Today we shipped our steers. Normally, I’m in the scale house with Johnny, getting weights and counts… but today Megan served in that position… and I kept an eye on Quinlan and Lorelei. I even let Quinlan take some photos (my new camera has shipped and so, this one is been downgraded to the dirty/spotted/grinding/icky…
Tag: steers
Hot Work
June 20th. It used to be THE DAY. DON’T PLAN ANYTHING, DON’T GO ANYWHERE. Cattle need to be off the BLM ground and we used to gather for days and days. Now, we’ve changed things up a bit, pulling our cows and calves off early to put them with particular bulls in different spots. However,…
Natural
Today was payday. The yearling steers we sold last week were shipped to the buyer today. We are all there, plus our “rep” or salesman, the brand inspector, the vet, the truck drivers. We run them across our scales first, getting weights on groups of 10 or so, and averaging them. Then they’re loaded on…
Steer Trails
I seem to be rather random with no big story for you, so here’s random shots… This mule deer doe had twin fawns. I rode by them in the badlands just after sunrise… The reservoir at Wire Corral is full and gorgeous in the early morning light. The “badlands” haven’t looked this good in years! …
Steers Gathered
The day was long… saddled by 5 am, home at 2 pm. The steers are gathered and will soon be sold. and that’s how it is in the Far Far West!
It’ll Be Fun
Thanks for the encouragement on my pastel work… I’m excited to keep trying it! I had pastels a LONG time ago, and just remember how the yellow would be covered in black, or the orange had green on it, because I kept them all thrown in a box together! I didn’t like that! In fact,…
Pay Day
Well, we loaded our steers on semis this morning and sent them on their way! Taking it slow and steady… no need to rush them, this is what we’ve been working for since they were born… the guys bring them to the corral. Here we will run them across the scales, weighing them in bunches…
I’m Sharing
I’d like to beg your forgiveness and brag for a bit. We’re a little puffed up here… we try NOT to be… but this happened the other night. Vernon religiously watches something called the National Feeder Cattle Review put out by the USDA. It’s like watching the stockmarket for other businessmen. It’s a little video…
For Sale
Verified Natural Beef. No antibiotics were ever used on these steers. NHTC. A verified source (our ranch only) and no hormones used on these steers. Can be shipped to the European union. GAP Level 4. Beef can now be sold through Whole Foods grocery chain. High altitude beef. One iron. Home raised. Wintered on pasture…
Board Rooms Courtesy of Dodge
One of these days, I’ll work on that movie… totally forgot about it again… I didn’t take photos on Saturday of bleeding the heifers. We draw blood and send it off to have it pregnancy tested, a new and quick way of seeing how good we are at Artificial Insemination. Tess tried her hand at…
Thick of Things
Ranch work continues around here… the break for the wedding was short but sweet! Yesterday we sold our steers on the Northern Livestock Video Auction over the internet. This is PAYDAY… and we were happy. Today we tagged the steers with their Angus Source Genetics eartag. We could do it at any time, but we…
Wordless Wednesday – “Cold Blue”
We have started feeding our steer calves… bon appetit! on a cold blue day. **** January 5, 2010 No entry. January 5, 2009 Bar Log Video