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Just a little over a week left in the month of August! The
State Fair circuit is over for me, and I have a number of
horse sales coming up in the next three weeks or so.
Despite the fact that temperatures in much of our readership area have been breaking record highs this past week,
we are ever so close to the fall season being upon us. By
the way, the archery season here in Montana is just a little
over two weeks away, and yes, the Dallas Cowboys and
the rest of the NFL are now into preseason games... once
again, fall is just around the corner.
Pregnancy checking season is also into full swing around
the country. Most areas enjoyed a fairly moderate winter
season last year, and everybody was very excited when it
came to A.I. season last spring and was definitely thinking
that it might be the best conception that they had seen for
many years. I know this is definitely not true of everyone,
but from the reports that I have been receiving from those
folks that are ultrasounding right now, the conception to
the A.I. bulls has been just okay. Something in the weather
conditions must have been just not quite right.
One of the more consistent comments that I have heard
from several different breeders from several different areas
of the country is that the number of twins that they are
going to have is way higher than normal. I think I talked
about this a few years ago when I talked about the oldtimers always used to say that -- when the deer, antelope,
and elk had a high frequency of twinning -- the following
year would be very wet with ample feed sources available.
Personally I have never been able to confirm this to be
fact. But when you think about the whole situation, it really
makes sense. When the Good Lord knows that a population
needs to rebuild, it only makes sense that more animals
need to be born to replenish the population and that there
needs to be ample food for the additional animals to eat.
Thus those that came before us correlate a great year fol-
Tragedy of the unimaginable kind...
A mother and her young
son were killed and three
others critically injured in
a two-car crash in Utah’s
Spanish Fork Canyon on
August 15. The Jacobsen
family was driving home
to Cleveland, Utah, after
attending a high school rodeo event in Oakley, when a
Dodge Intrepid pulled out in
front of them on the evening
of August 15. According to
the Utah Highway Patrol, a
25-year-old woman attempted to make a left turn off
state-Route 89 near Thistle
to go west on state-Route
6, but pulled out in front of
the Jacobsen’s Dodge 3500
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
WESTERN AG REPORTER
pickup that was also hauling
a horse trailer with three
horses inside. Utah Highway Patrol trooper Joshua
White said the pickup tried
to avoid the other vehicle
but ended up clipping the
car’s front corner panel.
The impact sent the pickup
100 feet down a ravine.
When the truck hit the bottom of the ravine, the long
horse trailer slammed into
and crushed the back of the
pickup, White said.
Heather Jacobsen, 38, who
was in the front passenger
seat, was killed. Her 7-yearold son, Broc, who was in the
rear right passenger seat was
also killed. Landon Jacobsen, 38, Heather’s husband
and the driver, and their
16-year-old son Bowdie
Jacobsen, who was in the
left rear passenger seat,
were transported to a local
hospital in critical condition.
The driver of the Intrepid,
Amelia Allan, 25, of Provo,
was also transported to a
local hospital in critical
condition.
White said the three horses
were seriously injured, but
were able to move on their
own power into another
trailer that was sent to collect
the animals.
Neither drugs, alcohol,
nor weather were believed
to have contributed to the
crash, though White said
investigators did not know
why the woman pulled out
in front of the pickup.
- ksl.com, 8/17
Editor’s note: If you want to
lend a hand of some sort to
this family whose life was just
torn apart in an unspeakably
horrific manner, here is some
contact information for a
family friend, who is helping
organize such efforts: Trisha
Jensen, PO Box 313, Cleveland,
UT 84518; 435-749-9790.
lowing seeing a lot of twins.
I sure hope this is the case as the herd buildup is upon
us, and there are still many operations that are having to
purchase hay, and if hay prices reach too high of levels, I
know from talking to many operations that they will just
sell cows instead of put a bunch of money into feed. I
realize that many people have this mentality at this very
time because they are worried about what the calf market
is going to be in the coming months and years. I know that
the main cause of this is the fact that the markets have seen
somewhat of a roller-coaster ride here in the past couple
of months. I guess it is just human nature that panic somewhat wants to set in. I have said it before, and I will say
it again: I don’t think we are to panic time yet. The price
of meat is increasing right now, and the price for feeder
cattle at the auction markets it going to the upside as well.
It just feels to me like we are going to see an upswing in
the cattle markets again here in the near future. I know for
a fact that it is hard as a producer to not panic about the
cattle markets, but it is my opinion that we have a very
bright future ahead of us in the cattle industry for a ways
into the foreseeable future, even if it is not quite as high
as we saw last year.
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The Jacobsen family before the August 14 wreck.
Don’t miss this!
The Hoofin’ it for Hunger Trail Run is scheduled for October in Miles City,
Montana. The Montana Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee is again collaborating with USDA/ARS Fort Keogh Research Station to
host the 2015 Hoofin’ it for Hunger Trail Run. This year’s race is slated for
Sunday, October 11, and will include a 5K, a 10K, and half marathon course
to be run on Fort Keogh property just outside Miles City through farm fields
and pasture land and along the Yellowstone River. New aspects to be added
this year include finisher medals for the half marathon, a post-race gettogether, special prizes for 1st through 3rd place finishers in all categories,
and more. The pre-race dinner and packet pick-up will be held from 5 - 7
p.m. October 10 at the Range Riders Museum in Miles City. “MFB Young
Farmers & Ranchers are really looking forward to hosting this race for the
fifth year,” notes YF&R Chair Jenny Stovall. “This race is so unique because
of the location and so successful that we are hoping to double our number
again this year, which will give us 400 runners. Since the proceeds from this
race are donated to the Montana Food Bank Network, this makes an increase
in participants especially rewarding.” The MFBF YF&R Committee started
the Hoofin’ it for Hunger Race in 2011, with the goal of raising funds for the
Montana Food Bank Network as a part of their partnership with Harvest for
All and as a way to promote agriculture to the general public.
Registration is open online, and all interested parties are encouraged to visit
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by calling 406-587-3153.
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WESTERN AG REPORTER
Blue Gold: The Treasure State’s water must be protected
By Catherine
Vandemoer, Ph.D.
Will Montana’s water resources stay in Montana’s
hands?
Or will all the water be
federalized through water
compacts and other federal
actions?
These questions underlie
concerns about the CSKT
water compact and other
federal activities affecting
the waters of Montana.
This are legitimate questions to ask, given the fact
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that the allegedly-passed
CSKT Compact unjustifiably awards an enormous
amount of state water to the
United States off the reservation under the unsupported
legal theory that “a right to
take fish” is equivalent to “a
water right.” The questions
are also relevant in light
of the fact that the CSKT/
federal government recently
filed more than 10,000 water
claims in the MT General
Stream Adjudication, many
of them east of the Continental Divide. Each set of
claims is shown in the maps.
Map #1
The first map shows the
water claims on and off the
reservation in western Montana that were “negotiated”
in the Compact. Most of the
off-reservation claims for
water are within the CSKT
aboriginal area outside of
the Flathead Indian Reservation. The rest are within the
reservation boundaries. The
total number of claims on
this map may be small, but
the volume of water is large.
Just one claim, to Flathead
Lake and all the tributaries
flowing into it, is 16 millionacre-feet!
The travesty of the Compact, as shown in this map,
is that the state gave up state
water off the reservation to
the federal government that
it didn’t have to. The state
gave away its own water for a
non-existent “instream flow
right” to support the actual
Treaty-granted right to take
fish at usual and accustomed
places. The state’s justification for giving up state water
to the federal government
was that a court “might” rule
that the Tribes have a water
right off the reservation.
Map #2
The second map shows the
additional water claims filed
by the federal government
and the CSKT on lands both
east and west of the Continental Divide. Although
these claims extend outside
the CSKT aboriginal area
and are not recognized in the
Treaty of Hellgate, any subsequent act of Congress, or
case law, the CSKT/ federal
government filed these 7,500
additional water claims anyway in late June. These were
the claims that the Compact
Commission, the bill sponsor, the MT Stock Growers,
the MT Farm Bureau, the
Compact proponents, and
some legislators threatened
Montanans with. “Pass this
compact or else!”
To not repeat those mistakes of fear mongering,
let’s take a sober look at this
second map.
These water claims are
billed as water rights in the
Tribes’ subsistence area, and
because the CSKT claimed
them, that was “prima facie” evidence “on its face”
evidence those rights existed. The CSKT/ U.S. had
until June 30, 2015, to file
all their claims in the MT
Water Court as part of the
Montana general stream
adjudication. They filed
the Compact Claims (Map
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1) and the subsistence area
claims (Map 2).
The U.S. and the Tribes
have stated in Water Court
proceedings that, if the
Compact passes Congress,
they will drop their claims
in eastern Montana.
The language in the Compact states that the Compact
does not limit the Tribes
from acquiring state-based
water rights and does not
limit the U.S. from objecting on behalf of the CSKT
to any claim in the Montana
general stream adjudication.
Article V, Section B (5), (14)
states: Nothing in this Compact shall be construed or
interpreted to: (5) preclude
the possession, acquisition,
or exercise of Water Rights
arising under State Law
by the Tribes or allotees or
members of the Tribes (14)
to limit or prohibit the Tribes,
their members or allotees, or
limit the United States in any
capacity from objecting in
any general stream adjudication in the Montana Water
Court to any claims to water
rights on or off the Flathead
Indian Reservation.
That’s about as ambiguous
as you can get, and realistically, it seems the Tribes and
the U.S. left themselves an
open door, no matter what
happens. So, one must
prepare for the likelihood
that these claims will still
be around even if the Compact is passed by Congress.
If Congress removes these
claims in eastern Montana
but otherwise passes the
Compact, are these claims
likely to still exist in the
general stream adjudication?
In continued analysis of the
second map, and for anyone
who is interested, one has
to look at the validity of
the CSKT claims in eastern
Montana beyond the state’s
statements of “prima facie”
cont. on pg. 13
Basins in the Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes - Montana Compact – July,1, 2015
This map shows the CSKT water claims included
in the Compact. Just three of the CSKT claims,
including all of Flathead Lake, account for more
than 27 million acre feet.
Basin Boundary & CSKT-Montana Compact
Basins included in CSKT-Montana Compact
Basins not included in CSKT-Montana Compact
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Basins in which the Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes have filed water rights claims
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Richard Bogden II
Applestem Inc.
James Kennedy
Vermilion Ranch Co.
Richard Bogden II
Holden Herefords
Heifers
Richard Bogden II
Applestem Inc.
Horseshoe Cattle Co.
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Matt Otto
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Ken Steinke
James Edwards
James Kennedy
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Cascade
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Wolf Creek 3 Blk/Bwf
Cut Bank 5 Blk/Bwf
Billings
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Cascade 12 Mixed
Valier
11 Rwf
688
658
793
810
875
854
926
898
228.50
221.00
214.50
213.50
211.00
208.75
200.00
196.00
Cascade 25 Mixed 820
Wolf Creek 17 Blk
707
Charlo
13 Mixed 792
Billings
36 Mixed 755
Billings 130 Mixed 863
Charlo
50 Mixed 885
Billings 130 Blk/Red 895
Vaughn
3 Blk/Bwf 892
Wolf Creek 5 Rwf
696
Cascade 16 Mixed 942
Billings
12 Blk 1,024
209.00
205.00
203.00
203.00
201.50
199.75
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193.00
190.00
178.00
Fort Shaw
Sun River
Cut Bank
Cut Bank
Sun River
Choteau
112.50
111.50
111.50
110.00
107.50
105.50
1 Bwf
2 Blk
1 Blk
1 Blk
1 Blk
1 Blk
1,390
1,390
1,460
1,295
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1,745
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James Edwards
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Max McDonald
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Lynn Pudenz
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Sid Brandon
Jeff Harwood
Peter Tatsey
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Geyser
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2 Blk 1,248 105.00
1 Blk 1,665 105.00
1 Blk 1,690 104.50
1 Red 1,630 104.00
1 Blk 1,230 103.00
1 Blk
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2 Bwf 1,525 102.50
1 Blk 1,460 101.50
2 Blk 1,650 101.00
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1 Blk 1,480 100.00
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Wolf Creek
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1 Grey
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In a relatively short, toughly-worded decision issued
August 3, a federal judge in Idaho struck down that state’s
year-old “ag gag” law that sought to “criminalize” undercover, or whistleblower, investigations of livestock facilities
suspected of animal abuse. The action by B. Lynn Winmill,
chief judge of Idaho’s U.S. District Court, is the first time
any “ag gag” law, currently in force in seven states, has
been declared unconstitutional. Animal rights activists
immediately touted the decision as a big-stick precedent to
use to both dismantle other states’ ag gag laws and to stop
any non-ag-gag state from enacting new ones.
Ag attorneys around the country, however, disagree.
Several state ag gag laws (Iowa, Utah, South Carolina, Missouri, Kansas, North Dakota, and Montana) are sufficiently
different from Idaho’s, they argue, to steer clear the legal
standard used to decide it.
Others are less certain. Judge Winmill’s opinion, they note,
is tightly reasoned and focuses on two key Constitutional
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Good question...
So, if the off-reservation
claims in western Montana
may be invalid based on history and law, a friend asks,
“How did eastern Montana
get dragged into this mess?”
Good question.
In my opinion, there are
only two ways that eastern
Montana could now be
involved in the expansive CSKT Compact water
claims issues, especially
if the historic, legal, and
Treaty-based information
are available. First, the state
could have simply failed to
explained, if the Idaho law had been in force when Upton
Sinclair went undercover to write his “devastating expose’
of the meat-packing industry,” the novel The Jungle, his
“conduct would (have) expose(d) him to criminal prosecution” in the state. That’s a “chill the First Amendment
cannot permit...”
If Idaho is concerned that “speech” from animal activists might be or is “misleading,” patiently explained the
judge, then the “remedy for misleading speech, or speech
we do not like, is more speech, not enforced silence.” In
short, Winmill noted, citing an earlier precedent, “’Society
has the right and civic duty to engage in open, dynamic,
rational discourse. These ends are not well served when the
government seeks to orchestrate public discussions through
content-based mandates.’”
Roger McEowen, director of Iowa State University’s
Center for Law & Taxation and an attorney, strongly disagrees with the Idaho decision. Still, McEowen concedes,
the decision stands unless overturned on appeal, a long shot
at best. Also, it may encourage challenges to other state ag
gag laws. Many of those laws, he guesses, will withstand
challenge because they differ with Idaho’s just-tossed law.
Legal challenge or not, the decision’s central point remains:
If American farmers and ranchers hope to build more trust
with consumers - as all swear they do - they need to shed
more light on their farming and ranching practices, not
more darkness.
(c) 2015 ag comm
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evidence. First of all, any
land east of the Continental
Divide is not the aboriginal
territory referred to in the
Treaty of Hellgate. Further,
the legal work completed for
the Montana Land & Water
Alliance (MLWA) found that
the 1855 Judith River Treaty,
signed by the Flathead Tribe,
limited the Flathead to the
WESTERN side of the Continental Divide. Finally, even
the off-reservation claims
for instream flow water
rights on the western side of
the Divide shown in the first
map are inconsistent with
the Treaty’s grant of access
to usual and accustomed
places to take fish. These
issues should be argued in
court, not negotiated by
non-representative parties.
do its homework and took
everything the CSKT and
the U.S. said at face value.
Sort of a new definition of
“prima facie evidence,” I’d
say: “If you said it, it must
be true.”
The second is that the state
willingly sided with the U.S.
and the Tribes at the expense
of ordinary Montanans or,
stated another way, it put
the tribal trust ahead of the
public trust for some reason.
Could that reason have anything to do with the two new
wild lands’ designations in
Montana and the proposed
new free-roaming buffalo
range discussed at the recent
United Property Owners
of Montana conference,
both of which overlap the
CSKT/U.S. claims in eastern Montana? How do the
CSKT claims advance the
Waters of the United States
(WOTUS) rule?
Remember, it is the federal government that has the
Tribal trust responsibility,
NOT the state government.
The state’s obligation is to
ALL of its citizens, including
individual Tribal members,
who are state citizens and
who will be equally hurt by
this compact.
rights: the First Amendment’s guarantee to free speech and
the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause that
declares that any person in any state enjoys “equal protection of the law.”
Both issues arose after the state legislature passed its “gag”
law at the request of the Idaho Dairymen’s Association. Idaho
needs the law, one state representative explained at the time,
to protect it from “terrorism” - animal rights undercover
investigators. who are “taking the dairy industry hostage and
seeking to persecute them in the court of public opinion.”
The purple prose came after a video of animal abuse at a
sprawling Idaho dairy farm surfaced a year earlier. It drew
so much national attention that the state, at the behest of the
dairymen, sought to “criminalize” the kind “of undercover
investigations that exposed the activities...” The proposed
law sailed through the legislature, and Governor Butch
Otter signed it February 14, 2014.
Soon, however, several animal welfare groups -- led by
the Animal Legal Defense Fund, a California-based animal
protection group that claims to be “supported by thousands
of dedicated attorneys and more than 100,000 members”
-- sued the state in federal court. They claimed the new law
was unconstitutional because it had “both the purpose and
effect of stifling public debate about modern agriculture...”
The court agreed. In his ruling, Winmill said the law
plainly sought to “limit and punish those who speak out
on topics relating to the ag industry, striking at the heart of
the important First Amendment values.” Indeed, Winmill
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CSKT
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Sheep & Goat
Weighted Average
Report for 08/17/2015
Receipts: 1,706
Last Week: 4,270
Year Ago: NA
Compared to last week: Feeder
lambs under 70 lbs were too lightly
tested for an accurate market
comparison, however steady to
weak undertones abounded. 70-110
lbs lambs sold steady to weak, with
the exception of 80-89 lbs lambs,
which sold fully steady. Lambs
over 110 lbs were too lightly
tested for an accurate market
trend, however lower undertones
were noticed. Demand for feeder
lambs was moderate to good on
a lighter offering than last sale.
Feeder lamb quality was mostly
attractive, with several highly
reputable lambs sets on offer. In a
very narrow comparison slaughter
ewes sold mostly 10.00 lower on
good ewes, 5.00 lower on utility
ewes, and steady on cull ewes light
to moderate demand was seen for
all ewes sold today. Slaughter kids
were all too lightly tested either this
week or last week for an accurate
comparison, however steady to
firm undertones abounded. Sheep
receipts were 12 percent slaughter
ewes and bucks, 0 percent slaughter
lambs, 87.5 percent feeder lambs,
balance ewes returning to the
country. Goat receipts were 79
percent kids, 14 percent nannies,
balance billies and weathers.
Sheep comprised 87.5 percent of
all receipts while goat comprised
12.5. All sheep and goats sold on
a per cwt basis. Next sale will be
Monday Aug 31th, 2015.
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BLS:
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P.O. Box 31533
Billings, MT 59107
1-800-635-7364
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GREAT FALLS
406 Vaughn S. Frontage Rd.
Great Falls, MT 59404
• Regular Cattle Sales Every
Wednesday
• Special Feeder Sales
Saturdays In Season
(406) 727-5400
Manager:
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Cell: (406) 788-5400
Yard Manager & Fieldman:
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Office Manager: Sarah McCafferty
NEVADA
FALLON
Fallon Livestock
Exchange, Inc.
• Sales every Tuesday - 1 P.M.
• Cattle, Sheep, Goats, Hogs,
Horses
• Special Sales by Anouncement
Monte Bruck (775)867-2020
2055 Trento Lane
Fallon, NV 89406
Nevada Livestock
Marketing, LLC.
• Sales every Wednesday
• 11 a.m. Slaughter Cows, Bulls
• 10:30 a.m. Small Barn
• 1:00 p.m. Feeder Cattle • Horses Last
Jack Payne, Manager
775-217-9273
Office 775-423-7760
Fax 775-423-1813
1025 Allen Road - Fallon, NV
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VALENTINE
Valentine
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• Sales Every Thursday
Greg Arendt, Manager
126 N. Government
Valentine, NE 69201
1-800-682-4874
(Office) 402-376-3611
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N. DAKOTA
BOWMAN
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Harry Kerr, Owner/Manager
701-523-5666
Wayne Miller, Fieldman
701-279-6649
PO Box 58 • Hwy. 85 S
Bowman, ND 58623
701-523-5922
Toll Free -877-211-0600
DICKINSON
Stockmen’s Livestock
Exchange, Inc.
• Sales Every Thursday 9 A.M.
• Call: (701) 225-8156
James Erickson:
(701) 225-1610
Larry Schnell:
(701) 225-8156
John Fischer:
(701) 290-1606
P.O. Box 1209
Dickinson, ND 58601
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WYOMING
TORRINGTON
Torrington
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626 West Valley Rd.
Torrington, WY
307-532-3333
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307-532-1575
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307-532-1580
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S. DAKOTA
FAITH
Faith Livestock
Commission Co.
• Sale Every Monday
Cattle & Sheep
• Sheep Sale Wed. (In Season)
• Special Sales As Advertised
Gary Vance (605) 967-2162
Scott Vance (605) 739-5501
Cell (605) 484-7127
3rd Generation Business
P.O. Box 397
Faith, SD 57626
(605) 967-2200
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LEMMON
LEMMON LIVESTOCK, INC.
Phone 605-374-3877
or 1-800-822-8853
Box 477
Lemmon, SD 57638
Sales Every Wednesday
Special Sales as Advertised
Paul Huffman, Owner
605-374-5675
or 605-645-2493
Chad Hetzel, Asst. Mgr.
701-376-3748
Clint Ehret, Field Rep.
406-778-3282
or 406-772-5522
ST. ONGE
St. Onge Livestock
CATTLE SELL EVERY FRIDAY
St. Onge, SD
605-642-2200 • 800-249-1995
Website:
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Justin Tupper Cattle Yards Mgr.
SHEEP SELL EVERY THURSDAY
Newell, SD
605-456-2348 • 800-409-4149
Barney Barnes,
Sheep Yards Mgr. & Auctioneer
FIELDMEN
Ron Frame: 605-641-0229
Tim Tetrault: 605-641-0328
Ray Pepin: 605-892-5072
Dustin Vining: 605-354-9966
Jess Cline: 307-751-8143
Gilbert Wood,
Fieldman & Auctioneer:
605-456-2400
AUCTIONEERS
Doug Dietterle: 605-788-2963
OFFICE MANAGER
Brooke Tupper: 605-642-2200
MOBRIDGE
Phone 605-845-3622
or 1-800-658-3598
P.O Box 190
Mobridge, SD 57601
www.mobridgelivestock.com
We are in the country every day
and would like to visit with you
about your cattle marketing needs.
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Tigh Anderberg • 605-845-4877
Casey Perman • 605-848-3338
John Hoven • 605-848-3507
Tom Anderberg • 605-845-3702
Sales Every Thursday
Tuesday and Thursday
Fall Feeder Cattle Sales
Fall Weigh-Up Sales Friday
at 2 pm
Special Sales as Advertised
Billings, MT
Feeder Cattle
Weighted Average
Receipts: 319
Last Week: 532
Year Ago: 687
Compared to last week, no
comparison for Feeder steers due
to limited receipts. Feeder heifers
sold steady. Demand for smaller
groups of Feeder cattle was
moderate while demand for larger
groups of Feeder heifers was good.
Slaughter cows sold mostly steady
to firm. Demand was good. Lean,
low dressing cows made up most of
the supply. Feeding cows and Cows
returning to the country sold weak.
Slaughter bulls sold 1.00- 2.00
lower. Supply of all class of cattle
was light. Feeder cattle receipts
were 15 percent steers, 81 percent
heifers, 4 percent bulls; 89 percent
weighing over 600 lbs. Offerings
were 72 percent feeder cattle, 7
percent slaughter cows, 13 percent
bulls, 8 percent cows returning to
the country, balance bred cows,
heifers, and pairs. Next sale will
be Wednesday Aug 19th, 2015.
Billings Livestock
Commission
Feeder Cattle
Weighted Average
Receipts: 540
Last week: 446
Year Ago: 781
Compared to last week, no trend
available due to last week’s light
sale but a steady undertone was
noted. Supply of Feeder cattle was
heavier than last week with better
quality. Demand was very good
for lighter calves and good for the
rest. A large run of high quality
Slaughter cows pushed up the
prices of Breaker cows to 3.00-5.00
higher than last week. However,
Boner and Lean cows sold mostly
steady to 2.00 lower. Demand
for Slaughter cows was good.
Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady
on a lighter supply. Offerings were
69 percent feeder cattle, 4 percent
slaughter cows, 3 percent bulls,
24 percent feeding cows and cows
returning to the country, balance
bred cows, heifers, and pairs.
***Next sale will be Thursday
Aug 27th 2015**
WESTERN AG REPORTER
Valentine Livestock
Auction
Valentine, NE
Weighted Average
Report for 08/13/15
Cattle Receipts: 2895
Last week: 0
Last year: 3970
No recent test of market for an
accurate comparison a trend
will not be given for steers and
heifers. Demand was good with a
several buyers in the seats today.
Feeders made up 100 percent of
the offering. The feeder supply
included 60 percent steers, and 40
percent heifers. Near 99 percent
of the run weighed over 600 lbs.
Torrington Livestock
Commission Co.
Feeder Cattle
Weighted Average
Report for 08/14/15
Receipts: 845
Week Ago: 515
Year Ago: 700 Compared to last Friday: & Feeder
Cows steady; Slaughter Bulls
1.00 lower. Demand moderate to
good. Supply included 25 percent
slaughter cows and bulls, 10
percent feeder cows, and 65 percent
feeder cattle.
Lemmon Livestock
Auction
Lemmon, SD
8-12-15
Cowettes: 00-00
Slaughter Cows: 107-116.50
Low Yielding Cows: 99-106
Heiferettes: 151-165
Slaughter Bulls: 159-182.50
Feeder Bulls: 130-154.50
– 1199, 137.50 - 107.00; 1200 –
10000, 119.00 - 99.00
Total – 31,960.24
CATTLE, HFR – 150 head
Price per CWT
500 – 599, 235.00 - 205.00; 600 –
699, 195.00 - 185.00; 700 – 799,
204.50 - 204.50; 800 – 899, 206.00 145.00; 900 – 999, 199.00 - 160.00;
1000 – 1099, 194.25 - 194.25; 1200
– 10000, 134.50 - 134.50
Total – 261,960.86
CATTLE, HFRETT – 5
Price per CWT
800 – 899, 145.00 - 145.00; 900 –
999, 160.00 - 147.00; 1000 – 1099,
160.00 - 157.50
Total – 7,434.97
CATTLE, STR – 273 head
Price per CWT
500 – 599, 237.50 - 227.50; 600 –
699, 219.00 - 219.00; 700 – 799,
223.00 - 130.00; 800 – 899, 205.00 160.00; 900 – 999, 204.75 - 155.00;
1000 – 1099, 197.75 - 167.50
Total – 548,857.65
CATTLE, BCALF – 1
Price per HEAD
0 – 99, 25.00 - 25.00
Total – 25.00
CATTLE, HFR – 1
Price per HEAD
500 – 599, 10.00 - 10.00
Total – 10.00
CATTLE, STR – 1
Price per HEAD
700 – 799, 10.00 - 10.00
Total – 10.00
CATTLE, COW_PR – 5
Price per PAIR
1100 – 1199, 2175.00 - 2175.00;
1200 – 10000, 2250.00 - 2175.00
Total – 11,025.00
Gordon Livestock
Auction
Blackfoot Livestock
Auction
Gordon, NE
8-11-15
Blackfoot, ID
8-14-15
CATTLE, BULL – 38 head
Price per CWT
800 – 899, 105.00 - 105.00; 900 –
999, 134.00 - 134.00; 1100 – 1199,
150.00 - 117.50; 1200 – 10000,
139.00 - 112.00
Total – 80,331.35
Cow Trend: steady
UT/Boner Cows: 98-106
Cutters: 88-103
Slaughter Bulls: 123-140
CATTLE, COW – 22 head
Price per CWT
1000 – 1099, 157.50 - 97.50; 1100
Steers: 500-600, 230-267; 600400, 205-240; 700-800, 190-222;
800-900, 180-205
Heifers: 400-500, 250-270; 500600, 220-254; 600-700, 200-228
WESTERNAGREPORTER.COM
Northwest wolf populations climb...
Wildlife experts from
Oregon, Washington, and
California say wolf activity
has been increasing in all
three states.
Oregon...
Oregon first documented
a successful wolf-breeding
pair in 2008. Now the state
has eight pairs and has begun
talks to delist gray wolves
as a part of its management
plan. Photos show there are
at least two new wolf pups in
the Rogue Pack. That’s the
pack of famous wandering
wolf OR-7. It’s also the first
pack in to live the western
part of the state.
Russ Morgan, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
wolf coordinator, said the
state is starting to see rapid
growth in wolf population
numbers and their distribution. “They’ve been successful in a fairly short period of
time, and they’re continuing
to expand,” Morgan said.
Two wolves from northeast
Oregon have recently struck
out from their original packs.
One has crossed a long
distance near the Columbia
River, traveled down the
Cascade Mountains, and is
now roaming around western Oregon. New areas of
known wolf activity have
been designated in Klamath
and Union counties. “It sort
of shows wolves’ ability
to travel and seek out new
areas,” Morgan said. “They
really have a travel capability that’s second to none.
... Where wolves will ulti-
mately set up and thrive is
still unknown.” All the wolf
movement has made ranchers nervous, with predatory
attacks reported each year.
The most recent confirmed
depredation in Oregon was
this past July in Umatilla
County, when the Umatilla
River Pack attacked four
sheep. In Oregon, officials
will hold meetings in October and November to
decide whether to partially
or fully delist gray wolves
in the state. “For those that
like the idea of wolves in
Oregon, recognizing there’s
some that don’t, I think we
do have a success story,”
Morgan said.
California...
California biologists have
also recently spotted tracks
and trail camera images that
make them think a lone gray
wolf has crossed the border
from Oregon, although they
haven’t yet confirmed the
evidence.
Washington...
Washington has confirmed
16 wolf packs. Officials
there say wolf numbers in
Washington are also continuing to rise and wolves’
distribution is expanding.
- Jefferson Public Radio,
8/6
IT’S THE PITTS
by Lee Pitts
Hedge Your Bets
Those who study such
things say that, in the future,
people who work for a living can expect to change
their career once every
seven years. Notice I didn’t
say change your job; I said
change your career! It’s like
a friend of mine, who was
a vice president of resource
imaging; in other words,
he ran a copy machine. He
thought he had a job for life
but was put out of work by
home printers, and today
he is transitioning into the
booming field of pet therapy
and canine hypnosis.
Evidently, if you want a
regular paycheck in the future, you are going to have
to be trained to do more
than one thing so that you
have a career to fall back
on. Just look at all those
Congresspersons who voted
for ObamaCare who you
fired in the last election.
They were only trained to
do one thing -- to live off
graft and corruption -- and
now they have to find honest
work. Some will continue to
live off the government the
same as before, but I think
most will put their training
to work and become lobbyists, gigolos, and prostitutes.
Another example is my
friend George, who owns a
septic pumping company in
our town. The bureaucrats
are making us put in a sewer,
and there will no longer be
any need for George or his
septic pump trucks. Poor
George is not trained to do
anything else. It’s not like a
67-year-old man with limited skills and an off-putting
smell can go overnight from
pumping septic tanks to being a computer programmer,
web designer, or art critic.
If the economists are
right, you should get some
education or training in an
entirely different field than
the one you are currently
in. For example, if you are
a rancher who gets hit with
a seven year drought or a
foot and mouth epidemic,
you could take advantage of
the situation by becoming a
rawhide braider or an artist
who paints cow skulls. If the
eco-freaks have their way
and folks stop eating meat,
you could become a vegetarian short-order cook. If you
are starving as a bad horse
trainer, why not become a
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stock contractor and provide
wild broncs for rodeos?
A veterinarian whose patients keep dying might want
to have a side business as an
on-the-farm butcher, tallow
truck driver, or owner of a
backhoe service to get paid
for burying the mistakes.
A slow ambulance driver
might want to buy a funeral
home. Sheepmen might
want to bone up on cotton
farming or petroleum textile
engineering in case the bottom drops out of the wool
market. A horseshoer could
become a pornographic
metal artist by welding all
the old horseshoes rattling
around in the back of the
truck into grotesque shapes.
An aquatic farmer with no
net income (pun intended)
should consider the growing
field of hemp farming.
Right now a lot of Doctors with big college loans
are leaving the field as a
result of ObamaCare. If
they’re smart, they’ll look
into the more lucrative
fields of grave digging and
homeopathic medicine,
which we’re likely to see a
lot more of.
You never know what will
put you out of work. Stock
clerks and grocery cashiers
are living on borrowed time
as robots and self-service
scanners are making them
an endangered species. UPS
and Fed Ex drivers are real
busy now, but in the future,
they might want to look into
becoming drone pilots for
Amazon.
As for myself, thanks to the
Internet and my diminishing
skills and eyesight, there’s
not a more dead-end career
than being a humorist when
there’s nothing socially
acceptable to laugh at any
more. I’m considering becoming either a disco DJ, a
street mime in San Francisco, a librarian, a World Book
Encyclopedia door-to-door
salesman, or a snowplow
driver in Florida. (I hate cold
weather.) There’s also a help
wanted ad on Craigslist that
pays $100,000 a year for a
social network conceptualizer. All I need to know now
is what the heck is that?
If I can round up some
Silicon Valley investors,
I’m also seriously considering franchising an idea I’ve
kicked around for years:
five-minute stomach-pumping stations for vegetarians
called Pale and Queasy R
Us.
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Prairie
Ponderings
by Lisa Schmidt
Four one-ton, mobile,
massive-forces-with-attitudes
Trading cash for something one needs is as simple
as walking through the
checkout line.
Trading something one
no longer needs for cash is
as simple as Craigslist, the
ever-efficient neighborhood
information exchange or
an auction... That is, until
one no longer needs four
one-ton, mobile, massiveforces-with-attitudes, and
the exchange for cash will
take place at a livestock sale
200 miles away.
Three of the bulls were at
home while one was roaming a nearby rented pasture.
Of the three at home, one
already had been whipped,
and the other two didn’t like
each other.
We would move each bull
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pens of the corral and hope
they didn’t come over the
fence at one another. The
real trick would come when
we attempted to load them
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point, tons of bad-attitudeand-force would share close
proximity.
Steve started gathering the
first bull on his green horse.
The bull bluff-charged his
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horse. The horse backed
up and humped, threatening to buck. Steve traded
horses - this did not need to
be a horse-training session
-- and saddled mine while I
finished milking.
The first bull snorted, blew,
and bluffed his way into the
corral. “You won’t need that
coffee cup,” Steve suggested
as I swung into the saddle
for an attempt at the second
one. He was right.
A rope around the bull’s
head and front foot, along
with encouragement from
two horses, brought Number 2 to the corral. He saw
Number 1 in the next pen,
and it became clear that
the evolutionary process
does not always move in
an upward, linear path. I’ve
seen men act the same way,
especially in taverns.
Number 3 lay at the opposite end of the pasture with
his harem of cows. He held
a more passive attitude to go
along with his bruises, but
he offered another challenge
for later: Which bull would
we load with Number 3? We
had some time to think about
it while we gathered Number
4 from the rented pasture.
Steve needed to get on the
road as soon as he could so
we trailered the horses to the
edge of the pasture. We convinced Number 4 to leave his
cows when he realized he
might have fresh pickings
at home. I loaded my horse
into the trailer while Steve
followed Number 4. By
the time I got to our gate, I
decided it would be nice if
Number 4 were already on
the trailer before we loaded
the other three bulls.
Steve and I have worked
together enough that he
knew what I was thinking
when he saw that I had
parked the trailer along the
fenceline and opened the
door. I would play assistant
while he tangoed with the
bull. About the time Number
4 decided to return to his
harem, our neighbors drove
up. For better or worse,
Steve’s livestock handling
skills would be on display.
I closed the gate while
Steve guided Number 4 toward the trailer. By the time
I slipped the top wire over
the gate post, the bull was in
the cool shade of the trailer.
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WESTERN AG REPORTER
Don’t miss these great MT events!
By Pat Hansen
** Montana Academy
of Living History
Relive the past and learn
new skills in historic Deer
Lodge, Montana, on September 16-19 during the
ninth annual Montana Academy of Living History
(MALH). People interested
in history will enjoy a variety of hands-on workshops
and presentations about the
history of the Milwaukee
Railroad in the Deer Lodge
Valley, Dutch oven cooking,
cider making, identification and classification of
horse-drawn vehicles, gold
panning, and more.
MALH is dedicated to
preserving the Western
heritage culture as well as
the skills and experiences
of peoples who lived in
the Rocky Mountain area.
Most of the sessions will be
held at the Pen Convention
Center (PCC) across from
the Old Montana Prison,
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (GKR)
on the north end of Main
Street and at the fairgrounds.
Evening programs at 7 p.m.
are Free.
- On Wednesday join Don
Cappa for a personal tour
of that Frontier Museum
that houses Cappa’s amaz-
ing collection of Western
firearms and memorabilia.
Frontier Museum is one of
several museums in the Old
Montana Prison complex.
- On Thursday, Professor Ruthann Knudson will
present “Montana’s Indians Today: 13,000 Years
and Counting” at the PCC.
Montana’s seven Indian reservations include 12 tribes.
According to traditional
oral, historical, and archeological information, many of
these tribes, including the
Shoshone or Bannock, are
familiar with this area.
- On Friday at the PCC,
local bird expert Gary Swant
will talk about the many va-
rieties of birds that call the
Deer Lodge Valley home.
Registration is preferred
by September 5, but is open
until the class begins; see
forms at www.montanalivinghistory.com
Workshops are $15 with
the exception of copper
foil stained glass ($40), and
horse-drawn vehicle identification, classification, and
servicing ($25). For more
information, contact MALH
Director Jeff Pinkard by
phone at 303-550-2910.
** Big Sky Draft Horse
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Complete the week by
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Big Sky Draft Horse Expo
on Saturday and Sunday at
the fairgrounds. This event
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fun for the entire family. An
event button for $18 gives
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performances as well as free
admission to Old Prison Museums, Grant-Kohrs Ranch,
and more.
Starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday, you
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Russ Anderson of Lava Hot Springs, ID, was one of many drivers who compete show classes including 6and 8-horse or mule hitches
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and the exciting Canadian
Maze. A quilt show and
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- Salves and Tinctures: 10
a.m.-noon at the PCC, Suzi
Tice will continue her popular presentation on pioneer
and native herbal remedies,
describing the manufacture
and uses of herbal salves and
tinctures.
- History and Impact of the
Milwaukee Railroad on the
Deer Lodge Valley: 1-3 p.m.
at PCC, railroad historian
John Shontz will tell how
the “Road” impacted the
entire Deer Lodge Valley,
including the architecture
and layout of the city of
Deer Lodge. Learn about the
Orphan Trains that brought
a new generation of settlers
to the West.
- Dutch Oven Cooking: 2-4
p.m. at GKR, Coleen Sloan
“Queen of Cast Iron Cooking” will lead a hands-on
demonstration in the use of
Dutch oven cooking. You get
to eat what you cook! Long
sleeves and sturdy shoes are
recommended for this class.
Thursday, September 17
- Straw Weaving: 10 a.m.
- noon at the PCC, Lyndel
Miekle will teach the pleasures of this old-time craft
in a hands-on class. She
will teach the basic theory
and weaving techniques, so
participants can complete a
project to take home.
- Copper Foil Stained
Glass (Limit 10): 1-4 p.m.
at PCC, Jeff Pinkard and
Jacque Lavelle will lead participants in the creation of a
project using the copper foil
technique popularized by
Louis Comfort Tiffany. For
safety, no sandals or opentoed shoes are allowed, and
eye protection must be worn
during all glass and soldering work.
Friday, September 18
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vehicles and identification
skills. The course includes a
tour of the ranch collection
of horse-drawn equipment,
and students will use the
information from the morning session to identify, classify, and date them. Bring
notebook, camera, etc., and
wear appropriate shoes and
clothing for field work. Students can bring vehicle parts
or photos for identification
and dating.
- Gold Pan, Rockers, and
Dredges: 1-5 p.m. at GKR
Visitor Center, join Charlie
Brand for a field trip to the
Gold Creek/ Pioneer dredge
to see how old-time mining
took place and to pan for
gold! Dress appropriately,
and be prepared to get dirty.
Saturday, September 19
- Making Apple Cider:
10 a.m. to noon at the fairgrounds, participate in a
hands-on lesson in preparing
apple cider, including the
preparation of apples and
use of old hand presses.
- Blacksmithing/ Farrier
Demonstration: 11 a.m. - 1
p.m., at the fairgrounds at
the Big Sky Draft Horse
Expo, Marc Dingfelder will
demonstrate and discuss
farrier and blacksmithing
techniques developed over
the last 200 years. No shoeing will be done.
- History of Montana
Brands: 1-3 p.m. at the
fairgrounds, Zoe Ann Stoltz
from the Montana Historical
Society Research Center
will provide a historical
perspective on branding, a
traditional means of identifying livestock that continues to be important today.
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WESTERN AG REPORTER
Rising beef prices driving burger industry innovation
With the majority of consumers eating burgers at
least weekly (57%), the
popular entree remains a
staple of the American diet.
Amid recent hurdles of rising beef prices and negative
health perceptions, Technomic’s Burger Consumer
Trend Report outlines key
areas of opportunity relating
to innovations that improve
health and quality perceptions while maintaining a
strong value proposition.
“Utilizing value beef cuts
and incorporating non-beef
proteins can help lower
costs and broaden the range
of needstates that burgers
can satisfy,” explains Sara
Monnette, Technomic vice
president. “Specialty ingredients like pretzel buns can
enhance the value perception, and unique toppings
and sauces, stuffed patties
and premium sides can add
to craveability and brand
differentiation.” (Editor’s
note: People are always
coming up with new terms
for things... “needstates” is a
new one to me so I googled
it, and what I found follows
this article. LG)
Compiling findings from
more than 1,500 U.S. consumers, as well as Technomic’s MenuMonitor and
Top 500 Restaurant Chain
Report, the Burger Consumer Trend Report also
reveals the following:
- On a weekly basis, 39% of
consumers purchase burgers
Prairie Ponderings
cont. from pg. 15
One bull loaded, three to go.
Blowhard Number 1 didn’t
like Number 4. The trailer
shook, rattled, and rolled as
the bulls tested the strength
of aluminum’s molecular
bonds.
We loaded Number 3 next,
but then faced a difficulty:
How would we keep Number 3 in the trailer while
leaving the door open for
Number 2 to load? The last
thing we needed was a bull
fight in the loading alley. The
head-catch at the end of the
alley became our answer.
We left the trailer door
open, but closed the headcatch. As soon as Steve
pushed Mr. One-Ton Number 2 up to the head-catch, I
opened it. Number 2 waited
to pick a fight with Number
3 until we managed to get the
trailer door closed.
When he arrived at the auction, Steve called to echo his
grandfather’s telegram after
shipping steers to England
in the late 1800s: “Arrived
safely without a single day’s
bad sailing, but don’t try it
too often.”
I will simply deposit that
check, trading cash for bulls
we no longer need.
No problem.
Lisa Schmidt and her husband,
Steve Hutton, raise grassfed
beef and lamb at the Graham
Ranch near Conrad, Montana.
Editor’s note: My recent
experience with Craigslist
was almost a disaster... scam
artists are everywhere! If it
sounds too good to be true, it
probably is. LG
from fast-food restaurants,
and 39% make them at
home.
- 61% of consumers say
it’s important to be able
to customize the toppings
and condiments, and 43%
prioritize build-your-own
burgers.
- At limited-service restaurants, chicken tops the
list of fastest-growing burgers since 2013 with a 23%
increase in menu-item in-
cidence. Build-your-own
burgers win out at full-service restaurants, growing by
28%. (Editor’s note: When
the term “burger” is used, the
ONLY meat that I connect
with it is BEEF, period. The
rest of them are sandwiches
as far as I’m concerned. LG)
findings from more than
30,000 annual consumer
interviews and analysis of
more than 7,000 menus.
Technomic publishes a complete library of Consumer
Trend Reports. To learn
more, visit Technomic.com
- PRNewswire, 8/12
Note: The Burger Consumer Trend Report combines
nearly 50 years of foodservice expertise with critical
Note: “Need states” refer
to the complex web of
rational, emotional, social,
environmental, and personal
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on who I am with, where I am,
what is available nearby, how
I feel emotionally, how I feel
physically, what time of day/
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1970s by the Mars marketing
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Cattle Sale • Wednesday, August 12
Steers
Golden Valley Colony ............ Ryegate................9 ..Hol ..............687...... 158.00
Bales, Steven &/Or Ellen ....... Cody.....................1 ..Yellow .........891...... 201.00
Skillman, Edward F Or Samuel F Livingston .............2 ..Blk ..............986...... 202.00
Heifers
Knaub Cattle Co .................... Lodge Grass ........3 ..Red .............921...... 192.50
Hochmuth Ranch, Inc ............ Roundup ..............7 ..Bk/Bwf ........935...... 189.50
Hochmuth Ranch, Inc ............ Roundup ..............3 ..Bk/Bwf ........804...... 200.00
Montana Livestock Systems ..............................55 ..Bk/Bwf ........894...... 199.50
Redland Red Angus............... Hysham ..............23 ..Red ..........1,031...... 186.50
Arnold, Ben R Rev. Trust ....... Broadview .......... 11 ..Red ..........1,117...... 179.75
Rigler Inc, Ryan ..................... Lodge Grass ......13 ..Bk/Bwf ........906...... 199.00
Arnold Green Meadow Ranch Absarokee ............3 ..Blk ..............972...... 188.00
Bull Mountain Cattle Llc ......... Musselshell ........13 ..Blk ..............817...... 200.50
Cows
Pass Creek Angus Ltd Part ... Wyola ...................1 ..Blk ...........1,916.......111.50
Herman, Allen D Or Mary J.... Lodge Grass ........4 ..Blk ...........1,509...... 108.50
Redger, Errol ......................... Hardin ..................1 ..Blk ...........1,451...... 112.00
Steiger, Laurence L................ Pompeys Pillar .....2 ..Bk/Bwf .....1,438...... 113.00
Moehr, Marlo.......................... Hysham ................2 ..Blk ...........1,361...... 105.00
George Farms ....................... Cody.....................4 ..Hol ...........1,202...... 102.00
Bales, Steven &/Or Ellen ....... Cody.....................1 ..Charx .......1,566...... 121.00
Paugh, David J ...................... Ryegate..............10 ..Mxd..........1,385...... 110.00
Williams, Roberta J................ Shepherd .............1 ..Blk ...........1,436.......111.00
Foran, Joseph G .................... Grass Range ........1 ..Red ..........1,411...... 117.00
Bulls
Faber, Bret ............................. Powell ..................1 ..Blk ...........2,281...... 148.00
Ballbach, Sterling Or Madelein Rapelje .................1 ..Blk ...........1,826...... 138.00
Kern, Robbie Wayne.............. Pryor ....................2 ..Red ..........2,096...... 137.00
Hoines, Everett H .................. Red Lodge ...........1 ..Blk ...........2,361...... 138.00
Hayhook Ranch ..................... Livingston .............1 ..Blk ...........1,771...... 136.00
Stagner, Clinton Or Atha ........ Harlowton .............1 ..Red ..........2,086...... 135.00
Kukowski, Jack ...................... Billings..................1 ..Charx .......1,896...... 135.00
Green, Ray ............................ Powell ..................1 ..Blk ...........2,226...... 139.50
Kappel, Robert....................... Park City ..............1 ..Blk ...........2,231...... 138.50
Heiken, Roy J Or Diana J ...... Broadview ............1 ..Blk ...........2,021...... 137.50
Redger, Errol ......................... Hardin ..................1 ..Blk ...........1,726...... 137.00
Heifer Calves
Wambeke, Nick...................... Deaver .................6 ..Blk ..............572...... 228.00
Steer Calves
Lunceford, Jeneva A Stene Or C.. Big Timber ............1 ..Blk ..............521...... 259.00
Heiferettes
Redger, Chad ........................ Hardin ..................1 ..Blk ...........1,091...... 145.00
Paugh, David J ...................... Ryegate................1 ..Red ..........1,241...... 139.00
Sheep Sale • Monday, August 17
Ewes
Halverson, Kevin ................... Big Timber .......... 11 ..Wf ...............180........ 53.00
Lane, Calvin Or Mylo ............. Molt ......................4 ..Wf ...............162........ 83.00
Smith, Karen .......................... Stevensville ........29 ..Bkf ..............174........ 52.50
Lesmeister, Geoffrey L........... Billings..................3 ..Wf ...............162........ 56.00
Bucks
Lombard, Annabel ................. Fromberg .............1 ..Wf ...............166........ 71.00
Goats
Teter, James Or Kathleen ...... Huntley .................3 ..Boer ..............77...... 225.00
Mckevitt, Andi ........................ Billings..................1 ..Brown ...........56...... 230.00
Merfeld, Virgil......................... Roundup ..............4 ..Mxd...............51...... 216.00
Drange, Jodie ........................ Laurel ...................3 ..Mxd...............74...... 215.00
Carranza, Juanita .................. Lambert ..............15 ..Boer ..............60...... 200.00
Wilson, Chad & Michelle........ Broadus..............21 ..Mxd...............63...... 202.50
Bohanon, Gavin ..................... Huntley .................4 ..Boer ..............66...... 212.50
Ewe Lambs
Green Coulee Ranch ............. Sunburst.............64 ..Wf .................93...... 184.00
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Schock, Lana ......................... Sunburst.............14 ..Wf .................57...... 211.00
Schock, Lana ......................... Sunburst.............49 ..Wf .................93...... 183.00
Green Coulee Ranch ............. Sunburst...........126 ..Wf .................87...... 184.25
Green Coulee Ranch ............. Sunburst.............28 ..Wf .................60...... 210.50
Roark, Jake ........................... Kevin ..................17 ..Mxd...............74...... 203.00
Wallewein, Luanne ................ Sunburst.............59 ..Wf .................85...... 187.50
Wallewein, Luanne ................ Sunburst.............13 ..Wf .................67...... 203.00
Hull, Donald Or Bill Allen ....... Joliet...................13 ..Mxd...............88...... 188.50
Gee, Cindy............................. Shepherd ...........20 ..Wf .................78...... 196.00
Gibbs, Pat .............................. Jordan ................75 ..Mxd...............89...... 188.75
Smith, Karen .......................... Stevensville ........19 ..Bkf ................87...... 186.50
Breck, Shirley ........................ Big Timber ..........66 ..Mxd.............102...... 173.50
Kelsey, Herb .......................... Deer Lodge ........22 ..Mxd.............102...... 173.00
Parisi, Dennis ........................ Harlowton ........... 11 ..Wf .................64...... 209.00
Coulimore, Christine .............. Bridger .................4 ..Wf .................64...... 207.00
Svaren, Francine ................... Hardin ................21 ..Bkf ................92...... 183.50
Boggio Partnership ................ Red Lodge .........52 ..Mxd...............86...... 191.00
Carr, Kyle ............................... Hobson...............24 ..Mxd...............75...... 198.00
Plymale, Marilyn J ................. Absarokee ..........56 ..Mxd...............86...... 191.50
Hollister, Marian ..................... Three Forks..........5 ..Wf .................70...... 205.00
Flanigan, Jake ....................... Miles City .............6 ..Mxd...............87...... 184.00
Stensrud Ranch ..................... Twin Bridges ......43 ..Mxd...............84...... 189.50
Herden, Therese.................... Bridger ...............15 ..Mxd...............63...... 212.00
Harrington, Bobby.................. Stevensville ..........3 ..Bkf ................87...... 186.00
Johnson, Dennis .................... Forsyth ...............35 ..Wf .................75...... 197.00
P.O. Box 1781 • Billings, MT 59103
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dominate a context in which
a brand is often selected.
Dominance is achieved by
consistent and repetitive brand
communications including
packaging. In most markets,
four to five “need states”
account for the variation
within a category. These need
states can then be measured
in terms of size, frequency,
value, closest competitors as
well as the demographics of
consumers. ... Well, there you
have it! LG
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of bridge construction— farm,
ranch, county, subdivision. Redecking, repair, maintenance,
inspection services. Mackin
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Please
call (406) 855-4506.
Queensland Blue and Red
Heeler puppies. Registered parents, some ready now. Timberline Stock Ranch, Broadview,
MT. (406) 667-2151.
Equipment
Office 406.259.2544 • Fax 406.259.2510
Details, other listings, photos: www.pipmontana.com
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SMITH RANCH — BiG tiMBer, Mt: The Smith Ranch lies along
Swamp Creek Road in the foothills of the Crazy Mountains five miles
northwest of Big Timber, Montana. The centerpiece of the ranch is a
custom-built four bedroom ranch style home with spectacular views
in every direction. The ranch consists of 620 acres with seven acres
irrigated out of Swamp Creek; it is an ideal location for a purebred
cattle or horse operation; the ranch has been very lightly grazed over
the last several years and range conditions are excellent. The ranch
has a tremendous sporting aspect with populations of antelope,
whitetail deer, mule deer and upland birds, a spring fed reservoir in
Bear Gulch has been stocked with fish in the past. Other improvements include a large shop and a horse barn. $2,450,000.00
SPEAR O RANCH — kirBy, Mt: The Spear O Ranch needs no
introduction, it is considered by many one of Montana’s best ranches.
The ranch is located 90 miles southeast of Billings and 45 miles north
of Sheridan, WY in the Wolf Mountains. The area is well known for its
outstanding production due to its high rainfall and deep fertile soils.
The combination of mountain streams, numerous springs, reservoirs,
outstanding grass and hay allows for stocking rates that most people
dream about in the mountain west. The ranch is very well improved
and consists of 6,295 deeded acres and 15,000 leased acres and
has been operated as a cow-calf ranch but would also make a great
yearling operation. Price $11,000,000
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Notice: Publication in this newspaper does not guarantee the legitimacy of any offer or solicitation. 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 Montana Office of Consumer Protection,
(800) 481-6896 or (406) 444-4500. E-mail: [email protected].
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the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, and pregnant women and
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Buy, refurbish, sell old cable
scrapers: Letourneau, Cat; tires,
parts. (701) 742-2182. Website:
www.stevevoightman.com.
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JD 566 round baler, monitor,
net wrap. •NH 2450 swather,
diesel, 16' header. •H&S gathering hay rake. All in excellent
shape. (406) 425-1230 or 8615459.
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2000 Aerway 10' field renovator. Pull type, excellent condition. $8500. Roberts, MT.
Please call (406) 425-1570 or
(406) 446-3996.
Fencing
Corral boards/timbers. Rough
full sawn. Full bundles only.
Ashland Sawmill, Ashland, MT.
(406)
375-4223.
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CROSSWIRE INC FENCING. Good fences make good
neighbors! If you need better
ranch fences, call Ryan Foard.
(307)
899-6125.
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Fiberglass electric fence posts.
All sizes from 3/8" to 1.5". See
at www.hcam.net. (800) 7779960.
hansenagriplacement.com
Eric: 308-382-7351
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
Western Montana cattle ranch
needs person with flood irrigation and cattle experience.
Please mail resumé, references
to Experienced Hand Wanted,
PO Box 30758, Billings, MT
59107.
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Progressive feedlot in Hobson,
MT seeking operations crew
member. Must be willing to
drive feed truck, assist with
silage, harvest, seeding, and
feedlot pen cleaning; be proficient in operation of skid steer,
loaders, tractors. General maintenance and basic computer
skills required. Bonus for CDL.
Full time position with benefits.
E-mail resumé to bosterra@
bosterra.com or fax to (406)
423-5814.
Wanted: ranch worker near Billings, Montana. Duties include
riding, doctoring cattle, general
cattle work, driving feed truck
and loader; AI a plus. Wages
DOE, insurance and 401K are
available; possible housing.
Please e-mail resumé and references to southpryorjobs@
yahoo.com.
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Ranch hand wanted. Remote
area, all horseback ranch, no
four wheelers. Please send
resumé, references to 6815
Golden Valley Rd, Lloyd, MT
59535.
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Hay, Feed, Seed
Expiration Date ________ Signature___________________________________________
Willow Creek forage winter
wheat seed. $18 per bushel.
Billings, MT. Please call (406)
855-7844.
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Grass hay, 3x3 square bales.
Please call evenings, (970) 8467897.
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2500 Winter Wheat large
square 1375 lb. bales hayed in
soft dough stage with grain in
the hay. $50/bale in semi loads.
Located at Garryowen, MT, S
of Hardin 2 miles off interstate.
TDN 68.2; RFV 104. (406)
890-6214
or 788-8460.
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Diggin' in…
Bill in his prime, about 1915.
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WESTERN AG REPORTER
by
Bill Huntington
I reached over and got
hold of the frying pan...
ing her in the ribs with his other hand. She was hollering
for him to let her up.
I had got over close to them by that time. When she saw
me, she gasped, “You are a hell of a fine man to let a man get
a woman down and beat her. Pull him off! He’s killing me.”
I thought it was time to interfere, so I got hold of Pat’s
leg and managed to get them untangled. When the Mick
got on his feet, he said, “You damn spalpine, we’ve had
many a fight, and this is the first time I ever had the best of
it, and you pulled us apart. You ought to have more sense
than to interfere in family trouble. Square yourself as I’m
just getting started.”
I was trying to talk him out of it, but his Irish temper and
the whisky he had drunk made no argument worthwhile. He
came at me, and about all I could do was fight. He sure was
a scrapper, and I saw right away that I didn’t have much
chance with him. He hit me on the bridge of the nose, and
I couldn’t see out of one eye, but when he went to finish
me, I made one lucky punch and knocked him down. I had
a little of the best of it then. As he came up, I laid another
on him but that was the last I remember for awhile.
Meanwhile, his wife had rested up and didn’t want to see
her better half get the worst of it so she laid one on my
jaw. When I came to, her and Pat was having it out again
toe to toe. She put a haymaker on him, and he went out.
She looked at him, turned around, and got in the wagon.
That was the last I heard of them until the next morning.
I had just made some coffee and eaten a couple of flapjacks
when I saw them coming. I thought, “My God, they have
come over to finish me up.” I couldn’t see out of one eye,
and the other was swelled almost shut. My jaw felt like
it was broke. Though I couldn’t see myself, I don’t think
I looked any worse than he did. She was scratched up a
little, but nothing like we was.
I reached over and got hold of the frying pan and thought
that I would use it for a weapon if they started anything.
Pat said, “Good mornin’... I guess we had quite a time last
night.” He handed me a bottle with just about a drink in
it and said, “I thought you’d like to have a little nip this
mornin’.”
I took the drink. She said, “You have a bad eye. Come
over to the wagon, and I will give you something for it.”
I went over, and she fixed a poultice for my eye. She said
they was sorry but they generally had a little fuss when
they got to drinking. She said that Pat was a good man with
a heart of gold. We shook hands and parted good friends,
but I learned a lesson the hard way about marital bliss. I
made up my mind right then and there that I would never
mix up with no family affairs again.
• Classifieds Continued •
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Cattle
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Insuring Montanans for over 96
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RED ANGUS CALVES: •Pot
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•25-30 herd builder replacement females, low 5 weights.
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Mobile Homes
Sheep
PAYING CA$H
MONTANA BLACK AND
I had been working for a horse outfit in Utah on Bear
WHITE Ram and Ewe sale.
for your mobile home.
River. Jim Strong, the man that I was working for, had more
Sept. 12. Harlowton, MT. www.
Limited
time
offer.
horses than money. Whenever he settled with a man, he
montanablackandwhite.com.
Jay, (406) 855-8008
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always tried to settle in horse flesh instead of cash. (Ediwww.piercehome.com
Black and White Sale.
tor’s note: This column first appeared in the December 1,
1954, Western Livestock Reporter, and it probably took
place about 1895 when Gramps was about 19. LG)
Horses
I had sold my pack horse to a sheep outfit so I could use
the money to buy a horse from Jim. We made a deal, and
15th Annual
I settled for a very nice unbroke gelding for $20. At that
Like us on
WYO Quarter HOrse sale
time, it was pretty good price, but I knew that, after I broke
arena, ranch Broke gelding
him, I could sell him to most any cow outfit for $35 or $40.
& producTion sale
When I bought the horse, we caught it and vented the
Hot SpringS County FairgroundS
brand. Jim Strong handled lots of horses and never let one
Thermopolis, Wyoming
go unless vented. He said that made everyone honest. As I
saturdaY, sept. 12
wanted to get another job and buy some clothes, I just turned
Preview: 9 am; Sale: Noon
Selling 113 head:
the horse back on the range with Jim’s horses while I went
•40 broke geldings
to Montpelier, Idaho, which was just across the state line.
•35 started 2 year olds
At Montpelier, I got a job helping take a bunch of cattle
•9 yearlings •29 weanlings
to Wyoming. I wintered in Lander. During the winter I got
Livestock
Catalogs & information:
acquainted with a young man about my own age whose
Bill & Carole Smith
home was in Utah. After the calf roundup in the spring,
X
307.864.5671
he was going home. As I had a horse over in that country
307.272.0593
Cattle
and nothing to do, we made the trip together.
E-mail: [email protected]
Catalog: www.wyohorses.com
When I got to the Strong ranch after an absence of about
20 Black Angus commercial
eight months, Mr. Strong told me where my horse was
heifers. •12 AI bred to SAV
running. I brought him in and made a deal with Strong to
Focus of ER; calve 2-12; $2800
stay with him about a week to break my horse. I was to
head. •8 natural bred to JCN
Ranch Supplies
help Strong’s bronc stomper with a bunch of green horses
Rito Justice; calve 3-10; $2500
head. (406) 578-2188, JCN Giant rubber water tanks. 1800
he was breaking and handle my horse at the same time.
Cattle, Wilsall, MT or (406) gal., 13' diameter, indestrucI had a pack saddle at Strongs as I had packed in there
and sold my pack horse. I want to explain the reason for Note: If you enjoyed this column, you will likely enjoy Bill’s book, 578-2284.
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tible. Great and economical
water storage. Neal Ranch,
a pack horse. In those days if you traveled around with a Treasures from Bill’s Warbag. It also makes a great gift. $40
(406) 639-2505.
roundup or other jobs, you needed a bed, some grub, and postpaid. Huntington Trust, PO Box 85, Billings, MT 59103.
what few clothes or other belongings that you owned with
Red & Black
you. Wherever you went, all you needed was grass and water
c
attle FoR Sale
Scales
for your horses, a few groceries for yourself, and you was
•
1000
red
and
black
Steer
at home. If you was going across country, you was lucky
ROCKWELL
SCALES,
Calves
to hit a town within two or three hundred miles. From the
Montana’s only scale manufac• 300 red and black Bred
turer. Livestock, Truck, Pallet,
Union Pacific Railroad to the Northern Pacific Railroad
DENNIS GINKENS
Heifers
Mining, Bale scales. We service
was a distance of about 400 miles, all open space.
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black
Short
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all scales. Affordable service
Representative
When I started from the Strong horse ranch, I didn’t know
contracts. Free estimates. (406)
Term Cows
just where I was headed but thought I probably would
P.O. Box 30758
799-3945.
www.RockwellS406.724.7027
Billings, MT 59107
end up in the Lander country where I was acquainted or
cales.com.
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wherever I heard of a suitable job. It was a good day’s ride
Office: 406-259-4589
to Sweet Water; I made it by about five o’clock. About an
Cell: 406-670-9839
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hour before I got in, I shot a couple of nice young sage
arly EaDlinE
hens and thought I would have a big feed that night. As I
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After I had unsaddled and staked out my horses, the man
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from the covered wagon came over to my camp fire where
I was cooking supper. We
got acquainted. I could tell
by his talk that he had been
drinking. I gave him one of
the sage hens, and he gave
me a drink of Duff’s Malt
Whisky out of a quart bottle.
He said his name was Pat. He
said he was going to Butte
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their feet and stood toe to
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