management practices are outlined for Wyoming environments ...................... Page 6 September shipping in the Big Horns is featured .......... Page 8

land and pasture in the Great Plains, as well as tips for how to manage land post fire.

With increased fire presence, it is important for producers to be prepared to adapt their man-

agement practices to ensure forage resources are available and manage land for healthy production following a fire.

Adaptable rangelands Stephenson explains, historically rangelands

have been well adapted to burn frequently.

“Every five to 15 years, there would be a wildfire that would go through some of these areas and the plants are very well Please see FIRE on page 9

Lee Pitts discusses his preference for the night ....... Page 16

Quick Bits Recovery Work The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) released 20 blackfooted ferrets on the historic recovery site near Meeteetse. WGFD released 10 male and 10 female captiveborn ferrets to add another chapter to Wyoming’s work on endangered species recovery. Once thought to be extinct, the black-footed ferret was rediscovered in Wyoming 40 years ago.

USDA Policy The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a new insurance option for agricultural producers with small farms who sell locally.

The Micro Farm Policy simplifies recordkeeping and covers post-production costs like washing and value-added products. This program is offered through Whole-Farm Revenue Protection.

Legislative update work on capitol hill continues The end of the fiscal year is always a crunch in Washington, D.C., according to National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane. In the Oct. 4 episode of NCBA’s Beltway Beef podcast, Lane provides an update on producer-focused issues from the Capitol.

Lane shares, Congress had been busy debating a continuing resolution, though extra complications, including a large infrastructure bill and a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, stand

in the way of progress, in addition to the possibility of confronting a looming debt ceiling. NCBA’s focus has been primarily on a few key areas of debate, according to Lane.

Tax provisions “First and foremost, we have heavily focused on ensuring our producers around the country don’t pay the cost for big spending sprees in the form of an elimination of stepped-up basis or other harmful tax provisions that could make it harder Please see BILLS on page 4

Hay Show Two Wyoming hay producers were recognized with winning hay submissions during the 2021 World Forage Analysis Superbowl at the World Dairy Expo. Hardrock Farms Inc. of Wheatland was recognized with Grand Champion Commercial Hay and Third Place Grand Champion Grass Hay. Lazy 2K Livestock, also of Wheatland, was recognized for Fifth Place Grand Champion Commercial Hay and Second Place Grand Champion Grass Hay.

U.S. Drought For the contiguous 48 states, the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) showed 47.44% of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 47.83% a week earlier. Drought now affects 78,277,395 people, compared with 78,203,258 a week earlier. For all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, the USDM showed 39.71% of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 40.04% a week earlier. Drought now affects 79,056,339 people, compared with 78,982,201 a week earlier.

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Winter feeding Judge: Dell Creek feedground permit expired Sublette County – The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s (WGFD) permit to feed tons of hay in the upcoming winter season to wild elk wintering around the Del Creek feedground in Bondurant was in jeopardy due to WGFD oversight and a Sept. 21 court decision.

However, in an Oct. 4 press release WGFD stated a plan to continue a process to gather input on feedground management plans while continuing operations for this year.

History The Dell Creek feedground is one of two WGFD winter elk feedgrounds in Sublette County’s Hoback Basin.

The other is the McNeel feedground on private property WGFD leases near the Hoback River.

The Dell Creek feedground, however, is on U.S Forest Service (USFS) land and its use must be permitted and analyzed for environmental impacts.

Both feedgrounds are located near cattle ranches Please see FEED on page 5

Convention season begins For many producers, fall work often leads into the season of meetings and conventions hosted by several state and national associations. Though COVID-19 persists, many individuals and organizations are opting to host or attend in-person annual meetings and conventions.

Fall conventions The Wyoming Water Association (WWA) Annual Meeting kicks off the convention season this fall with an in-person meeting at the Lander Community Center to be held Oct. 20-22. The theme for this year’s event is Adapting and Rebuilding: A Foundation for the Future.

On Oct. 20, WWA will host a discussion on the history, challenges and opportunities associated with the Colorado River Compact, the economic impacts of the Green and Little Snake rivers and drought monitoring. WWA will focus on aging water infrastructure on Oct. 21 hosting variety of breakout sessions in the afternoon. The WWA Business Meeting and Advisory Panel discussion will be held Oct. 22. For more information on the event, visit wyomingwater.org.

The Wyoming Weed and Pest Council (WWPC) will host their Annual Fall Conference at the Little America Hotel in Cheyenne Nov. 1-4. This conference will host a series of educational sessions, committee work and business meetings.

On Nov. 3, activities at the WWPC Annual Fall Conference will begin with Don Day as a keynote speaker, followed by a roundtable discussion on state weed laws and an afternoon full of educational breakout sessions. For more information, visit wyoweed.org.

The next week, the 28th Annual Wyoming Women in Ag Please see EVENTS on page 15

WOMEN in Ag

Oldham works to impact youth in ag Lander – Odessa Oldham was born and raised on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona but has rich ties to Wyoming through her father, Dwayne, who is originally from Lander. When she was 13, her family moved to Fremont County.

In her early years, Odessa was very involved in agriculture organizations.

“I attended high school in Lander and participated in 4-H and FFA,” she says. “I was a state FFA officer and showed horses, cattle, sheep and pigs at the county fair.”

Following her year as a state FFA offi-

cer, Odessa was the first federally recognized American Indian National FFA candidate from any state.

She continues, “Although I didn’t get into office, I was able to work with Dr. Larry Case and travel the U.S. promoting agriculture, Native American FFA members and diverse people.”

Shortly after graduating high school, Odessa continued her postsecondary education, studying agriculture communications at Casper College and

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It's Fall At Last I’ve been waiting for fall all summer. It is my favorite time of the year and I’m not a hot weather person.

This year, we’ve had around six months of summer. They say the weather always balances out and I From the sure hope it is easy on us in the comPublisher ing months.

Dennis Sun While the calf markets have been going sideways or dropping a little lately, one can find some positives out there and some of those positives are pretty strong.

To the average rancher or farmer, rising land prices are usually not a good occurrence, but I feel they are a good indicator for the health of the industry. If those who are buying land as an investment think land is a safe buy, this should help at the bank.

The demand for productive agricultural land nationwide has ballooned over the last couple of years. In essence, what landowners have, others want also. The result is real estate values for pastureland, cropland and farmland has increased across the nation.

According to the National Agricultural Statistical Survey (NASS) Land Values 2021 Summary, farm real estate values – a measurement of the value of all land and buildings on U.S. farms – averaged $3,380 per acre for 2021. This is up $220 per acre or 7.8 percent. Rangeland, the largest component from an acreage standpoint of the three, jumped 5.7 percent. The average value of an acre of pastureland is $1,480 per acre, an increase of $80 per acre. This figure would be straight pastureland without any recreational values.

Some of the reasons for the rising prices are government programs enacted in response to both the pandemic and the trade war with China, which have benefited farmers and other landowners.

Another positive for cattle producers is the rising value of the cattle by-products. The hide and offal have really jumped in recent months.

Steer hide and offal values have risen from around $6.93 per hundredweight (cwt) on a live fed steer basis in July 2020 to an Oct. 1, 2021 value of $15.44 per cwt, an increase of close to 120 percent. This increase is led by hide values brought on by demand for leather car seats edible and inedible tallow and other by-products like tongues, livers, hearts, cheeks, tripe and meat scrapes.

These minor items add another 9.3 percent to the total by-product values and are mostly exported. It all adds up.

Finally, the smart consumers at grocery stores are realizing fake meat products are not the solution to climate change. Those who view climate change as a major issue may have fallen for the mistaken reasoning that alternative proteins are a solution. Consumers, because of ranchers and farmers telling their story, are recognizing that in order to make real change, beef and lamb producers must be a part of the solution.

“Every food has an impact, so simply changing from one to another will never be a productive solution,” says Chuck Coffey, a guest columnist in The Oklahoman. And now, the science is disputing the claims of the alternative protein companies as their false marketing doesn’t hold water.

Have a great fall.

GUEST OPINIONS Agricultural Estate Planning: A Prenup Could Save the Ranch

By Katherine E. Merck The term “estate planning” brings to mind wills, trusts and complicated tax implications, but it also includes protecting families from the worst circumstances. Unfortunately, prenuptial agreements are a tool that must be considered to protect yourself and your family.

While most farmers and ranchers are not eager to discuss what will happen after their death, they are even less eager to diminish the joy of their wedding preparations with talk of a prenuptial agreement. This uncomfortable discussion is far less awkward, however, than dividing or losing the family ranch due to divorce or remarriage.

Divorce and remarriage can be extremely difficult to deal with in any family business, particularly a closely held, multi-generational business like an agricultural operation. Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements are powerful tools for protecting assets in divorce and remarriage.

A prenuptial agreement is essentially a contract entered into prior to marriage that

allows for a predetermined distribution of assets. Postnuptial agreements, on the other hand, are the same type of agreement, simply made after the couple is legally married.

Most states have statutes which dictate the distribution of assets upon divorce or death, but a prenuptial agreement may be used to waive statutory elective shares and community property rights.

In community property states, including Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin, property acquired during marriage is owned equally by each spouse. While property that is inherited or gifted is not considered community property, property purchased during the marriage, including land and assets that contribute to the existing inherited ranch, are considered community property. This has the potential to lead to a sticky situation in the event of a divorce.

Although prenuptial agreements are often considered to protect the parties in the event of a divorce, they

can also be used to protect the farm or ranch in the case of a death or remarriage. In the case of a blended family, for example, the second spouse may be entitled to a portion of the ranch upon the death of the owner, even when the owner intended for the entire ranch to pass to his or her children from the first marriage. The second spouse may then transfer their share of the ranch to his or her kids from a prior marriage, dividing the ranch between two families rather than between siblings as intended. Therefore, it is important for a landowner to understand statutory estate distributions that would occur without any type of estate planning, which may include the distribution to a second spouse against the landowner’s wishes.

Nuptial agreements can be used to essentially opt out of statutory community property rights, which should be considered in blended family situations. Divorces and marriages that blend together families with children become even more compli-

WORK. CLEAN. GO.

cated in situations involving multiple rights and encumbrances such as easements and federal grazing permits.

In such cases, nuptial agreements should specifically address ownership of different property rights including mineral rights and water rights, as well as any entitlement to income from leases and other encumbrances.

As with all aspects of estate planning, it is essential to have clear, long-term goals in mind. Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements are important tools that can be used for the benefit of keeping the ranch viable and ensuring that it remains in the family for future generations.

Katherine E. Merck is an associate attorney with BuddFalen Law Offices, LLC with a primary focus on property rights, estate planning, environmental and natural resources law. Budd-Falen Law Offices, LLC, has attorneys licensed to practice law in Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.

In Wyoming, we depend on healthy livestock, soils and wildlife which require healthy native plant communities. By using certified weed-free hay for your livestock along with cleaning mud, seed and plant debris from your equipment you can help control and prevent the spread of invasive species.

Get involved or learn about more actions you can be taking at wyoweed.org.

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NEWS BRIEFS Gordon visits border Gov. Mark Gordon joined other Republican governors on the U.S./Mexico border to see the impacts of, and offer proposed solutions to the Biden administration’s border crisis. The governor’s visit highlights the national security crisis that is occurring because of the federal government’s unenforced border policy.

“Our Constitution requires a secure border. It’s clear that this crisis is not getting appropriate attention from the Biden administration,” Gordon said. “Our border states have asked for our help in addressing this emergency and we are responding. It’s important to see firsthand what these states are facing.”

Gordon joined 25 other governors in signing a letter to the Biden administration requesting a meeting with the President. To date, the governors haven’t received an offer to meet.

The situation has prompted states to offer their own resources to help secure the country’s border. In July, Wyoming offered aerial assets valued up to $250,000 to support Arizona and Texas in their efforts to secure the border.

NASS releases crop progress Wyoming experienced a dry week with above-average temperatures, according to the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Rainfall totals were a quarter inch or less for the majority of the state.

Temperatures throughout the western and central portions of the state were two to four degrees aboveaverage for this time of year. With minimal moisture received, drought conditions continue to persist.

According to the U.S. Drought Monitor for Sept. 30, the amount of land rated as abnormally dry was 2.1 percent, compared to 3.2 percent last week. Moderate drought was present across 27.5 percent, a decrease from 32.9 percent last week. Severe drought increased to cover 41.1 percent, a 6.2 percent increase from 38.7 percent last week. Extreme drought conditions increased from 25.2 percent last week to 29.3 percent this week. For the third week in a row, 100 percent of the state is experiencing drought conditions.

There are continuing comments of extremely high hay prices and limited availability. There are reports that hay is being imported from up to 800 miles away.

Harvest of corn for grain began this week, with harvest reported at one percent complete. Sugarbeet harvest continues to progress ahead of last year, with harvest reported at 48 percent complete, compared to 26 percent complete this time last year. Emergence of winter wheat is at 51 percent this week, compared to 54 percent this time last year.

Stock water supplies across Wyoming were rated 37 percent very short, 49 percent short and 14 percent adequate, compared to 34 percent very short, 54 percent short and 12 percent adequate last week. Irrigation water supplies were rated 20 percent very poor, 42 percent poor, 16 percent fair and 22 percent good.

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WGFD seeks information The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is seeking information regarding a doe and fawn pronghorn dumped and left to waste along Bushwacker Road, near Missouri Valley Road north of Riverton.

On Oct. 2, following a report from the public, North Riverton Game Warden Jon Desonier discovered a doe and fawn pronghorn “most likely killed in a different location between Sept. 26 and Oct. 1, field dressed and then dumped off Bushwacker Road.”

Desonier continues, “Because they were dumped along a road, someone may have a piece of information that can lead to solving this case. You just never know how the smallest tip might help.”

Anyone with information on this wildlife violation can report tips or suspicious activity by calling the Stop Poaching Hotline at 1-877-WGFDTIP (1-877-943-3847), by texting keyword WGFD and your message to TIP411 (847-411), reporting online, or contacting North Riverton Game Warden Desonier at 307-856-4982 with any information. Reporters can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a cash reward up to $5,000 if the information leads to a conviction.

BLM director confirmed The Public Lands Council (PLC) and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) today issued the following statement on the Senate confirmation of Tracy Stone-Manning as Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

“The BLM has been without Senate-confirmed leadership for multiple years, so today’s confirmation is an important step for an agency that manages hundreds of millions of acres across the West,” said NCBA Executive Director of Natural Resources and PLC Executive Director Kaitlynn Glover. “Public lands ranchers are ready to get to work with Director Stone-Manning, especially because the mission of the BLM is critical to the future of these Western communities.”

She continued, “The BLM is an important partner to ranchers across the West, and it is our expectation that Director StoneManning uphold the law, support multiple use management and recognize the important role ranchers play in managing and conserving these large landscapes.”

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AAA announces Angus numbers The 10 producers who registered the most Angus beef cattle in the state of Wyoming recorded a total of 3,533 Angus with the American Angus Association (AAA) during Fiscal Year 2021, which ended Sept.

30, according to AAA Chief Executive Officer Mark McCully.

The 10 top recorders in Wyoming are: James A. Jensen, Riverton; Paint Rock Angus Ranch Inc, Hyattville; M R Angus, Wheatland; Ochsner Roth Cattle Co., Torrington; Southard Land and Cattle LLC, Wheatland; Powder River Angus, Spotted Horse; Ken Haas Angus, La Grange; Jason J. ZumBrunnen, Lusk; Shawn Booth, Veteran; and Clay Creek Angus, Greybull.

Angus breeders across the nation in 2021 registered 313,138 head of Angus cattle.

“Our association members lead the industry in adopting new technology and breeding the most problem-free cattle for their customers,” McCully said.

“Cattlemen across the country continue to find registered Angus seedstock are the most profitable option for their herd.”

For more information about Angus cattle and the AAA, visit angus.org.

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BILLS continued from page 1 for producers to pass their ranch onto the next generation or have flexibility with how they manage their biggest asset – land,” Lane says. “We are grateful in the bills we are seeing – even though there are no votes to pass them yet – the language seen has largely avoided massive problems for producers.”

Lane notes, the elimination of stepped-up basis is not under consideration in this package. The inclusion of language on 2032A tax provisions was another piece NCBA has worked hard to ensure.

“We have worked really hard in the last couple of Congresses with folks like Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) to ensure there is an evaluation exemption for agriculture that is much more robust in light of the current estate tax, which will give producers the ability to ensure they can get ag considerations on their property rather than the value of the highest and best use,” Lane says.

“This is an important tool, but we are not across the finish line yet, as there is still a lot of debate.”

Bills in focus Another focus of NCBA’s policy team has been the hard infrastructure bill, according to Lane.

“This includes important provisions for producers, including an additional 150-air mile exemption on the back end of the livestock haul, which provides a little bit of flexibility in the never-ending hours-of-service (HOS) conversation we have been having for the last few years,” Lane shares.

Following the passage of a continuing resolution, which keeps the government funded through December, Lane notes many progressives are saying they will not vote for the hard infrastructure package if Congress does not finish the budget reconciliation package.

“The continuing resolution does not get them out of the debt ceiling,” Lane says. “From what we are hearing from the federal government, the debt ceiling will be hit on approximately Oct. 18.”

In addition to ensuring the government is funded through December, Lane shares the continuing resolution also extended mandatory livestock reporting.

Methane tax In the podcast, Lane also addresses the rumor of a per-unit methane tax.

“There is no cow methane tax,” he says. “There were some members of Congress who were concerned this methane tax or fee could be applied to the cattle industry and agriculture in general – that is simply not what is in the bill.”

Lane continues, “We don’t like additional taxes being applied to anybody, but this one is an oil and gas issue and applies specifically to that industry.

The language is not written where it could apply to agriculture. We appreciate members of Congress around the country sounding the alarm when there might have been a concern.”

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

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FEED continued from page 1 and private homes with livestock. Before winter feeding begins and until elk consume available forage or too much snow falls, herds often move into stockpiled hay and alfalfa.

Dell Creek feedground Wyoming’s U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal issued her ruling Sept.

21 in the 2020 civil complaint filed by Western Watersheds Project, Sierra Club, Wyoming Wildlife Advocates and Gallatin Wildlife Association.

The coalition argued the USFS and WGFD agreements at Dell Creek feedground in Sublette County, Forest Park in Lincoln County and Alkali in

Teton County should not be allowed to continue with current permits without further environmental analysis.

They also highlighted gathered elk herds are potential pathways to spread dreaded chronic wasting disease (CWD). The disease has not been found in the Hoback Basin herd, but the coalition argued it was only a matter of time.

In her decision, Freudenthal examined the USFS administrative record and ruled WGFD did not properly request continued use at the Dell Creek location between 2016 and now.

Although the USFS referenced the continued use

by WGFD, the state wild-

Feeding continues According to an Oct. 4 release by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), the agency has requested a permit from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to maintain elk feeding operations at the Dell Creek feedground for the 2021-22 winter. The department, in partnership with the USFS, are working together to allow for continued feeding of elk this winter at the location.

“Game and Fish believes a recent court decision provides clarity in what was required to continue feedground operations at Dell Creek, and we’re interested in a pathway forward,” said Richard King, chief of the Game and Fish Wildlife Division.

“Not having the ability to feed at Dell Creek could have dire consequences in terms of dispersing elk that could spread brucellosis to cattle, cause damage to private land and result in elk frequenting the highway,” King said.

WGFD shares they are committed to maintaining feeding operations at Dell Creek and are not intending to propose a closure.

“We’re planning to continue our operations for this year and will exercise best-practices for elk feeding at Dell Creek, just like we do with all other department-operated elk feedgrounds. That includes beginning feeding as late as possible, patterning feed to spread out elk and ending feeding as soon as reasonable,” King said.

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life agency did not officially request its continued use beyond that one year.

“The one-year [special use permit BPY100217] for Dell Creek feedgrounds expired by its terms notwithstanding USFS’s acknowledgement to the contrary,” Freundenthal concluded.

Permits, CWD present complications Freudenthal examined arguments that the three feedgrounds are not properly permitted because USFS decisions are faulty and lack proper environmental analyses for the sites.

“As additional background, this court previously vacated and remanded the USFS’s decision to reauthorize feedground activities at Alkali Creek based on its failure under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to consider the science regarding CWD risk, transmission and mitigation,” she wrote.

“The instant case not only concerns the Alkali Creek feedground once again, but also challenges the continuation of supplemental feeding at the Forest Park and Dell Creek feedgrounds.”

Freudenthal continued, “More specifically, the petition challenges: (1) the approval of the WGFD Commission’s request to resume feeding operations at Alkali Creek without first conducting the environmental analysis previously ordered by this Court; and (2) the agency’s indefinite authorization of artificial feeding at Dell Creek and Forest Park feedgrounds without issuing the requisite special use permit under the USFS regulations or conducting any environmental analysis under NEPA.” Freudenthal agreed with the coalition that envi-

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ronmental analyses were lacking for effects of continued winter elk feeding in light of CWD, a disease spread by prions, unnatural proteins that can pass through an animal and remain viable years later in soil and forage.

“While there were no CWD detections at Forest Park, Dell Creek or Alkali Creek to date, there is no dispute that ‘congregating elk at very high densities at feedgrounds is likely to increase the spread of disease because of an increased number and rate of potential infectious contacts with infected individuals and an infected environment,’” she wrote, adding CWD “surrounds the feedgrounds at issue in this case.”

Forest Park and Alkali feedgrounds In the Sept. 21 ruling, Freudenthal stated the WGFD Commission properly applied for a permit for the Forest Park feedground.

The feedground can operate under its current permit because the USFS has not made “a final agency decision” for her to rule for or against, she wrote.

In 2018, Freudenthal had remanded the Alkali Creek permit for emergency feeding only to the USFS, requiring it to examine impacts of its permits for environmental assessments.

During the more recent suit, Freudenthal allowed a stay so both sides could negotiate. Both returned with briefs to support oral arguments in July.

Freudenthal remanded WGFD emergency feeding permit at Alkali to the USFS. Bridger-Teton National Forest public information officer Mary Cernicek said, “Department

“As additional background, this court previously vacated and remanded the USFS’s decision to reauthorize feedground activities at Alkali Creek based on its failure under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to consider the science regarding CWD risk, transmission and mitigation.” – Wyoming U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal of Justice attorneys were examining the order.”

Passed earlier this year, House Rep. Albert Sommers’ House Bill 101 addresses the process for an elk feedground’s closure – the issue would come to the Joint Wildlife, Recreation

ETC Committee, a report required as well as the governor’s signature.

Joy Ufford is a corresponding writer for the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@ wylr.net.

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tion and when remediation methods are needed. Most remediation efforts focus on planting tolerant crops which acts as a buffer in soil pH and increases soil infiltration to allow salts to leach deeper.

Calcareous soils To better understand these soils, we must explore the types of alkaline soils which occur in Wyoming. The first is calcareous soils, which are soils that contain measurable amounts of calcium carbonate, better known as lime.

Calcareous soils are not directly harmful to plant productivity, unless they form root-limiting layers in the soil which are caused by extremely high levels. Estimating calcium carbonate is a quick and easy field test commonly called a “fizz test.” The fizz test observes the reaction of one or two drops of dilute hydrochloric acid on a soil sample – the more fizzing or efferves-

EXTENSION EDUCATION

By Jeremiah Vardiman, UW Extension Agriculture and Horticulture Educator

Alkaline soil management in Wyoming Most of Wyoming has alkaline soils, often times referred to as alkali soils.

Because of the misuse of this term, alkali soils are typically considered salt crusted, unvegetated spots.

Alkaline soil is a broader term which includes calcareous, saline, sodic and saline-sodic soils. These soils naturally occur in areas with annual rainfall less than 20 inches per year, which occurs over 40 percent of the Earth’s land surface.

The characteristics of alkaline soils include pH levels greater than 7.0,

which is caused by the buildup of water-soluble salts of potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium and other cations. These salts accumulate due to the lack of precipitation to leach them deeper in the soil profile.

Today, these soils can be found in native rangelands, which include grasslands and shrubsteppe ecosystems, as well as productive irrigated and dryland cropland. Understanding alkaline soils helps producers determine when the soils could be limiting produc-

cence the more calcium carbonate.

The largest concern for calcareous soils is the unavailability of phosphorus and the possibility of soil absorbing expensive fertilizers before plants can utilize them.

The higher the soil pH is, the more abundant calcium there is and phosphorus becomes unavailable to the plant due to calcium phosphorus minerals being formed.

The application of elemental sulfur can be applied to reduce the soil pH, however to make large changes in soil pH, this is expensive and impractical because the change is buffered by the abundant amount of cations in the soil resulting in no change in the long term. Other approaches are planting alkaline tolerant crops and carefully managing phosphorus and micronutrients, which can be done by banding phosphorus fertilizers within

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the rooting zone and making annual applications.

An additional management technique would be increasing soil organic matter and improving soil water infiltration.

This method is slow and requires a long-time commitment.

Saline soils The next type is saline soils. These soils are high in salts with lower sodium cations. Salt levels exceed four decisiemens per meter (dS/m) when measured with electrical conductivity (EC) in the soil solution and less than 15 dS/m for exchangeable sodium percentage (ESP).

Salt levels can be recorded in the field with an electroconductivity meter or in a laboratory. Exchangeable sodium percentage is only measured in the lab.

These soils are found in regions where evapotranspiration exceeds precipitation and may accumulate to the point where white salt deposits are on the soil surface. High salt accumulation is detrimental to plant growth by causing physiological drought, which means water is held tighter to the soil particles and decreases the availability to the plant, even though there may be adequate soil moisture. These conditions, along with ion imbalances force the plant to expend more energy to maintain normal growth and development.

The management strategies for saline soils are to select crops tolerant of salts, reduce upward movement of salts by slowing evaporation and increasing downward movement of water through the soil profile.

There is wide variety of salt tolerance in crops.

For example, beans can grow at an EC level of one dS/m – a low tolerance – whereas barley can grow at eight dS/m. Increasing ground cover, crop residues or applying organic mulches can reduce evaporation rates while also increasing infiltration rates in the soil and leaching of salts. Be aware of other compounding factors which can counteract these management strategies, such as irrigation waters high in salts and organic amendments like manure that can contain high salts.

Sodic and saline-sodic soils Sodic and saline-sodic soils occur naturally in Wyoming, specifically in the desert basins. Sodic soils have an exchangeable sodium percentage greater than 15 and salt less than four dS/m, while saline-sodic soils have both high characteristics, ESP greater than 15 and salts greater than four dS/m.

The high sodium levels in these soils destroys the soil structure, which impedes water movement.

High sodic conditions are toxic to plants and the high sodium can cause leafedge necrosis. If these soil types are found in areas of shrink-swell clays, impervious areas are formed and slick spots are created on the soil surface.

To improve these soil conditions, chemical amendments – gypsum and langbeinite – need to be added to displace the sodium cations with either calcium or magnesium. These amendments improve soil structure and reduce sodium levels by allowing salts to be leached from the soil.

Saline soils and sodicsaline soils are also calcareous, which can result in the salt levels rising to temporarily harmful levels prior to them being leached out. If these soils are calcareous, adding elemental sulfur can also be utilized with other amendments to temporarily change the soil pH, allowing micronutrients to become available to plants.

Increasing organic matter, soil infiltration and soil structure provides the best long-term results for management of alkaline soils. Knowing what type of alkaline soil aides in knowing the best management strategies to achieve those longer results. For more detailed information and testing of alkaline soils, pick up a copy of the University of Wyoming Extension’s bulletin Alkaline Soils in Wyoming, B-1358 and bulletin Reclamation on Salt/Sodiumaffected soils, B-1231.

Jeremiah Vardiman is a University of Wyoming Agriculture and Horticulture Extension educator. He can be reached at jvardima@uwyo.edu.

WSGA nominations open The Wyoming Stock Growers Association’s (WSGA) Environmental Stewardship Program and Award, in partnership with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture, recognizes Wyoming cattlemen whose natural resource stewardship practices contribute to the environment and enhance productivity and profitability. Each year a different Wyoming ranch is chosen for these qualities after applying. By the rancher’s choice, a day will be set aside during the summer to celebrate Wyoming’s for most land stewards: ranchers.

The deadline to submit nominations for the 2022 award has been extended to Oct. 30. For more information and to view the application, visit wysga.org/ programs/environmental-stewardship-program.

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OLDHAM continued from page 1 continuing to the University of Wyoming. While at Casper College, she continued to be involved with ag, including participating on the livestock judging team and serving as a Casper College ambassador.

Today, she continues to be involved as an active Casper College alumni member.

Native Youth Program Odessa shares her involvement in youth agriculture and leadership organizations growing up were important to her and she has worked to give back to these organizations.

With service in mind, Odessa, began work on a program to provide agriculture and leadership to different demographics. She shares, “Not all reservations have 4-H or FFA programs.”

“I started the Native Youth Program with Janie Hipp, who formally worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture under Tom Vilsack,” she explains. “I wanted to be a part of the group that helped create a program that reaches all federally recognized Native American Tribes and Pacific Islanders.”

Since its inception, the program has been taken over by a non-profit organization, the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), but the Native Youth in Food and Agriculture Leadership Summit continues to educate and develop leadership skills in interested youth.

Odessa shares, those interested can find information on many social media outlets, including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and LinkdIn. “We haven’t had a whole lot of individuals from Wyoming, but I’ve had students from Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota and some around Wyoming,” says Odessa.

Today, Odessa spends much of her time on her family’s ranch, mentoring local FFA members, agriculture youth and coaching

livestock judging teams.

Family involvement When it comes to Wyoming, Odessa and her family have been influential in keeping the spirit of the West alive.

“My dad, Dwayne, does a lot with the Red Feather Program, which gives individuals a second chance,” says Odessa.

The family also stays busy with their ranch.

“We’re a family operation,” she shares. “My two brothers Jess and Jared, sister Aisha and parents Dwayne and Denise run about a 550 cow/calf operation.”

Odessa continues, “We mainly do commercial, but we have a small percentage we also do for 4-H and FFA members.”

She and her brothers are active in getting youth interested in agriculture, she shares, noting, “My brothers and I try to get more kids engaged and we try to become coaches and mentors to some of the Native American students that are involved in the Fremont County Fair.”

In addition to being a mentor, Odessa gives back by judging the Native American arts and crafts at the county fair.

Ranch work The busy months are ahead of the Oldham family with winter right around the corner.

“Right now, we just got all of the cows off of the mountain and were getting them ready to come in and try to fatten them up before calving season,” she shares. “This winter, my days are probably going to look a little bit more chaotic. Between working and taking turns rotating night watches; weekends will be the busiest because our winters are pretty intense.”

The family stays very busy feeding all day, breaking ice and making sure the horses and cattle are drinking water.

“In the spring, the ranch work continues with fixing

Rich agriculture involvement – Odessa makes powerful impacts among local Native American FFA members and agriculture youth.

With strong ties to the western way of life and ag-related experiences, it’s important to her to be a mentor. Courtesy photo

fence and making sure animals are where they need to be,” Odessa shares. “We do a lot of riding when we’re moving livestock. It’s a lot safer for us and our animals as well.”

Wild horse sanctuary Wild horse management is also important to the Oldham family, shares Odessa.

“My dad and mom are the owners of the Wind River Wild Horse Sanctuary,” she says. “My dad started the paperwork in 2015.”

The family started with 33 wild horses in 2016 and now have about 223 wild horses.

Odessa continues, “My dad is a very old-fashioned cowboy, being born and raised in Wyoming. He always kind of has the idea of ‘If you’re going to complain about something, you’re going to have to be a part of the solution.’”

“The wild horse issue has kind of been an ongoing issue in not just Wyoming but in multiple states,” Odessa shares. “One way we can help is to not only educate others, but also try to provide a safe

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place for the horses because we believe there is a management issue and we need to do what we can to help.”

Breaking agriculture barriers From a young age, Odessa’s parents kept their children busy on the ranch.

She shares, “We all have to pull our own weight, but there are still some challenges as a woman in the industry.”

“Agriculture is the foundation of our country and for me, it is my way of life and a part of everything that I do,” Odessa explains, sharing the large role the industry plays.

Being involved in agriculture comes with many lessons.

“One of the biggest lessons in the grand scheme of things is getting out there and making connections,” Odessa says. “When you have mentorship, you can learn from different people and broaden your spectrum of knowledge from different experiences and lifestyles.”

Odessa offers words of encouragement of women in agriculture and those with

“When you have mentorship you can learn from different people and broaden your spectrum of knowledge from different experiences and lifestyles.” – Odessa Oldham interest, sharing, “Go get your hands dirty and get outside as much as you can, going out and experiencing it is the biggest thing I would tell people.”

Odessa concludes by sharing she believes women in agriculture have been doing a great job making their

voices heard, pushing forward, showing their capabilities and continuing to make an impact.

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

Working ranch – Odessa Oldham and her family utilize horse power when moving cattle and doing ranch work. Courtesy photo

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From the Kitchen Table

By Lynn Harlan

September shippings Our truck driver, Angus, stuck his head out of the back of the semi, looked at the lambs left to load and said, “I’ve got another whole empty deck.”

I had a sinking feeling

in my heart.

Yep, Little Bo Peep had lost her sheep. But, I knew where to find them – up on the hill and mixed in with 1,700 ewes. It was not going to be a good day.

We had been at Beartrap for a few days – an area on the stock trail up above Kaycee where there is a community corral for working sheep. When ranchers come in with their herd for shipping, there is good water, some grass and an awesome corral that was rebuilt a few years ago by the area woolgrowers.

We had already loaded out the feeder lambs to be sent to Powell for the winter. They would feed on remnants of corn, beet and alfalfa fields, fed a little corn and hay and grow out to be lamb chops in the spring and summer of 2022.

We couldn’t get an extra truck for the replacement ewe lambs to be sent over, so they would load the next morning. Some of our bigger lambs had already been sent down to a feedlot in Colorado, as grass was short on the mountain.

It was a busy few days.

Dust from the corrals had been churned to a fine face, neck and ear coating. We could turn out the ewes for a day or two, and trust them not to head home to the south, as they were recently weaned and would hang around the corral for a while. We planned to corral them at some point dur-

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an adventure, but for me, I always held in my breath until after the last stony shelf.

Of course, the lambs were in with the ewes. We headed off to the corral.

When we got everything in, Kate said, “It’ll take an hour to go find Jesus, why don’t we try to run them even if we have to load them chute by chute.”

I was looking at all the hunters going up and down the road and wondering if we should wave some down, but sometimes it’s just easier to try by yourself.

Which we did, and those ewes trotted through the chute with Kate on the dodge gate, my good dog holding up the back and me keeping them going. It was amazing.

The ewes had been trained a couple of times already, but for them to go so willingly was surprising.

The day was looking better.

Kate did a rough count of the lambs in the chute – more than a double-decked horse trailer with some even stuffed in the nose. We had two pickup trips to Powell – what a money maker!

But, now all lambs are in their happy homes and the ewes are trailing off the mountain. We finished up the month of September with calf shipping and pregnancy testing – a couple more days of eating corral dust.

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ing the day and let the ewe lambs out for a drink and some grazing.

Bob went down the mountain to another lamb shipping, so it was Kate and I left at Beartrap, with Nemesio and Jesus – our two Peruvians. When Angus left with an empty deck, I told Kate I probably knew where the lambs were hiding. We needed a plan. Finding more than 100 lambs in the mountain and hauling them to Powell wasn’t exactly in our itinerary for the day.

Kate sent the two guys to take down their lay downs – a fence that is made to lay down for the winter so the elk don’t tear it up as much.

Next, Kate said to me, “Go up on the hill and see if there’s lambs in the ewes. If there are, bring them down and we’ll corral them, then we’ll go get the guys to help us work them out. I’ll take a load to Powell in the double-decked horse trailer. I didn’t have anything else to do today.”

Poor Kate. She was a little exasperated with her mom.

Yes, I had one job to do and that was to herd the ewe lambs. I was keeping my eye on them while doing a few things at the camper, as I really do have more than one job during shipping. But, I didn’t think they had time to escape up the hill and out of sight. When I went to bunch and gather them, I didn’t even go look up that hill.

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FIRE continued from page 1 adapted to wildfire,” he says, noting several challenges associated with this historic cycle. “From a production standpoint, if grass was being saved for fall or winter pasture and wildfire came through in August and took out grass producers were going to rely on, that can be a challenge.”

Wildfires can leave ranchers scrambling for resources and pasture land.

In addition, Stephenson notes, “Our plant communities and grasslands are often well adapted to fire and typically the response is positive. Within the next year, grass often comes back without too many issues and it can typically be grazed.”

Another factor for producers to consider is range health.

Stevenson shares, “If range is in poor health before a fire with hard ground or other issues,

there may be some things to look at before turing cattle out the following year.”

A lack of ground litter during winter months is also a concern. If possible, Stephenson recommends producers defer grazing into at least the middle of the growing season in order to gain plant cover and litter before turning cattle out to graze.

Invasive plants Stephenson shares, “Research out of northeast Wyoming suggests fire has a little bit different role with annual invasive plants in the Great Plains than it does in northern Nevada and Idaho.”

In these areas, it is not uncommon for cheatgrass to take over, according to Stephenson.

He shares research suggests perennial rangeland grasses in the Nebraska Panhandle and eastern Wyoming are more adapted to fire than annual

Grizzly bear attacks hunter The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) are currently investigating a grizzly bear attack. On the morning of Oct. 2, a man was injured by a grizzly bear while elk hunting west of Cody.

The man rode out to the trailhead and was flown by helicopter to an area hospital where he is receiving treatment for what was initially reported as non-life threatening injuries.

Upon notification of the incident, WGFD immediately responded to the scene. Their initial investigation indicates the hunter was attacked after a sudden encounter at close range with an adult female grizzly bear with two cubs.

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invasive grass species and may compete with cheatgrass.

A fall fire may play a factor in management of cheatgrasses, says Stephenson. Fires at this time have the ability to remove seeds on the ground and a portion of litter. According to Stephenson, this removes the microsite where cheatgrass thrives.

“There may be a reduction in cheatgrass, but it will still be part of that plant community,” he adds.

When looking at Panhandle grasses, Stephenson suggests, based on recent research, fire is not

going to cause a huge shift in the ability of monachal and perennial grasses to compete.

Stocking rates “Typically, grasses are resilient to being burned and then grazed the following year,” says Stephenson, though he would err on the side of caution during a dry year.

In addition, he notes fire and grazing are very different mechanisms which accomplish similar goals.

“If grass is grazed clear to the ground like a fire, this would be a fairly stressful event for the

“Fire is a natural occurrence and our plant communities in this area have developed with fire.” – Dr. Mitch Stephenson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension grass,” Stephenson says.

Stephenson suggests producers reduce the stocking rate or defer grazing on burned pasture to provide more time to recover.

Leaving plant material or residual stubble is another practice Stephenson recommends.

“Fire is a natural occurrence and our plant communities in this area have developed with fire,” Ste-

phenson says. “The plant communities are fairly resilient and if we can monitor, watch closely, err on the side of caution and consider grazing opportunities, pastures can be used and still respond positively.”

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

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Submit your events to: Editor, Wyoming Livestock Roundup, P.O. Box 850, Casper, WY, 82602, or e-mail to roundup@wylr.net.

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EVENTS

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Sept. 18-Oct. 31 Green Acres Corn Maze, every Saturday and Sunday, Casper. For more information, visit greenacrescornmaze.net or call the Maze hotline at 307-797-8796.

Oct.13 Southeast Wyoming Land Exchange Meeting, online. For more information and to register, visit southeast-wyoming-land-exchange.

Oct. 15-31 The Northern International Livestock Exposition, Billings, Mont. For more information, visit thenile.org.

Nov. 1-4 Wyoming Weed and Pest Council Annual Meeting, Little America Hotel, Cheyenne. For more information and to register, visit wyoweed.org.

Nov. 2 Bighorn Sheep-Domestic Sheep Interaction Working Group Meeting, at The Inn, Lander. 10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Nov. 11-12 Wyoming Women in Ag Symposium, Casper. For more information, visit wywomeninag.org.

Nov. 11-13 Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation 102nd Annual Meeting, Cody. For more information, visit wyfb.org.

Nov. 11-14 World Championship Ranch Rodeo, Amarillo, Texas. For more information, visit wrca.org.

Nov. 15-30 Great Northern Livestock Exposition, Archer Complex, Cheyenne. For more information, visit greatnorthernlivestockexpo.com.

Oct. 19

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Oct. 4 - 1,580 Hd.• Oct. 7 - 411 Hd. K Triangle LLC - Thermopolis 1 BWF Cow, 1125# ..................$4900 Cows & Bulls Steady Michael Vigil Farms - Manderson Steers & Heifers $2 to $3 Lower 1 Blk Cow, 1190# .....................$4900 HEIFERS BULLS Rio Bravo Cattle Co. - Colo Springs Hook, Jace - Thermopolis 34 Blk Hfrs, avg. 617# ...........$15075 1 SimX Bull, 1750# ..................$8800 14 Rd/Blk Hfrs, avg. 768#......$14175 Causey, James - Cody 1 Hrfd Bull, 1960# ....................$8300 Clark Enterprises - Worland 2 Blk Hfrs, avg. 670#..............$14950 Raines, Earl - Lovell 2 Blk Hfrs, avg. 715#..............$14650 1 Blk Bull, 1945# ......................$8000 91 Ranch - Cody Pierce, Karl - Deaver 00 4 BWF Hfrs, avg. 898# ..........$12100 1 Blk Bull, 1590# ......................$72 HEIFERETTES 1 Blk Bull, 1455# ......................$7100 Double H Ranch - Ten Sleep Cauffman, Ray - Burlington 6 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 973# .........$9650 1 Blk Bull, 1480# ......................$7200 Peterson, Todd - Meeteetse Robertson, Daniel - Worland 1 Blk Hfrette, 915# ...................$9200 1 Red Bull, 1540# ....................$7200 00 K Triangle LLC - Thermopolis 1 Red Bull, 1565# ....................$68 1 Blk Hfrette, 900# ...................$8800 Double H Ranch - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Bull, 1670# ......................$7200 Turnell Cattl Co. - Meeteetse 5 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 976# .........$8500 COWS 3 Blk Hfrettes, avg. 1008# .......$8500 Brewster Ranch Ltd Part - Ten Sleep 00 McNeff Double Bar C Ranch - Thermop 1 Blk Cow, 1060# .....................$83 1 Blk Hfrette, 995# ...................$8450 Turnell Cattle Co. - Meeteetse 1 Blk Cow, 1050# .....................$8000 Cauffman, Ray - Burlington 50 1 Blk Hfrette, 945# ...................$8350 1 Blk Cow, 1595# .....................$72 HEIFER CALVES 1 Blk Cow, 1615# .....................$7100 00 Red Canyon Cattle Co. - Riverton 1 Blk Cow, 1465# .....................$70 00 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 301# .......$17500 1 Blk Cow, 1140# .....................$61 9 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 389# .......$16450 1 Red Cow, 1465# ...................$6000 00 52 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 482# .....$14900 1 Red Cow, 1380# ...................$58 17 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 536#..$14375 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1318#...........$5500 2 XBred Cows, avg. 1180#......$5475 Darling, Chanse - Hyattville 00 16 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 372#..$17425 1 Red Cow, 1350# ...................$48 20 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 510# .....$14800 Axtell Ranch LLC - Thermopolis 00 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 574# .......$14300 1 Blk Cow, 1370# .....................$74 00 Falling Springs Ranch - Covington 1 Blk Cow, 1155# .....................$52 39 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 347# .....$17225 3 Blk Cows, avg. 1238#...........$5100 60 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 397# .....$17075 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1210#...........$5000 10 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 512# .....$14850 Rice Ranch Inc. - Ten Sleep 2 Red Cows, avg. 1448# .........$7100 Arnett, Taylen - Manderson 00 3 CharX Hfr Clvs, avg. 368#..$17100 2 Red Cows, avg. 1433# .........$69 12 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 388# .....$16650 2 Red Cows, avg. 1393# .........$6700 50 20 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 462# .....$15600 1 Red Cow, 1245# ...................$66 1 Red Cow, 1190#....................$6200 Lyman, Tyler - Ten Sleep 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 425# .......$16500 1 Red Cow, 1330# ...................$5750 6 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 439# .......$16200 1 Red Cow, 1230# ...................$5750 13 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 512# ......$1480 2 Red Cows, avg. 1353# .........$5600 2 Red Cows, avg. 1298# .........$5400 Kittlelmann, Gaylord - Shell 3 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 400# ....$16500 Hamilton Ranch Inc. - Hyattville 2 CharX Hfr Clvs, avg. 410#..$14500 1 Blk Cow, 1170# .....................$7000 50 10 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 562#..$13000 1 Blk Cow, 1375# .....................$54 00 Kirby Creek Ranch - Thermopolis 1 Blk Cow, 1300# .....................$51 5 Rd/Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 341# ..$16000 McNeff Double Bar C Ranch - Thermop 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 429# .......$15500 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1410#...........$7000 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1033#...........$6800 Paumer, Dave - Hyattville 12 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 452# .....$15850 Bonita Ranch LLC - Ten Sleep 21 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 495#..$15200 1 BWF Cow, 1375#..................$6900 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 562# .......$14400 1 Blk Cow, 1205# .....................$5350 00 Hutchinson, Lee - Lovell 1 Blk Cow, 1295# .....................$53 50 7 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 454#....$15800 1 Blk Cow, 1385# .....................$52 Byrd, James - Thermopolis Herman Livestock LLC - Hyattville 00 3 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 442#....$15300 1 XBred Cow, 1520#................$69 4 Rd/Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 308# ...$15200 J & J Baling - Manderson 2 RWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 540#....$13450 1 Blk Cow, 1530# .....................$6800 50 Gerstner, John - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow, 1650# .....................$66 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 459# .......$15250 1 Blk Cow, 1125# .....................$6400 18 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 507#..$15100 1 Blk Cow, 1585# .....................$5800 00 Bain, Joy or Joe - Crowheart 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1250#...........$55 18 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 507#..$15100 1 Blk Cow, 1320# .....................$5450 13 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 478#..$15000 1 Blk Cow, 1350# .....................$5100 6 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 598#....$14100 O’Donnell, Gary - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow, 1560# .....................$6700 Whitt, Star - Thermopolis 7 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 534# .......$15100 Friesen, Travis - Basin 1 Blk Cow, 1865# .....................$6700 Webber, Landis - Thermopolis 50 4 Hfrd Hfr Clvs, avg. 466# .....$14700 1 Blk Cow, 1420# .....................$56 4 Hrfd Hfr Clvs, avg. 551# .....$13650 Hook, Jace - Thermopolis 1 Blk Cow, 1310# .....................$6400 Monte Cristo Ranching - Lander 00 3 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 392# .....$14500 2 RWF/BWF Cows, avg. 1265# .. $50 Gerstner, John - Ten Sleep Double H Ranch - Ten Sleep 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 533# .......$14300 1 Blk Cow, 1250# .....................$5900 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1333#...........$5500 Humphries Livestock - Worland 9 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 584# .......$14000 O’Donnell, Kyle - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow, 1160# .....................$5600 Bischoff, Wade - Lovell 1 Blk Hfr Clf, 600# ..................$14000 Lazy BV Cattle Co. - Meeteetse 2 BWF Hfrd Clvs, avg. 673#..$13100 1 Blk Cow, 1355# .....................$5550 00 Stoffers, Shawn - Greybull 1 Blk Cow, 1300# .....................$54 1 Blk Hfr Clf, 605# ..................$13900 1 Red Cow, 1275# ...................$5250 2 RWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 583#...$13200 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1323#...........$5200 Brazelton, Roger - Powell Doyle Ranch Inc. Hyattville 2 RWF/BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 578# .. $13525 1 Hrfd Cow, 1150# ...................$5300 Friday, Dionne - Ft. Washakie Cauffman, Ray - Burlington 00 2 RWF/BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 585# .. $13100 2 BWF Cows, avg. 1165#........$52 STEERS 1 Blk Cow, 1160# .....................$5050 Johnson, Mark - Lovell Bell, Keith - Cody 2 Blk Strs, avg. 863#..............$14200 1 Blk Cow, 1240# .....................$5200 Causey, James - Cody Mongillo, Dominick - Ft. Washakie 2 Hrfd Strs, avg. 773# ............$14025 1 Blk Cow, 1345# .....................$5100 Scripps, Pete - Cody Sorenson, Casey - Greybull 00 7 Red Strs, avg. 917# ............$13950 1 Hfrd Cow, 1305# ...................$50 4 Hrfd Strs, avg. 935# ............$12850 Boardman, Jared - Frannie 1 Blk Cow, 1345# .....................$4950

STEER CALVES Falling Springs Ranch LLC - Covington 23 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 296# .....$21075 49 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 360# .....$20725 76 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 413# .....$20275 14 Blk Str Clvs, av.g 509# .....$17550 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 603# .......$15250 Doyle Ranch Inc. - Hyattville 13 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 380# ..$20750 24 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 467# ..$18775 8 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 521# ....$17600 4 Hrfd Str Clvs, avg. 458# .....$16600 3 CharX Str Clvs, avg. 498#..$16600 Byrd, James - Thermopolis 5 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 352# ....$20200 2 RWF Str Clvs, avg. 368# ....$20000 Turnell Cattle Co. - Meeteetse 11 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 339# .....$20000 17 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 393# .....$19050 8 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 399# .......$18350 Darling, Chanse - Hyattville 14 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 422# .....$19475 27 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 540# .....$16450 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 605# .......$15200 Lyman, Tyler - Ten Sleep 11 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 452# .....$18850 34 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 536# .....$16925 Kirby Creek Ranch - Thermopolis 7 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 403# .......$18800 Paumer, Dave - Hyattville 13 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 441# ..$18650 2 CharX Str Clvs, avg. 520#..$16000 Monte Cristo Ranching - Lander 4 Red Str Clvs, avg. 374#......$18300 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 508# .......$17800 3 RWF Str Clvs, avg. 518# ....$16800 Bain, Joy or Joe - Crowheart 2 RWF Str Clvs, avg. 455# ....$18200 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 467# .......$18100 30 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 541# .....$16500 4 RWF Str Clvs, avg. 559# ....$15800 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 639# .......$15250 Brouwer, Hailey Norris - Arapahoe 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 378# .......$18100 Reed, Justin - Thermopolis 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 405# .......$18000 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 450# .....$17000 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 589# .....$14850 Red Canyon Cattle Co. - Riverton 10 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 429# .....$17925 47 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 512# .....$17325 10 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 593# .....$15325 Arnett, Taylen - Manderson 14 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 494# .....$17500 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 532# .......$16250 Hutchinson, Lee - Lovell 10 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 454# .....$17400 Gerstner, John - Ten Sleep 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 483# .......$16825 Friday, Dionne - Ft. Washakie 5 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 530# ....$16600 5 RWF/BWF Str Clvs, avg. 641#...$14250 2 Hrfd Str Clvs, avg. 563# .....$13100 Kittlelmann, Gaylord - Shell 7 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 534# ....$16350 8 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 639# ....$14250 Whitt, Star - Thermopolis 16 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 558# .....$16050 Humphries Livestock - Worland 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 543# .......$15550 7 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 614# .......$14900 Clark, Tom - Worland 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 570# .......$14925 Walker, Gwen - Lovell 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 585# .......$14850 Allen, Emma - Basin 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 620# .......$14600 Triplett, Jennifer - Basin 1 Blk Str Clf, 405# ..................$14500 Roseberry, James - Worland 2 Rd/Blk Str Clvs, avg. 590# .$14425 Ludwig, Clair - Shell 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 657# .......$14200 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 745# .......$13350 Brazelton, Roger - Powell 5 Hrfd Str Clvs, avg. 596# .....$14200 Livingston, Judy - Cody 3 XBred, Str Clvs, avg. 537#...$12000

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POSTCARD from the Past

Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com

Successful Hunting Tales With hunting season underway in most of Wyoming, it’s time to pass along a couple tales of successful outings.

First, just to brag a little, on Friday Oct. 1, the first day of mule deer season in the Saratoga area, a younger hunting partner and I were in the field by daybreak and by noon I had bagged a nice fourpoint buck, uphill, close to the vehicle and with only one shot. Plus, a younger hunter to help drag it out.

Good thing I still have an elk tag to fill, Blue Grouse to stock and fishing to do, or the whole season could have been ruined right off.

Just a side note: I hunt in an antelope area where there are way too many bucks for the amount of does, so I hoped to help out the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD)

by harvesting one of those bucks. However, I wasn’t able to draw a buck tag because WGFD contends that the antelope population is way down and instead sent me a doe/fawn license. Now that really makes sense – kill a doe or fawn but not a buck!

Now for a successful hunt in the 1880s as related in a 1904 book, “My Sporting Holidays” by Henry SeatonKarr. It reads in part: September had just begun. Elk and deer were in good condition, and fairly plentiful in the neighborhood.

The climate and weather were perfect. There was nothing whatever to mar our happiness as we turned into our blankets, thinking only of sport for the morrow.

Next day I hunted alone, on a steep and thicklywooded mountain south of camp. I was fortunate enough to kill a good bull elk that day in rather a curious way.

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Seven head of large bull elk on the Sanger Ranch south of Saratoga in the 1970s or 80s. Photo courtesy of Chuck and Bobbie Sanger. From the Dick Perue/Bob Martin collection. Historical Reproductions by Perue

I had ridden horseback nearly round and over the mountain in question without seeing anything but a few cow elk and was making for camp late in the afternoon, when I suddenly came in sight of a good bull with a small band of cows.

The elk saw me and disappeared down a steep gully before I had the chance of a shot.

I galloped round the head of the gully, intending to cut off the elk in case they went up the other side through some thick timber and rocks, as seemed likely.

But, I overshot the mark.

The leading cow appeared for a moment, emerging from cover on the far brink, saw me and led the band at full gallop back down the gully and round the shoulder of a steep hill to an open valley below.

I heard the elk crashing through the timber, and at length they emerged in the open ground far below me, and at least 400 yards away. I sat down on the crest of the hill and opened fire in desperation on the bull as he followed his harem – a bad last – across the open valley not half a mile from our camp.

I must have fired at least six shots at him from my double express, and had begun to look upon it as a lost opportunity when he suddenly stopped, walked round in a circle and then fell stone-dead at least 600 yards away, and some 200 yards below me.

One lucky shot, as I afterwards found, had entered behind the ribs and raked forward into his vitals. He turned out to be a very good bull, with a 58-inch, 12-point head.

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SALE REPORTS Marcy Livestock Scale Crusher Mature Cowherd Dispersal and Marcy Cattle Company Bred Female Complete Dispersal Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Sept. 30, 2021 Gordon Livestock Auction, Gordon, Neb. Auctioneer: Matt Lowery Sale Manager: American Angus Hall of Fame Five Open Donor Cows Avg. $22,300 118 Bred Registered Angus Cows Avg. $3,485 74 Registered Angus Bred Heifers Avg. $3,706 Two Open Registered Angus Heifers Avg. $5,500 Two Rare Semen Lots Avg. $3,300/unit Top Sellers Donor Cows Lot 1 – Marcys Erica 337 – Price: $65,000 DOB: 1/30/13 Sire: Sitz Upward 307R Dam’s Sire: Leachman Right Time EPDs: BW: +2.5, WW: +62, YW: +108 and Milk: +39 Buyer: Voss Angus, Dexter, Iowa Lot 16 – Marcys Erica 578 – Price: $22,000 DOB: 2/8/15 Sire: Marcys Scale Crusher Dam’s Sire: OCC Emblazon 854E EPDs: BW: +2.3, WW: +71, YW: +117 and Milk: +27 Buyers: Trent Boner, Douglas and J-M Angus, Douglas Bred Cows Lot 46 – Marcys 12 Ethelda E 64-2 – Price: $12,000 DOB: 2/16/12 Sire: Connealy Consensus 7229 Dam’s Sire: Marcys 08 Magnitude 63-8 EPDs: BW: +1.9, WW: +60, YW: +107 and Milk: +28 Buyer: Saddle Butte Ranch, Interior, S.D. and Minert-Simonson Angus Ranch, Dunning, Neb. Lot 116 – Marcys Pride 487 – Price: $11,500 DOB: 2/3/14 Sire: Marcys 09 Sledgehammer 103-9 Dam’s Sire: Rito 1I2 of 2536 Rito 6I6 EPDs: BW: -0.6, WW: +49, YW: +85 and Milk: +34 Buyer: Mandi Vevjahr, Milford, Iowa Lot 19 – Marcys Erica 587 – Price: $10,000 DOB: 2/13/15 Sire: Marcys Scale Crusher Dam’s Sire: Marcys Freightliner 879 EPDs: BW: +1.9, WW: +60, YW: +111 and Milk: +29 Buyer: John Anderson, Pierce, Neb.

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EVENTS continued from page 1 Symposium will be held Nov. 11-12 in Casper. A schedule and ticket information for the event will be available soon.

For more information, visit wywomeninag.org.

The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation’s (WyFB) 102nd Annual Meeting will be held in Cody Nov. 11-13.

The theme for this meeting is Neighbors Helping Neighbors. A tour kicking off the meeting will be held at the Wyoming Seed Company on Nov. 11 at 8:30 a.m., and the annual meeting will begin at noon.

General and business sessions of the WyFB will follow on Nov. 12, and voting delegates will discuss resolutions to determine policies with the best interest for the future of farmers and ranchers. The WyFB Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) will

host their 18th Annual Harvest for All fund drive during the meeting to benefit the Wyoming Food Bank of the Rockies. For more information, visit wyfb.org.

The Range Beef Cow Symposium, hosted jointly by Extension services at the University of Wyoming, South Dakota State University, Colorado State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be held in Rapid City, S.D. Nov. 16-17. All aspects of beef cattle production, including supply chain distribution, red meat consumption trends, marketing options, rangeland health, heifer development and emerging health issues will be covered during the two-day seminar.

For more information on the Range Beef Cow Symposium, visit beef.unl.edu/rangebeef-cow-symposium.

The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union (RMFU) Convention will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Greeley, Colo. Nov. 19-20. For more information, visit rmfu.org.

Winter conventions The Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts (WACD) Annual Convention will be held Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in Cody. A draft agenda of the meeting includes exclusive speakers, general meetings, a tour of the Buffalo Bill Center and an award luncheon. For more information, visit conservewy.org.

The Wyoming Section of the Society for Range Managemet (SRM) will again host their annual meeting virtually Dec. 2-3. For more information, visit wyomingrangelands.org The Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) Winter Round Up, Convention and Trade Show will be held in Casper at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center

USDA invests in supply chain The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an additional $100 million investment into the food supply chain infrastructure. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) supports this step to prioritize the expansion of beef processing capacity and dedicate further resources to build a more resilient cattle industry.

“Our number one goal at NBCA continues to be opening up new opportunities for cattle producers to be profitable,” said NCBA Vice President of Government

Affairs Ethan Lane.

“The pandemic accentuated a number of vulnerabilities within our supply chains – chiefly the choke point at the meatpacking sector, which has resulted in unsustainable prices for cattle producers and increased the cost of beef for consumers. This announcement is another step toward returning stability to the markets, and NCBA urges USDA to announce eligibility requirements and application instructions as quickly as possible,” Lane concludes.

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Thursday, January 2019 p.m.MST VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC Valley Video Hay Markets, the original internet hay market auction, has been selling hay for the past 16 years from our same quality growers in Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming.

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Dec. 13-15. WSGA will host three full days of networking with Wyoming’s cattlemen and cattlewomen, as well as industry leaders.

Tickets and an agenda will be available in coming weeks. For more information, visit wysga.org.

2022 conventions The American Farm Bureau 2022 Convention will be held in Atlanta, Ga. Jan 7-12. For more information on this event, visit annualconvention.fb.org.

The 2022 American Sheep Industry Annual Convention will be held Jan. 19-22 in San Diego, Cali.

For more information, visit sheepusa.org.

The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation/South Dakota Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher 2022 Conference will be held at The Lodge at Deadwood in Deadwood, S.D. Jan 21-22.

The theme for this event is Building Bridges and Growing Generations. For more information, visit wyfb.org.

National Beef Cattlemen’s Association (NCBA) will host their convention and trade show in Houston, Texas Feb. 1-3. More information is available at convention.ncba.org.

To round out convention season before spring 2022, the Society for Range Management Annual Meeting will be held in Albuquerque, N.M. This meeting will span Feb. 6-10. For more information, visit rangelands.org.

For more information on upcoming events, visit the calendar on page 10 or at wylr.net. Keep an eye out for coverage of these conventions in upcoming editions of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup.

Hosting a meeting that isn’t in this article? E-mail roundup@wylr.net with event details.

REES BROTHERS PRODUCTION SALE POSTPONED New Date - FEB 18, 2022

Due to the extreme drought in the region Rees Brothers Herefords has decided to postpone our Annual Production Sale until February 18, 2022.

We will be offering 100 lots of yearling and 2 year old bulls.

Angus, Hereford, Black Hereford and F1 baldies.

We are offering 50 head bred yearling females and 30 head of bred mature cows available private treaty here at the ranch until December 1, 2021.

Contact us early for better selection and pricing.

Jake Rees (801) 668-8613 Scott Rees (801) 949-8960 reescattle@gmail.com

Take Exit 106 off I-84 Morgan, UT

www.ReesCattle.com

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 24 • October 9, 2021

It’s the Pitts

by Lee Pitts

Nightcrawlers I love the night. The darker the better. I would have made a great night watchman or werewolf. A lot of people fear the night and are called nyctophobiacs. Thomas Edison was the most famous one and maybe this was his motivation to invent the light bulb. It’s said he failed over 1,000 times before he finally got the light right. He must have really needed a nightlight.

Unlike Native Ameri-

cans who were said never to travel at night, it’s always been my favorite time to travel. For 40 years I drove a minimum of 50,000 miles a year going to cattle auctions, and I’ve driven to 48 states and would have made 49 had there been a decent bridge to Hawaii.

I wore out a car every three years and drove six straight Oldsmobile Cutlasses into the ground, to the point they were burning

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more oil than gasoline. I also liked Lincoln Town Cars, but they were tanks and had the turning radius of an ocean liner. Plus, I believe one should never buy a car they can’t push to the gas station.

I’ve owned only one vehicle that wasn’t American made, and I was embarrassed about it, so I wasn’t that sad when I went out to the garage one day and it wasn’t there. I called the finance company to report it missing, but it turned out they were the ones who took it.

I come by my love of the night honestly. My father was a long haul “semi” driver, which makes it sound like he was only part truck driver.

I spent many a night in my father’s KW, or Kenworth for you laymen. Unlike my old man, I never had to rely on those little white pills or strong coffee to stay awake.

One 32-ounce glass of fastfood iced tea and I was good for 500 miles – it’s quite possible it was my bladder that

kept me awake.

One reason I drove so much at night was I hated staying at motels, and I’d drive all night to get home rather than stay in one. After my stroke five years ago, I had to quit driving and I haven’t stayed in a motel since then. Had I known the joy of staying at home, I might have stroked out earlier.

I even slept in my car during the gas “crises” rather than sleep under another man’s covers. Yes, youngsters, there was a time in this country when we couldn’t get fossil fuel, and anyone who lived through it will tell you it was an awful time in this country and the long lines to get gas wrapped around several blocks. So, good luck with the Green New Deal and getting rid of all fossil fuel. I hope they put reliable heaters in hybrids because it can get mighty cold at four in the morning sleeping in a car.

“I’ve owned only one vehicle that wasn’t American made, and I was embarrassed about it, so I wasn’t that sad when I went out to the garage one day and it wasn’t there.” – Lee Pitts I liked the lack of motor homes and cops on the road at night. I collected tickets in practically every western state because I was too cheap to buy a “fuzz buster.”

My most memorable ticket occurred in Buena Vista, Colo., at three in the morning when I blew through the sleepy town going 20 miles faster than the speed limit.

The cop was shaking like a belly dancer’s castanets because it was the first ticket he’d ever given and I practically had to write it for him.

I also liked the camaraderie I felt with the truckers at night, and I loved stopping at truck stops, checking out all the neat stuff in their stores and gassing up on chili beans at the coun-

ter with my fellow road agents. I never had a CB radio, but instead listened to trucker-radio, which consisted mostly of UFO sightings, conspiracy theories and questionable financial advice.

I like to think that driving at night was kind of like the old days when cowboys would take turns riding around the bedded bovines, singing bawdy songs to them to keep them from stampeding. I was a traveling man – a cowboy of the road – and I liked the thought that I was still working when most people were still asleep. I miss midnight and every once in a while, I’ll get up just to howl with the coyotes to remind myself that the best time of day is night.

RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION Tuesday, October 5 Market Report • 3,771 Head Sold Representative Sales COWS PINEDALE 2 Cow, 1482# ...............................................$68.50 2 Cow, 1587# ...............................................$67.50 RIVERTON 5 Cow, 1312# ...............................................$67.00 THERMOPOLIS 5 Cow, 1338# ...............................................$65.50 PINEDALE 3 Cow, 1428# ...............................................$65.00 THERMOPOLIS 9 Cow, 1423# ...............................................$64.50 PINEDALE 3 Cow, 1165# ...............................................$64.00 THERMOPOLIS 3 Cow, 1355# ...............................................$63.50 LYSITE 3 Cow, 1426# ...............................................$63.00 THERMOPOLIS 4 Cow, 1227# ...............................................$59.50 2 Cow, 1392# ...............................................$59.00 LYSITE 4 Cow, 1211# ...............................................$54.75 4 Cow, 1246# ...............................................$50.25 8 Cow, 1111# ................................................$50.00 BULLS EVANSVILLE 1 Bull, 1550# ................................................$82.50 KINNEAR 1 Bull, 1840# ................................................$81.00 BOULDER 1 Bull, 2030# ................................................$80.00 FORT WASHAKIE 1 Bull, 1765# ................................................$78.50 BOULDER 2 Bull, 1950# ................................................$75.00 STEERS RIVERTON 56 Steer, 361# ..............................................$219.50 LANDER 21 Steer, 331# ..............................................$211.00 RIVERTON 17 Steer, 370# ..............................................$209.00 SHOSHONI 62 Steer, 368# ..............................................$207.00 THERMOPOLIS 27 Steer, 407# .............................................$ 205.00 RIVERTON 67 Steer, 409# ..............................................$202.50 124 Steer, 417# ..............................................$201.25 THERMOPOLIS 14 Steer, 410# ..............................................$196.50 LANDER 62 Steer, 416# ..............................................$195.75 THAYNE 13 Steer, 424# ..............................................$191.50 RIVERTON 68 Steer, 459# ..............................................$190.50 CROWHEART 7 Steer, 440# ..............................................$190.00 LANDER 19 Steer, 469# ..............................................$187.00 RIVERTON 85 Steer, 475# ..............................................$185.50 FARSON 37 Steer, 488# ..............................................$183.50 RIVERTON 14 Steer, 482# ..............................................$182.00 LYMAN 17 Steer, 455# ..............................................$181.00 THERMOPOLIS 49 Steer, 487# ..............................................$179.00 LANDER 19 Steer, 513# ..............................................$171.50 FARSON 12 Steer, 542# ..............................................$171.00 THERMOPOLIS 19 Steer, 559# ..............................................$168.50 DUBOIS 89 Steer, 561# ..............................................$167.00 MORAN 24 Steer, 530# ..............................................$165.00 RIVERTON 44 Steer, 601# ..............................................$163.00 19 Steer, 593# ..............................................$161.00 8 Steer, 596# ..............................................$159.00 CROWHEART 15 Steer, 639# ..............................................$158.00 LANDER 10 Steer, 641# ..............................................$157.00 RIVERTON 15 Steer, 657# ..............................................$155.00 PAVILLION 27 Steer, 654# ..............................................$154.25 THERMOPOLIS 10 Steer, 714# ..............................................$150.00 RIVERTON 13 Steer, 863# ..............................................$147.00 MORAN 5 Steer, 868# ..............................................$143.00

HEIFERS LANDER 35 Heifer, 289# .............................................$201.00 THAYNE 18 Heifer, 365# .............................................$188.50 RIVERTON 21 Heifer, 330# .............................................$187.50 LANDER 15 Heifer, 370# .............................................$185.50 RIVERTON 89 Heifer, 396# .............................................$184.00 FARSON 19 Heifer, 385# .............................................$179.00 LYMAN 10 Heifer, 403# .............................................$174.00 LANDER 25 Heifer, 394# .............................................$172.00 FARSON 19 Heifer, 409# .............................................$170.00 THAYNE 9 Heifer, 431# .............................................$169.50 DUBOIS 11 Heifer, 448# .............................................$169.00 THERMOPOLIS 43 Heifer, 449# .............................................$167.75 RIVERTON 62 Heifer, 433# .............................................$165.75 PAVILLION 15 Heifer, 453# .............................................$163.50 LANDER 19 Heifer, 464# .............................................$159.25 LYMAN 29 Heifer, 475# .............................................$156.75 THERMOPOLIS 8 Heifer, 506# .............................................$154.50 FARSON 45 Heifer, 503# .............................................$152.50 CROWHEART 21 Heifer, 485# .............................................$152.25 BOULDER 66 Heifer, 780# .............................................$151.50 RIVERTON 52 Heifer, 555# .............................................$151.50 FORT BRIDGER 40 Heifer, 501# .............................................$150.50 BOULDER 10 Heifer, 755# .............................................$150.50 MOUNTAIN VIEW 29 Heifer, 534# .............................................$150.00 DUBOIS 28 Heifer, 524# .............................................$149.25 BOULDER 31 Heifer, 659# .............................................$147.50 RIVERTON 19 Heifer, 585# .............................................$147.00 LYSITE 20 Heifer, 878# .............................................$145.00 DANIEL 9 Heifer, 916# .............................................$144.00 BOULDER 24 Heifer, 675# ............................................$1 43.00 PAVILLION 22 Heifer, 612# .............................................$143.00 BOULDER 13 Heifer, 820# .............................................$141.50 DANIEL 18 Heifer, 794# .............................................$140.50 HEIFERETTES LYSITE 71 Heiferette, 782#.......................................$117.00 3 Heiferette, 820#.......................................$105.00 THERMOPOLIS 2 Heiferette, 1045#.......................................$80.50

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM LOAD LOTS @ 10:30 AM EXPECTING 4,000 - 4,500 HEAD YEARLINGS Rafter Cross Livestock - 125 Blk Ang & AngX Spayed Yrling Hfrs 750-800#. No implants. High elevation, choice, green!

Luke Anderson - 100 Blk Ang/AngX Yearling Steers 800850#. Rec 2 rounds of shots as calves. One brand, one raising! High desert, GREEN! Grindstone Cattle CO - 52 Blk Ang/AngX PTO Yearling Hfrs 850# CALVES Ruby Ranch - 500 Blk Ang & AngX 450-550#. Rec C & D @ Birth; Vista Once SQ & 7-way @ Branding. Sired by Lucky 7 & Popo Agie Blk Ang bulls. Reputation, high elevation!

Green!

Jack Robinson - 260 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 550-625#.

Rec One shot Ultra & 8-way @ Branding. Run above

Early Consignments 7,500 ft. Powerful, choice!

Armstrong Ranch - 250 Red Ang & Red AngX (75% Red, 25% Blk) Strs & Hfrs 400-500#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 w/ Somnus @ Branding. 100% Red Angus certified.

Reputation Red Angus, high desert herd. Very few, if any replacements kept. Sired by powerful Red Ang bulls.

Hat Ranch - 210 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 475-525#. Rec Vista Once & Vision 8 @ Branding & Precon. Vermillion Blk Ang genetics. Fancy!

Dewayne & Chuck Aragon - 150 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 475-525#. Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation!

Salisbury Ranch - 120 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 570-600#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Nasalgen & Vision 7 @ Branding. SO & Lucky 7 Blk Ang sired. Fancy, high elevation!

Steve & Trudy Slagowski - 110 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 490510#. Rec Vision 8 & Pyramid 5 @ Branding. No implants.

Knife cut. Sired by Yardley Blk Angus & SimAngus & Diamond Peak Blk Ang bulls. High elevation, high desert.

Powerful steers!

JF Ranch - 110 Blk Ang Strs 475-525#. Rec Vista Once & 8-way @ Branding. Fancy, reputation steers. High elevation.

Ray & Janet Foxworthy - 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 525-575#. Rec 7-way @ Branding. Great set of high desert calves! Powerful, stout calves!!

Diamond X Ranch - 100 Mostly Blk Strs 400-450#. Comp vacc @ Branding. High desert. Fancy, green steers!

Vogel Ranch - 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-600#.

Rec 8-way & Cattlactive @ Birth; Vista Once SQ & 8-way @ Branding. 100% Angus sired. Fancy!

Andy & Brooke McWilliams - 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-550#. Rec Vision 7, Pyramid 5 & Once PMH IN @ Branding. Sired by Lucky 7 Blk Ang & Connealy influenced bulls. High elevation.

Mike & Cindy Fabrizius - 65 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 450# 35 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 400#. Rec Vision 7, 7-way w/ Somnus, Once PMH Nasalgen & Vista Once @ Branding.

Complete mineral program at all times. High quality genetics! One brand, high elevation!

Huxtable/McKee - 95 Blk Ang Strs 500-550#. Rec Vision 7 w/ Somnus & Vista Once @ Branding & Precon (9/18). High quality, fancy!

Tony Roman - 80 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 550600#. Rec 7-way @ Branding. One brand, high desert.

Z/C Livestock - 70 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec Inforce 3 @ Birth; Virashield 6 & Vision 8 w/ Spur @ Branding & Precon. Fancy, high desert.

Red Bluff Ranch - 70 Blk Ang/AngX Strs & Hfrs 400500#. Rec Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse & 7 way w/ Somnus @ Branding. Knife cut. High Elevation.

Double Horseshoe Ranch - 70 Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 475-550#. Rec Vista Once SQ & 8-way @ Branding.

Sired by Hancock Blk Ang bulls. High elevation.

Keith Manning - 60 Blk Ang Hfrs 450-525#. Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation, fancy!

Jerome Young - 55 Blk SimAngus Strs & Hfrs 550600#. Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation.

Lane Ranch - 55 Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec Barvac CD & T, Virashield 6 @ Birth; Alpha 7 & Virashield 6 + Somnus @ Branding. High desert.

Glen Enos - 50 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500#. Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation.

Troy Trehearne - 50 Blk AngX/F1 (few % Hfd) Strs & Hfrs 450-550#. Rec C&D @ Birth; Once PMH, Vision 7 & Vista 5 @ Branding. High elevation! Fancy!

Griffin Land & Livestock - 45 Blk Ang Strs 500#.

Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation.

Rudy & Cris Paravicini - 42 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500540#. Rec 8-way (2 rounds), Mycoplasma, Pyramid 5 + Presponse. Sired by Vermillion, Connealy & Sitz Blk Ang bulls. Longtime Wyoming herd (Oldest continuous straight Blk Ang herd.) No replacements kept. Calves born April 1-May 15th. High elevation.

Whispering Creek Cattle Company - 35 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 475-600#. Rec 7-way & Vista Once & poured.

Weaned 9/1. Bunk broke.

Otis & Norma Jones - 30 Blk Ang/AngX Strs & Hfrs 400-500#. Rec Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse & 7 way w/ Somnus @ Branding. Knife cut. High Elevation.

J Lazy G Livestock - 27 Blk Ang Strs 450-500#. Rec Bovishield Gold & Ultrabac 8 @ Branding. Sired by Hancock & Reyes Blk Ang bulls. Bunk broke.

Sterling & Alecia Scolari - 20 Strs & Hfrs 425-475#.

Rec Ultrabac 7 @ Branding. Knife cut.

Zeke & Dixie Suddreth - 20 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 450-

500#. Comp vacc @ Branding. No implants. Sired by OCC Legend Blk Ang bulls. High desert.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15 COW SALE • START TIME 9:00 AM Keith Manning - 1 load of Open Cows Griffin Land & Livestock - 40 Blk Mixed Age Bred cows.

Bred to Blk Ang bulls to start calving the 10th of March.

Martin Ranch - 20 Blk Ang Short Term Bred cows. Bred to Blk Ang bulls to calve March/April. Stout cows bred to powerful bulls!

FC Ranch - 2 Jersey Bred Hfrs 900#. Ready to calve now.

Gentle!

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM LOAD LOTS @ 10:30 AM EXPECTING 5,000 HEAD Martin Land & Livestock - 475 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 475-525#. Rec Vista Once SQ & 7-way w/ Somnus @ Branding. Sired by Sitz Blk Ang bulls. AI sons of SAV Resource, Connealy Investment & Connealy Arsenal. Cowherd Sitz genetics for multiple generations! Bull battery w/ high WW, YW & $Beef. Heifers will be replacement quality! Reputation, high desert.

JA Land & Cattle - 350 Blk Ang/AngX (F1 BWF) Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Vista Once SQ & 7-way @ Branding (Knife cut); Bovishield Gold 5 & 7-way @ Precon (10/1). Sired by Krebs Blk Angus bulls & small % Durbin Creek Hereford bulls. High elevation, powerful genetics, fancy calves!!

Griffin Brothers - 300 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 425525#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 w/ Somnus & Nasalgen @ Branding. Knife cut. 100% Lucky 7 Blk Ang sired. Reputation, high desert. Green & coming out of the dry!

Limestone Ranch - 300 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 475-550#. Rec Pyramid 5, Once PMH & 7-way w/ Somnus @ Branding. 100% Blk Ang sired. High elevation. Choice feeding calves!

Brook Carlson-Miller - 210 Blk Ang & AngX 500-600#.

Rec Pyramid 5, 8-way w/ Somnus & Once PMH IN @ Branding. Knife cut. Comp mineral program. High elevation. 100% Blk Ang sired. Green & fancy!

Justin & Wanda Miller - 160 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 550#.

Rec 7-way @ Branding. High elevation. Fancy!

Griffin Hashknife - 150 Blk Ang BWF (small % RWF & Hereford) Strs & Hfrs 425-500#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 w/ Spur @ Branding. Knife cut. Fancy, high desert!

Vince & Leonor Vasco - 150 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-550#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 8 w/ Spur, CattlActive, Safeguard & poured w/ Cleanup.

Sired by Lucky 7 Blk Ang bulls & 21 Ranch Blk Ang bulls. Choice, high quality genetics!

Hellyer Ranch - 140 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 400-450#.

Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse, Vision 7 w/ Spur & Nasalgen @ Branding. Age & Source verified, NHTC, from IMI Global (BeefCARE on steers only). Popo Agie sired, reputation & high elevation!!

Ron & Lisa Rhyne - 110 Blk Ang/AngX(F1 BWF) Strs & Hfrs 475-550#. Rec Pulmaguard, Alpha 7, Nasalgen 3 @ Branding. Knife cut. Sired by Paintrock Blk Angus bulls & small % AI sired by Hereford bulls.

High elevation, green & fancy!!

EA Ranch - 50 Red Ang/SalerX Strs & Hfrs 550-625#.

Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation. Sired by 5L Red Ang bulls. Fancy!

47QC LLC - 45 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400-500#.

Rec C & D @ Birth; Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 w/ Somnus+Spur, Multimin & Dectomax Injectable @ Branding; Vision 7 w/Somnus+Spur, Vista Once, Nasalgen & Poured @ Precon (9/27). Knife Cut. High desert.

Fernando Roman - 30 Blk/BWF Strs & Hfrs 550600#. Comp vacc @ Branding. One, brand, high desert. Fancy calves!!

Jim & Colleen Harmeyer - 16 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500600#. Vista 5, Vision 7 & Safeguard @ Branding.

Home raised. One brand!

Contact: Riverton Livestock Auction (307) 856-2209 • Jeff Brown (307) 850-4193 • Tom Linn (307) 728-8519 • Mark Winter (580) 747-9436 • www.rivertonlivestock.com • Also watch our live cattle auction at www.cattleusa.com

1490 South 8th Street East • River ton, WY 82501 • (307) 856-2209