December 11, 2021

Volume 33 Number 33 • December 11, 2021

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The Weekly News Source for Wyoming’s Ranchers, Farmers and AgriBusiness Community • www.wylr.net

A Look Inside Replacement heifer selection criteria shared by Montana stockman....................... Page 6 Personal finance reviews are recommended by UW specialist ...................................... Page 9 Cattle market update provided

by Certified Angus Beef............ .................................... Page 12 Season of Advent brings light and peace................... Page 14

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Sawyer Gilbert, the 19-year-old from South Dakota claimed her first world championship on Dec. 7 in Las Vegas, Nev. at the Wrangler National Finals Breakaway Roping (NFBR).

She entered the NFBR ranked second in the world standings. Gilbert earned $19,532 after placing in five rounds to claim her first world title by just $2,197 over Shelby Boisjoli. Gilbert was the only contestant to rope all 10 calves.

Cash Receipts Total animal/animal product cash receipts are forecast at $193.3 billion for 2021, a 17.7% or $29.3 billion increase over 2020. Cattle and calves are forecast at $71.4 billion, up 13.2% from 2020 and the highest since 2015. Hogs are expected to increase 40.1% over last year to $26.9 billion. Broiler cash receipts are forecasted to increase 48.6% to $32.2 billion, the highest level in seven years. Dairy products are forecast at $41.7 billion, up 2.8% from 2020.

APHIS shares import regulation updates for sheep and goats Washington, D.C – On Dec. 2, in a final rule published on the Federal Register, the U.S Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) shared its ruling regarding import regu-

lations for sheep, goats and their byproducts.

The current regulation prohibits the importation of sheep products from countries considered a risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The new

ruling removes remaining BSE import restrictions on sheep, goats and byproducts and adds import restrictions on transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) for wild, zoological and other non-bovine ruminant spe-

cies, including scrapies in goats and sheep.

The rule comes after APHIS conducted a review of current scientific literature and evaluations BSE, and found changes were Please see IMPORTS on page 13

Closing gaps in drought relief Senators request greater drought assistance for producers As a second year of La Niña conditions are projected for early 2022, producers across the West continue to battle complications from drought, including reduced forage production and herd liquidation. A group of senators joined forces to request greater support and assistance for agriculturists.

U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-SD), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), a major ag industry supporter, led a bipartisan group of senators in requesting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to address gaps in coverage which exist under the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP).

While many producers transport feed to livestock, and are provided assistance for the cost of feed trans-

portation, others choose to transport livestock to feed sources. However, USDA announced in September ELAP assistance was not available to producers who are transporting their livestock to feed.

“We continue to hear from producers who have been severely affected by drought this year and have incurred costs related to transporting their livestock to feed sources instead of hauling feed to their livestock,” the senators wrote in their letter to FSA. Producer assistance “Under current regulations, these producers are not eligible for ELAP transportation assistance,” the senators continue. “We respectfully request FSA exercise its authority to further improve ELAP by providing payments to producers for a portion of the costs they have Please see RELIEF on page 9

Federal Budget

On Dec. 2, Congress passed a short-term extension to fund the government through Feb. 18, 2022. The bill, signed by the president, means there won’t be a government shutdown prior to Christmas. The timing also means Congress will be considering a number of funding items simultaneously: funding for the rest of Fiscal Year 2021, the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bills and the president’s proposed budget when this extension elapses in February.

U.S. Drought

For the contiguous 48 states, the U.S Drought Monitor (USDM) showed 55.54% of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 53.42% a week earlier. Drought now affects 96,498,708 people, compared with 89,180,472 a week earlier. For all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, the USDM showed 46.53% of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 44.75% a week earlier. Drought now affects 98,256,045 people, compared with 90,901,425 a week earlier.

Supply chain issues

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Lummis addresses shipping logistics and disruptions

U.S. consumers are experiencing issues at many points along the supply chain, but the biggest product sinks continue to be backups at U.S. ports of entry. The image of cargo ships sitting in ports waiting to be unloaded continues to be reported as the nation progresses through COVID-19, looming inflation and empty shelves.

“The people of Wyoming are experiencing supply chain issues firsthand, from higher prices for staple foods to a lack of needed home goods,” said Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) during a Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Maritime, Freight and Ports hearing on Dec. 7. “Its time President Biden and his administration take action to cut red tape and speed up shipping processes.”

She continued, “The COVID-19 pandemic has put our country in a precarious position, and vaccine mandates and reckless government spending Please see SUPPLY on page 8

Munsicks celebrate Christmas Sheridan – Brothers Tris, Sam and Ian Munsick grew up on a cow/calf operation south of Sheridan and were raised with a love of western culture and music. Their dad, Dave, wears many hats – his titles have included rancher, singersongwriter, musician and fiddle player, just to name a few – and introduced Tris, Sam and Ian to music at a young age.

“When we were growing up, my dad had a band called the Powder River Boys, and he always wanted my brothers and I up on stage to play with him,” Tris, the oldest brother, explains. “As we started getting older, we started to play music for other people, and our dad thought it would be a cool idea to do a Christmas-time concert.”

This tradition, A Munsick Family Christmas, has been an annual event at the WYO Theater in Sheridan for about 15 years in the running. This year, A Munsick Family Christmas has grown into a two-day event: A second night was added after the event sold out within hours. The WYO Theater will host The Munsick Boys Dec. 16-17.

Creating tradition Tris shares the brothers’ first concert was a humble beginning, but one the community appreciated and enjoyed.

“I think people appreciated this concert from the very beginning because it was local and we have strong ties to the community, but it was also a chance for everybody to let their hair down, get out and do something fun during the holidays,” he says. “Miraculously, they let us back into the WYO Theater the next year and we had our act together a little bit more.”

Throughout the years, Tris, Sam and Ian have each Please see MUNSICK on page 5

Wyoming cowgirl named champion Las Vegas, Nev. – Nearly 945 contestants from 27 different states and four provinces of Canada under the age of 19 competed Dec. 1-6 in a variety of events at the Mike and Sherrylynn Johnson Vegas Tuffest Junior World Championship.

Wyomingite Haiden Thompson represented the state well by winning the 19-year-old and under goat tying competition with a time of 6.34 seconds, winning over $10,000.

In addition to her success at the Junior World Championship Rodeo, she took home first place on Dec. 7 at the Vegas Stars Breakaway Roping in the 19-yearold and under category.

Family traditions and events Thompson, who hangs her hat in Yoder, is the reigning National High School Rodeo Goat Tying Champion and leads the Wyoming High School Rodeo Association fall standings. She is also leading the state in breakaway roping, team roping and sits fourth in barrel racing.

“I have been competing in rodeo for as long as I can remember,” Thompson says.

“I have always been around livestock and rodeo.”

Growing up with the sport of rodeo means a lot to Thompson, she explains,

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Please see THOMPSON on page 19

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It’s Still Fake For the last couple of weeks there has been a lot of discussion showing up on alternate sources of protein. “Here we go again” is a From the phrase heard time and time again Publisher from those in the meat business, Dennis Sun as they see the threat against true beef, pork and lamb meat products rise up again. Even those in the poultry and goat business are concerned.

One of the reasons for discussion on this topic is news out of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) saying they are investing $10 million over a five-year span to fund Tufts University to develop alternative proteins. These proteins would be grown in a petri dish or bioreactors in a lab. The USDA, as expected, has been receiving numerous comments from feeders and producers, especially those in the beef business.

The focus for the last two months has been a 60-day comment period, which closed on Dec. 2, for a proposed rule on the labeling of these fake products.

Let’s face the facts here: This movement is based on money, but the reasons given to the public to manufacture fake products are untrue and misleading. The same goes for plant-based products meant to replace meat.

The movement behind fake meats is being pushed by some of America’s wealthiest people involved in the climate change issue. They are using climate change, sustainability, nutrition and health to promote meat imitation products.

In America, people can buy any type of food they wish. Myself being in the beef business, I’m going to support beef. Those of us who support beef support proper labeling of real meat products and imitation meat products.

Proper labeling of all products lets the consumer know exactly what is in the package. Then, consumers can make up their minds on which product they want for dinner – real meat, something grown in a lab or something derived from plants, which has numerous additives to make it taste like the real meat ranchers produce.

If people want to eat “glorified dog food,” it’s their choice, but they should know and understand what is in the product. There are numerous products out there which have “artificial” on the label, why not these artificial meats?

A recent survey revealed when consumers are purchasing protein, 74 percent wanted labels showing if it was real meat or not. Consumers shouldn’t be confused when buying protein for the evening meal which is real meat, cell-cultured or plant-based. Consumers also want to know what is on the school lunch tray.

There should be guidelines, as there are for cattle producers on the correct use of antibiotics, with these cultured meat products.

Those in the meat business, including everyone from producers to processors, can stand behind their inspected products and guarantee the consumer safe, tasteful and nutritious protein. Hopefully the 26 percent surveyed with no concerns over labeling will learn to read and realize just what they are eating.

GUEST OPINIONS A Budget that Prepares Wyoming for the Future

By Gov. Mark Gordon The Wyoming people deserve a state government that operates as efficiently as possible.

My commitment to transparency allows everyone to understand and participate in the budget process. We must maintain a Wyoming state government which provides for all citizens while ensuring we live within our means now and in the future.

On Nov. 15, I released my proposed budget for the next two years. The balanced budget I have proposed is frugal, charts a fiscally conservative path and prepares the state to weather future revenue challenges. It has been a tumultuous two years since the state budget was last approved, a period marked by a global pandemic, a crash in energy prices and most recently, an improved revenue picture accompanied by soaring inflation.

One of my top priorities is to protect Wyoming from the Biden administration’s continued assault on our state’s core industries. The year 2020 saw a plethora of unprecedented events – the least of which was the crash in energy prices, which had significant effects on Wyoming’s budget.

While 2021 has seen price increases for coal, oil and natural gas, the Biden administration is unrelenting in its efforts

to eliminate fossil fuels from our nation’s energy portfolio. Wyoming’s core industries are under continued attack from Washington, D.C., which leave me concerned about the long-term sustainability of Wyoming’s largest revenue sources.

Today’s good fortune is a reprieve, not a solution to our revenue stability. With this reprieve, this budget will allow for some savings while maintaining current funding levels for education and avoiding further cuts to state government. It is my goal to save more than $400 million in additional revenue in order to ensure Wyoming has the funds to withstand unforeseen future challenges while continuing to provide the important services our citizens rely on. It is imperative we have the tools in place to keep the ship steady, even in rough waters, and provide the stability that is key for enduring economic growth.

I want to emphasize government in Wyoming is leaner than it has been for a generation. We have asked our executive branch agencies to do more with less, and they have risen to the occasion. However, we are now at a point where further cuts cannot be made without compromising institutions, such as the accreditation of our community colleges.

I remain committed to

transparency in our budgeting process. Wyoming should have one checking account and one savings account. Every citizen should be able to clearly see where taxpayer funds are being utilized. At the start of my administration, I launched wyomingsense.gov, which allows users to see what my budget recommendations are, where the funds are going and any changes to the final budget once it comes through the legislative process.

My 2023-2024 budget is located there and available for review. My office will update this site once the budget is final.

In this budget I have been able to propose a few strategic investments with the goal of providing necessary services more efficiently and protecting vital Wyoming resources. One of these areas of investment is the critically important protection of Wyoming’s water resources.

The Colorado River and drought conditions in the West are setting up a battle between states over water rights. I want to ensure Wyoming is prepared to respond to any legal and other challenges ahead related to the Colorado River. When drought threatens Wyoming water users – our agricultural producers, our ranchers, our communities – we cannot afford to be shorthanded or unprepared.

Finally, there is the

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.

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American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which will provide some unexpected opportunities. We need to use these funds to make strategic investments, ones that will benefit our grandchildren and generations of Wyomingites to come, not just balance the operational budgets of today. I am currently finalizing my proposal for these federal funds with an eye toward how to best maximize their impact for our citizens and supplement our general fund dollars. And we will ensure that just like Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) funds, ARPA fund proposals and spending are publicly accessible as well.

Since my first day in office, I have ensured the state government operates as efficiently as possible, and I continue to push for more transparency in the budget process. We must maintain a Wyoming state government that provides for all citizens, while ensuring we live within our means now and in the future.

I am excited to share my proposals for the ARPA federal funding in December. There continues to be work to be done, and together we can move towards a thriving Wyoming.

Mark Gordon is the 33 rd governor of Wyoming. For more information, visit governor.wyo. gov.

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NEWS BRIEFS Transparency bills passed

On Dec. 8, the U.S. House voted to pass two National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA)-supported pieces of legislation which are critical to providing producers with greater transparency in the cattle markets.

The House voted 418-9 to advance H.R. 5290, introduced

by House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott (D-GA). This legislation, supported by Ranking Member Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (R-PA) and unanimously approved by the committee, would extend authorization for livestock mandatory reporting (LMR) through Sept. 30, 2022.

The authorization for LMR – the most important tool cattle producers have for understanding transactions and trends in the cattle markets according to NCBA – is currently set to expire along with federal funding on Feb. 18, 2022.

By an overwhelming vote of 411-13, the House also passed the Cattle Contract Library Act of 2021. NCBA secured the introduction of this bipartisan legislation in October, led by Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX).

“The fact House Agriculture Committee Chairman Scott and Ranking Member Thompson have both been vocal champions for LMR reauthorization is yet another indication of the broad-base support this measure has among producers across the country,” said NCBA President Jerry Bohn. “LMR is absolutely essential to fair, competitive and transparent cattle markets.”

BLM seeks volunteers

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale and Worland Field Offices are seeking volunteers to assist with the national Mid-Winter Bald Eagle Survey on Jan. 8, 2022.

Volunteers should call the Pinedale Field Office to be assigned survey routes along public roads in Sublette County or the Worland Field Office to be assigned routes along public roads in Washakie, Hot Springs and Big Horn counties.

Two-person observation teams are needed so one person can safely drive while the other observes and documents eagles. Volunteers must sign up before Jan. 6, 2022, and will receive instructions on survey methods and eagle identification.

Since 1979, federal and state agencies, as well as volunteers from the public, have counted bald eagles throughout the U.S. every January. By monitoring and estimating national and regional count trends, an index of the total winter bald eagle population in the lower 48 states has been established.

For more information, please contact Theresa Gulbrandson, 307-367-5359, in the Pinedale Field Office, or Darci Stafford, 307-347-5149, in the Worland Field Office.

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CattleFax announces loss CattleFax is mourning the loss of Topper Thorpe of Gila, N.M., who passed away on Dec. 1. Thorpe moved to Denver in 1968 to work for CattleFax as one of the first two employees of the startup company. He worked as CattleFax’s general manager/CEO for more than 30 years, during which time CattleFax grew to become the nation’s premier market information, analysis, research and education service owned by cattle producers and feeders.

“Topper was an incredible friend and mentor and his visionary leadership helped shape the beef and cattle industry,” said Randy Blach, CattleFax CEO. Thorpe helped pioneer a database of information designed to help CattleFax members make market-based decisions for their operations by providing more accurate and timely, industry-wide forecasting tools than were available anywhere else. He spent years traveling across the country speaking to cattle producers, feeders and associations sharing information and forecasts about the cattle market. He became known for giving detailed speeches about the market without using any notes and in a way that was straightforward and easy to understand.

After retiring from CattleFax, Thorpe spent his time farming and serving his community. He volunteered tirelessly for 20 years to ensure water rights for agricultural and local entities were allowed to be put to beneficial use and protected for future generations, specifically for the Gila/San Francisco water system and throughout the state of New Mexico.

Thorpe was appointed as a commissioner on the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, and during the years he served on this commission, strived to be the voice for agriculture and local entities in New Mexico.

Thorpe was a man of unwavering integrity, with the highest of expectations for excellence in all he did. He was a patriot and a staunch believer and defender of the freedoms his beloved United States offered. Thorpe spent a lifetime passionately supporting and protecting agriculture, serving his communities and serving God. Contributions in lieu of flowers can be made to the following: National Cattlemen’s Foundation for the Topper Thorpe Memorial Fund, 9110 East Nichols Ave., Suite 300, Centennial, CO, 80112 or at nationalcattlemensfoundation.org/in-memoriam.

Donations will fund the Topper Thorpe Mentor Scholarship, an annual award for full-time junior, senior or graduate-level students studying ag economics, ag business, ag finance, ag marketing or animal science.

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WGFD hosts meetings The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is hosting public meetings to discuss updates on the evaluation of re-introducing Bighorn sheep into the Sweetwater Rocks area.

Public meetings will be held at 6 p.m. in two locations: Dec. 14 at the Jeffrey City Fire Hall, Coyote Dr. in Jeffrey City and Dec. 15 at the WGFD Lander Regional Office, 260 Buena Vista Dr. in Lander.

The assessment and any subsequent actions will be in strict accordance with the “State-wide Bighorn/Domestic Sheep Interaction Plan” pursuant to Wyoming State Statute 11-19-604.

Any questions regarding the WGFD’s efforts to evaluate a Bighorn sheep transplant can be directed to wgfd.wyo. gov/sweetsheep or Lander Wildlife Management Coordinator Daryl Lutz at 307-332-2688.

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NEWS BRIEFS NASS ag surveys begin

Starting in December, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) will measure livestock and production inventories through a nationwide survey.

Surveys include: sheep and goat inventories; wool and mohair production; beef and dairy cattle inventories; calf crop; death loss; cattle on feed; and total milk production.

NASS will be conducting surveys in states in Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. NASS reports accurate data significant to decision making for both the USDA and the industry to be more responsive to domestic and international markets and consumer needs.

Survey results will be published in January and will be available online at nass.usdaa.gov/publications. For more information, call the NASS Mountain Regional Field Office at 800-392-3202.

ALB researches flavor profile The American Lamb Board (ALB) is undertaking groundbreaking research to investigate separating different flavor profiles of lamb at the processing level of production. The technology utilized was originally developed for the medical industry and is referred to as rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (REIMS). The project involves researchers from Colorado State University and Texas Tech University.

“Being able to classify lamb into flavor profiles has the potential to market lamb more successfully to consumers who like it milder or more intense,” says Gwen Kitzan, ALB chair.

Phase three results show the REIMS-driven technology is quite accurate in predicting flavor attributes that correlate to what a 400-member consumer sensory testing panel would identify. The project also aims to determine how management practices such as age, sex, breed and feeding methods affect lamb flavor.

Lamb is the first meat industry to do such thorough investigation into REIMS and although it requires a step-by-step process, indications show the outcomes could be very beneficial to lamb marketers.

“The flavor profile work is an example of a longterm research project to address a significant barrier to increased American Lamb consumption that the Lamb Checkoff is steering with the ultimate goal of improving American Lamb quality and eating experiences for consumers,” says Kitzan.

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Senators introduce ESA bill On Dec. 7, U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) along with Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY), Jim Risch (R-ID) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) introduced the State, Tribal and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act. This legislation amends the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 to require federal agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to provide states, counties and Tribes with the scientific reasoning behind ESA determinations.

The bill also requires federal agencies to use upto-date research when making decisions about wildlife protected under the ESA, including information that states, tribes and other stakeholders provide them.

Lummis pointed to clear evidence in Wyoming that the ESA needs to be updated. The Greater Yellowstone grizzly bear resides predominately in and around Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming.

This year alone, there have been reports of grizzly bear sightings as far south as southern Lincoln County near the Utah border. The towns of Jackson and Cody are seeing more and more grizzlies wander into their town lines. By the end of October, 42 grizzlies had been killed after being hit by cars, killed in self-defense or euthanized by wildlife scientists due to aggressive interactions with humans. This number is up from 31 by the same time in 2020.

The late Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) previously sponsored this bill.

“This legislation makes sure local, Tribal and state communities have a seat at the table when actions under the ESA are being considered,” Lummis said.

“Congress has heard from local governments, particularly from western states containing a significant portion of federal land, that ESA-implementing agencies often ignore locally-generated science and data provided to them for listing determinations.”

She continued, “States and Tribes often have actual data that federal agencies may lack. The law already requires agencies to cooperate with the states ‘to the maximum extent practicable,’ yet this is not being done. This legislation will fix that.”

“State and local experts are in the best position to collect and report the most accurate data on wildlife in their state. It only makes sense that the federal government would prioritize this information when making listing decisions,” said Barrasso. “Species that go on the endangered species list seem to stay there forever. Our legislation increases transparency in the listing process and makes sure state and local experts are involved in all conservation efforts.”

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To build resiliency into the food system, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Dec. 5 it would award up to $400 million to state and Tribal governments for purchases of locally grown food for emergency food assistance.

The Local Food Purchase Assistance program has a goal of buying food from socially disadvantaged farmers and putting it in the hands of underserved communities.

Funds could be spent over two years, said the USDA. The money is part of $1 billion earmarked this year for longer-term investments in transforming the food system, said the USDA. “One of the lessons from COVID-19 is that the current food system is too rigid, consolidated and fragile,” USDA continued. “These cooperative agreements will help state, Tribal and local entities purchase food more efficiently from local producers and invest in infrastructure that enables partner organizations to reach underserved communities more effectively.”

In addition, the USDA said up to $50 million was available in “reach and resiliency” grants to expand access to The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in rural, Tribal and other underserved areas.

Through TEFAP, the USDA purchases and donates food to food banks. Some $2.29 billion was allotted for TEFAP in fiscal 2021, including pandemic relief funds.

USDA funds animal health The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is awarding more than $16.3 million to 64 projects with states, universities and other partners to strengthen programs to protect animal health. Ensuring the health of animals helps protect and preserve U.S. export markets and keeps foreign animal diseases out of the U.S., helping to expand export opportunities for rural America to more and better markets.

This funding supports projects focused on enhancing vaccine distribution plans and supporting animal movement decisions in high-consequence animal disease outbreaks, delivering outreach and education on animal disease prevention and preparedness and developing pointof-care diagnostic tests to rapidly detect foreign animal diseases. It also supports projects to enhance early detection of high-impact animal diseases and improve emergency response capabilities at veterinary diagnostic laboratories that are part of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN).

“These funding awards will help ensure the ongoing health of our nation’s livestock and poultry,” said Jenny Lester-Moffitt, under secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs. “Safeguarding U.S. animal health helps us expand export opportunities for rural America to more and better markets, while providing consistent access to safe, healthy and affordable food for U.S. consumers.”

Mule deer study expanded With support from a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wildlife Resource Management Grant, the North Bighorns Mule Deer Study will expand in early 2022.

The study began in March 2020 with the goals of identifying mule deer movements in the northern Big Horn Mountains, evaluating seasonal range and habitat use, identifying habitat improvement and conservation opportunities and documenting vital rates.

Collars were deployed on 130 mule deer does during four capture events on the west and east side of the Big Horns.

Three captures took place on winter ranges in March 2020, December 2020 and February 2021 and one on summer ranges in August 2020.

The collars are recording and storing the GPS locations of each deer every two hours. This fine-scale movement data will be accessible to wildlife managers at the end of the study when the onboard computer from each collar is downloaded. However, during the study, biologists are receiving one or two location updates per deer per day, which allows regular monitoring of movements throughout the year.

Twenty-three collars from does who have died during the study will be redeployed in December 2021 and 35 new collars will be deployed in March 2022 with funding from the BLM wildlife grant.

There have been some interesting movements documented already. The majority of deer collared in August 2020 on mountain summer ranges moved to the west side of the Big Horns during winter. Wildlife managers expected a more equitable distribution of deer moving to lower elevation winter ranges on the east and west side. There is also a larger than expected segment of this herd that spends the entire year along the foothills of the Big Horns at lower elevations.

In addition to recent BLM funding, the project has received generous financial and logistical support from the Knobloch Family Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, the Mule Deer Foundation, Sheridan Community Land Trust, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD), the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust, the Department of the Interior Secretarial Order 3362 (through WGFD), the Cody Chapter of Muley Fanatics, Bowhunters of Wyoming, the Bighorn National Forest, the University of Wyoming Research and Extension Center and the Wyoming Governor’s Big Game License Coalition.

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gone different directions and had their own careers, both in and out of music. The band Tris Munsick and the Innocents keeps the oldest brother on the road, Ian is a quickly growing artist in the industry, and Sam released an album full of rodeo tunes a few years ago, with another solo record on the way soon.

Dave performs as a storyteller often, also.

“Hopefully, we’ll work on some new stuff as a family soon,” Tris notes. “This concert has always kind of been the bedrock which brought our family back together during the holidays.

It’s turned into a tradition for us – and the community – and I think it has been pretty neat to be able to come back together no matter what, at least once a year, and make music together.”

Western ties through life and music While the concert is not a traditional Christmas feature, the Munsick family will share original songs, older songs they’ve enjoyed throughout the years, a few Christmas tunes and even debut a handful of new songs.

“My brothers and dad and I all have our own styles of music, all stemming from the same kind of western roots,” Tris says. “Everybody brings their own songs, and this adds some diversity to the show.”

This “Christmas card in a concert” is a special way for the Munsick family to share their love for the state of Wyoming – their forever home.

“We were raised within the ag and ranching community, and I feel like music has been our avenue to give a little bit back,” Tris says.

“Maybe, we can even help share the story of western life and tell the ranching story to some broader audiences in order to shed some light on our way of life, our traditions and our culture to folks who may not otherwise be able to experience it.”

He adds, “We’ve gotten a lot of love from the state of Wyoming, and we’d all like to say thanks to the producers and the folks here.”

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

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UW Extension hosts Wyoming Ranch Camp, plans future events for 2022 Wyoming ranchers face many challenges in operating a sustainable ranch.

Wyoming’s climate creates unique challenges and necessitates a ranch manager be extremely competent in managing range and pasture resources.

Limited access to markets and end consumers also increases the amount of management skill and commitment needed from a Wyoming rancher. Additionally, Wyoming’s unique landscapes and terrain require producers to pay close attention to their genetic base.

Finally, land prices and values make it very difficult to get started in ranching and also can reduce the margin for error as a rancher. With experience, producers facing challenges can be daunting. It is imperative young and beginning producers are given opportunities to hone and practice their skills to better prepare them for these challenges. Helping ranchers meet these challenges is not only important for the individual ranchers, but is also critical to the sustainability of Wyoming communities.

Recently, several regional economic impact studies have been completed which look at the impacts to Wyoming communities when ranch enterprises are lost. All of these regional

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impact analyses have made it very clear that many, if not nearly all, Wyoming communities would struggle without vibrant ranching enterprises.

In late May of 2021, the first ever Wyoming Ranch Camp took place at the Broadbent Ranch just outside of Evanston. The program was a great success – participants were phenomenal, and each one of them gained applicable knowledge and experience which will help their careers and the future of Wyoming ranches in general.

Wyoming Ranch Camp In 2021, University of Wyoming (UW) Extension educators from across the

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Each year, a new class of participants spends five days on a long-established diversified Wyoming ranch.

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Throughout the camp, participants are grouped with others and compete as teams to develop a complete “ranch plan” for the host ranch. Participants utilize the information they are taught throughout the week to create their plans.

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ated by principal educators as well as ranch managers.

Each day, top hand awards are given to one of the participants. Members of the winning team will each win monetary scholarships towards attending UW. Future events Currently, plans are being finalized for the Wyoming Ranch Camp 2022.

Specific dates and the hosting ranch will be announced in the coming weeks. The planning committee is always open to support assistance from the public in a few ways.

First, participants can easily apply for the program by submitting an application and statement of inter-

est essay to a member of the planning committee. However, nominations from individuals or local groups are also extremely helpful in identifying quality participants. Please contact us if you know of someone that you think would be a good fit for the program.

Second, we would like to highlight a new hostranch location each year in the state and would appreciate any potential options for hosting future camps.

Last, if you would like to become a sponsor of the Wyoming Ranch Camp or sponsor a participant’s registration fee to attend, a total of $200, please contact us for more information.

A recap of the 2021 Wyoming Ranch Camp at the Broadbent Ranch can be found at youtu.be/y1uJBWipEeo. Follow the University of Wyoming Extension YouTube channel to hear about other educational opportunities.

Chance Marshall is a University of Wyoming Extension Agriculture, Horticulture and Livestock Systems Educator based in Fremont County. He can be reached at cmarsha1@ uwyo.edu or 307-332-1018.

Extension Educators Husdon Hill, Barton Stam and Brian Sebade may also be contacted for information on Wyoming Ranch Camp.

Stockman provides tips for selecting replacement heifers Most producers try to keep an adequate number of heifers as replacements, usually selecting heifers from some of their best cows, sired by bulls that pass on good maternal traits to daughters.

There are a lot of criteria regarding which heifers to keep and which ones to sell, and most producers have certain goals.

Commercial cattlemen want heifers which will be fertile and productive cows which will stay in the herd a long time producing good calves.

Purebred to breeders want heifers produce high-quality seedstock – bulls or females –for their customers. Some breeders look first at performance records then visually evaluate heifers, while others make their first sort visually and use records as a final tiebreaker.

Heifer selection traits Brett DeBruycker, Debruycker Charolais of Dutton, Mont., says in order to have good replacement females, a person needs to be very selective on the bulls they use.

“We make sure those bulls are out of top-quality, good maternal cows,” he says. “This makes heifer selection easier, but also more difficult

“We are always trying to create the perfect cow, but there isn’t such a thing. All you can do is try to make them as good as possible.”

– Brett DeBruycker in that it can be harder to select the very best ones.”

“When we select heifers to keep, we do it mainly from visual traits like structure, eye appeal, etc., rather than numbers and records,” DeBruycker says.

The important selection traits for a replacement heifer are functional traits including good udder structure, good feet and legs, body shape, disposition, etc. – traits which are important for soundness, longevity and maternal ability.

“At this stage in our selection process we are not looking at numbers; we just want to know the heifer has grown up well and has the shape and type we believe is the right kind,” DeBruycker explains.

Cow conformation Certain conformational traits help make a fertile, easy-calving cow.

“We like a heifer that has a triangle shape when you look at her from the side,” he says.

“We want to see a nice, deep body and a fairly

thick topline.”

Many cattle today have become too level in the hips, with a tipped-up tail-head, which seems to be a popular structure in the show ring, but counterproductive for soundness and function. It’s better to have some slope from the point of the hips to the pin bones for ease of calving, he explains.

“I like a nice square wide hip on a bull, but there is a difference between leveling out the hooks and pins for the show ring and having an angular slope,” he says.

A cow or bull can have a fairly level rump, but still have a good angle from hip bone to pin bone. There must be some slope to the pelvis for ease of calving.

“This kind of structure – good slope from the hooks to the pins – not only adds calving ease, but also is involved with durability and longevity,” DeBruycker mentions.

“It’s a more natural shape so they can travel properly.”

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HEIFERS continued from page 6 This puts proper angle on the hind legs, creating stronger structure, which holds up better. Cattle that are too straight in the hocks and stifles tend to break down.

“We also like a female with a fairly nice small head,” he says. “We like a smaller head and smoother conformation, not only for the genetics of calving ease but feel those are the more efficient, easier doing, longer-lasting type females.”

Passing good genetics Producers are encouraged to have cows that are feed-efficient and can manage on whatever is in front of them, and don’t come up open because they can’t maintain themselves while raising a good calf. They have to be efficient enough to breed back on time.

The functional traits which are important for the commercial herd should be just as important for seedstock producers who supply genetics for commercial producers.

“The seedstock breeders who go strictly for numbers, whether in bull selection or female selec-

tion, generally regret it on down the road because they are not serving their customers,” says DeBruycker.

“The commercial producers need longer-lasting females and it all starts with a bull and the mother he’s out of.”

Producers are encouraged to have a bull out of a good mother, especially one with a good udder.

When selecting heifers, it helps to have heifers sired by a bull whose mother had good udder structure, according to DeBruycker.

If producers don’t get to see the bull’s mother, it’s uncertain what his daughters’ udders will be like..

Many characteristics tend to pass from father to daughter, he shares.

With many years of selection, the DeBruycker cowherd has been finetuned for important traits, including disposition, and this can also be a tiebreaker when selecting heifers.

DeBruycker notes a heifer with a bad attitude should not be kept, despite some of her best traits. The heifer may be

too aggressive and dangerous when she calves, or too wild and flighty when in a corral.

“It’s always better to have cattle that are easy to handle,” he mentions.

“Temperament can be hereditary, so you don’t want to keep that kind. If you keep that wild heifer, you might realize later that you’ve got her and two daughters that all act the same, which shouldn’t have been kept in the first place,” he says.

DeBruycker concludes, “We are always trying to create the perfect cow, but there isn’t such a thing. All you can do is try to make them as good as possible.

It’s impossible to have perfection in all traits and sometimes you have to settle for really good. You do the best you can, year after year, and hopefully by the time you are done making cattle, you’ve made some good ones.”

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

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OBITUARIES

Barbara Oedekoven

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Sept. 21, 1925 – Nov. 28, 2021

Percy 'Bud' Reed Sept. 27, 1936 – Dec. 1, 2021

Percy Ray “Bud” Reed passed away peacefully at home Dec. 1. Bud was born to Ray and Bernice Reed on Sept. 27, 1936 in Douglas.

Bud grew up in various locations on the family ranch, settling on the 77 Ranch north of Manville for the last 62 years.

He went to school for first through eighth grades in Manville, completing school at Lusk High School. Bud played football and basketball during his high school years.

While in high school, Bud held the record for single season points scored – 572 points – and this was before three-pointers were counted. He held this

record from 1954 to 2009.

Bud earned a full-ride scholarship to the University of Wyoming for football. He played one season before enlisting in the U.S. Army on Oct. 10, 1956.

During his time in the Army, Bud was stationed in San Antonio, Texas as a medic. He remained in the Army Reserves until October of 1962.

During Bud’s high school years, he played sports against Wheatland.

Over the years, Bud and Betty Jean Carmichael became acquainted. On March 29, 1959, they were married in Wheatland.

Once they were married, Bud and Betty Jean resided on the 77 Ranch together with Bud’s parents. In 1985, Bud’s father passed, Bud then took the reins and ran the ranch until present day.

During this time, Bud was a life-long member of the American Quarter Horse Association and Wyoming Hereford Association. Through those years he was very proud of the horses he rode. But was not just a cowboy, but

a cattleman. He was very respected by all his neighbors and a mentor to many of the younger generations.

Throughout his lifetime, Bud had one sister – Donna Jean. But, he was raised with his first cousins Walter and Bebe Reed, who he always considered life-long brothers.

Bud was preceded in death by his uncle Elvin Haworth; his parents Ray and Bernice (Haworth) Reed; his sister Donna Jean Watson; cousins Walter and Bebe Reed; and nephew Donald Ray Watson.

His survivors include the love of his life, Betty Jean Reed, of 62 years; niece Judy Kay (Watson) Herz of Casper; nephew Robert Troy Watson of Laramie; great-niece Heidi (Herz) Cardwell of Lusk; and two great-greatnieces Bristol and Reagan Cardwell, also of Lusk. He is also survived by many other cousins, too numerous to list.

Funeral services were held Dec. 8 at the Niobrara County Fairgrounds Auditorium in Lusk.

Barbara Brenn (Smith) Oedekoven quietly went home with family by her side on Nov. 28. She was born in Stafford, Kan., on Sep. 21, 1925. She was a middle child of seven born to Daniel and Rosetta (Rose) Smith. She had two older brothers, Bill and Dan, two older sisters, Betty and Bonnie and two younger brothers, Bruce and Benson.

Barbara’s father was a preacher and they moved often. So, before she graduated from high school in El Paso, Texas, the family had been at several locations in Kansas, Missouri and Texas.

After her high school graduation, her family moved to Gillette, where she met and later married the love her life, Donald Oedekoven.

Prior to their marriage, Barbara was able to attend Philips University in Enid, Okla. while Don was completing his tour of duty with the Army Air Corps during WWII. They were married on June 8, 1945.

They were preparing to celebrate their 65 th wedding anniversary when Don passed away unexpectedly in 2010.

Don and Barbara had five children: David (Diana) Oedekoven, Kay (Larry) Orrell, Bruce (Dixie) Oedekoven, Debbie (Keith) Heide and Chris (Brian) Zahradnicek. Barbara is survived by her children and their spouses and 12 grandchildren: Cynthia Oedekoven, Teri Oedek-

oven, Mark (Kim) Oedekoven, Kevin (Sara) Oedekoven, Leslie Leyba, Elizabeth (Stanislav) Vysotsky, Dustin (Jenn) Oedekoven, Matthew (Molly) Oedekoven, Renea Heide Parker, Justin (Stacy) Heide, Brianne (Tony) Prolo, Melissa Zahradnicek, 21 great-grandchildren and three greatgreat-grandchildren as well as numerous nephews, nieces and grands.

Preceding her in death are her husband Don; parents; all her siblings and their spouses; her parents-in-law Fred and Nora Oedekoven and brothers-in-law and their spouses – James (Edna) Oedekoven and Elmer (Grace) Oedekoven.

Barbara started teaching as soon as she completed her normal degree and finally completed her bachelors in 1962. Her first contract was to teach two boys from the same family, but in the negotiations, she was able to take an infant son and a fiveyear-old daughter to school, and the family sent their five-year-old for kindergarten.

Barbara would happily tell anyone about her first contract, which required her to clean the schoolhouse and the outhouse, provide water and build a fire in the stove. When the family moved to Sheridan to provide for high school, she began teaching at Story. Barbara would talk about seeing bear tracks in the school yard there.

Eventually, Barbara started teaching at Coffeen School in Sheridan.

She was very pleased when they moved into the new “snowflake” designed building and did not have to climb out the basement window of the old school building to attend recess. Grandchildren would really

SUPPLY continued from page 1 are making the problem worse. If we put aside politics and focus on serving the American people, we can fix these problems for the Christmas season and beyond.”

In early November, Lummis penned a letter to President Biden addressing her concerns in current shipping logistics, noting many disruptions can be traced to federal regulations that negatively affect shippers, truck drivers and railroad workers. In the letter, Lummis outlines recommendations for efficient freight movement, including: streamlining requirements for com-

mercial driver’s licenses; temporary storage location for emptied shipping containers; provisions included within the Infrastructure and Jobs Investment Act for the Council on Environmental Quality; abandoning or providing an exemption for vaccine mandates; and rules under the Federal Railroad Administration and the Surface Transportation Board.

In addition, the American Soybean Association (ASA) led an effort in November for the members of the House Ag Committee to highlight agricultural supply chain

wonder when she would say she taught for over 30 years and never got out of the second grade.

Until just recently, new staff at her assisted living would introduce themselves to her as one of her students. It was amazing how she could remember and love so many of them.

Barbara was the member of several organizations, including the Big Horn Women’s Club, P.E.O., Delta Kappa Gamma and the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ.

Barbara retired from teaching in 1980, and she and Don started traveling. In their travel trailer they traveled to Alaska, Nova Scotia and the U.S. East Coast to Williamsburg, Va., Indiana, Illinois, Texas and of course, the beautiful Big Horn Mountains.

Barbara and Don even flew to Germany to visit some of the Oedekovens there. They had a boat and spent a lot of time on many local lakes.

Barbara loved her family and loved spending time with them.

Thanksgiving became a very special occasion when everyone would gather at her home, and all would bring something to the table. It is very fitting that she was able to see and visit with so many who came to see her over this most recent Thanksgiving holiday.

A celebration of life for Barbara was held at First Christian Church on Dec. 11. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pension Fund of the Christian Church at 1099 N. Meridian St. Suite, 620 Indianapolis, IN 46204 or to the Memorial Fund First Christian Church Disciples of Christ at PO Box 68, Sheridan, WY 82801.

Kane Funeral Home has been entrusted with local arrangements. issues to the Biden administration. ASA, along with 16 other ag groups, outlined the most problematic areas for the ag industry, including transportation costs and labor availability.

“The supply chains, which are critical for inputs and sales of goods face multiple and simultaneous challenges, leading to higher prices for inputs, lower prices for outputs and in some cases, the inability to purchase goods or services regardless of price,” the letter from the ag groups reads.

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

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OBITUARIES

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Dorothy 'Jo' Reilly June 4, 1935 – Oct. 23, 2021

Dorothy “Jo” Joan (Weintz) Reilly passed away on Oct. 23 at her ranch in Van Tassell.

Jo was born June 4, 1935 in Worland. She attended grade school in Hyattville, graduating from Manderson High School in 1953.

Growing up, Jo’s family raised Hereford cattle and Thoroughbred horses on the ranch on Paintrock Creek. Jo’s dad was a stock contractor for many rodeos in Wyoming and surrounding states. They raised Brahman cattle and bucking horses which were trailed to the rodeos.

Jo started trick riding at her dad’s rodeos and then was able to get contracts for others as well.

She raised and trained her own horses, as well as designed and sewed all of her own outfits. She had a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) card and trick rode for around 10 years.

In 1960, Jo was diag-

nosed with lip cancer. She got married soon after and was then diagnosed with thyroid cancer. This required cobalt treatments, which put an end to her trick riding when her sense of balance was compromised. Doctors gave her five years to live after the treatments, but this didn’t slow her down.

Jo had three children before her divorce. She spent the next 20 years raising her family, cattle, horses, pigs and sheep on farms in Washakie and Big Horn counties.

Looking for a fresh start and pasture for her cattle, Jo sold the pigs and moved to Fremont County to work for Malmbergs on Twin Creek, then leased a farm at Lyman for several years. Jo was later able to purchase a farm in the Midvale area. Longing to return to ranch life she had grown up with, she purchased a ranch at Van Tassell.

Jo has spent her 80-plus years on either a farm or ranch, leaving only to work during the week at Northern Wyoming Daily News in Worland and hauling sugarbeets in the fall to help make ends meet.

Jo carried her Women’s Professional Rodeo Association card, which enabled her to run barrels professionally in the 1980s and 90s. Jo was a 4-H leader for many years and

a chaperone at the Wyoming State Fair. She was a 65-plus year member of Veteran of Foreign Wars.

In later years, if horses didn't break out easily, she would buck them. This opportunity led to her homebred horses selling to local contractors and bucking at various rodeos around the state, including a mare she proudly remembers bucked off PRCA Cowboy Dan Mortenson.

Jo will always be remembered for her amazing angel food cake, hillbilly cake, cabbage rolls and her big beautiful vegetable and flower gardens.

Jo is survived by her children J.C., Aletha (Jack) and Amy (Daniel); and grandchildren Kylie, Jesse, Aiden, Jami and Wyatt.

Jo was preceded in death by her parents John Mercer and Kathryn Weintz, various aunts, uncles and cousins.

Memorials in her name may be made to Wyoming Cowboy Hall of Fame, PO Box 404, Saratoga, WY 82331 or to The Montgomery Trust Fund, c/o Vision Outreach, 122 W. 25th St., Ste. 200, Cheyenne, WY 82002-2060.

Memorial services were held in Lusk on Oct. 30. Burial in Ten Sleep will be in the spring of 2022.

Pier Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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UW Extension specialist recommends year-end personal finance review There are a number of year-end planning issues that may need attention as 2021 comes to a close, said Cole Ehmke, University of Wyoming (UW) Extension specialist.

“We’re ending 2021 with the prospect of higher inflation, potential changes in tax and retirement rules and other issues,” said Ehmke. “The end of the year is a good time to make sure your finances are where you want them to be.”

For tax planning, now is a good time to review charitable donations and decide which year to make some deductible expenditures, he said. As part of the 2020 COVID-19 legislation, charitable contributions made with cash can be deducted up to 100 percent of adjusted gross income.

“If you can itemize, you might consider making several years’ worth of contributions this year to take full advantage of the opportunity,” said Ehmke.

“Another tactic is to gift appreciated securities like stocks and mutual funds that might have large unrealized capital gains in taxable accounts – in addition to the tax deduction, you wouldn’t have to pay capital gains tax on

“We’re ending 2021 with the prospect of higher inflation, potential changes in tax and retirement rules and other issues.” – Cole Ehmke, University of Wyoming the appreciated shares.”

For managing a portfolio of investments, the end of the year is a good time to rebalance the mix to make sure you’re not taking on excessive risk, Ehmke said.

“The stock market has grown at record levels, so the asset allocation in IRAs and other accounts should definitely be reviewed,” he said.

For estate planning, Ehmke said to make sure all estate planning documents reflect anything that changed in the year, especially beneficiary designations for insurance policies, a will, trusts and so on.

“Think about any changes such as marriage, divorce, death, birth/adoption,” he said.

Ehmke noted that tax and estate planning issues before Congress and the president may develop next year, so be sure to track what is happening, including developments on federal estate tax.

“Finally, don’t forget to make contributions to

401(k) and other retirement plans to reach the maximum amount,” Ehmke said. Salary contributions for 2022 for 401(k) plans have been raised to $20,500 with an additional $6,500 catch-up contribution for those over 50, so contributions will need to increase from each paycheck next year.

On the flip side, many retirement plans have a required minimum distribution (RMD) that older clients must take, or they could face steep penalties, he said.

Ehmke said these are some of the issues that might significantly affect a person this year.

“Be sure to set aside some time to get everything ship shape as we head into 2022,” he said.

This article was written by University of Wyoming Extension Senior Editor Dr. Steve Miller and is courtesy of the University of Wyoming. Miller can be reached at slmiller@uwyo. edu. For more information, visit uwagnews.com.

RELIEF continued from page 1 incurred from transporting their livestock to feed sources.”

A letter supported by producer-based organizations explains many producers live in areas where it is more economically efficient to haul livestock to feed and opens additional options for feedstuffs.

“At a time when finding forage is a challenge, the ability to look at feed that is not available to haul – like beet tops or corn stalks – is significant,” the letter signed by the American Sheep Industry Association, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, American Farm Bureau and Public Lands Council reads. “Additionally, this reduces the number of loads needed, thus reducing the cost to the producer and the need to find more livestock haulers, which is critical in light of the pandemic-related supply chain shortages we are facing.”

Under current ELAP rules, producers can uti-

lize a 60 percent costshare to haul additional feed at a rate topping out at $6.60 per mile for up to 1,000 miles. This cost-share percentage is higher for socially disadvantaged livestock producers.

The livestock organizations note, “We believe the same parameters would be sufficient for hauling livestock to feed.

Therefore, we respectfully request USDA FSA make additional flexibility available to costshare hauling livestock to feed under the same guidelines currently in place for hauling feed to livestock to address this gap in coverage under ELAP.” Assistance support “ELAP plays a critical role in assisting producers who face losses due to adverse weather events, like the severe drought across the country this year,” the senators continue. “We appreciate USDA’s recent efforts to improve ELAP coverage by reimbursing producers

for a portion of their feed transportation costs and by lowering the threshold for assistance for water transportation costs. It is critically important that USDA disaster programs appropriately respond to the challenges farmers and ranchers face during difficult times.”

The letter was signed

by U.S. Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Steve Daines (R-MT), Deb Fischer (R-NE), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), John Hoeven (R-ND), Amy Klobuchar (R-KS), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Patty Murray (D-WA), Jim Risch (R-ID), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Tina Smith (D-MN), as well as Thune and Tester.

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 33 No. 33 • December 11, 2021

Starting out in agriculture: The importance of good recordkeeping

There are several universal steps managers can take to profitability and business success, regardless of how new to agriculture.

Learning to keep good records is one of the crucial first steps as a new or beginning producer. Keeping good records is key to understanding a business’ financial performance and offers the foundation for vital financial functions such as applying for credit, management planning, tax preparation, and being prepared when opportunities arise.

Keeping adequate records can be a daunting task, especially for newer operators. Resources offer training on recordkeeping and instruction on fitting it into the daily management of an agricultural enterprise.

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The Getting on Track series was developed with new, beginning, and small scale producers in mind. The series highlights the importance of keeping basic records, compiling financial statements, and learning to properly evaluate these records and statements once completed. The three‑part course is self‑paced and includes numerous resources and examples in a family‑business setting.

Getting on Track: Better Management Through Ag Records is the first course in the series and was designed as a resource for producers to improve recordkeeping skills. The course includes several profiles of producers just starting out at ground level with recordkeeping.

WHY KEEP RECORDS?

The simple answer is recordkeeping is necessary to know where a business stands. It is all but impossible to gauge business performance without basic records of the expenses and revenues generated by a business. The course highlights examples of agribusiness failure, due mainly to a lack of understanding of financial performance and the needed records. The benefits outweigh the often‑offered reasons for not keeping records. The course outlines how keeping sound records can provide sound financial footing for a business to grow and succeed.

One of the highlighted examples in the course involves a young producer, Juan Pablo, whose farm business begins as a hog 4‑H project and grows into a much bigger enterprise. Juan’s initial success growing a few pigs for 4‑H shows convinced him to increase his hog numbers and expand facilities on his family’s small farm, where his parents worked off the farm.

After two years of expansion, Juan’s family began to see how much more complicated a business was going to be than raising a few show pigs. The information the family needed to make production decisions wasn’t available, even though Juan could easily recite hog numbers and equipment he had on hand; decisions like feed needs, which sows raised the top pigs, which were producing better than others, and how many were actually needed.

More detailed financial planning was going to be necessary, given the relatively quick expansion, requiring records to be compiled from past years to better understand future needs.

BASIC RECORDKEEPING: STEPS TO ACHIEVE IT

The next two sections of the recordkeeping course demonstrate how to begin the process. First, it is important to save all income and expense receipts, including, but not limited to, sales tickets, paid invoices, checking records, and credit statements. These records should be sorted by enterprise or type, depending on the business involved. Juan learned he needed to keep track of all feed and other inputs that went into his hog business, a running record of each expense category.

KEEPING PRODUCTION RECORDS

Juan’s discovery leads to the next step in the records course: keeping a journal of all income and expenses. Being able to track details of day‑to‑day production involves more than just keeping track of receipts and expenses. The course outlines the correct accounting methods to follow when keeping a journal and a subsequent monthly ledger.

Juan learned he also needed to keep much more detailed production records, including inventory lists, hog purchases, head counts, farrowing records, and feeding records. He could begin to budget for future needs much more accurately once he was able to compile his production records and understand what his costs were.

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Formulating financial records is the next step once production records have been compiled. Financial records provide the information that helps to make the management decisions that can often mean the difference between success and failure. Juan knew how many pigs he was raising; he just didn’t know if he was making any money on them after expenses. Consequently, Juan didn’t know if he could generate enough cash to meet his business needs or if he needed to borrow money to finance his expanding enterprise.

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This section of the course covers how to build and interpret an income and expense statement, a monthly financial record or cash flow statement, and an annual financial summary. These forms have a progressive relationship: they start as a detailed list of transactions and move to a summary form of those transactions.

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By Paul Dykstra

Market update The fed cattle market rally continued in full force through last week with the five-area weighted steer average up to $140.67 per hundredweight (cwt). The trading range was $140 to $142 per cwt in the north and mostly $142 per cwt in the south.

The past six weeks have brought about an $18 per cwt increase in values, a 15 percent increase for the period, a welcome change from the 20-week period where prices remained stagnant between $120 and $125 per cwt.

Supply and demand fundamentals are driving the current market.

The noted cash prices are premium to the December Live Cattle contract, at $137.90 per cwt as of this writing.

The huge slaughter total of 676,000 head the week ending Dec. 6 is reflective of the catch-up slaughter schedule that packers ran following the prior holiday-shortened week. This remains the case to start this week, as Monday’s steer and heifer slaughter total was 96,000 head, a respectable sum in today’s packing environment.

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Looking through the end of December, CAB might venture to guess that there’s not a lot more upside in fed cattle prices, given end product prices continue to pull back in typical fashion as we get closer to the Christmas holiday. With cash premium to futures, the scenario suggests feeders become a little more willing to sell cattle at current prices rather than wait a week or two.

Looking at highquality beef in the market, the price spreads between grades, including the Certified Angus Beef (CAB) brand premium to low Choice, are very much aligned with where they’ve been in the past two years during December. With holiday wholesale buying demand dropping off within reasonable seasonal fashion, the spreads tend to narrow through year’s end.

A look ahead at early 2022 dynamics December has started off on a high note in the fed cattle sector and all of us on the cattle side of the supply chain should be made well aware of what’s ahead in 2022. CAB recently discussed feed and weather-related pressures shrinking the beef cow inventory. Industry analysts predict further contraction of the herd in 2022, pulling feeder calf supplies lower for the next two years.

As the cattle markets

look more optimistic in the near term, it becomes easy to take an eye off of the goal for a minute. As prices rise, the bottom half of the cattle supply becomes more valuable, in step with the top half.

Yet, the need to differentiate the best cattle from the average never fades. With corn costs projected for the next year to average in the high $5 per bushel range, the cattle with the ability to gain quickly and convert feed to pounds of beef efficiently will be vastly more valuable to the cattle feeder.

On the output side of the ledger, let’s take a look at what will be required to compete from a carcass quality perspective. Returning leverage to the cattle sector means that some will become complacent regarding carcass quality targets. Yet packers, regardless of their margin position, are serving a customer base – the end users that have become accustomed to higher quality beef in the modern era.

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As we move forward into the first quarter of 2022, we will most likely see the seasonal decline in carcass quality price spreads. That’s to be expected, but make no mistake, the fireworks will return, likely in the middle of the second quarter. The spreads will widen when supplies of richly marbled carcasses tighten and consumer grilling demand rears its head again.

Despite the struggles that are never too far removed in production agriculture, it makes sense to seek out the highreturn areas of the market.

It’s an exciting time looking at the near-term future of the beef cattle business.

Positioning one’s self to not only be successful, but highly successful, when the slack is pulled tight in the supply chain is a wise philosophy for those that have toiled through darker times.

Rib demand drops hit cutout values In mid-September CAB highlighted the dramatic upward move in carcass rib primal values.

The 2021 rib marketing year presented an anomaly as CAB lip-on ribeyes saw an amazing 62 percent price increase from the middle of July through mid-September. The previous five-year average for the same period spawned a much softer 15

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In the September Insider we also reviewed the Suspended Fresh (trade name) technology, whereby beef product can be procured at what would normally be a seasonal low price and taken to an almost frozen, technically still fresh, temperature. Product is then marketed at a later date and higher price point just in time for heightened consumer demand, such as the period just before Christmas.

This new-era phenomenon appears to have taken hold in 2021 to an exaggerated degree. So much so that the “opportunity buy” on ribeyes during the late summer period, when prices are typically low, had wholesale buying ramped up to the point that record high ribeye prices were realized in September. It’s reminiscent of piranhas in a feeding frenzy.

Moving now into the present time, there is significant price pressure for ribeyes, translating to a contra-seasonal decline in ribeye values and smaller buyer interest. Undoubtedly, ribs have been prepurchased in the scenario outlined above, as well as the pre-booked business removing spot market activity from the market at present.

This abnormal market activity has ribeye prices currently dipping to fourth-quarter lows in the spot market, rather than realizing seasonal high prices in late November or early December, as is the historic trend. Since the rib primal carries significant weight relative to total carcass value, it’s no stretch to blame the rib buying phenomenon for what CAB is now seeing as an unseasonal total carcass cutout decline in the fourth quarter.

Paul Dykstra is the assistant director of supply management and analysis at CAB. He can be reached at pdykstra@certifiedangusbeef.com.

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Beef Country Genetics Production Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Dec. 1, 2021 Midland Bull Test Sale Facility, Columbus, Mont.

Auctioneers: Joe Goggins and Greg Goggins 37 Two-Year-Old Angus Bulls Avg. $6,168 82 Fall Yearling Angus Bulls Avg. $4,682 47 Registered Angus Bred Heifers Avg. $2,826 Top Sellers Lot 16 – MJB 31H of 789 368A – Price: $26,000 DOB: 3/16/20 Sire: McD Effective 789 Dam’s Sire: BPF Right Answer 157 BW: +1.7, WW: +68, YW: +124 and Milk: +34 Buyers: Lucky 7 Angus, Riverton and Hutson Angus Farms, Elk City, Okla.

Lot 34 – MJB 13H of 707 445B – Price: $17,000 DOB: 2/25/20 Sire: BAR Cash 707 Dam’s Sire: BPF Right Answer 157 BW: +3.1, WW: +85, YW: +138 and Milk: +27 Buyer: SixEss Ranch, Ekalaka, Mont.

Lot 2 – McD B Eagle 104 – Price: $15,000 DOB: 2/22/20 Sire: Granger

Pyramid Beef Annual Bull Sale Pyramid Beef Annual Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Dec. 4, 2021 Frederickson Ranch, Spearfish, S.D. Auctioneer: Roger Jacobs 153 Angus and Hereford Bulls Avg. $6,165 9 Registered Hereford Bred Heifers Avg. $6,306 Top Sellers Angus Bulls Lot 6 – Pyramid Coalition 0096 – Price: $18,000 DOB: 3/17/20 Sire: U-2 Coalition 206C Dam’s Sire: Connealy Capitalist 028 EPDs: BW: +2.3, WW: +82, YW: +148 and Milk: +22 Buyer: John Nilhas, Ellis, Kan. Lot 30 – Pyramid Yellowstone 0226 – Price: $17,500 DOB: 4/12/20 Sire: Pyramid Devoted 6221 Dam’s Sire: Pyramid Resource 4221 EPDs: BW: +1.7, WW: +67, YW: +119 and Milk: +24 Buyer: 21

Angus Ranch, New England, N.D. Lot 1 – Pyramid Coalition 0102 – Price: $16,500 DOB: 3/18/20 Sire: U-2 Coalition 206C Dam’s Sire: S A V Resource 1441 EPDs: BW: +2.2, WW: +73, YW: +137 and Milk: +24 Buyer: Tyrel Nilhas, Ellis, Kan. Hereford Bulls Lot 109 – Pyramid ILR Tested 1511 ET – Price: $30,000 DOB: 2/20/21 Sire: EFBEEF X651 Tested A250 Dam’s Sire: Pyramid 16W 110T 9116 EPDs: BW: +2.0, WW:

Sitz Angus 56th Annual Fall Bull Sale Reported By: Curt Cox, WLR Field Editor Dec. 2, 2021 Sitz Angus Ranch, Harrison, Mont.

Auctioneers: Roger Jacobs and Joe Goggins 382 Two-Year-Old Angus Bulls Avg. $9,540 362 Commercial Bred Heifers Avg. $4,453 Top Sellers Lot 4 – Sitz Virtue 11710 – Price: $120,000 DOB: 2/4/20 Sire: Sitz Accomplishment 720 Dam’s Sire: Logo 12964 EPDs: BW: +2.5, WW: +89, YW: +157 and Milk: +32 Buyer: Harper Cattle, Arlington, Texas Lot 3 – Sitz Prodigy 12000 – Price: $115,000 DOB: 1/31/20 Sire: Sitz Accomplishment 720F Dam’s Sire: Spring Cove Paygrade 5064 EPDs: BW: +0.0, WW: +72, YW: +127 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Alta Genetics, Watertown, Wis. Lot 34 – Sitz Stellar 12340 – Price: $67,000

DOB: 1/26/20 Sire: Sitz Stellar 726D Dam’s Sire: Sitz Logo 12964 EPDs: BW: +0.8, WW: +92, YW: +161 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Harper Cattle, Arlington, Texas Lot 1 – Sitz Stellar 12390 – Price: $62,000 DOB: 1/25/20 Sire: Sitz Stellar 726D Dam’s Sire: Sitz Up Trend 2049 EPDs: BW: -2.5, WW: +69, YW: +124 and Milk: +18 Buyer: Harper Cattle, Arlington, Texas Lot 5 – Sitz Exclusive 0060 – Price: $42,500 DOB: 2/14/20 Sire: Musgrave 316 Exclusive Dam’s Sire: Sitz Bull Dur-

Black Eagle 822 Dam’s Sire: Schurrtop American 5846 BW: +5.2, WW: +81, YW: +152 and Milk: +23 Buyer: DJ Farms, Mott, N.D. Lot 102 – McD Confidence Plus 0134 – Price: $11,500 DOB: 8/17/20 Sire: Connealy Confidence Plus Dam’s Sire: M A Broadside 1334 BW: +2.8, WW: +75, YW: +127 and Milk: +26 Buyer: Duffy Ranch, Lewistown, Mont.

Lot 133 – Marda Blacksmith 0132 – Price: $10,000 DOB: 8/12/20 Sire: Marda Blacksmith 683 Dam’s Sire: TC Total 410 BW: +1.5, WW: +71, YW: +121 and Milk: +27 Buyer: Ryan Schultz, St. Francis, Kan. +71, YW: +108 and Milk: +32 Buyers: Section 16 Cattle Company and Bessette Registered Herefords, Canton, S.D. Lot 110 – Pyramid Perfecto 0244 – Price: $19,000 DOB: 4/9/20 Sire: LCX Perfecto 11B ET Dam’s Sire: UPS Domino 3027 EPDs: BW: +0.3, WW: +58, YW: +83 and Milk: +39 Buyer: Innisfail Farm, Madison, Ga. Lot 137 – Pyramid Pilgrim 0161 ET – Price: $11,500 DOB: 2/12/20 Sire: Churchill Pilgrim 632D ET Dam’s Sire: UPS Domino 3027 EPDs: BW: +5.1, WW: +66, YW: +115 and Milk: +32 Buyer: Justin Edwards, Gillette Hereford Bred Heifers Lot 176 – FHF 11B Rita 12H ET – Price: $13,000 DOB: 10/20/18 Sire: LCX Perfecto 11B ET Dam’s Sire: UPS Domino 3027 EPDs: BW: +3.7, WW: +76, YW: +116 and Milk: +43 Buyer: Kloos Cattle, Chaska, Minn. ham 10308 EPDs: BW: -0.9, WW: +79, YW: +138 and Milk: +27 Buyer: GENEX Beef, Shawano, Wis. Lot 32 – Sitz Accomplishment 11960 – Price: $37,500 DOB: 1/31/20 Sire: Sitz Accomplishment 720F Dam’s Sire: Sitz Invasion 574D EPDs: BW: +0.7, WW: +75, YW: +136 and Milk: +31 Buyer: Harper Cattle, Arlington, Texas Lot 128 – Sitz Accomplishment 12220 – Price: $35,000 DOB: 1/28/20 Sire: Sitz Accomplishment 720F Dam’s Sire: Koupals B&B Atlas 4061 EPDs: BW: +1.0, WW: +81, YW: +149 and Milk: +23 Buyer: Bar JV Angus, Fairview, Mont.

Lot 175 – Sitz Stellar 8880 – Price: $35,000 DOB: 3/3/20 Sire: Sitz Stellar 726D Dam’s Sire: Sitz Upward 307R EPDs: BW: +2.3, WW: +87, YW: +148 and Milk: +25 Buyer: Harper Cattle, Arlington, Texas

IMPORTS continued from page 1 needed in order to continue to protect the U.S. from introduction and transmission of disease.

Import rules In order to protect against the introduction and spread of diseases among livestock and pets, APHIS regulates the importation of animals into the U.S., including animal products, byproducts, hay, straw, semen and embryos.

Current regulations address two diseases relevant to sheep and goat populations: scrapie and BSE. Both diseases belong to the family of TSE diseases, which includes chronic wasting disease found in deer and elk and CreutzfeldtJacob disease found in humans.

The current regulations allow the importation of sheep and goats for immediate slaughter or restricted feeding for slaughter from Canada, granted the animals are under 12 months of age and not pregnant.

The rule shared, “Further refinement of the regulations is in order given the latest scientific information regarding BSE transmission in sheep and goats.

With the current findings, it doesn’t appear to be necessary to continue with precautions or restrictions on the importation of sheep and goats or their byproducts with regards to BSE, except

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in certain limited situations.”

Naturally occurring BSE has not been identified in sheep and has only been documented in two goats.

APHIS explained, “Both goats were born prior to the initiation of extended ruminant feed bands and ongoing surveillance has not shown evidence indicating BSE is circulating within domestic sheep and goat populations, suggesting import restrictions are not warranted to address BSE risk.”

Scrapie regulation requirements BSE-related restrictions are no longer needed per the rule, but APHIS is updating scrapie requirements in order to protect U.S. herd flocks.

Any livestock not transported directly to slaughter, or a designated feedlot then to slaughter, must be transported from a scrapie-free country or flock with a herd certification program.

APHIS proposed the rule outline in September of 2016. The proposal encompassed data from a thorough review with scientific literature, international guidelines, evaluations and considered comments.

Going forward, APHIS will allow importation of certain wild, zoo or other non-bovine ruminant species on a case-by-case basis. The agency will evaluate the disease risk of each animal and the receiving entity’s abil-

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ASI input American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) Senior Policy and Information Director Chase Adams commented on the new rule, noting “The rule opens the door for future imports of lamb from the United Kingdom (UK), as well as from other nations and expanded trade in live animals, putting additional import pressure on the U.S. market, which is already heavily influenced by imports.”

“ASI is continuing to ask USDA and the administration to prioritize export opportunities for U.S. producers before opening additional import channels,” Adams shared. “In the wake of the UK exit from the European Union, the largest export destination, ASI is working with Congress and the administration to understand the potential impacts of this rule, alongside state affiliates and producer leadership to protect the interest of sheep producers.”

The proposed changes will continue to guard against TSEs entering the U.S., while allowing additional animals and products to be imported. The final rule is expected to be in effect on Jan. 3, 2022.

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

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CALENDAR

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

Dec. 14 Dec. 14 Dec. 15 Dec. 15

Dec. 16 Dec. 24-31 Jan. 7-12 Jan. 8 Jan. 19-22

Wyoming Stock Growers Association Winter Round Up, Convention and Trade Show, Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center, Casper. For more information and to register, visit wysga.org/programs/conventiontrade-show or call 307-638-3942.

Natrona County Predator Management District 2021 Annual Meeting, 3 p.m., teleconference. For more information, e-mail ncpmd1@charter. net.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department Sweetwater Rocks Bighorn Sheep Reintroduction Meeting, 6 p.m., Jeffrey City Fire Hall, Jeffrey City. For more information, contact Daryl Lutz at 307-332-2688.

Wyoming Wool Growers Association Winter Meeting, Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center, Casper. For more information, visit wyowool.com/ events.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department Sweetwater Rocks Bighorn Sheep Reintroduction Meeting, 6 p.m., Wyoming Game and Fish Regional Office, Lander. For more information, contact Daryl Lutz at 307332-2688.

Retaining Agricultural Employees Webinar, Zoom. To register or for more information, contact Aaron Berger at 308-235-3122 or aberger2@ unl.edu.

Wyoming Livestock Roundup office closed. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

American Farm Bureau 2022 Convention, Atlanta, Ga. For more information, visit annualconvention.fb.org.

11th Annual Women’s Agriculture Summit, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Hampton Inn and Suites, Buffalo. For more information and to register, visit johnsoncountycattlewomen.com.

American Sheep Industry Association Convention, San Diego, Calif.

For moreinformation, visit sheepusa.org.

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Authorized Dealer Dec. 6 - 2,054 Hd. • Dec. 9 - 195 Hd. BULLS Double Dollar Cattle Co. - Lovell 1 Blk Bull, 1930# .......................$8900 1 Blk Bull, 1585# .......................$7500 Clark, J. Jon - Etna 1 Blk Bull, 1805# .......................$8700 1 Blk Bull, 1840# .......................$8500 Gernant Brothers - Greybull 1 Red Bull, 2100# .....................$8300 Otter Creek Grazing Assoc - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Bull, 1655# .......................$8250 Acord, John - Meeteetse 1 Blk Bull, 1910# .......................$7850 Hunsaker, Nick - Smoot 1 XBred Bull, 1635# .................$7500 Tharp, Steven - Worland 1 Red Bull, 1240# .....................$7000 Barnard, Wade - Powell 1 Blk Bull, 1640# .......................$5650 BULL CALVES Kennah, Chanda - Crowheart 1 Blk Bull Clf, 385# .................$22000 Nye, Barry - Thermopolis 2 Blk Bull Clvs, avg. 410# ......$20700 COWS Herman Livestock LLC - Hyattville 1 Blk Cow, 1555#......................$6800 1 Blk Cow, 1365#......................$6200 Sage Creek Land & Cattle - Worland 1 Red Cow, 1805#....................$6550 1 Blk Cow, 1365#......................$6350 1 Blk Cow, 1460#......................$5400 1 Blk Cow, 1460#......................$4950 1 Blk Cow, 1445#......................$4700 Bedtka, Matt - Ten Sleep 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1253# ...........$6500 1 BWF Cow, 1640# ..................$6450 1 Blk Cow, 1180# ......................$6150 1 BWF Cow, 1430# ..................$6100 1 Blk Cow, 1325#......................$6000 1 Blk Cow, 1485#......................$5650 Riley, Michael - Burlington 2 Red Cows, avg. 1575#..........$5950 Barnard, Wade - Powell 1 Red Cow,1275#.....................$6200 1 Red Cow, 1405#....................$5550 Clark, J. Jon - Etna 1 Blk Cow, 1015#......................$6100 1 Blk Cow, 1380#......................$5700 1 Blk Cow, 1190# ......................$5600 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1253# ...........$5500 Crawford, Gordon - Casper 1 Blk Cow, 1240#......................$6100 Rogers, Donald - Boulder 1 Red Cow, 1080#....................$6100 Bower, Eric - Worland 1 Red Cow, 1780#....................$6100 1 Red Cow, 1280#....................$5900 Brewster Ranch - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow, 1205#......................$5600 1 Blk Cow, 1265#......................$4850 Mooncrest Ranch - Cody 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1048# ...........$5550 3 BWF Cows, avg. 1190# ........$5100 Rogers, Jr., Don - Boulder 2 Red Cows, avg. 1348#..........$5500 Barthelmess, Mike - Worland 1 Blk Cow, 1270#......................$5200 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1573# ...........$4950 1 Blk Cow, 1345#......................$4850 1 Blk Cow, 1400#......................$4200 Hunsaker, Nick - Smoot 1 Blk Cow, 1070#......................$4800 HEIFER CALVES Broken Back Ranch Co. - Ten Sleep 16 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 393#......$16400 20 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 440#......$16100 Split Rock Land & Cattle - Worland 75 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 559#......$16300 34 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 452#......$16300 27 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 585#......$15500 Rogers, Jr. Don - Boulder 5 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 424# ......$16250 20 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 468#....$16100 Klaren Cattle Co. Inc. - Pinedale 36 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 388# ..$16250 Cauffman Land and Cattle - Burlington 6 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 439#........$16200

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25 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 513#......$15425 16 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 571#......$13800 Bentley, Larry - Thermopolis 27 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 432#......$16200 31 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 566#......$14525 Rice Ranch Inc. - Ten Sleep 50 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 463#....$16100 SLS Cattle Co. - Meeteetse 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 375#........$15900 Barthelmess, Mike - Worland 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 440#........$15700 7 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 584#........$13850 Geis, Marcus - Worland 33 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 514#......$15650 8 Blk Hr Clvs, avg. 616#.........$14200 Shumway, Eddie Lee - Thermopolis 6 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 477#........$15200 38 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 600#......$13750 16 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 672#......$13350 Bower, Keith - Worland 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 468#........$15100 7 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 541#........$14300 Paxton, Brenton - Basin 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 458#........$15100 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 555#........$13850 Calvert, Nataline - Thermopolis 6 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 468# ....$15100 Shumway, Leroy - Thermopolis 18 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 560#......$14800 O’Donnell, Gary - Ten Sleep 9 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 579# ....$14600 Loeper, Dick - Powell 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 486#........$14600 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 563#........$14025 7 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 611# ........$13750 Vardiman, Jeremiah - Powell 2 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 510# ....$14600 Kennah, Chanda - Crowheart 13 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 508# ..$14250 4 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 533# ....$13825 Martinez, Senorino - Worland 1 Blk Hr Clf, 590#....................$14000 Allen, Travis - Thermopolis 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 605#........$14000 Miller, John - Worland 3 RWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 600# ....$13900 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 677#........$13250 Nye, Barry - Thermopolis 13 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 568# ..$13825 Anderson, Sawyer - Worland 8 CharX Hr Clvs, avg. 661# ...$13625 Sage Creek Land & Cattle - Worland 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 716#........$13200 5 RWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 718# ....$13100 STEER CALVES Kennah, Chanda - Crowheart 1 BWF Str Clf, 370# ...............$22500 6 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 463#.....$20450 6 RWF/BWF Str Clvs, avg. 438#... $19800 7 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 527#.....$18100 Barthelmess, Mike - Worland 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 393# ........$22350 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 689# ........$15700 Friesen, Kenneth - Moscow 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 378# ........$22100 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 458# ........$21000 7 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 474# ........$19600 11 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 540# ......$19575 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 644# ........$15800 Broken Back Ranch Co. - Ten Sleep 27 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 409#......$21925 42 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 488#......$20200 31 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 558#......$18550 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 558#......$18050 Geis, Marcus - Worland 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 417# ........$21800 16 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 544#......$19100 13 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 636#......$17650 15 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 649#......$17400 Anderson, Sawyer - Worland 2 Red Str Clvs, avg. 450# ......$21700 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 648# ........$16600 4 CharX Str Clvs, avg. 683# ..$15200 Bentley, Larry - Thermopolis 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 389# ........$21600 7 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 476# ........$20300 19 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 557#......$18700 5 Red Str Clvs, avg. 565# ......$17850 Split Rock Land & Cattle - Worland 15 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 440#......$21550

35 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 516#......$20100 104 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 586#....$18000 22 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 603#......$17500 52 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 676#......$16010 Bjornestad Land & Cattle - Manderson 9 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 348# ........$21400 2 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 488#.....$20600 Wiechmann, Jason - Ten Sleep 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 456#......$21300 10 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 510#......$19925 15 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 531#......$19650 8 Red Str Clvs, avg. 505# ......$19550 31 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 584#......$17750 Bower, Keith - Worland 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 433# ........$21300 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 557# ........$18250 15 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 654#......$17450 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 699# ........$15750 SLS Cattle Co. - Meeteetse 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 409#......$21000 8 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 460# ........$20050 Rogers, Jr., Don - Boulder 9 Red Str Clvs, avg. 441# ......$20950 20 Red Str Clvs, avg. 505# ....$18950 15 Red Str Clvs, avg. 562# ....$17850 Cauffman Land & Cattle - Burlington 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 438#......$20600 16 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 521#......$19100 9 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 566# ........$17800 Berg, Bryan - Riverton 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 463# ........$20450 Dewey, Jesse - Otto 11 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 397# ......$20250 10 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 493#......$20250 1 RWF Str Clf, 395# ...............$14000 Shumway, Eddie Lee - Thermopolis 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 475# ........$19850 50 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 639#......$16900 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 710# ........$15600 Mooncrest Ranch - Cody 27 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 492#......$19675 48 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 597#......$17250 16 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 669#......$16200 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 677# ........$14600 Scolari, Shawn - Thermopolis 12 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 508#......$19500 Apland, Rick - Worland 5 Red Str Clvs, avg. 524# ......$18500 6 Red Str Clvs, avg. 523# ......$13950 Gernant Brothers - Greybull 2 RWF Str Clvs, avg. 448# ....$18100 Tucker, Dwayne - Ten Sleep 3 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 548#.....$18100 2 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 753#.....$14350 2 Hrfd Str Clvs, avg. 690# ......$13600 Paxton, Brenton - Basin 7 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 649# ........$16500 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 628# ........$13750 Sage Creek Land & Cattle - Worland 11 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 755#...$15950 4 Red Str Clvs, avg. 704# ......$15300 Miller, John - Worland 3 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 702# ........$15900 Nye, Barry - Thermopolis 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 674# ........$15900 Russell Land & Livestock - Basin 9 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 659# ........$15550 15 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 702#......$15500 Ayotte, Scottie - Lovell 2 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 620# ........$15400 Loeper, Dick - Powell 5 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 628#.....$14500 Russell Land & Livestock - Basin 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 755# ........$14050 Martinez, Senorino - Worland 1 BWF Str Clf, 775# ...............$14000

Dec. 28-29 Jan. 8 Jan. 15 Jan. 18 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 Jan. 29 Feb. 3 Feb. 8 Feb. 10

Cross Diamond Cattle Company Annual Production Sale, at the ranch, Bertrand, Neb., 308-876-2211, crossdiamondcattle.com ZumBrunnen Angus Combined Bull & Female Sale, at the ranch, Lusk, 307-334-2265, 307-216-0198, zbangus.com Tipton Ranch Retirement Dispersion, Ogallala Livestock Auction Market, Ogallala, Neb., 308-778-5381, 605-391-6230, tipton-ranch.com Annual Holiday Cow Classic “America’s Premier Bred Female Sale”, Burwell Livestock Market, Burwell, Neb., 308-346-4257, burwelllivestock.com Rafter T Angus Annual Bull Sale, Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo, 307736-2415, 307-299-4569, raftertangus.com Redland Angus Annual Production Sale, Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo, 307-347-2270, 307-250-8625, redlandangus.com Ken Haas Angus 41st Annual Right Combination Bull Sale, at the ranch, LaGrange, 307-834-2356, kenhaasangus.com Little Goose Ranch 5th Annual Production Sale, Buffalo Livestock Auction, Buffalo, 307-751-1535, 307-751-5793, littlegooseranch.com Bullis Creek Ranch Spring Production Bull Sale, at the ranch, Wood Lake, Neb., 402-376-4465, bulliscreek.com 21 Angus 28th Annual Top Cut Bull Sale, at the ranch, New England, N.D., 701-579-4221. 21angus.com K2 Red Angus Winter Bull & Female Sale, at the ranch, Wheatland, 307331-2917, k2redangus.com G Bar H Genetics Angus Bull Sale, Torrington Livestock Market, Torrington, 307-837-2540, 307-837-2925, 307-837-2279 Booth’s Cherry Creek Angus Annual “Progress Through Performance” Bull Sale, at the ranch, Veteran, 307-534-5865, 307-532-1830, 307-5321532, boothscherrycreekranch.com

POSTCARD from the Past

Compiled by Dick Perue rrichardperue@gmail.com

Let Peace and Light Come Into the World “The Gospel of John speaks of Christ as the true light coming into the world,” proclaims a church bulletin of bygone years in announcing its inspirational readings for the Advent season.

The bulletin further relates, “In commemoration of that coming, we light candles for the four weeks leading to Christmas and reflect on the coming of Christ.

It is significant that the

church has always used the language – the coming of Christ – because it speaks to a deep truth.

Christ is coming. Christ is always coming, always entering a troubled world, a wounded heart…”

During this time of Advent, we pass along these timeless excepts from this bulletin.

First Sunday of Advent Candle of Hope We light the candle of hope, and dare to express

• Upcoming Sales • Dec. 16 – Bred Cow Special w/ All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goat Dec. 23 – No Sale Merry Christmas!

Dec. 30 – No Sale Happy New Year!

Season of Advent – The pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church of Saratoga, features the Advent wreath with lit candles and the nativity scene against the background of the cross and candelabras. Photo by Dick Perue. Historical Reproductions by Perue

our longing for peace, for healing and the wellbeing of all creation.

Second Sunday Candle of Peace We light it knowing full well that peace is elusive, and in some parts of the world, it is almost completely absent. Yet in this season of Advent, we trust that God is never absent from us… And even where there is war and discord, whether between countries, within families or within our own hearts, God is present, gently leading us to new possibilities.

Third Sunday Candle of Joy Joy is all around us – in the children, the lights, the music, the gathering together. Joy is like an underground spring that wells up within us, but joy is also a choice, an attitude. So today we open ourselves to joy, trusting that God has already planted it in us. All we need to do is give it care and offer it to share.

Fourth Sunday Candle of Love With this flame we signify the love of God that surrounds and fills us at all times, but that we recognize it in a special way in the Christmas story. There is no greater power than love. It is stronger than rulers and empires, stronger than grief or despair, stronger even than death. We love, because God loves us.

Christmas Eve The Christ Candle In Christ we find light and life, and the courage to be like Him, answering his call and following in his footsteps.

The bulletin concluded with the following prayer: Come to us, Lord Jesus! Be born in us this night, in our hearts, our minds, our lives. May the light of your life be kindled in us, and lead us to the shining truth, of God with us, God for us, God in us. Amen.

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MARKETS

LIVE CATTLE FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Compiled from USDA Market News Service information and other sources

Location Volume PAYS 12-3

3127

400-500 600-700 700-800 UnUnder 400FOR THE500-600 WEEK ENDING

Steers Heifers

145-233 125-195

135-225 112.50-184

159-194.50 140-165.75

137-170.50 137-147

Over 800 Sltr Bull May 24, Sltr 2019 Cows

142.50-162 137-139.50

45-55.50

Centennial 12-3

Stock Cows Pairs 67-90

Crawford 12-3 3442

209-222 174-202

180-216 164-193

159-213.50 148-183

155.50-197.85 145-162

151-157 141

85-97.50 67-75

Riverton 12-7 4003

164-211.50 160-163

151-202 120-164

152-200 135.50-144.75

155-176 131-141

147-155.50 131-140

164.50 147-150.50

67-93 39.50-68

$725-$1710

Torrington 12-8 9823

212.50-219 170-184

191-233 169-186

179-204 157-176

168-182 155-166

158-163 153-159

135-165 139-155

82-99 50-72

100-134

St. Onge 12-3 2234

210-222.50 145-180

200-223 132.50-177.50

152-209.50 132-171.50

146-178.50 125-157

140

147-151

Big Horn Basin 12-9 2249

140-225 159-164

181-219.25 146-163

139.50-201 138-163

136-176.50 132.50-142

140-159.50 131-132

Billings 12-9 5945

200-229.50 130-189

149-225 120-190

148-204 130-170

151-176 127-156

157-176 145-158

SETT PRICE

Month

PAYS

Feeder Lambs

Slaughter Lambs

Slaughter Ewes

Stock Ewes

2318

St. Onge

1976

This Week

165.78 168.33 170.90 172.33 179.43

164.08 165.08 167.85 169.73 177.13

Change -1.70 -3.25 -3.05 -2.60 -2.30

WHEAT FUTURES Month

Week Prev

This Week

8.06 8.15 8.19 8.02

7.73 7.77 7.82 7.75

Change -0.33 -0.38 -0.37 -0.27

CORN FUTURES

41-108

SETT PRICE

Slaughter Bucks

Week Prev

This Week

5.77 5.77 5.79 5.79

5.88 5.92 5.93 5.92

DECEMBER MARCH MAY JULY

No Report

Centennial

Week Prev

DECEMBER MARCH MAY JULY

WEEKLY SHEEP AUCTIONS Volume

-0.92 -1.78 -1.37 -1.08 -1.18

FEEDER CATTLE FUTURES

Month

Auction

136.73 137.80 141.23 136.90 135.70

Change

SETT PRICE

56.50-89 42-68 76-94 36.25-71.50

137.65 139.58 142.60 137.98 136.88

JANUARY MARCH APRIL MAY AIGUST

75-107 50.50-80

132-170 125-155.50

This Week

DECEMBER FEBRUARY APRIL JUNE AUGUST

FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 10, 2021 WEEKLY CATTLE AUCTIONS

Week Prev

Change +0.11 +0.15 +0.14 +0.13

OATS FUTURES 205-362.50

155-295

221-340

Daily Grower Bids Region Price US #2 Yellow Corn Southeast WY 5.5350-6.0175 US #1 HRWW Southeast WY 7.3650-7.4650 US #1 Black Beans Min-Dak 45-48/cwt US #1 Dark Red Kidney Beans Min-Dak 45/cwt US #1 Great Northern Beans Den-Rate 30/cwt #1 Light Red Kidney Beans Min-Dak 45/cwt Den-Rate 50/cwt US #1 Pea (Navy) Beans Min-Dak 42/cwt US #1 Pinto Beans Min-Dak 45/cwt Den Rate 45/cwt Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Greeley, CO National Sheep Summary As of December 3, 2021 Compared to last week slaughter lambs sold mostly sharply higher.

Slaughter ewes were also sharply higher. Feeder lambs compared to two weeks ago were also sharply higher. At San Angelo, TX 4,153 head sold. No sales in Equity Cooperative Auction. Western video sold 400 ewe lambs and 280 bred ewes in Utah. In direct trading slaughter ewes and feeder lambs were not tested. 3,726 lamb carcasses traded with no trend due to confidentiality. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless specified.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 2-3 San Angelo: wooled and shorn 120-130 lbs 220.00-278.00.

Ft. Collins, CO: wooled and shorn 100-140 lbs 220.00-265.00, few 280.00-290.00; 150-165 lbs 220.00-235.00.

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 100-150 lbs 220.00-237.00, few 245.00-255.00; 150-170 lbs 220.00-230.00.

Billings, MT: wooled and shorn 110-115 lbs no test.

Equity Coop: wooled and shorn no sales.

Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-2 San Angelo: hair 40-60 lbs 385.00-426.00; 60-70 lbs 380.00400.00, few 408.00-414.00; 70-80 lbs 332.00-380.00, few 400.00; 80-90 lbs 320.00-360.00; 90-110 lbs 288.00-348.00 wooled and shorn 70-80 lbs 332.00-350.00; 80-90 lbs 324.00341.00; 111 lbs 300.00.

Ft. Collins, CO: wooled and shorn 93 lbs 230.00. hair 64 lbs 300.00; 90-100 lbs 250.50-285.00.

South Dakota: wooled and shorn 90-100 lbs 260.00-290.00. hair 80-90 lbs 290.00-300.00; 90-100 lbs 255.00-270.00.

Billings: hair 60-70 lbs 297.50-330.00; 79 lbs 200.00; 93 lbs 232.50.

Slaughter Ewes San Angelo: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 130.00-148.00; Utility and Good 1-3 (medium flesh) 152.00-180.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 142.00-160.00; Cull and Utility 1-2 (very thin) no test; Cull 1 no test.

Ft. Collins: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) no test; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 102.50155.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 117.50-130.00; Cull 1 no test.

South Dakota: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 112.50-148.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 125.00-160.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 120.00-157.00; Cull 1 75.00-90.00.

Billings: Good 3-4 (very fleshy) 107.00-115.00; Good 2-3 (fleshy) 114.00-120.00; Utility 1-2 (thin) 121.00-131.00; Cull 1 no test.

Equity Coop: no sales.

Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: no test.

Ft. Collins: 35 lbs 320.00; 46 lbs 312.50; 50-60 lbs 310.00-345.00; 60-70 lbs 302.50-355.00; 70-80 lbs 285.00-305.00; 80-90 lbs 270.00295.00; 90-100 lbs 270.00-285.00.

South Dakota: 44 lbs 300.00; 50-60 lbs 325.00-367.00; 60-70 lbs 320.00-365.00; 70-80 lbs 300.00-355.00; 80-90 lbs 285.00337.00; 90-100 lbs 282.00-290.00; 100-110 lbs 270.00-281.00; 130 lbs 254.00.

Billings: 59 lbs 320.00; 60-70 lbs 290.00-340.00; 70-80 lbs 265.00-291.00, few 330.00; 80-90 lbs 236.00-278.00; 90-100 lbs 218.00-231.00; 100-110 lbs 217.00-225.00; 110-120 lbs 200.00217.00; 123 lbs 209.00.

Equity Coop: no sales Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2 San Angelo: mixed age hair 110 lbs 195.00/cwt.

Ft. Collins: no test.

South Dakota: no test.

Billings: no test.

Sheep and lambs slaughter under federal inspection for the week to

122-180 145-165

120-415

110-205 136

date totaled 40,000 compared with 31,000 last week and 36,000 last year.

Source: USDA AMS Market News, San Angelo, Texas National Wool Review As of December 3, 2021 In Australia this week, the Eastern Market Indicator was up 5 at 1346 cents per Kg clean from the sale a week ago. A total of 39,577 bales were offered with sales of 90.0 percent. The Australian exchange rate was stronger by .0046 at .7168 percent of the U.S. dollar. Australian wool prices are quoted US Dollar per pound, delivered, Charleston, S.C.. The current freight rate is .15 cents per pound clean.

Clean Del Price Change from 75-85 Percent Micron US Grade in U.S. Dollars Previous Sale of Australia 17 > 80s 7.98 + .03 5.98-6.78 18 80s 6.71 + .01 5.04-5.71 19 70-80s 5.55 - .03 4.16-4.71 20 64-70s 4.62 + .00 3.47-3.93 21 64s 4.43 + .00 3.33-3.77 22 62s 4.43 + .03 3.32-3.76 23 60-62s 3.82 ----2.87-3.25 24 60s 3.47 ----2.60-2.95 25 58s 2.80 ----2.10-2.38 26 56-58s 2.54 - .03 1.91-2.16 28 54s 1.46 - .03 1.10-1.24 30 50s 1.24 - .02 0.93-1.05 32 46-48s 0.93 ----0.70-0.79 Merino Clippings 3.04 - .02 2.28-2.58 Source: Colorado Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO Wyoming Hay Summary As of December 9, 2021 Compared to last week: Pellet prices in the east remained steady while hay trade was inactive. In Western Wyoming, Trade light on good demand. Prices steady on 3-tie small squares of alfalfa. Alfalfa large squares 10.00 lower. Barley hay steady.

Eastern Wyoming Alfalfa Pellets Suncured 315 Western Wyoming Alfalfa - Premium Small Square, 3 tie 240-260 Alfalfa - Good Large Square 200 Alfalfa Cubes 320 Alfalfa/Grass Mix - Premium Medium Square 250 Barley - Good Large Square 180 Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Nebraska Hay Summary As of December 9, 2021 Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate. In the Platte Valley region, alfalfa ground and delivered prices steady.

Alfalfa hay offered to buyers at the same price levels as the prior week. In Western Nebraska, alfalfa ground and delivered prices unchanged. In Eastern Nebraska, prices steady on small squares of alfalfa and on small squares and large rounds of brome hay.

Chances of moisture in the forecast have stalled trading in some regions of the state. Hay producers are expecting trade to pick up as winter weather arrives and the New Year gets closer.

Central Nebraska Alfalfa - Supreme Large Square 220 Corn Stalk Large Round 50 Eastern Nebraska Alfalfa - Premium Small Square 8/bale Brome Grass - Good Large Round 125/bale Small Square 8/bale Platte Valley Nebraska Alfalfa - Good Large Round 140 Alfalfa - Delivered Ground 185 Alfalfa Pellets Suncured 260 Pellets Dehydrated 280-290 Corn Stalk - Delivered Ground 100 Corn Stalk Large Round 65 Western Nebraska Alfalfa - Premium/Supreme Large Round 200 Alfalfa - Premium Large Square 200 Alfalfa - Delivered Ground 225 Source: USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Kearny, NE

SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

7.41 7.34 7.21 6.72

7.19 7.14 6.96 6.47

DECEMBER MARCH MAY JULY

Change -0.22 -0.20 -0.25 -0.25

SOYBEAN FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

JANUARY MARCH MAY JULY

This Week

12.44 12.50 12.57 12.63

12.64 12.72 12.79 12.85

Change +0.20 +0.22 +0.22 +0.22

CUTOUT VALUES CUTOUT VALUES Primal Rib Primal Chuck Primal Round Primal Loin

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

275.14 475.12 225.14 227.64 334.93

279.44 458.29 229.48 238.65 343.70

234.06 458.66 195.56 188.49 285.94

5 AREA WEEKLY WEIGHTED CATTLE PRICE Live Steer Live Heifer Dressed Steer Dressed Heifer

This Week

140.44 140.89 219.97 216.87

Prior Week

138.17 137.86 216.01 216.53

Last Year

109.75 110.16 172.29 172.87

Off-track betting considered Casper – The Natrona County Commission considered approval of a resolution Dec. 7, authorizing 307 Horse Racing, LLC to operate betting on historic and simulcast horse racing events at C85 Pump Room in north Casper.

Bob Moberly and Kyle Ridgeway of 307 Horse Racing, Inc. a subsidiary of Wyoming Financial Group and a member of 307 First, met with the commission to propose their plan to purchase the C85 Pump.

“We’re here to discuss today and seek permission to open our first gaming location in Natrona County,” Ridgeway began.

307 Horse Racing currently has a facility in Gillette and is working on opening a facility in Sheridan.

Currently, Wyoming Downs offers off-track betting to residents of Natrona County.

Ridgeway and his team believe that the addition of another off-track horse race facility will benefit the county and state, specifically in economic terms. The addition of the off-track betting room could increase the total market from $30 million to $40 million annually, from the C85 Pump alone.

Commissioner Brooke Kaufman moved to table the vote to approve 307 Horse Racing proposal until the following meeting on Dec. 21 to better understand what is going on in Natrona County in regards to off-track horse betting.

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CLASSIFIEDS

307-234-2700 • 1-800-967-1647 • Fax: 307-472-1781 • E-mail: jodym@wylr.net or denise@wylr.net Website: www.wylr.net. Weekly Deadline: Wednesday, 12:00 p.m.

Notice

Help Wanted

Help Wanted

Auctions

NOTICE: Publication in this newspaper does not guarantee the legitimacy of any offer or solicitation. Take reasonable steps to evaluate an offer before you send money or provide personal/financial information to an advertiser. If you have questions or believe you have been the victim of fraud, contact the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Unit, 123 Capitol Building, Cheyenne, WY 82002, 307-7777871 ............................. TFN

LAND SURVEY TECHNICIAN: Morrison-Maierle has an immediate full-time opportunity in our Billings, MT office for a Land Survey Technician. As an employee-owned firm, MorrisonMaierle recognizes that its success, measured in growth and profitability, is the direct result of the contribution and commitment of our employee-owners.

The responsibility of ownership is part of our culture and we believe employees should benefit from their efforts and contributions to the firm through an ownership stake in the company. Relocation allowance available as well as a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package. Apply online at www.m-m.net ..12/18

DIESEL AND FARM EQUIPMENT SERVICE TECH WANTED: Experience preferred, but not necessary if willing to work and learn. We can provide schooling and on the job training. Working in a near new facility with modern tools and good working environment. We are presently franchise dealers of several farm equipment lines. Cherry County Implement in Valentine, NE. For more information, call Rich, 402-3402175 ..................................12/18

Torrington Livestock Markets

Help Wanted GOTTSCH LIVESTOCK FEEDERS LLC Red Cloud, NE Come Join the Gottsch Livestock Feeders Family!

Gottsch Livestock Feeders is looking for Cowboys/Pen Riders for their feed yard in Red Cloud, NE. The main focus of the Cowboy/Pen Riders are spotting, pulling, diagnosing and taking cattle to the hospital and shipping fat cattle. This person will need to be a team player who is seeking a long-term position. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best in the industry. We offer a benefits package that includes health insurance, dental, vision, 401(k), health savings, life insurance and paid vacation. If you are interested stop by and fill out an application or visit our website at www.gottschcattlecompany.com Call Brandon Furr at 402-257-7769 or 402-746-2222 for more information.

GOTTSCH LIVESTOCK FEEDERS LLC Red Cloud, NE Gottsch Livestock Feeders in Red Cloud, NE is looking for Processing Assistants.

Job responsibilities include processing and sorting of both incoming and existing cattle, monitoring and sorting of cattle and transporting cattle from different areas in the yard. These individuals must have a good work ethic and be a self-starter. Our full-time benefit package includes: Health, dental, vision, life insurance, health savings account and 401(k).

Individuals must be able to work some holidays and weekends. If you are interested stop by and fill out an application or visit our website at www.gottschcattlecompany.com Call Adam Cotton 402-879-1814 or 402-746-2222 for more information.

EXPERIENCED RANCH HAND NEEDED for all aspects of ranching. Cattle and registered Quarter Horse operation, work cattle with horses. Housing and some utilities provided. West-central South Dakota. Call 605-985-5235, leave message ............12/11 FOREMAN WANTED FOR 2,500 HEAD SHEEP RANCH. Salary depends on experience, speaking Spanish and CDL a plus. Send resume and references to PO Box 7, Emblem, WY 82422, call 307-272-2396 or e-mail dave@7kranch. com .............................12/25

PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR: Morrison-Maierle has an immediate full-time opportunity in our Cody, WY office for a Professional Land Surveyor. As an employee-owned firm, MorrisonMaierle recognizes that its success, measured in growth and profitability, is the direct result of the contribution and commitment of our employee-owners. The responsibility of ownership is part of our culture and we believe employees should benefit from their efforts and contributions to the firm through an ownership stake in the company. Relocation allowance available as well as a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package. Apply online at www.m-m.net ....................12/18 COASTAL TRANSPORTATION INC. IS HIRING for A.B. seamen, deckhands and wipers for boats carrying cargo from Seattle, WA to western Alaska. Full description of work and pay at www.cticrew. com. Video job description at Facebook Coastal Transportation Crew. Hiring full-time workers, as well as winter help. No experience necessary. Will train for the work, with January sessions. Deckhands and wipers do not require documentation of any kind. A.B. seamen require USCG documentation. A.B.s, deckhands and wipers all load cargo on and off the boats, act as lookouts and perform maintenance work such as painting and splicing rope. Wipers work in the engine room when the boat is traveling and work in the cargo hold when in port. Main duties of cargo operation are: Operating lift trucks, slinging loads, working with lashing chain, chain binders/dunnage, sweeping/cleaning cargo holds. This is a fast-paced job, suitable for high-energy individuals. Candidates need to be able to pass a drug test. We are a sober company. Transportation to and from Seattle, WA is paid for by the company. Winter hires can expect as many as three voyages, with 2-5 days off in Seattle, WA between voyages. For more information, go to www.cticrew. com..................................... 12/11 LOOKING FOR FULL-TIME RANCH HAND IN NORTHEAST COLORADO: We are 30 minutes away from the towns of Holyoke and Wray in Colorado and Imperial, NE. We have spring-calving cows and fall-calving cows. We are looking for someone to help with checking cows, calving, moving cows, vaccinating cows, preparing circles for planting, sprinkler repairs, haying, fixing barbed wire fence and putting in hot wire fence. We work pretty long hours 6 to 7 days a week from spring through fall. The right person would have the opportunity to own cows on the place after a year of employment. House and work pickup provided. References required. Looking to fill as soon as possible. Call Kim, 970520-2513 ........................... 12/11 EARN $60,000/YEAR, PARTTIME in the livestock or farm equipment appraisal business.

Agricultural background required. Home study course available. 800-488-7570 or www. amagappraisers.com .....12/11 ROLLING T LIVESTOCK IS IN NEED OF A CDL DRIVER to haul cattle and hay. We have live floor trailers and flatbeds. Experience necessary.

Call 307-272-8704 .......12/11

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Angus

ALL TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLE FINANCING. Great service!! Great rates!!

Call Chuck Brown at C. H. Brown Co. WY LLC, 307-3223232 (office), 307-331-0010 (cell), or e-mail chuckbrown@ wyoming.com................12/11

FOR SALE: Registered and commercial Black Angus BRED heifers. Three groups AI bred to these elite calving ease sires; MAF Gunner N327 ($12,000 Ashland son sold to Stevenson Diamond Dot, MT.) Connealy In Focus 4925, RBM Next Step. Two groups, pasture bred to “sleep all night” low birthweight, calving ease Black Angus bulls. Group #1, due March 16. Group #2, due April 10. Group #3, due April 11. Group #4, due April 1 for 30 days. Group #5, due May 1 for 21 days. Vaccinated and poured/dewormed. Available FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Delivery and volume discounts available.

MILLER ANGUS FARMS, Estelline, S.D., Kody, 605-690-1997 or Brady, 605-6905733 ........................................ 2/5

Brands WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, LSH. Current through Jan. 1, 2029. $1,000 OBO. Contact Gene at 307-331-1049..... 12/11 ONE-IRON BRAND: RRC, BS and RJH. Current through Jan. 1, 2025. $1,000 OBO. Contact Gene at 307331-1049 ........................... 12/11 REGISTERED WYOMING BRAND: LRC and LTH. Current through Jan. 1, 2023. $1,000 OBO. Contact Gene at 307331-1049 .....................12/11 LIFETIME CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR SALE!!

RHC AND LHH. Very rare.

Can use one iron. Renewed to Jan. 2031, $5,000 or better offer.

Call 307-751-2336 .......... 12/25

Cattle

FOR SALE: Medium frame, deep body, commercial Black Angus bred cows. Ranch developed, coming 4-year-olds. Mostly home raised with a small percentage purchased out of western South Dakota as calves. Bred to PAP tested Jorgenson bulls for easy calving, thrifty good gaining calves. 137 head ultrasounded to calve for 30 days the month of March. Raised and running in Laramie, WY at 7,400’+. Good natured, unspoiled and maternal cows that would be an asset to any operation. Can arrange trucks. HAVE HAY for sale too.

Call 307-745-3083. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ......................... 12/11

Burwell Livestock Market

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Over 4,000 head of top quality Sandhills-raised females offered for sale

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(307) 436-8513 • Cell: (307) 267-1022 CROSSROADS DIESEL SERVICE IS YOUR MOBILE DIESEL MECHANIC reaching out to customers throughout Wyoming and neighboring states. Book with us now through March 15, 2022 and save 10%!! Please contact Troy, 307-351-2960 with further questions and to schedule an appointment ........................ 1/1

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Financial Services AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ ranch and all commercial loans.

RATES AS LOW AS 3.5%. We have been helping with all aspects of agricultural, commercial financing and management for years. LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with management to increase profitability, deal with and fix credit problems and on all your financing needs.

WE CARE AND HAVE WORKING PROGRAMS designed for the farmer/rancher and not the banker. Please call Steve, 303773-3545, or check out our website www.agrionefinancial. com. I will come to you and get the job done!! ...................... 1/1

Tuesday, December 28, 12:00 p.m. - Cull Cows.

Wednesday, December 29, 9:00 a.m. - 2,000+ Bred 1st Calf Heifers Including Black Angus, Red Angus, F1 & Hereford 2,000+ Head - Complete Dispersions, 2nd - 3rd, Solid & Short Term Cows

View consignments at burwelllivestock.com View and bid online at DV Auction or Cattle USA

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Todd Eberle 308-870-1783 • Lin Gumb 308-214-0250 Jake Gideon 308-214-0992 • Brett Gumb 308-214-0251 Drew Gaffney 308-872-1105 • Harry Walahoski 308-730-0667 134 AI BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE: Due to calve Feb. 7.

AI’d to calving ease bull JR Fast Forward. Ultrasound preg checked, full vac program and long range high elevation.

Fancy set of heifers, black and black white face, can make all black and one iron. HEIFERS ARE SELLING DEC. 13 on Cattle Country Video, www. cattlecountryvideo.com. For more details, call 307-2145290 ............................. 12/11 AKAUSHI CATTLE FOR SALE: 80 half and three-quarter weaned steer calves; 90 half and three-quarter weaned heifer calves; 15 bred full-blood 2-year-old heifers; 20 full-blood 2-year-old bulls; 10 old Angus cows, exposed to full-blood Akaushi bulls, calving April 1, 2022. Located in Bethune, CO. Call 719-740-0403 ........ 12/11 TWO TRUCK LOADS OF 5L ANGUS BRED HEIFERS. AI’d

by Select Sires to Tahoe 767.

He ranks in the top 1% in both maternal and weaning weight, top 15% calving ease and top 10% yearling weight. To calve for 30 days starting Feb. 2. $1,750, located in central Wyoming. Call 307-437-9219 or 307-262-4503 ................. 1/1

Family & Nurse Cows BROWN SWISS BRED HEIFERS FOR SALE: Will calve March and April. Bred to Brown Swiss/Jersey bull and Brown Swiss/Shorthorn bull. Have had all shots: Bangs, Anthrax, Triangle 7 Way with Humopolis, Triangle 4 K and prebreeding. Poured with Ivomec on regular basis.

Also poured with StanGuard and Exit Gold fly repellant. TB tested and current health papers. Nice, gentle, outside cattle, in good shape and well fed. Delivery options available. For pictures or more information, call Larry W. Carlson, 605-224-6100 (home) or 605-280-3879 (cell) if no answer leave message. Pierre, S.D. To view photos, go to www. wylr.net in the classifieds ... 1/1

Red Angus

SELL YOUR RED ANGUS HERE

Adver tise today!

48 BRED RED ANGUS COWS FOR SALE, coming 10s. Call 307-358-6007 or 307-3516007 for price ............... 12/11

Angus

Angus

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

PRIVATE TREATY

120 Yearling Bulls • 80 Coming 2-Year-Old Bulls 120 Replacement Heifers

by Popular Sires: S A V Bismarck, Rito 707, S A V Resource, Connealy Spur, Connealy Countdown and Coleman Charlo

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Limousin

Sheep

Hay & Feed

2-year-old registered Limousin Bulls

WANTED TO BUY: All classes of sheep, lambs and ewes, can pick up on the farm/on site.

Call 320-905-2626 ........ 12/11

VALLEY VIDEO HAY MARKETS, LLC: Wyoming and western Nebraska hay available. Call Barry McRea, 888935-3633. www.valleyvideohay.com ..................... 12/18

110 EXPOSED NANNIES: Breeds include Boer, Boer cross, Spanish, Savannah, few Nubian and Lamancha.

Bred to Boer and Savannah bucks, will kid February and March. Located in Herreid, S.D. Asking $350 OBO. Call 605-787-3991 ................. 1/1

Dogs

WIGGINS FEEDYARD, ACCEPTING CATTLE OF ALL CLASSES: Cows, yearlings or calves to background or finish. Call 308-262-1140 (office), Steve, 308-279-1432 (cell) or Sue, 308-279-0924 (cell) ............................ 1/29

Pasture Wanted WANTED: 2022 summer pasture for 125 cow/calf pairs.

Would like from May 1 until Dec. 15 or any time frame in between. Any number of cattle per pasture, would not have to all go to one pasture. ALSO, in search of farm ground, farms to lease or a ranch to lease on a short-term or long-term basis.

Please contact 307-431-0224, leave message or text ..... TFN WANTED: Pasture for yearlings for 2022 season. Flexibility on class and head count. Extensive Wyoming experience with references available. Maddux Cattle Company, 308-414-6682 or 308-350-1133 ..............12/11

Ranch Lease Wanted LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO STEP AWAY FROM THE DAYTO-DAY OPERATIONS OF YOUR RANCH? While being able to rest assured that it is well managed? We are looking for a ranch to lease for cattle operation. Emphasis on stewardship and communication.

Call 307-683-7593 ........... 1/1

Saddles & Tack BOOT UP NOW!! CHRISTMAS is coming!! Great time to LAYAWAY. Great selection of SADDLES and TACK. Silk SCARVES, wool vests, winter CAPS and socks…. KENETREK riding packs. WE CAN ship!! Shop Moss Saddles, Boots and Tack, 4648 West Yellowstone Highway, Casper, WY; 307-472-1872. Our family serving yours for 50 years!!

Check us out on Facebook or our website....................12/11

Leatherwork LS CUSTOM LEATHER: Belts, tack, cell phone cases and much more!! Can personalize belts. Please visit www. lscustomleather.com. Contact Lester, 307-631-1053, leave a message ........12/11

ADORABLE PUREBRED PEMROKE WELSH CORGI PUPS!! Born Sept. 14, 2021, 1 male, 1 female, mom 15 lbs., dad 23 lbs., UTD shots/ wormings. COWBOY CORGI MALE, born June 7, 2021, mom miniature Queensland Heeler 18 lbs., dad Pembroke Welsh Corgi 23 lbs., vet checked, 3 puppy shots, Bordetella vaccine, doggy door started. PEMBROKE/SHELTIES, born July 11, 2021, 1 male, 1 female, UTD/3 shots, mom Corgi 16 lbs., dad Sheltie 13 lbs. Call for more details/ pricing, 406-931-0133. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds............... 12/11 GREAT PYRENEES PUPPIES FOR SALE, ranch raised. For more information, call 406-207-7674 ....... 12/25

Hay & Feed HAY FOR SALE: Grass, grass/ alfalfa and alfalfa hay. 3x4 square bales. Delivery available. Western South Dakota. Pricing starts at $250/ton and up. Call Joe, 605-515-0858 ....................... 1/1 155 TONS FIRST-FOURTH CUTTING ALFALFA: John Deere big rounds net wrapped.

RFV 153-236, protein 21-23%.

ALSO, have 23 bales of millet. Delivery available. Contact 308-430-0428 or 308-6672843 .............................. 12/11 FOR SALE: Shredded cornstalk bales, 6’ tall, 1,100 plus lbs. Call John, 701-269-3413 ........12/25 EXCELLENT HORSE HAY FOR SALE: 3x3x8 bales, 900 lbs., stored inside, $150/bale.

Rapid City, S.D. Call 605-3914968................................12/25 HAY FOR SALE: Alfalfa, grass and grass/alfalfa mix, big square bales, round bales and small square bales. All sizes, all qualities and all quantities. ALSO HAVE STRAW, MILLET AND CORNSTALKS FOR SALE. Delivery available!! Call 307-6303046 ..................................12/25

READ IT IN THE ROUNDUP

Going, Going, Gone Equipment

Equipment

Equipment Restoration

Cannonball Bale Beds Cannonball Bale Beds

DBL TREE TRACTOR RESTORATION LLC: Tractors, stock trailers and flatbeds, total repair, sandblast and paint.

Please call Mike, 406-9300720 ............................12/11

Offering both Stocking and traditional and installing dealer.

One day bale/dump beds.

Stocking and turn around! installing dealer.

One day In stock now!

Ainsworth Motors turn around!

Ainsworth, NE Ainsworth Motors 800-210-1681 www.ainsworthmotors.com Ainsworth, NE 800-210-1681

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BOLINGER INC. 307-684-5515, 307-684-5515,Buffalo, Buffalo,WY WY••www.bolingerinc.com www.bolingerinc.net

Hydra-Bed Bale Beds 30 Series in Stock Reliable and Easy to operate Remote Options Available

Trucking J.P. FARMS FLATBED AND CHAIN FLOOR HAULING for bulk commodities. For more information, call 806-4014110, Greeley, CO .......12/11

E-mail Denise to Adver tise d e n i s e @ w y l r. n e t Vehicles & Trailers

RANCHERS

Tis the season for feeding!

Great buys for end of the year expenditures!

Seed DISCOUNTED COMMON BARLEY SEED TO BE USED FOR COVER CROP OR HAY BARLEY. $4/bushel, will need spoken for by Dec. 31. Please call 307-754-9544, ask for Cameron or Judy ...... 12/25

2015 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY TRUCK FOR SALE: Platinum package, 4x4, crew cab Lariat, 156” WB styleside, 6.7L Power Stroke V8 diesel, 6 speed automatic transmission. Extras: Tonneau cover, installed 50 gallon diesel tank, added chrome. Has 5th wheel hook up available.

Exterior Ruby Red Metallic, interior black Leather, 71,300 miles. Very sharp truck in excellent condition!! Selling due to death in family. For more information, call 605-341-3002 or 605-390-8942. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ............. 12/25

HAY FOR SALE: Year old first cutting alfalfa. 2021 CRP clean/green and grain hay.

Semi load delivery available.

Call for pricing, 701-690-8116, please send a text if no answer or keep trying ......12/11

2018 RAM CHASSIS 3500 TRADESMAN Dually, Reg. cab, 4x4, 39,422 miles, diesel 6.7L/auto, with Krogmann bale feeder bed 95

Custom Feeding

GOOD SUPPLY OF PREMIUM QUALITY STRAW in large square 3x4 bales. Delivered by the truckload. Volume discounts available. E-mail calebredriverforage@gmail.com.

Call/ text 204-712-6509 ..........12/11

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FIVE TRIM AND ROYAL YAK COWS AND 2 YAK BULLS, healthy and good prices. For more information, call 303917-5549 .................... 12/25

BARLEY STRAW FOR SALE: Barley feed straw. Clean and bright 3x3 bales. OTHER HAY available. Farson, WY. Call 307-350-0350 ............. 12/18

$7

Yaks

AKC LAB PUPPIES FOR CHRISTMAS!!! All colors available, whites, blacks, yellows, dark chocolates and dark reds.

Excellent hunters, family companions. Full AKC registration.

Shots, wormed, dewclaws removed. All puppies are cute, but it’s what they grow into that counts. Not all Labs are the same. Proud to own!! Been raising quality AKC Labradors for 20-plus years. Look at the rest but buy the best. Both parents on site for viewing. Will sell quickly!! $200 deposit, picking order is when the deposit is received. Doug Altman, Mitchell, SD. Call/text 605-9997149, click the our labs tab on the website for pictures, www.southdakotayellowlabs. com .............................. 12/18

TOP QUALITY ALFALFA HAY, large rounds, approximately 1,200 lbs., 500 tons available. Call 308-631-2617 or 308-631-5767 ......... 12/18

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Goats

STRAW FOR SALE: Clean, excellent quality small squares, oats, wheat and barley straw, $3.50/bale at the farm. Greybull, WY area. Call 307-762-3878, leave a message ........................... 12/18

$5 9,9

SHEEP AND GOAT ULTRASOUNDING: Have my own chute and Ovi-Scan 6 system.

First year scanner, reasonable rate. Call Todd, 605680-4719 .....................12/11

Vehicles & Trailers

2014 JD 6115D TRACTOR H310 loader/grapple, 4.5L diesel 118HP, 9 spd. Shuttle shift, 4WD, 1,110 hours, A/C, heat, local/one owner

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**Also specializing in Bolinger flatbeds and custom trailers** EQUIPMENT FOR SALE: CIH 290 Magnum tractor; IHC 766 tractor with loader; two challenger MT585D tractors; Artsway 425 grinder mixer; Roto Grind tub grinder; Modern Mill (mix mill) feed mill; IHC 415 20’ roller harrow; Vermeer R23 rake; MF 2190 4x4 baler; Sitrex 17 wheel rake; CIH WD2506 swather with 19’ rotary head; Loral Turbo Magnum IV fertilizer spreader; Rogater 854 sprayer; Merritt 48’x102” cattle pot; Hyster 50T lowboy trailer; IHC 80 bbl vac truck; Dragon 130 bbl vac trailers; Dragon crude oil trailer; Trailmaster crude oil pup; Mobile Tech 9 yd. volumetric concrete mixer; Sicard 8’6” snowblower with Ford engine; Degelman 570 rock picker. Call 406-254-1254 ....................... 1/1 FOR SALE: John Deere 714A and 716A chuckwagons with John Deere running gears and bunk feeding extensions. H&S 7+4 16’ chuckwagon with 12 ton gear.

Meyer 4516 chuckwagon with 12 ton running gear. J&M 350 bushel gravity box with 13 ton running gear. Wilson portable wheel corral. Case IH 585 diesel tractor, 2WD, 2,927 hours. Case IH 496 21’ rock flex disc. Willmar 4550 Wrangler wheel loader with 5’ bucket and pallet forks, 4x4, 4,000 lb. lift capacity, new tires. Meyerink 3612, 12’ box scraper with tilt. All in very nice condition!! Call 605-9995482 ....................................12/25 1988 INTERNATIONAL 1954 SERIES WATER TRUCK: DT466 diesel engine, 5 speed manual transmission, new batteries, fresh service. PTO powered water pump to run hose reel, 2,000 gallon fiberglass tank with food grade liner. Certified for drinking water.

Great running truck, ready to go to work!! Wyoming title in hand, $15,750. Call 307-272-0975. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................12/18 FOR SALE BY SEALED BID: 2017 John Deere 544KII, approximately 2,250 hours, AC, Joystick with 3rd function, JRB cplr. with 3 yard bucket, 20.5r25 tires. Questions call Ron Hoftiezer, 605-204-0563.

Bids must be sealed and clearly marked “Loader Bid.” Enclose a check for 10% of bid amount, remainder to be paid

by Dec. 27, 2021. MAIL TO CITY OF MILLER, 120 W. 2ND ST., MILLER, S.D., 57362 OR DROP OFF IN THE FINANCE OFFICE BY DEC. 20, 2021, AT 4 PM. No bids will be accepted after this time regardless.

Bid opening will be on Dec. 20, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. and awarded at the regular city council meeting to follow at 7 p.m. The city has the right to reject any or all bids ... 12/11

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ELIMINATE ● RISING ● FUEL COSTS: Clean, safe and efficient wood heat. Central Boiler Classic and E-Classic Outdoor Wood Furnace; heats multiple buildings with only 1 furnace, 25-year warranty available. Heat with wood, no splitting! Available in dual fuel ready models. www.CentralBoiler.com. WE ALSO HAVE whole house pellet/corn/biomass furnaces. Load once per month with hopper. www.Maximheat.com.

A-1 Heating Systems. Instant rebates may apply! Call today!

307-742-4442. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ..................................TFN WOOD BURNING FURNACE FOR SALE: Vogelzang Norseman 1500 wood burning furnace, heats up to 2,000 sq. ft., 30K-90K BTUs. Furnace will continue to heat on low setting during a power outage. Stove is approximately 3 years old and works great. ALSO, have some stove pipe available for an additional charge. $2,500 OBO, located in Billings, MT. Contact Kim, 406-861-1478. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................12/25

Livestock Equipment

Livestock Equipment

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Factory direct prices! bighornlivestock.com Call Kevin McClurg • Big Horn Livestock Services 307-751-1828 • Your Wyoming Silencer Dealer THE “ORIGINAL” BOLINGER OVERHEAD BIN QUALITY TRUSTED BY CUSTOMERS FOR OVER 30 YEARS! Be prepared for winter feeding! Call for pricing and delivery of bins.

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Fencing LODGEPOLE PRODUCTS, 307-742-6992, SERVING AGRI-BUSINESSES SINCE 1975!! Treated posts, corral poles, buck-and-rail, western rail, fence stays, rough-sawn lumber, bedding. SEE US at w w w. l o d g e p o l e p r o d u c t s . com and click our “Picking A Fence Post” tab to see why folks choose our posts!! ......................... TFN

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ALL SIZES!! 2 3/8, 2 7/8 at 31.5’ long on average per joint. OTHER available sizes are 7”, 5.5”, 4.5” and 3.5” pipe in stock. Sucker rod, cut/notched posts. Delivery available. Pierce, CO. Call 970-324-4580, e-mail rpjenergy@gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ................. 4/9 PIPE FOR SALE!! 2 3/8, 2 7/8, both regular and heavy wall. 4” drill pipe, 4 1/2 casing, 7” casing. ALSO, have rods and guardrail!! Culverts, line pipe cut offs, 12” O.D. and 16” O.D. NEW SHIPMENT of HDPE pipe, several sizes. Call Mike, 602-7584447. To view photos, go to www. wylr.net in the classifie.....12/25

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Big Horn Truck and Equipment

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Crippled Spider- Boulder, WY: 880+ acre ranch at the base of the Wind River Mountains on Muddy Creek. Beautiful home with a complete set of first class newer improvements that include: Commercial grade greenhouse, walk in cooler and butcher shop, huge shop with large apartment, cabins, second unfinished home, RV pad and much more.

Pivot and gravity irrigated meadows with trophy fishing. Everything you need for self sufficient living. $4,200,000 Moriarity Bighorn River Ranch-Thermopolis: 680+ acre ranch with two homes, feedlot and shop. Straddles Highway 20 North with 1.7 miles of Big Horn River frontage. 240+ acres of irrigated land with Lucerne Irrigation District and Big Horn River direct flow rights. Great location. $1,790,000

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Property for Sale ARIZONA RANCHES FOR SALE: 22,000+ acre ranch, 200+ head year-long, plus up to 2,600 stockers seasonally, Arizona state plus small BLM, small feedyard, modest headquarters on 10 deeded acres, $1,200,000; 550 head year-long remote mountain ranch, beautiful headquarters $3,500,000; 600+ head yearlong, plus seasonal increases.

400+ deeded acres plus state, USFS and small BLM grazing leases. Headquarters on paved highway, $4,000,000.

Harley Hendricks Realty, 877-349-2565 e-mail HarleyHendricks@HarleyHendricks.com .................12/11

Building Materials

THIS HOME REFLECTS PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP FROM THE STUCCO EXTERIOR, 2-year-old Anderson high-efficiency windows, 2-year-old roof and sprinkler system in the yard. The stunning updated kitchen offers granite countertops, new appliances and hickory cabinets.

This is a one owner home that has been kept in immaculate condition with 1.25 acres of land to boot!! Call Fran Burns, 970-396-1516 or Dusty Kraft, 970-405-0331 today! To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ........................... 12/18 WYOMING LEGACY MEATS IS A USDA MEAT PROCESSING PLANT IN CODY, WY: In Wyoming there are only nine USDA processing plants. Only seven of those are approved for slaughter. Wyoming Legacy Meats is one of three that are approved for voluntary inspection of exotic animals such as bison. Getting USDA inspection approval is a very time consuming and expensive process.

Though the building is not new, it has been completely upgraded in the last five years to meet the USDA standards. The facility includes holding pens, kill room, cold storage, meat processing room, packaging room, retail store, office and storage.

All equipment needed for the operation is included in the offering. A complete equipment list is available on request. The facility is located just north of Cody, WY and has a railroad spur adjacent to the property.

This is a turnkey operation.

With the large slaughter houses in the United States dictating prices to the feedlots and beef producers, this an excellent opportunity for ranchers and Wyoming Legacy Meats new owners to work together to set their own prices. The facility is situated on a 2 acre lot just north of downtown Cody, WY. The property was purchased by Frank and Caety Schmidt in 2016. They did extensive improvements to the facility to meet USDA requirements for inspection.

At the time it was the only approved for inspection facility in the state of Wyoming.

Negotiable, motivated seller. $2,400,000. For more information, please contact Ted Harvey, 307-699-4114 or go to Yellowstone Land Consultants website ....... 12/11 BOYD RANCH: 5,420+ total acres including BLM and state with 7 pivot sprinklers in western Montana. Located between Virginia City and Alder, MT. Great water rights. Fishing ponds with deer, elk and birds. Puts up 2,000 tons of hay. Newer buildings. A must see!! Call for price. Sidwell Land & Cattle Co., Richard Sidwell, 406-861-4426, 406322-4425 or e-mail sidwell@ sidwell-land.com ........... 1/1 LARGE GOSHEN COUNTY CATTLE AND CROP RANCH: 4,065+ acres with center pivots and 3 1/2 miles of Horse Creek. Huge cattle barn and steel shop. 1,618+ acres water rights. Three homes. Adjoins Hwy. 85. $5,400,000.

Call Casey Essert, Land Broker, Empire Realty, Torrington, WY, 307-532-1750.

More listings available at www.buyaranch.com... TFN

Hunting & Fishing DEC. 16-19: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/ DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER, IN THE FOLLOWING WYOMING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: DEC. 16: Douglas 7:40-8:10 a.m., Douglas Feed (drive thru); Bill 8:40-8:50 a.m., Bill’s Store (drive thru, call Greg); Wright 9:30-10 a.m., Exxon Big D on S. 387; Newcastle 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m., Voelker’s Body Shop; Upton 1:30-1:50 p.m., Joe’s Grocery Store parking lot; Moorcroft 2:202:40 p.m., The Coffee Cup; Gillette 3:10-3:40 p.m., T&T Guns and Ammo; Gillette 4:15-4:45 p.m., Rocky Mountain Sports. DEC. 17: Gillette 7:30-7:50 a.m., Rocky Mountain Sports; Sheridan 9:3010:15 a.m., Sportsman Warehouse; Buffalo 10:45-11:15 a.m., Good 2 Go; Ten Sleep 12:45-1:15 p.m., Pony Express; Hyattville 1:45-2 p.m., Paint Rock Processing; Manderson 2:40-2:50 p.m., Hiway Bar (drive thru); Basin 3-3:20 p.m., Overland Express Mart (drive thru); Greybull 3:404 p.m., Overland Express Mart (drive thru); Lovell 4:304:50 p.m., Good 2 Go; Bryon 5-5:15 p.m., Cardtrol (drive thru); Powell 5:30-5:50 p.m., Murdoch’s. DEC. 18: Powell 7:30-7:50 a.m., Murdoch’s; Ralston 8:20-8:30 a.m., Good 2 Go (drive thru, call Greg); Cody 8:50-9:30 a.m., Nature’s Design Taxidermy; Meeteetse 10:30-10:50 a.m., Elk Horn Bar; Worland 1212:30 p.m., Coop One Stop; Thermopolis 1:20-1:50 p.m., Renegade Guns; Shoshoni 2:30-2:45 p.m., rest area/bus stop; Riverton 3:15-4 p.m., Vic’s Body Shop (behind the Dollar Tree); Hudson 4:104:30 p.m., Wyoming Custom Meats (drive thru); Lander 4:35-5 p.m., Zander’s One Stop; Jeffrey City 6:30-6:45 p.m. DEC. 19: Casper 7:508:50 a.m., Wagner Outdoor Sports; Glenrock 9:40-10 a.m., east exit on I-25; Douglas 10:40-11:10 a.m., Douglas Feed; Orin Junction 11:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m., truck stop; Lost Springs 12:30-12:40 p.m., truck pull off (drive thru); Manville 1-1:20 p.m., truck stop (drive thru); Lusk 1:30-2 p.m., Decker’s Grocery. For more information, call Greg, 308-750-0700, or visit www. petskafur.net ..............12/11

Hunting & Fishing

Hunting Wanted

DEC. 23: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER, IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: Pine Bluffs 10-10:15 a.m., lot across from Sinclair; Burns 10:40-10:50 a.m., Antelope Truck Stop (drive thru call, Greg); Cheyenne 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Tractor Supply; Chugwater 12:40-12:50 p.m., Chug Chug Gas (drive thru) Wheatland 1:20-1:50 p.m., Wheatland Travel Plaza; Guernsey 2:202:30 p.m., Crazy Tony’s (drive thru call, Greg); Fort Laramie 2:45-2:55 p.m., Haystack Hills Trading (drive thru); Lingle 3-3:15 p.m., Ty’s Pit Stop; Torrington 3:30-3:50 p.m., Gary’s Gun Shop; Scottsbluff, NE 4:45-5 p.m., Murdoch’s (north side). For more information, call Greg, 308-750-0700, or visit www.petskafur.net ...........12/18

PLACE TO HUNT WANTED: Private land access for mule deer and antelope. Christian family. We have four nephews who lost their father to cancer. Not looking for anything for free. In fact, willing to pay above market rate for 2022 and future years' hunting. Prefer to work direct with landowner. Seeking area that has high draw rate for tags with WGFD. Seeking long term relationship. Out of state family. We will obey your ranch rules, we will obey all State laws, and we will obey all of God’s Laws. Call 817-907-8774.

God Bless!! .....................12/18

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Christmas and New Year's Advertising Deadlines The Wyoming Livestock Roundup offices will be closed Dec. 23-Jan. 2 for the holiday season.

The classified and advertising deadline for the Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 issues is Monday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m.

To advertise or for questions, call 307-234-2700

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THOMPSON continued from page 1 and she loves the events she competes in.

“It’s a toss-up between goat tying and breakaway,” she says, noting it is hard to pick just one event she enjoys the most. “I have always loved roping and the goat tying is special because your results are always based upon how much work and effort you put in.”

The family owns over 25 horses on their ranch, but Thompson utilizes four main mounts when she hits the rodeo trail.

“They are all special to me because not only did I train them, but they are part of the reason for the success I have had,” she shares. “We are a team and I’m thankful and blessed with the best teammates.”

Qualification to the championship The Tuffest Junior World Championship Circuit has four age groups: 19 and under; 15 and under; 12 and under; and 10 and under. Each champion will take home anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000 in prize money. Contestants can qualify by buying a membership and winning a Vegas Tuffest qualifier event.

Sherrylynn Johnson, a four-time National Finals qualifier and Tuffest Junior World Championship coordinator shared youth have a few opportunities to qualify for the event.

“We held 37 qualifiers across the U.S. and Canada to give rodeo youth an equal chance to make it to Vegas and the opportunity to win their share of $1 million in cash and prizes,” Johnson says.

Contestants can compete in barrel racing, goat tying, breakaway roping, tie-down roping and double mugging – combination of tie-down roping and steer roping.

Thompson competed at a qualifier in Cody earlier this year to help her get to Vegas.

In addition to competing at rodeos across the state, her family was fortunate to host a qualifying event for contestants, which ultimately helped her punch her ticket to Vegas, she shares.

Thompson is no stranger to the bright lights of Las Vegas. She has competed at the Tuffest Junior World Championship Rodeo for the past three years – the first year she won the goat tying in

For more information on the Vegas Tuffest Junior World Championship, visit johnsonsportline.com.

Champion crowned – Wyoming native Haiden Thompson accepts her check for over $10,000 for winning the Mike and Sherrylynn Johnson Vegas Tuffest Junior World Championship breakaway roping event for her age division. From left to right are Sherrylynn Johnson, Haiden Thompson, MaKayla Lane and Mike Johnson.

Courtesy photo

the 15 and under competition.

“Last year I didn’t have the results I wanted or prepared for,” Thompson says.

“Coming back this year, it felt great to get my revenge on the year I had prior.”

Advice and future goals Thompson will be graduating high school in May of 2022 and will be attending college. Her goals include starting her professional career in the sport of rodeo and winning the breakaway roping at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.

She offers advice to the next generation of rodeo, saying, “If you’re not working harder than everyone else, then there is someone out

there working hard than you.”

“Your results are based upon the work and preparation leading up to the event,” she concludes. “If you work hard, did the best you could with the stock you drew and did what you know how to do, let everything else fall into place and be thankful.”

Wyoming strong Several other contestants represented the Cowboy State at the Tuffest Junior World Championship Rodeo.

Hadley Furnival, who attends Natrona County High School, finished second in the 19 and under breakaway roping, clocking a time of 3.08 seconds. In the Wyoming High School Rodeo Associa-

Performance awarded – Haiden Thompson receives awards after winning the Vegas Stars breakaway roping event. Courtesy photo

tion after the fall season, she is sitting seventh in the state in breakaway roping and ninth in barrel racing. This summer, Furnival’s biggest accomplishment was bringing home the state championship in breakaway roping and competing at the National High School Finals in Lincoln, Neb. Tavy Leno of Sheridan also competed in the breakaway roping, finishing ninth in the short round and winning $1,050. Leno won the average in goat tying in Las Vegas by bringing home $5,000 in prize money. She has qualified for the High

School National Finals Rodeo three times.

Rodeo is important to the Thompson family, as Hadley Thompson, Haiden’s sister also competed in the 15 and under goat tying event and winning over $5,000. The family is very proud of both daughters.

The sport of rodeo has a bright future with youth contestants punching tickets from across the U.S. and Canada to compete in Las Vegas.

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

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It’s the Pitts

by Lee Pitts

Barely Legal There’s a lot of talk about how the beef industry needs more small processing plants to combat the power of the Big Four beef packers. Becoming a small beef packer is the best way I know to lose your shirt in the shortest possible time.

I’ve known two guys who tried it, and they both lost a million dollars. To build a new small plant will cost $1.2 million, which will only process 20 head per week. Plus, the meat has

to be inspected by a federal inspector.

The fact we have no price discovery in fat cattle is because of contract production like they have in the pork and poultry industries.

Contract production got us into this mess and it can get us out, only it’s not the contract the Big Four want producers to sign.

I’ve known since I was a freshman in high school how to compete with meatpackers. My ag teacher liked to

start FFA members out with a lamb project where they’d feed one or two lambs a diet of alfalfa hay and cull lima beans – which were plentiful in our area – and take the lambs from 60 pounds to 100 pounds.

Our chapter had a waiting list of locals who loved the final product and in 40 years there was never a complaint about the quality of the lamb, and no one got sick due to unsanitary slaughter conditions. We got around the rule that says the final product had to be federally inspected by exposing a loophole in the law big enough to drive a semi through. Folks with business degrees from Harvard and Wharton like to call what we did a “workaround.”

You see, I didn’t really own the two 60-pound lambs I fed, watered and cleaned

up after every day. No, they were owned (wink, wink) by two people on our chapter’s waiting list who craved the lamb. There was even a page in our FFA project books for any such contracts we entered into.

My customers had full visitation rights if they wanted to see how their lamb was being raised. Talk about transparency!

I’d deliver the lamb carcass we killed in our school’s farm shop to a local butcher who then cut it up according to the specifications of the owner of the lamb. The contractee would then pay me $30 for fulfilling the contract.

Neither the lamb nor the facility had to be federally inspected because it was, and still is, legal for the owner of an animal to process it them-

selves, or have it done for them, as long as they are the final consumer.

This was all made possible because most folks back then had a big freezer on their back porch that would hold a half a beef and a lamb, and they never had to be at the mercy of supply chain issues like we are now.

I have a friend who made a lot of money on a variation of this theme by buying bull calves at auction, feeding them and then selling the animals to people who liked to kill them in the manner demanded by their religion.

My friend sold them the animal, and then they killed it using my friend’s facilities.

To my knowledge my friend never spent a day in jail, at least for animal related issues. Hunters do the same thing every year when they

shoot a deer, elk or moose and process it themselves.

I can’t say I got rich off the two lambs – I only ended up clearing $3 per head – but, it gave me the idea for my much larger rabbit enterprise where I took care of some 30 does that I sold (double wink, wink) to final consumers who ate the rabbits their does produced. I admit I may have been working in a little bit of a gray area here, but the statute of limitations ran out long ago so na na nananny goat.

So, for those itching to go into competition with Tyson, JBS or Cargill, I have a much better idea. Just send me the $1.2 million you’d spend on a mini-slaughterhouse, and I’ll go to Las Vegas and shoot craps until the all money is gone. Believe me, we’ll both have a lot more fun.

RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION Friday, December 3 & Tuesday, December 7 Market Report • 4,003 Head Sold Representative Sales Early Consignments STEERS LYMAN 16 Steer, 355# ..................................$211.50 WORLAND 12 Steer, 480# ................................. $202.00 RIVERTON 23 Steer, 515# ................................. $200.00 FARSON 52 Steer, 493# ................................. $197.50 BIG PINEY 3 Steer, 508# ................................. $197.00 RIVERTON 12 Steer, 448# ................................. $194.50 THERMOPOLIS 3 Steer, 528# ................................. $192.00 LYMAN 11 Steer, 429# ................................. $190.25 RIVERTON 9 Steer, 457# ................................. $190.00 BEDFORD 9 Steer, 576# ................................. $185.50 FARSON 13 Steer, 570# ................................. $181.75 LANDER 6 Steer, 593# ................................. $176.00 RIVERTON 5 Steer, 610# ................................. $175.00 LANDER 12 Steer, 607# ................................. $173.25 WORLAND 12 Steer, 635# ................................. $169.00 THERMOPOLIS 29 Steer, 854# ................................. $164.50 RIVERTON 17 Steer, 642# ................................. $164.50 2 Steer, 685# ................................. $160.00 THERMOPOLIS 5 Steer, 720# ................................. $155.50 WORLAND 21 Steer, 693# ................................. $155.00 FARSON 2 Steer, 855# ................................. $154.00 KINNEAR 33 Steer, 734# ................................. $152.75 BEDFORD 16, Steer, 721# ................................ $150.00 THERMOPOLIS 11 Steer, 741# ................................. $149.50 3 Steer, 1011# ............................... $148.00 HEIFERS BIG PINEY 5 Heifer, 406# ................................ $164.00 2 Heifer, 460# ................................ $164.00 RIVERTON 14 Heifer, 457# ................................ $163.00 LYMAN 27 Heifer, 432# ................................ $162.50 CROWHEART 4 Heifer, 442# ................................ $160.00 WORLAND 12 Heifer, 457# ................................ $155.25 RIVERTON 14 Heifer, 479# ................................ $155.00 BIG PINEY 13 Heifer, 497# ................................ $152.50 LANDER 15 Heifer, 831# ................................ $150.50 6 Heifer, 857# ................................ $147.00 THERMOPOLIS 29 Heifer, 541# ................................ $144.75 LANDER 16 Heifer, 588# ................................ $143.00 5 Heifer, 668# ................................ $141.00 5 Heifer, 797# ................................ $140.00 POWELL 12 Heifer, 655# ................................ $133.25 KINNEAR 30 Heifer, 698# ................................ $131.00 COWS DANIEL 6 Cow, 1000# .................................. $68.00 THERMOPOLIS 1 Cow, 1540# .................................. $63.50 FORT BRIDGER 3 Cow, 1101#................................... $61.00 KINNEAR 4 Cow, 1517# .................................. $60.50 RIVERTON 7 Cow, 1305# .................................. $59.50 LANDER

2 Cow, 1377# .................................. $59.00 ROCK SPRINGS 4 Cow, 1486# .................................. $58.50 THERMOPOLIS 7 Cow, 1300# .................................. $57.50 LANDER 4 Cow, 1508# .................................. $57.00 BIG PINEY 9 Cow, 1187#................................... $56.00 DANIEL 7 Cow, 1272# .................................. $54.00 7 Cow, 1328# .................................. $53.00 RIVERTON 2 Cow, 1230# .................................. $50.50 KINNEAR 9 Cow, 1295# .................................. $49.00 PRESTON, ID 8 Cow, 1221# .................................. $47.50 THERMOPOLIS 16 Cow, 1141#................................... $45.50 RIVERTON 23 Cow, 1118# ................................... $45.25 CASPER 7 Cow, 1349# .................................. $44.00 BIG PINEY 6 Cow, 1205# .................................. $41.50 10 Cow, 1085# .................................. $39.50 BULLS JACKSON 1 Bull, 2075# ................................... $93.00 FARSON 1 Bull, 1865# ................................... $85.00 BOULDER 1 Bull, 1545# ................................... $83.50 FARSON 1 Bull, 1800# ................................... $81.50 CASPER 1 Bull, 1795# ................................... $80.00 GRACE, ID 1 Bull, 1880# ................................... $75.50 AFTON 1 Bull, 2145# ................................... $74.00 PINEDALE 1 Bull, 2290# ................................... $72.50 KEMMERER 2 Bull, 1622# ................................... $70.50 PINDALE 2 Bull, 1660# ................................... $67.00 BRED HEIFERS/BRED COWS TEN SLEEP 30 Bred Heifer, 1052# .................. $1,710.00 60 Bred Heifer, 1074# .................. $1,675.00 RIVERTON 34 Bred Heifer, 927# .................... $1,675.00 20 Bred Heifer, 1013# .................. $1,575.00 64 Bred Heifer, 1025# .................. $1,460.00 12 Bred Heifer, 1018# .................. $1,435.00 BIG PINEY 24 Bred Heifer, 1039# .................. $1,400.00 3 Bred Heifer, 1040# .................. $1,350.00 2 Bred Heifer, 982# .................... $1,300.00 RIVERTON 51 Bred Cow, 1081# (3 Yr Olds) ................................. $1,685.00 50 Bred Cow, 1238# (3&4 Yr Olds)............................. $1,685.00 51 Bred Cow, 1158# (3 Yr Olds) .................................. $1,650.00 LANDER 90 Bred Cow, 1404# (SM) ............ $1,525.00 RIVERTON 27 Bred Cow, 1287# (SM) ............ $1,500.00 RIGBY, ID 23 Bred Cow, 1204# (SM) ............ $1,450.00 DANIEL 79 Bred Cow, 1128# (SM) ............ $1,375.00 CROWHEART 22 Bred Cow, 1300# (SM) ............ $1,300.00 RIVERTON 44 Bred Cow, 1273# (SM) ............ $1,175.00 BIG PINEY 16 Bred Cow, 1295# (SM) ............ $1,125.00 DANIEL 27 Bred Cow, 1106# (SS) ................ $950.00 RIVERTON 10 Bred Cow, 1290# (SS)................ $950.00 LANDER 12 Bred Cow, 1342# (SS)................ $925.00 RIGBY, ID 40 Bred Cow, 1103# (SS) ................ $910.00

LANDER 12 Bred Cow, 1280# (SS)................ $900.00 14 Bred Cow, 1324# (ST) ................ $850.00 RIVERTON 10 Bred Cow, 1380# (ST) ................ $850.00 DANIEL 28 Bred Cow, 1102# (ST) ................ $800.00 SHOSHONI 20 Bred Cow, 1211# (ST) ................ $775.00 RIVERTON 46 Bred Cow, 1110# (ST) ................ $725.00 HEIFERETTES RIVERTON 4 Heiferette, 1033# .........................$114.00 THERMOPOLIS 7 Heiferette, 727# ...........................$110.00 SHOSHONI 2 Heiferette, 822# ......................... $107.50 BOULDER 68 Heiferette, 818# .......................... $106.25 EVANSVILLE 9 Heiferette, 864# .......................... $103.00 BIG PINEY 5 Heiferette, 947# ............................ $98.00 DANIEL 27 Heiferette, 859# ............................ $97.50 BOULDER 24 Heiferette, 880# ............................ $97.25 RIVERTON 3 Heiferette, 941# ............................ $95.00 MALAD, ID 8 Heiferette, 973# ............................ $89.00 PINEDALE 11 Heiferette, 908# ............................ $87.50

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14 CALF SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM YEARLINGS & LOAD LOTS @ 10:30

YEARLINGS Dode Givens - 24 PTO Yrling Hfrs 800-850# Raildog Ranch - 13 Blk Yrling Strs 750# CALVES Arapahoe Ranch - 300 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 450-550#. Rec Bovishield One Shot & Ultrabac 7. Knife cut. Age & source verified - IMI Global. 100% all natural. Sired by Diamond Peak & small % Colyer Hereford bulls. Weaned 45 days.

Hay fed. Green, very high quality!

Dode Givens - 150 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 475-525#.

Rec Vista Once, 7-way w/ Somnus & Nasalgen. Knife cut.

100% Lucky 7 Blk Ang sired. High desert, green. Reputation steers!

David Ranch - 90 Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Rec spring & fall shots, weaned 45+ days. Been out on pasture. Nice high quality calves!

Devries Livestock - 80 Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 400-550#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse & Vision 7 w/Somnus. 45 day weaned, Green!

Green Mountain Cattle - 75 Blk AngX & Hereford Hfrs 325400#. Green & fancy!

G Bar Livestock - 75 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-550#.

Green & fancy!

Alsade Limited - 70 Mostly Blk Strs & Hfrs 450-500#. Rec’d Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse & 7 way @ branding & weaning.

Weaned 45 days on long stem grass hay & cake.

Bob Hammon - 35 Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-500#. Rec’d 8 way, Once PMH IN & Vista Once in the spring. Weaned.

Nice, green calves!

Rafter Double R / Killpecker Creek Cattle - 22 Blk Strs & Hfrs Ang/Gallaway X 375-425#. Rec’d 8 way, Bovishield Gold, Multimin, & Hfrs are bangs vacc. Age & Source Verified, NHTC, Verified Grass Fed, Verified Natural, IMI Global. High elevation!

Rowdy & Valree Muir - 16 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec Bovishield Gold. Weaned. High elevation.

Kevin Dillon - 5 Strs & Hfrs (Char, BWF & Red Ang) 400500#. Rec Vista 5, 8 way & Virashield 6 @ branding.

Weaned 50 days on hay & creep.

Dave Cloutier - 1 Red Ang Str 500#

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 COW SALE W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS LAST SALE OF 2021!

Alsade Limited - 70 Open cows HD Ranch - 2 loads Open young cows & Hfrts

Rafter Double R / Killpecker Creek Cattle - 28 Open Cows Kevin Dillon - 1 open Cow

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4 WEANED CALF SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM YEARLINGS Keyhole L Livestock - 20 Yrling Hfrs 800-850#. Rec Endovac & poured. Started on feed.

CALVES JM Livestock - 600 Weaned Steers (80% Blk, 20% Red/ RWF/CharX) 625-675#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse, 7-way w/Somnus, Once PMH IN & poured. 75 days weaned. No implants. High roughage ration, conditioned for grass. High quality & Fancy!

Dennis Horton - 190 Blk Ang & AngX (F1 BWF) Steers 650675#. Rec Vista Once, 7-way & Somnus @ Branding & Precon & poured w/ Ivomec. Weaned 45 days. High quality!

Waldo & Emmi Tarango - 170 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 525-625#. Rec Pyramid 5 w/ Presponse, 7-way & Once PMH IN @ Branding; Express 5, Inforce 3, 7-way w/ Somnus @ Weaning. 90 days weaned. Green, high elevation calves!

Tim Tolton - 150 Blk Strs & Hfrs 500-625#. Rec Virashield 6 & 8-way @ Branding; Virashield 6 & Nasalgen @ Precon.

Hfrs are Bangs vacc. High elevation.

Mitch Benson - 110 Blk Ang & Blk AngX Strs & Hfrs 550650#. Rec Vision 7 w/Somnus & Vista Once SQ @ Branding and knife cut. Weaned over 75 days on barley hay, minerals, Key-Lix SAF MOS tubs, bunk and water broke. Precondition with Vision 7 w/Somnus, Nasalgen and poured 10/21. Complete mineral program since birth, Sired by Registered Black Angus Bulls, calves are fancy and green!

Jay Rodewald - 61 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500#.

Rec Vista Once SQ, Vision 7 @ Branding; Barvac 7 w/ Somnus, Once PMH IN, Vista 5 & Safeguard @ Precon.

Weaned 45 days on Sweet-Pro Cattle tubs. Sired by Shippen Blk Ang bulls. Fancy, high quality!

Keyhole L Livestock - 50 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 550650#. Rec Endovac Immune Plus, poured. Long time weaned. Bunk broke. Complete mineral program. High quality!

Gary Barney - 28 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 550-700#. Comp vacc.

Weaned since Sept. High elevation.

Jeremy Christensen - 20 Blk & Red Ang Strs & Hfrs 650#.

Rec two rounds of shots. Long time weaned. Bunk broke.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 COW SALE • START TIME 9:00 AM

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11 BRED COW SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS • BREDS @ NOON

Hancock Livestock - 10 Mixed Age Blk Ang Bred Cows. Bred to Hancock Blk Ang bulls to calve March/ April. Lifetime vaccination program & complete mineral. Selling as registered Cows. Registration papers available at cost. High quality!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18 WEANED CALF SPECIAL • START TIME 9:00 AM W/ WEIGH UPS • CALVES @ 10:30 AM Fleur de Lis Cattle Co - 340 Blk Ang & AngX Weaned Hfrs 550-650# 40 Blk Ang & AngX Weaned Strs 550-650#. Rec Pyramid 5 + Presponse, 7-way & Dectomax injectable.

Long time weaned. Bunk broke. Conditioned for grass! High quality!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 ALL CATTLE CLASSES W/ SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:00 AM W/ SHEEP & WEIGH UPS

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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

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