A few October pictures 10-18-06

[Soapweed]

A couple yearling bred heifers

More yearling heifers

Out on the snowy meadow

Gathering pairs off the meadow

Getting ready to sell red calves tomorrow

Going to feed them hay today

Pushing them along slowly

Saddletramp on a cool October day

Looking back to see who's following so closely

Keeping them coming along

 

[Faster horses]

Good luck at the sale, Soapweed!!!!!

I hope you made it on the right day, because today is the 18th, not the 19th. :wink:

 

[Soapweed]

Good luck at the sale, Soapweed!!!!!

I hope you made it on the right day, because today is the 18th, not the 19th. :wink:

Thanks for correcting me lapse of time. I was fairly sure it was Wednesday, but that was all I knew for sure. :wink:

We sold preg checked open heifers this past Monday. With the falling market, they did better than I expected. They averaged weighing 938 pounds @ $105.07 per cwt., or $985 before expenses, which were $17.14 per head. With these bigger cattle, it won't take as much of that high priced corn to fatten them on out.

 

[Faster horses]

Good ticket on those yearlings, for sure!!!!!!!!!

Be sure to appreciate your auction barn. It costs almost
$20 to sell a calf here.

 

[Soapweed]

Good ticket on those yearlings, for sure!!!!!!!!!

Be sure to appreciate your auction barn. It costs almost
$20 to sell a calf here.

This included commission, trucking, brand inspection, state vet, insurance, beef check-off, and yardage.

 

[cowsense]

Good ticket on those yearlings, for sure!!!!!!!!!

Be sure to appreciate your auction barn. It costs almost
$20 to sell a calf here.

This included commission, trucking, brand inspection, state vet, insurance, beef check-off, and yardage.

That's a good deal.........stockyard expenses up here will break just over 20 bucks and trucking is extra. Hope your calves sell well!

 

[Mulga]

Hello to every one on ranchers from Aus. I have been reading for some time and am addicted according to my wife!
How do you get such a good selling deal Soapweed. When we sell through
a sale yard its generally 5 percent commision plus yard fees etc up to 1pc
not including freight or insurance
Is it because you sell large numbers per pen. We usually sell 20-22 per pen [ $500 per head]
While I am being brave. Why do you spead straw before putting up a new fence. [ you may have answered before and I missed it ]
Regards mulga

 

[Soapweed]

Hello to every one on ranchers from Aus. I have been reading for some time and am addicted according to my wife!
How do you get such a good selling deal Soapweed. When we sell through
a sale yard its generally 5 percent commision plus yard fees etc up to 1pc
not including freight or insurance
Is it because you sell large numbers per pen. We usually sell 20-22 per pen [ $500 per head]
While I am being brave. Why do you spead straw before putting up a new fence. [ you may have answered before and I missed it ]
Regards mulga

Welcome to the addictive "club" of Ranchers.Net. Good to hear from you in Australia. When I was a kid in grade school, I sent in to the Weekly Reader to get a pen pal from Australia. Those people at that paper weren't very smart even back then (bunch of Liberals :shock: :? :wink: ). In their infinite wisdom, they lined me up with a pen pal from "Austria" (almost spelled the same :wink: ). His name was Franz Zelsacher, but since he wasn't the cowboy type, we didn't correspond for very long. :wink:

Back to your question about why we spread straw (or bull rushes out of our swamps) on the ground we fenced, it is because it was very sandy ground. These Sandhills are quite fragile. If the ground is disturbed, it can blow and erode in the wind. Along this new fence, we leveled the area with a tractor loader bucket. We put the rushes down to prevent the sand from blowing. Even though we spread rushes in this particular case, it is not normal procedure.

Don't be bashful. Keep on posting, and send pictures of your area. We all like pictures. Have a g'day, mate. :wink:

 

[Ranchy]

Your bovines look good, Soapweed! Great pics as always, thanks for sharing your day with us.......

Al's first steer calf is headed to the sale today, too....:nod:.....he can hardly wait for that "big" check to come........ :lol:

 

[Charlie]

As usual nice pics. Always love looking at the photos. What kind of camera do you use? It sure does a good job for you, but I'm sure the operator gets most of the credit :wink: :wink:

 

[katrina]

Soap, That one picture out on the snowy meadow would be great to mat and frame.... Way cool........ Good luck today.....You'll do great.... Better cattle always brings the top dollar and your are.......
P.S.
Good to see ya the other day........

 

[Liberty Belle]

Enjoyed your pictures again, Soapweed. You may have posted this before, but could you tell me what kind of camera you use? I took my old Kodak digital with me this fall when we trailed cows home from summer pasture and got what I thought would be some great pictures. Unfortunately, the camera was too big to fit in my pocket and twenty some miles banging from the saddlehorn did it in so I couldn't download the pix.

My big (and very expensive!) Canon Rebel is too cumbersome to handle horseback and I want something that will fit in my shirt pocket that will take good pictures. Any suggestions?

 

[Nicky]

Great pictures usual!! Good luck at the sale. LB I have an old Kodak 4800 that has hung on my saddle horn for years and still works well (could be because I ride a Tennessee Walker ) now also have a Kodak 7380(maybe...it's in elk camp) which is much smaller

 

[Red Robin]

More nice pictures Soapweed. Thanks for taking the time to post them.

 

[Jassy]

Isn't it amazing how we see the same land everyday, and yet we can photograph it in so many different ways along with the seasons. I was wondering Soapweed...is your house filling up with the printed out photo's that you take? So many are "picture perfect"...Luv your pictures and the stories that go along with them.

 

[Soapweed]

Enjoyed your pictures again, Soapweed. You may have posted this before, but could you tell me what kind of camera you use? I took my old Kodak digital with me this fall when we trailed cows home from summer pasture and got what I thought would be some great pictures. Unfortunately, the camera was too big to fit in my pocket and twenty some miles banging from the saddlehorn did it in so I couldn't download the pix.

My big (and very expensive!) Canon Rebel is too cumbersome to handle horseback and I want something that will fit in my shirt pocket that will take good pictures. Any suggestions?

My camera is a pocket-sized Sony Cyber-shot, with a 3x power Zeiss lens. It is about the size of a pack of cigarettes, and I find myself reaching for it more often than most smokers reach for a cigarette. :wink: It is a pretty handy and convenient way to take pictures.