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Happy Halloween

10/31/2025

Weather: Lovely calm clear day.
Where: 408 total females. BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): Trail thru LS-16 and BW-6 to corrals for weaning.
Bulls: one split.
Well executed, relaxed, weaning. We chose to lock in calves with hay the first night.

Moan of mother cows
Rude maternal break
West wind blows stronger

October 30th, 2025

10/30/2025

Weather: Wind pick up with steady morning frosts.
Where: 408 total females. BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): BW-7. One split. Cows break out and open all of BW-7
Bulls: No split.

October 29th, 2025

10/29/2025

Weather: Nothing remarkable
Where: 408 total females. EG-12-BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): BW-7. One split.
Bulls: No split.

Concerning concentration of fringed sage wort patches over sections of BW-7-inconsitent patterns of really good cover with not so good cover. Remedy?

October 28th, 2025

10/28/2025

Weather: More sun and warmer
Where: 408 total females. EG-12-BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): BW-7. One split.
Bulls: No split.

Support letter for our first apprentice Natalie to assist her application to work with the Montana Land Reliance. Getting prepared to work cattle on Friday.

October 27th, 2025

10/27/2025

Weather: Grey and breezy and cool.
Where: 408 total females. EG-12-BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): BW-7. Two splits.
Bulls: No split.

October 26th, 2025

10/26/2025

Weather: Cool stiff west wind all day
Where: 408 total females. EG-12-BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): Mob moves into BW-7. One splits.
Bulls: No split.

Scrubbed clean with wind
Evening light gold and sharp
Cows drift to fresh feed

October 25th, 2025

10/25/2025

Weather: Cooler yet still mild with high clouds.
Where: 408 total females. EG-12-BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): Mob moves into BW-7. Two splits.
Bulls: No split.

Will and Jason on the hunt as deer season opens. Ryan and Cayse finish WFF on east Lackey-may need to adjust wire levels to 16” (low) and 42” (high).

Ode to the Crab Apples

White petals of spring awaken the bees.
Summer heat swells the hard green fruit.
Fall fruit deepen to red and then to juice
Warm yellow leaves presage winter.

October 24th, 2025

10/24/2025

Weather: Mostly ditto.
Where: 408 total females. EG-12-BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): Mob moves into BW-7. Two splits.
Bulls: No split.
Cows break out (charger quits) while picking up our son-in-law Will at the airport. Max and I get things back in order quickly and move to a new split.

October 23rd, 2025

10/23/2025

Weather: Calm, clear, and mild.
Where: 408 total females. EG-12-BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): Mob moves into BW-7. One split.
Bulls: No split.
Bill Long got into some birds today, observed a lot of ducks on the reservoir, and saw plenty of antelope. Deer still scarce.

End of a soft day with cows in a new paddock.

October 22nd, 2025

10/22/2025

Weather: Gorgeous.
Where: 408 total females. EG-12-BW-7
Yearling steers (127): Feedlot
Bulls (14) WG-3
Supplement: variable
Sales:
Health and deaths:
Ads/Paddock: 22 ads/acre for EG-12
Moves:
CPs/HPS/YEARLINGS (500 Ads/daily demand): Mob moves into BW-7. Two splits.
Bulls: One split.
Some concerns about water line and threat of subdivisions. More later.
Cows happy to move to fresh paddock.