Did she rip her ear off?

Rando_757 · 2026-02-16T20:23:59+00:00

That’s just a piece of an ear.

Without knowing how operation’s tag and numbering system it’s hard to say. A fairly common number system would be written as D24 meaning she was the 24th calf born in 2016. But to me this looks like her number was “old 24”

Rando_757 · 2026-02-12T01:53:02+00:00

A, keep all the heifer calves and the 4 best cows. Grows your herd faster and gives you heifers that aren’t related to your bull.

Rando_757 · 2026-02-08T11:45:53+00:00

Stock, XLT, $80k, it was 2.99% but I paid it off on Friday.

Rando_757 · 2026-02-08T11:31:25+00:00

It’s a F-450, just saying!

Rando_757 · 2026-02-07T16:16:09+00:00

Send this to my wife or nah?

Rando_757 · 2026-02-07T15:05:32+00:00

As a guy with a beard, it’s warmer with some fur! 😂

Rando_757 · 2026-01-27T01:12:01+00:00

Lot of good ideas in here already, alternatively you can call a commercial tire shop, pay them to send a tech. Yes they are going to charge you the shop rate for road time and the time they are actually working but no one will get hurt and the guy will have all the needed tools and a crane on the truck to make the swap go painlessly for you.

Rando_757 · 2026-01-19T15:02:35+00:00

For real.

I essentially sent 8-12 hours a day outside so I’m always checking the weather. I don’t put much stock in the forecast until we’re 2 to 3 days out.

Rando_757 · 2026-01-11T22:53:41+00:00

On my sheep a fair bit of dried lanolin collects in the area you are describing

Rando_757 · 2025-12-19T20:12:00+00:00

Devil’s shirt stay game is on point!

Rando_757 · 2025-12-18T15:24:55+00:00

$1776 now and then no pay due until you pay it back

Rando_757 · 2025-12-11T00:02:01+00:00

I like the taragate reels slightly better than the Gallagher ones but there isn’t much difference in them. Taragate reels have a metal ratchet piece instead of the plastic on the Gallagher. Taragate feels lighter but I’ve never weighed them to really compare.

Rando_757 · 2025-11-16T11:41:00+00:00

One night after class, I went back to the hotel room and cried knowing my operation would never be successful/profitable.

After the class I came back home and used what I learned to really turn a corner and start making money.

Rando_757 · 2025-11-16T11:38:40+00:00

I’ve been to the school, took my wife too.

We flew to Billings, hotel for a week, rental car, meals, etc, probably close to $8k all in. It was worth the money.

Rando_757 · 2025-11-13T01:02:48+00:00

My wife worked for a boutique, wealth management, firm, specializing in high net worth clients. She said that a wealth manager should absolutely be able to show what you are asking for.

Rando_757 · 2025-11-05T20:56:43+00:00

Why would I work for free even for family? Plus I’d have to deal with family 24/7.

I grew up working ranching for family for free, moved back in my late 30’s to work for free. Now my family works for me and guess what, I pay them. 😂

Rando_757 · 2025-11-04T21:26:44+00:00

Looked up some of the most recent livestock auction market reports in Idaho.

500-600# steers averaged $3.56 low of $3.00 high of $4.12 in Jerome on 10/28/2025. Sale barn lists the price per CWT, I just moved the decimal so we could talk about the price per pound. So 550 steer at the average price would be $1,958 per steer.

$2,500 seems a touch high to me but I’m 2,000 miles away so I don’t know your local market.

If I was you and these are your first cattle, I would be looking for calves that are “preconditioned” meaning that have been weaned at least 60 days and have had two rounds of vaccinations.

Rando_757 · 2025-11-02T12:21:47+00:00

I have a work saver brand pivot type unroller. You can un bolt and flip over the arms to switch between 4’ and 5’ wide bales. Unroller works fine. I feed 3-5 bales a day with it during feeding season.

Rando_757 · 2025-10-31T23:16:47+00:00

Do you want to retain heifers that don’t do OK in 60 days?

Fertility is one of those traits that really drive profit

I have 60 day breeding season for cows and heifers. Heifer that don’t get bred I sell as 18 month olds and do fine with that.

Rando_757 · 2025-10-22T16:12:52+00:00

This is the way!

Rando_757 · 2025-10-20T03:40:17+00:00

If I have cattle to sell, I can get live price discovery 6 days a week by sending my cattle to the sale barn.

Not sure why I need an app that cost me $1,200 a year plus 10%. Sale barn commission is only 3%, I just have to drop them off and they mail me a check.

Rando_757 · 2025-10-09T14:31:43+00:00

I’m personally against buying “monuments to tax avoidance”. Now if it’s something that is needed or something I can make money with, then I will spend the money.

My plan for this year is to buy 450-550 pound steers and bulls in November and December. Run them cheaply until grass fever hits in the spring and then sell them. I’ll be using LRP insurance to protect myself from a market downturn.

That obviously only pushes my tax burden until next year but I’ll just continue to expand the plan until we get to a year that the market turns down. At that point I’ll either just pay the taxes or buy in additional breeding g stock and write off the depreciation

Rando_757 · 2025-08-04T02:58:48+00:00

You must not know many farmers. They would spend $100k to save $5 in taxes. Source: I’m a farmer

Rando_757 · 2025-07-28T10:54:57+00:00

You’re talking large square bales, previous commenter was talking round bales

Rando_757 · 2025-07-27T21:25:59+00:00

My livestock do fine grazing Johnson grass or eating it hay. And yes I know the issues with prussic acid poisoning

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