Wyoming Livestock Roundup October 17, 2026 by Wyoming Livestock Roundup

Volume 38 Number 26 • October 17, 2026

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A Look Inside

Gov. signs EOs to ease transportation restrictions for ag products

Check your answers for this month’s crossword puzzle.......... ....................................... Page 8

As ongoing drought conditions and rising fuel costs continue to strain those across the Cowboy State, Gov. Mark Gordon recently signed three executive orders (EO) to ease transportation restrictions on agricultural commodities, livestock and fuel.

Sugar demand remains resilient. ..................................... Page 12 Ag officials join forces at 35th Annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord.......................... Page 13 New study reveals gaps in bison parasite management....... ..................................... Page 18

Quick Bits Disease Alert

According to a Rural Veterinary Practices Oct. 12 Facebook post, multiple cases of pigeon fever have recently been confirmed in horses in southwest Wyoming. Pigeon fever is a bacterial infection which can cause swelling and abscesses, most commonly on the chest and belly. Producers are reminded to practice good fly control and monitor animals for signs of swelling or abscess, fever, loss of appetite, lameness or unusual stiffness. For more information, call Uinta Veterinary Hospital at 307-782-6566 or visit equinediseasecc.org/ pigeon-fever.

The measures follow recent federal action by President Donald Trump to ease restrictions on dyed diesel fuel for highway use and aim to provide relief for Wyoming’s ag industry while improving the movement of essential commodities into, out of and

GRAZING DIRECTIVE

The next Wyoming Sage Grouse Implementation Team (SGIT) meeting is set for Nov. 19 at the Inn at Lander. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. with no virtual option available, and an agenda will be posted on the Wyoming Game and Fish Department website in November. For more information, visit wgfd.wyo.gov/wyoming-wildlife/sage-grouse-management/ sage-grouse-executive-order# SGIT.

The official coronation and fundraiser for Miss Rodeo Wyoming 2027 Jadyn Hall will take place on Oct. 30 at the Goshen County Fairgrounds Rendezvous Center in Torrington. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for a social hour and silent auction, and dinner will be served at 6 p.m., followed by the crowning, live auction and music by Preuit Road Band. Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at missrodeowyoming.com. For more information or to make a donation, contact Hall at 307-575-5195.

NBA Conference The National Bison Association (NBA) 2027 Winter Conference will be held Jan. 20-23, 2027 at the Hilton Denver City Center in Denver, Colo. Attendees will have unique opportunities for bison-specific learning, engagement, producer development and community building. For more information, visit nationalbison.org/ event/2027-national-bison-asso ciation-winter-conference/.

Please see EO on page 11

USDA urges public lands ranchers to utilize federal grazing directive On Oct. 5, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins penned a letter to public lands ranchers, encouraging those with grazing permits on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) allotments to take advantage of the June 12 Grazing Directive. In the letter, Rollins outlines key provisions aimed at expanding opportunities, improving land management and reducing regulatory barriers on public lands and urges producers to work with federal officials to implement them. Background info According to an Oct. 8 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) press release, the directive builds upon several initiatives introduced by the Trump administration over the past year to support U.S. livestock producers and improve federal grazing management. On Oct. 20, 2025, USDA announced its Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry, which outlines strategies to strengthen domestic beef production, improve supply chain resilience and support the long-term sustainability of the nation’s cattle industry. This was followed by a March 31 memorandum of understanding

SGIT Meeting

Coronation

across the state. Agricultural transportation relief On Oct. 6, Gordon signed EO 2026-08 to specifically extend emergency transportation relief for livestock and livestock feed.

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Please see GRAZING on page 5

USDA, FTC investigate ag equipment competition On Oct. 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a joint public inquiry regarding potential anticompetitive conduct and issues affecting agricultural equipment manufacturing and distribution markets. In a press release, the entities encourage members of the public, including farmers, independent repair providers and current or former employees of agricultural equipment manufacturers and dealers, to comment on issues relevant to the investigation. According to the agencies, the goal of the public inquiry is to better understand barriers to ag producers and to protect agricultural competition for American producers. Request for information In the press release, FTC and USDA invite public comment to aid in the agencies’ understanding of broader issues affecting agricultural equipment manufacturing and distribution markets. This request for information (RFI) follows a growing number of complaints USDA has received from producers citing barriers when purchasing machinery, obtaining replacement parts or accessing the necessary services to maintain and repair their equipment. In their comments, members of the public are encouraged to identify and describe relevant business models, policies, agreements or contractual terms; provide supporting examples or data such as pricing comparisons and share firsthand experiences or documented cases of restrictions, Please see INVESTIGATION on page 7

CREEPY COWBOY CHRONICLES “Big Nose” George Parrott met by grisly fate The Carbon County Museum in Rawlins is home to an impressive variety of items showcasing the Cowboy State’s fascinating frontier history. Although unassuming at first glance,

Rangeland Concerns Public lands officials discuss ongoing challenges with wild horses and burros Wild horses and burros remain a hot button issue for public lands ranchers, especially as populations continue to exceed what western rangelands can sustainably support, creating growing concern for rangeland health, wildlife habitat and the mounting cost of managing animals both on and off the range. During the Public Lands Council 58th Annual Meeting in Copper Mountain, Colo., Annie Ebbers, acting division chief of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)’s Wild Horse and Burro Program, and Brenda Younkin, deputy assistant secretary of land and minerals management at the Department of the Interior, held a panel discussion to address the current state of U.S. wild horse and burro populations and ongoing efforts to improve longterm management. The discussion was followed by a presentation from University of Wyoming Professor Dr. Jeffrey Beck, who shared research examining the impacts of free-ranging wild horses on wildlife and rangeland ecosystems across the West. Growing populations To begin, Ebbers explained appropriate management level (AML) refers Please see HORSES on page 6

one of the most bizarre and bone-chilling items on display at the museum is a pair of custom-made shoes commissioned by former Wyoming Gov. John Osborne in the late-1800s. Fashioned from human skin, the shoes tell the grisly tale of one of Wyoming’s most notorious outlaws “Big Nose” George Parrott and serve as a lasting testament to the grisly nature of frontier justice in Wyoming’s earliest years. Wayward Wild West Carbon County Museum Director Tom Mensick calls the tale of Big Nose George “one of the most unique and quintessential Wild West stories,” noting visitors from around the world make their way to Rawlins to see the infamous shoes and learn

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Looking Forward to Election Day As Election Day draws near, I’m looking forward to the end of a long year of politics. It seems to me election years just drag on and on. I can’t imagine the work most of the candidates have put in, and I have From the a lot of respect for most people who run Publisher for office, especially those who run a clean Dennis Sun campaign. America has always been noted for having some hard campaigns, especially on the national level. These hard, finger-pointing and name-calling politics have been around since the U.S. Constitution was written. However, I wish election campaigns didn’t take up a whole year. I can understand why election campaigns were lengthy years ago, as travel and communications took longer, but in today’s day and age where everything is so instant, I would imagine six to eight months would be long enough for us to learn about candidates and their policies and make a decision on who to vote for. On the Wednesday after Election Day, everyone will start talking about the 2028 presidential race, meaning that campaign will last for two years. Our right to vote is our reward for a long campaign season. I have always been a supporter of President Donald Trump and have liked most of his policies, especially concerning the western part of the country, but I think he has gone too far in trying to win elections in importing more beef into the country and opening up western lands for more recreation with offroad vehicles. Trump removed tariffs on lean beef from Brazil and other countries for 90 days, and after one month, not much lean trimmings have been shipped into the U.S. and the price of hamburger has stayed about the same. But it has hurt the price of cull cattle during the late-fall cattle markets. These cull cattle are an important part of a rancher’s yearly income in late fall. I also don’t agree with the current administration opening up public lands in the West for recreation. There are reasons public lands have restrictions on them. Off-road vehicles have caused a lot of damage on western public lands in recent years due to drought, fragile soils and poor water crossings. Maybe people in Washington, D.C. think off-road vehicles are like golf carts and cause no damage, but there is a reason there are no knobby tires or four-wheel drive on golf carts. The West doesn’t need roads everywhere – there are places better left alone. I feel he doesn’t need to damage federal lands at the expense of some of his strongest supporters. I realize the importance of Trump getting legislation passed while he has Congress on his side, but the trick is, if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. The most important action everyone can take is to get out and vote. Voting is a right, don’t waste it.

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GUEST OPINIONS Coal and Nuclear in Wyoming By Thomas Lubnau III Ask most folks what built the Powder River Basin, and they’ll say it was hard work and good coal. Both are true, but the trigger was federal policy. When President Richard Nixon signed the Clean Air Act of 1970 and created the Environmental Protection Agency, the new sulfur limits sent power companies hunting for low-sulfur coal – and northeastern Wyoming was sitting on the Great Plains of it. The 1990 amendments tightened the screws further. The Powder River Basin went from producing 4.6 million tons of coal with 448 workers in 1969 to 184 million tons and more than 4,600 workers by 1990, according to the Wyoming Mining Association. In 1984, Wyoming passed West Virginia to become the number one coal state in the nation. Sit with this for a second – coal didn’t boom despite Washington, D.C. It boomed because of Washington, D.C. A rule written to clean the nation’s air happened to require exactly what Wyoming had in the ground. Now look at nuclear, which is the same story told backwards. For half a century, federal regulation didn’t lift the nuclear industry – it smothered it. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) built a culture so risk-averse it effectively stopped licensing new reactors altogether, holding the industry to radiation standards stricter than the natural background we’re sitting in right now. In the half-century since the NRC’s creation in 1974, it has licensed two reactors from start to finish – Vogtle 3 and 4. The pair took 14 years and ballooned from a $14 billion budget to over $30 billion, not due to safety hazards, but due to regulation and oversight from the federal government – something Wyoming coal is no stranger to. Then the door opened. In 2024, Congress passed the bipartisan Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy Act to speedy reactor licensing. In May 2025, four executive orders by the Trump administration ordered the NRC to reorganize around a new mandate – to enable nuclear, not just police it – complete with fixed 18-month licensing deadlines and a national goal of quadrupling U.S. nuclear capacity to 400 gigawatts by 2050. The same machinery which once made coal king is being retooled to build more reactors. The only question is whether Wyoming walks through this door the way our grandparents walked through the last one.

What Washington, D.C. gives, Washington, D.C. can take. The regulatory state that built our coal boom later turned on it – a federal land plan would end all new coal leasing in the Powder River Basin by 2041. Wyoming is now tangled in more than 50 lawsuits defending its fossil fuels and has stood up a dedicated Coal Litigation Fund to pay for the fight. Nuclear isn’t a betrayal of this history. It’s the hedge and the next hand. One county sits at the heart of both energy revolutions. More than 97 percent of Wyoming’s coal comes from 11 mines in Campbell County – home to eight of the 11 largest coal operations in America – and now BWX Technologies wants to build a $500 million tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) nuclear fuel fabrication plant east of Gillette, the first such facility built in the U.S. in decades. The state has already committed $100 million toward it. In Kemmerer, TerraPower broke ground this spring on its Natrium reactor – the first commercial advanced reactor the NRC ever permitted – and the ura-

nium feeding all of it sits in our soil. The same county that powered the last century is positioned to power the next one. Before anyone’s imagination runs to mushroom clouds, understand what this plant is. It takes enriched uranium delivered by truck and fabricates it into TRISO fuel – uranium kernels the size of a poppyseed, each sealed in carbon and ceramic, which the Department of Energy calls one of the toughest fuels on Earth. For the fear that still lingers, the coal we’ve lived beside for generations is itself mildly radioactive. An Oak Ridge National Laboratory study found a coal plant releases roughly 100 times more radiation into its surroundings than a nuclear plant producing the same power. We have handled energy responsibly, at scale, for half a century. This is more of the same. Now picture the other path. Two years ago, a company called Radiant wanted to build its advanced reactors near Casper, then packed up and took its jobs to Oak Ridge, Tenn., amid regulatory uncertainty and a

cold local welcome. Tennessee had a nuclear fund ready and caught exactly what we dropped. Meanwhile, our anchor industry keeps shrinking – Wyoming coal production has fallen by roughly half since its 2008 peak, with 2024 as the worst year on record since the coal boom in the 1970s, and forecasters expect output to keep sliding. Chase off the successor industry too and Gillette is left with a contracting mine economy, a hollowing tax base in a state with no income tax and a generation of young people who leave because the future moved somewhere else. This isn’t caution. It’s surrender in an installment plan. Wyoming holds the nation’s largest known uranium reserves. We already pull the raw material out of our own ground. The prize now is to own the entire chain, cradle to grave and back to cradle. The industry has three great unsolved problems – America can’t enrich enough fuel domestically to feed its own reactors, it has nowhere permanent to put Please see POWER on page 18

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NEWS BRIEFS NRCS funds available The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Wyoming is encouraging producers to apply for available Fiscal Year 2027 conservation funding. “We know America’s producers know the land the best and are the best stewards,” said NRCS Wyoming State Conservationist Jackie Byam. “We encourage producers interested in conserving natural resources and keeping their operations productive, profitable and sustainable for future generations to contact their local NRCS office.” While NRCS accepts applications year-round, interested agricultural producers in Wyoming should apply by Nov. 6 to be considered for Fiscal Year 2027 funding. Programs include the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, Agricultural Management Assistance, Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP), Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) and Regional Conservation Partnership Program. NRCS is also providing additional financial assistance nationwide through the Regenerative Pilot Program (RPP), which enables producers to implement whole-farm regenerative practices through a single application for EQIP and CSP. RPP is part of USDA’s commitment to putting “Farmers First” and advancing the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda by building a healthier, more resilient food system. For more information, visit content.govdelivery.com/ accounts/USDAFARMERS/bulletins/42c8ef5.

WGFD seeks information The Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) is seeking information regarding a mule deer buck which was illegally shot and left to waste in Big Piney. The incident occurred along Piney Drive in Deer Hunt Area 143, which closed on Oct. 2. The deer was killed with a crossbow sometime between the evening of Oct. 5 and early morning of Oct. 6. Anyone with possible information or who was in the area and may have noted suspicious vehicles, individuals or activities are encouraged to call WGFD Game Warden Adam Hymas at 309-260-8966 or the Stop Poaching Hotline at 1-877-943-3847. Reports can also be submitted online. Callers may remain anonymous when submitting reports, and WGFD reminds the public, when possible, to take note of license plates and any specific details of vehicles, people involved and locations. Any information leading to an arrest and conviction may be eligible for a monetary reward through the Wyoming Wildlife Protectors Association.

Wyoming Association of Irrigation Districts Fourth Annual Conference October 29 & 30, 2026 Western Heritage Hotel & Conference Center Casper, WY

October 29

9 a.m. – Welcome, introductions & meeting called to order 9:20 a.m. – Address changes & vote on amended constitution & bylaws 10:15 a.m. – WAID legislative accomplishments followed by Lisa Mueller, Mc2 presenting sustainability plan 11 a.m. – Nancy McCann: Member engagement Noon – Lunch 12:30 p.m. – John Shields: History of Irrigation 1:30 p.m. – Angela Spann: Amended Soils 2:15 p.m. – Meteorologist Don Day, Jr.: Weather 2:45 p.m. – Renny Mackay: Wyoming Business Alliance 3:30 p.m. – Curt Meier, Wyoming State Treasurer 4 p.m. – Cyrus Western: Region 8 U.S. EPA Administer 4:30 p.m. – Social hour, followed by live auction 6 p.m. – Evening banquet: Prime rib dinner with Keynote Speaker U.S. Representative Harriet Hageman followed by live band. Silent auction closes at 8 p.m.

October 30 8 a.m. 9 a.m.

10 a.m.

Noon

– Opening followed by Jeremiah Williamson, Williamson Law PLLC: Water Rights & Appropriations – Federal & State Agency Updates: • Bureau of Reclamation – Lyle Myler • WWDC programs – Chance Tavelli & Sarah Bargsten • NRCS Programs – Katelyn Vaporis – Panel discussions: • Tomi Strock – Ag, State & Public Lands & Water Resources Committee • Martha Lawley – Select Water Committee • Josh DeBerard, WY Water Division I Superintendent – Wyoming Board of Control – Meeting adjourn

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GMO workshop ESAP applications open

The Wyoming Stock Growers Association (WSGA) is currently accepting nominations for the 2027 WSGA Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP). Applications require three letters of recommendation, one of which must come from a natural resource conservation agency, as well as responses to a few questions about the operation’s conservation practices. Both nominator and nominee must submit statements of agreement regarding rules of the award program, and all applications must be e-mailed to info@ wysga.org or shared via Google Drive with wyomingstockgrowersassn@gmail.com by Oct. 31. To view the full application and additional details, visit wysga.org/environmental-stewardship-award.

WGFD announces priorities On Aug. 24, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) hosted a press conference to address leadership transitions and next steps for the agency. Interim Director Eric Wiltanger, who assumed the leadership role on Aug. 10 following former Director Angi Bruce’s resignation, addressed the agency’s immediate priorities and long-term goals. He said WGFD will continue to prioritize terrestrial and aquatic habitat restoration, landowner partnerships, mule deer conservation and public access. “Our priority is straightforward – keep Wyoming’s wildlife populations healthy by conserving the habitat they depend on, maintain movement corridors across the landscape, confront disease and invasive species and make decisions grounded in the best available science,” Wiltanger said. He also emphasized the importance of internal stability and supporting WGFD staff to ensure ongoing projects, priorities and initiatives continue uninterrupted during the transitional phase. Chief Game Warden Dan Smith will fill Wiltanger’s role as the interim deputy director of internal affairs, and Craig Smith, deputy chief for the Wildlife Division, will be filling Smith’s role as the interim Wildlife Division chief and chief game warden. The interim leadership team is expected to continue in their role through the election cycle, after which WGFD and other state agencies will undergo the normal appointment process for executive level positions.

The Wyoming Grants Management Office (GMO) will offer a one-day regional grant training titled “Post-Awards Grant Management 3.0: Internal Controls and Project Closeout” with an afternoon hands-on workshop on Oct. 27 in Jackson from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The hybrid training and workshop is focused on building a strong internal control framework and developing policies to manage federal grant funds. The morning training session provides participants with practical knowledge and skills in major post-award compliance areas including implementing successful internal controls, performing risk management self-assessments and successfully managing the closeout and longterm compliance of grants. In the afternoon workshop, participants will work through practical activities such as policy development and conducting risk self-assessment activities using guided work sessions and facilitator support. The training is free, limited to 35 participants and lunch is provided. Participants should bring a laptop, have access to available organizational information and bring electronic copies of grant documentation. For more information or to register, visit docs.google. com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdArVGN58gPbFevJINM2B4s HagcACb_q19rHtAp0oW5tV3T8w/viewform.

ESG funding ended On Sept. 17, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decisive action to end Dairy Checkoff funding for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) overregulation. This action aligns research and promotion activities with the department’s priorities and the original mission of the checkoffs. “American dairy producers, cattle ranchers and farmers pay checkoff assessments so those dollars can build demand for their products – not bankroll radical climate agendas which raise costs and constrain production,” said Rollins. “Today’s action returns the Dairy Checkoff and all research and promotion programs to their core mission of expanding markets and supporting the hardworking men and women who feed this country. We will not allow producer dollars to underwrite mandates which put American agriculture at a disadvantage.”

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NEWS BRIEFS WGFD holds meeting The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission heard proposals from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) on several regulation changes and updates during its September meeting, held Sept. 21-22 in Evanston. During the meeting, WGFD Interim Director Eric Wiltanger highlighted the department’s discussions with the Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife and Cultural Resources Interim Committee and provided a glance at WGFD’s current financial situation. WGFD Deputy Director Dan Smith provided comments about the 2026 wolf season, highlighted the work of field personnel going into the hunting season and recognized employees who recently retired from the department. WGFD Deputy Director Jeff Davis highlighted the work of Gov. Mark Gordon in signing the Sage Grouse Executive Order (EO), stating, “Gordon leads the way when it comes to wildlife conservation, and his signing of the sage grouse EO is just another example of this leadership.” The commission approved changes to four big game herd unit management objectives. Based on the current population trends of mule deer herds, agricultural damage and chronic wasting disease prevalence, the commission voted to reduce population objectives in the three mule deer herds. The commission also voted to move the Black Hills Elk Herd from a landowner and hunter satisfaction objective to a postseason population objective. In addition, the commission approved $31,000 from Wildlife Conservation License Plates to extend the Trapper’s Point fence project near Pinedale.

CAB awards scholarships This year, the Colvin Scholarship Fund awarded $100,000 to 24 students across the country, helping them continue their education and prepare for careers which will contribute to the strength and advancement of the beef industry. Each recipient is pursuing a career in production agriculture, industry research or another area of agriculture. Their commitment carries forward the legacy of Certified Angus Beef’s (CAB) Cofounder and long-time Executive Director Louis “Mick” Colvin, whose vision helped establish the scholarship program. Top recipients in each category were awarded $7,500 with additional scholarships recognizing educational achievement and community involvement across production agriculture, undergraduate and graduate students. The 2026 recipients of the Production Agriculture Awards include Nathan Rippe and Lance Jones of University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ty Jones of Oklahoma State University (OSU), Jace Hall of Texas Tech University, Will Hauerland of West Texas A&M University (WTAMU) and Olivia Robert of Kansas State University (KSU). Undergraduate award recipients include Kade Lawrence of WTAMU; Drew Mickey, Jackson McCurry, Lyle Perrier and Bella Hewitt of KSU; Kyndal Edwards and Berkley Carver of Texas Tech University; Kenzie Barta of University of Idaho; Trell Amoss of OSU and Grant Boyd of Iowa State University. Graduate awards recipients include Amelia Main and Ellie LaCroix of Texas Tech University; Ryan Heitschmidt, Shelton Luedke, Bailey Lamb and Brittley Bowers of WTAMU; Chesney Effling of KSU and Kaylen Sterns of OSU.

Funding available The Wyoming Association of Conservation Districts is encouraging Wyomingites to be aware of funding opportunities for conservation and food security projects. First, the Creek Bed Foundation provides grants to organizations throughout the U.S. focused on environmental conservation and wildlife protection. The grant amount varies, and the application deadline is Oct. 31. Also, the American Public Gardens Association’s Urban Agriculture Resilience Program supports public gardens and their partners in facilitating collaborative urban agriculture, community gardening and food-growing programs to address food security challenges. Funded projects must combine food-growing and education components, with preference given to small public gardens, projects committed to sustainable agriculture or climate resilience and organizations launching new urban agriculture programs. The grant amount ranges between $5,000 and $20,000, and the application deadline is Nov. 17. For more information, visit grantstation.com/ GrantStation-Insider/09-24-26?utm_term=insider&mkt_id= 1f0cbe4a-0f4e-57fc-8d4d-7c20a68bed70&utm_campaign= %5BNews%5D%2AWNN+9%2F24%2F26&utm_content= %5BNews%5D+NOPROMO&utm_medium=email_action& utm_source=customer.io#national3.

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GRAZING continued from page 1 (MOU), signed by Rollins and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, to advance grazing opportunities on USFS and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands. These efforts resulted in the June 12 Grazing Directive, issued by Rollins and USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Michael Boren. Together, the three initiatives establish the administration’s priorities for expanding livestock grazing, streamlining federal processes and improving cooperation between ag agencies and ranchers. “These three documents reinforce the critical role our federal land ranchers play in national food security; the health of our landscapes; providing sustainable beef, lamb and wool for America’s food and fiber supply and maintaining the fabric of rural America,” Rollins states. Grazing priorities According to USDA, USFS and BLM collectively manage about 240 million acres of rangelands

across 28 states, supporting more than 23,000 grazing permittees and lessees. With this, the June 12 Grazing Directive outlines several priorities for improving livestock grazing opportunities on National Forest System lands while remaining consistent with existing federal laws and regulations. One of the primary goals is to restore at least 500,000 head months of grazing across USFS lands within two years. According to USDA, head months are a measure of livestock grazing use based on the number of animals grazing over a specified period of time. The directive also calls for implementing a policy of “no net loss of animal unit months (AUM) within grazing allotments.” The department notes an AUM generally represents the amount of forage required to sustain one animal unit – typically a 1,000-pound cow and her calf – for one month. Additionally, the directive encourages USFS to make vacant and closed allotments available for

livestock grazing, where permitted under existing regulations. Other priorities include improving wildfire planning, coordination and recovery efforts; exploring the use of virtual fencing technology and streamlining processes under the National Environmental Policy Act. Further, the directive emphasizes improved communication and collaboration between federal land managers and grazing permittees. Rancher engagement In her letter, Rollins also emphasizes the role federal grazing permittees play in maintaining healthy landscapes, supporting rural economies and producing food and fiber for American consumers. “You embody the ethos of our nation’s founding 250 years ago,” she says. “For the past 19 months, USDA has worked tirelessly to defend and promote our nation’s ranchers and give them the tools they need to help rebuild our ‘Great American Cattle Herd.’” Further, Rollins encourages ranchers to familiarize themselves with the directive and work directly with USFS personnel to imple-

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ment priorities within the directive on their allotments. She also addresses the administration’s commitment to addressing “agricultural lawfare.” “While USDA has thousands of humble, dedicated civil servants, in February 2026, I launched the Farmer and Rancher Freedom Framework, acknowledging that at times agricultural producers may have been subjected to agricultural lawfare, which is the misuse of administrative, legal and legislative government systems to adversely impact farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers,” she states. Ranchers who believe they have experienced agricultural lawfare may submit information through the Rancher Freedom Framework at usda.gov/lawfare, while grazing-specific concerns may be directed to grazing@usda.gov. Rollins also encourages producers to visit the USDA’s Ranchers First webpage at usda.gov/ ranchers-first for additional information on federal initiatives supporting livestock grazing, meat processing and domestic cattle production. Hannah Bugas is the managing editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

USDA announces investment On Oct. 6, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a $180 million investment to launch the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Seed Sovereignty Initiative, a major effort to both strengthen U.S. agricultural security by protecting the plant genetic resources which underpin American agriculture and enable breakthroughs in U.S. agricultural innovation. This initiative will provide much-needed investments in USDA’s Agricultural Research Service National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), which houses more than 600,000 accessions representing over 16,000 species. Using this funding, USDA will sequence collections of major crops to unlock the tremendous potential of the plant genetic resources the U.S. holds and identify critical gaps. Foreign competitors are actively acquiring and sequencing plant genetic resources from around the world. Meanwhile, the U.S. has not capitalized on the genetic information within U.S. collections, which is not fully sequenced. The Seed Sovereignty Initiative will help close this knowledge gap and reduce the risk of future foreign dependence. Over two years, USDA will characterize and sequence numerous NPGS collections and use advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence, to identify valuable traits. This work will help USDA and American researchers respond more quickly to emerging pests and diseases and support the development of new crop varieties to benefit U.S. farmers and consumers. The Seed Sovereignty Initiative will move USDA from preserving America’s agricultural genetic resources to fully understanding and strategically using the resources to strengthen American agriculture. USDA is also expanding its existing memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen competition in agricultural input markets, with a continued robust emphasis on seeds. The expanded partnership will help ensure American farmers have greater transparency, stronger competition and more choices in the seed marketplace.

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HORSES continued from page 1 to the number of wild horses and burros western rangelands can sustainably support over the long term. Nationwide, BLM’s AML is 25,592 head. However, in March, the agency estimated 85,466 horses and burros were living across America’s public rangelands. “This is over three times the number of wild horses and burros the range can handle,” Ebbers stated. “And, of course, overpopulation further exacerbates problems caused by drought,” she added. “We have wild horses and burros overgrazing lands which are already very stressed, outcompeting other species that use the same range and forage, and further damaging drought stressed soils.” Ebbers noted, at the beginning of the fiscal year, BLM initially planned to remove approximately 14,000 animals, in addition to roughly 1,000 anticipated emergency removals. However, now the agency only expects to remove about 11,000 animals. “Part of this shortfall is because we didn’t manage to catch all of the animals we intended to catch during gathers, but a lot of it is due to litigation,” she said. Ebbers explained litigation can force BLM to postpone gathers, sometimes pushing operations past foaling season, while delays may require the agency to reschedule contractors, resulting in another year of population growth before

animals can be removed. Staffing shortages present another challenge, Ebbers said, although BLM is currently hiring roughly 50 positions across the agency to bolster field operations. Cost of management Ebbers emphasized removing animals is only part of the equation. Once horses and burros leave the range, BLM is responsible for their care until animals can be adopted, sold or placed in private care. Ebbers noted the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program has a budget of approximately $144 million, but roughly $100 million goes toward caring for animals already removed from the range. “This means we have less money to actually remove animals from the range,” she said. Additionally, she noted around 60,000 animals are currently being held in offrange facilities across the West, and holding costs are by far the program’s largest expense. “This fiscal year, we will place about 8,000 animals, but we’re bringing in more animals than we are able to place into private care,” she stated. “The market for wild horses and burros is big, but it’s not indefinite.” During the discussion, a Nevada rancher pointed out off-range holding can also affect producers who do not graze livestock on federal lands. He noted a holding facil-

ity in Humboldt County, Nevada houses thousands of horses and requires hay year-round, adding more competition to an already tight hay market. Younkin acknowledged the concern, noting the intent of the BLM Wild Horse and Burro Program was never to become a permanent “warehouse for horses.” “We are working our way through this process, and our goal is to stop being a thorn in your backside – not only on the range, but off of the range as well,” she said. Expanding management tools In an effort to address these concerns, Younkin said DOI and BLM are working to build broader coalitions around wild horse and burro management while expanding on the tools they already have available to address overpopulation. Currently, they are working to reengage with the Path Forward Coalition, a group of stakeholders with differing perspectives on wild horse management, and expand involvement with sportsmen and wildlife organizations. “There’s also a new initiative coming out of BLM between now and the end of the year called the Rangeland Health Initiative,” Younkin said, noting the initiative is intended to better connect programs overseeing wild horse and burro management, livestock grazing and wildlife habitat, which have historically operated independently. The agency is also working to streamline Wild

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Horse and Burro Program regulations, which have not been substantially updated for decades, according to Younkin. Under new regulations, BLM would continue helicopter gathers, while utilizing other management tools such as drones. The agency would also formalize the Adoption Incentive Program. While fertility control has frequently been proposed as a solution to reduce the growing wild horse and burro population, Younkin and Ebbers stressed it cannot replace gathers and removals, which are essential to bring populations closer to AML. “We have a shared vision of getting to AML through removals, then managing at AML with fertility control,” Ebbers explained. The two noted BLM intends to begin incorporating fertility control and follow-up gathers as individual herd management areas (HMA) approach AML rather than waiting until populations reach the target before developing a maintenance strategy. Without long-term maintenance, Younkin said populations could quickly

rebound and erase progress made through removals. “We’re really focusing on a sort of dual approach to get us within AML,” she said. “Maintenance is the durability piece for the Wild Horse and Burro Program, otherwise we’re just Groundhog Day.” Impact to wildlife Following the panel, Beck presented research documenting how wild horses can affect wildlife and habitat when populations exceed AML. Research from Nevada comparing forage and water demand among horses, burros and native ungulates found horses and burros have placed more than twice the demand on the same resources as mule deer, elk, pronghorn and Bighorn sheep combined in recent years, according to Beck. Studies have also documented changes in vegetation associated with heavy wild horse use, including reduced native grass and shrub cover, increased bare ground, shorter vegetation, soil compaction and impacts to springs and riparian areas. Bringing it closer to home, Beck highlighted

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by Lee Pitts Kidding Around I know who’s to blame for the lack of interest shown by today’s young people in the cattle business. It’s county fairs, which have “steered” 4-H and FFA members to want to become anything but a rancher. When a youngster can sell a pig for a couple thousand dollars with a minimal amount of work, why would they choose to show a steer or heifer which costs at least $2,000 to buy and then is going to spend the rest of its life trying to step on their toes? Can you blame them for wanting to show a meek

little lamb instead? It was bad enough when the occasional 4-H’er went over to the dark side and showed a dairy heifer, but at least it was the right species – not like the chickens, rabbits and turkeys youngsters are now selling for thousands of dollars. Why would anyone want to put in all of the time and money to raise a replacement heifer, only to have her come up open? No wonder these smart young folks are going for easy money and don’t want to get into cattle ranching.

Even more ridiculous than $2,000 rabbits is the young man who showed and sold an old tractor for $9,000 at the fair. And he didn’t even have to feed or clean up after his tractor every day. All he did was put in a new set of spark plugs and paint the tractor with a rattle can. What “field” do you think that kid is going into as an adult? Certainly not ranching. He’s more apt to become a welder, diesel mechanic or, heaven forbid, a farmer. This trend away from cattle to smaller farm animals can be very confusing for old fogies like me who don’t know the first thing about how to “show” a rabbit or a turkey. It’s very confusing for fifth-generation ranchers who spent their entire adult lives raising cattle to have a grandchild show an old John

INVESTIGATION continued from page 1 penalties or retaliation. FTC and USDA also encourage respondents to discuss broader competitive implications including how anticompetitive practices may impact pricing, market entry, innovation, farmer welfare or rural economic resilience. Ongoing efforts The joint RFI is part of FTC’s ongoing work to preserve competition in the agricultural sector. According to the press release, this work includes FTC’s recent settlement, joined by 12 states, enjoining Corteva, Inc.’s alleged anticompetitive conduct in pesticides markets, as well as FTC’s settlement, joined by five states, of an antitrust action challenging repair

restrictions imposed by farm equipment manufacturer Deere and Company. The settlement with Deere was reached in July and ensures farmers can enjoy the right to repair their own John Deere tractors and farm equipment. According to an Oct. 9 Ag Daily article, FTC and five states reached a settlement with Deere and Company over allegations the company restricted farmers’ and independent repair providers’ abilities to repair machinery manufactured by the company. Ultimately, Deere agreed to make repair resources available to farmers and independent technicians comparable to those provided to authorized dealerships.

Wolf guidance issued In an Oct. 12 press release, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins urges state partners to review their wolf management policies, strengthen engagement with livestock producers and work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to address wolf predation. This outreach follows President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14425, Supporting America’s Ranchers, and builds on the administration’s commitment to give producers the tools they need to protect their herds and livelihoods. “For too long, America’s ranchers have dealt with wolves threatening and killing their livestock, their livelihoods and the family operations they have spent generations building,” Rollins says. “As ranchers await federal clarity on this issue, I urge states to listen to their producers, review state-specific wolf protections and work with USDA wherever possible to protect livestock, including through lethal removal when requested by the appropriate authorities and authorized by law.” “The most pro-rancher administration in history will continue standing with our ranchers and working to rebuild the ‘Great American Cattle Herd,’” Rollins adds U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) voiced her support, stating, “American ranchers have been forced to deal with apex predators devastating livestock for far too long, despite these protected species exceeding recovery goals long ago. Those who work around the clock to keep our shelves stocked and neighbors fed deserve to be fairly compensated for losses from protected predators like the gray and Mexican wolf.” USDA is encouraging states to engage directly with ranchers and raise awareness of how to report suspected predation to the appropriate state agencies or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For more information, visit usda.gov/form/ranchers-first.

Ag Daily notes this agreement “marked a significant development in the agricultural right-to-repair debate, which has intensified as tractors, combines and other machinery increasingly rely on proprietary software, electronic diagnostics and specialized repair tools.” Showing support Both USDA and FTC emphasize supporting American farmers through this joint RFI are a top priority. “This information will help both the FTC and USDA ensure the marketplace for agricultural equipment remains fair and farmers can continue to put food on Americans’ tables,” states the press release. “The agencies’ aim is to ensure efficient

Deere or a Hampshire hog. Take for example, the two sets of grandparents who had grandkids showing in the goat show. The grandparents sat right behind their children in the bleachers and kept up a running dialogue throughout the show. The cattle ranching grandparents felt as out of place at a goat show as a pimp in a nunnery. The only “goat” they remember was the 1963 Pontiac GTO fondly known as a “goat.” Everything about the goat show left them more confused than a young boy looking for his lost gum on the floor of a henhouse. The grandparents didn’t know a Nubian from a newspaper but listened intently to their adult offspring jabbering away in front of them. Keep in mind, when their adult children kept referring to “kids,” the grandparents

thought they were referring to their grandchildren. They heard such things as, “Where’d you buy your kid?” or “Did you know sometimes they’re born with an extra teat you have to cut off?” or “We keep all of the kids out in the barn where we’ve raised all of our babies.” Believe me, this drew a collective gasp from the grandparents’ section. One grandpa had heard enough and said, “It stinks around here.” He asked the other grandpa, “Would you care to join me at the beer booth?” But the grandmas tried to stick it out until the bitter end, as grandmas always do. However, when the judge gave his reasons after a class was placed, the grandmas got even more confused than they did when their fifthgrade math teacher tried to

teach them algebra. One grandmother asked, “Why does the judge keep talking about what kind of milker she’ll be?” and “Did I hear the judge right when he wondered aloud why the young kid hadn’t been tattooed yet?” “For heaven’s sake, she’s only eight years old,” said the grandmother. You could have heard a pin drop when one of the parents said, “Did you know in the past the male kid was drowned in a bucket of water right after birth because there was no market for male kids?” This is when one grandma said to the other, “I’ve heard enough. Shall we join our husbands at the beer booth?” The other grandma replied, “I’m afraid I’m going to need something a little stiffer.”

For more information on the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s request for public comments on unfair practices in the agricultural equipment sector or to access public comment instructions, visit ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/ RFI-AgEquipment.pdf. market operation and promote consumer welfare, particularly for small and independent agricultural equipment owners, repair providers and dealers.” In an Oct. 7 post on the social media platform X, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins voices her support, inviting producers to make their voices heard. “Every day I hear from farmers and, far too often, they bring up the restrictions they face in being able to repair their own equipment,” Rollins writes. “Added costs and lost labor time are the

result of these misguided restrictions for our farmers and ranchers.” “This harvest season we are asking you to make your voices heard,” she adds. “I am proud to join the FTC in hearing more from you.” FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson also expresses support in an Oct. 7 social media comment. “America’s farmers have a hard enough job as it is,” he says. “They shouldn’t have to overcome artifical service barriers to keep their farm machinery running or pay inflated prices for critical

equipment, and they shouldn’t suffer retaliation for fixing their own equipment or shopping around for better prices.” The public comment period is open until Dec. 7 and can be accessed online. Additionally, FTC emphasizes those wishing to leave a confidential, non-public comment for consideration can do so by contacting ElectronicFilings@ftc.gov. Grace Skavdahl is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

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USDA announces new plans to strengthen companion animal welfare On Sept. 21, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced actions to usher in a new era of companion animal oversight under the leadership of the

Trump administration. The announcement was made by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins during a roundtable with agency partners including

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(OIG) and DOJ OIG. Protecting companion animals In a Sept. 21 USDA press release, Rollins notes the roundtable was held to “continue to build and develop policies to protect the nation’s animals.” “In the Trump administration, animals deserve to be treated with respect and cared for properly,” Rollins says. “This announcement will lay out new standards to improve animal welfare, deploy new training and staff to continuously monitor facilities under our care and build further public awareness to protect our companion animals.” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. adds, “Under Trump, we are strengthening oversight, enforcing the law and holding those who mistreat animals accountable.” “At HHS, we are also driving a fundamental shift toward human-based research, with more than 20 actions to advance better science and reduce unnecessary animal testing,” he continues, further noting HHS recently launched a new webpage dedicated to showcasing the department’s progress in reducing

animal research and testing. Advancing quality care Through USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the department is taking new steps to strengthen dog and fellow companion animal welfare including advancing updates to standards of care, delivering breeder refresher notices, deploying welfare watchdogs and increasing inspector general staffing. USDA will put forth a regulatory proposal in 2027 based on 7,522 unique public comments received voicing support for strengthening Animal Welfare Act (AWA) standards for dogs. The department notes APHIS is finalizing review following robust public input governing the humane care, medical care, exercise and socialization, recordkeeping and research use of dogs under the AWA. Regarding breeder refresher notices, USDA is amplifying its communication and emphasizing rules through the issuance of over 2,000 regulatory refresher mailings to dog breeding facilities to make clear what the law requires for humane care. “Regular communication will strengthen compliance,” USDA states. Enhancing animal welfare The department also outlines efforts of the Animal Protection Bureau, a dedicated unit of specialists formed to strengthen enforcement of animal welfare rules, enhance nationwide oversight and advance the humane treatment of animals covered under federal law. “The newly formed team is in action, playing a pivotal role in supporting the AWA by conducting targeted compliance reviews, coordinating investigative efforts and implementing modernized enforcement strategies,” USDA states. “Through its close work with inspectors, veterinary officers, legal partners and program leaders, their work is helping identify unlicensed or unauthor-

ized operations, improve inspections and proactively address risks to companion animal welfare across the country.” Also, the agency notes in the coming year, USDA OIG John Walk plans to increase special investigations into animal fighting and other matters by 20 percent. “The OIG supplements APHIS investigations with administrative and legal escalation, and the work has resulted in successful enforcement against bad actors including prosecuting dog fighting and substandard breeding operations,” USDA explains. Continuing compliance USDA also emphasizes, in 2026, the department prioritized removing repeat bad actors from programs, which resulted in denying or terminating eight dog breeder licenses, suspending six, revoking five and pursuing a serious danger case against a dog breeder and supporting criminal investigations involving three facilities with dogs. In 2027, USDA plans to intensify this work by identifying dog breeders skirting welfare requirements. “Within six months, USDA will review all dog breeders who have surrendered a USDA or equivalent state license in the past two years and pursue action against anyone operating in circumvention of the AWA,” USDA states. According to USDA, the Trump administration has delivered on more than two dozen commitments to improve companion animal welfare under the AWA, including strengthening inspection consistency and training, accelerating enforcement against bad actors, targeting unlicensed activity through partnerships, adding talented professionals to build capacity and building public awareness. Grace Skavdahl is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

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USDA announces funding On Oct. 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $825 million in “America First” international food assistance investments which will mobilize significant purchases of U.S.-grown commodities to promote global food security. Administered across the Food for Peace, McGovernDole Food for Education and Food for Progress programs, these investments aim to help many of the world’s most vulnerable populations, support hardworking U.S. farmers and producers, strengthen America’s global agriculture influence and safeguard

international food security, all while creating future commercial partners and safeguarding hard-earned taxpayer dollars. According to USDA, Food for Peace will purchase approximately 129,000 metric tons of U.S.-grown commodities to support emergency food assistance in Ethiopia, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Haiti. To accomplish this, USDA has signed agreements in principle to deliver a further $357 million across eight projects. McGovern-Dole will purchase 62,150 metric tons of U.S.-grown com-

modities to support seven five-year projects across Bolivia, Cambodia, Ecuador, Guinea, Honduras, Liberia and Timor-Leste, delivering school meals to 6,415 schools to improve literacy and attendance, while introducing 1.2 million children and their families to premium U.S. agricultural goods. Food for Progress will purchase 311,650 metric tons of U.S.-grown commodities to modernize value chains; reinforce science- and rulesbased trade and support reliable commercial partners in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Ecuador, Morocco, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Philippines.

Conservation easement established On Oct. 7, the Green River Valley Program (GRVP) of the Jackson Hole Land Trust announced the Looney family has placed a permanent conservation easement on Wild Horse Ranch, a 233-acre working ranch located 7.5 miles southwest of Boulder along the New Fork River. The easement permanently protects irreplaceable agricultural land and wildlife habitat, including 169 acres of the Sublette Pronghorn New Fork Migration Bottleneck. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s 2025 Sublette Antelope Biolog-

ical Risk and Opportunity Assessment identifies this stretch as the heart of the herd’s migration corridor and specifically recommends conservation easements here to limit habitat disturbance. The conservation easement also safeguards a critical connection point between extensive Bureau of Land Management lands and 640 acres of Wyoming state trust lands, forming a vital private link between public lands and pronghorn stopover areas on either side of the New Fork River. Wild Horse Ranch is a working ranch with more than a century of agricul-

tural heritage, and the conservation easement ensures the ranch will remain a working agricultural landscape in perpetuity. The Wild Horse Ranch Conservation Easement was made possible through funding from the Bryant Foundation, Ducks Unlimited, Heart of the Rockies Initiative, Knobloch Family Foundation, North American Pronghorn Foundation, Sublette County Sage Grouse Local Working Group, Pronghorn Fund of The WYldlife Fund, Wyoming Governor’s Big Game License Coalition and Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust.

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Oct. 12 – 2,157 Head • Lighter calves steady • Heavy calves softer Oct. 15 – 624 Head • Cows & Bulls $2 to $4 Lower BULLS Miller, Jacob - Worland 1 Blk Bull, 1910#.................. $18450 Valcorp Leasing LLC - Shell 1 Blk Bull, 1890#.................. $17750 Bonita Ranch - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Bull, 1705#.................. $17700 1 Blk Bull, 1710#.................. $17500 Thunder, Marvene - Fort Washakie 1 Blk Bull, 1655#.................. $17500 Whitt, Slim - Thermopolis 1 Hrfd Bull, 1695# ................ $17000 Nicholas, Jacob - Fort Washakie 1 Blk Bull, 1720#.................. $16850 Brubaker Sheep Co LLC - Ten Sleep 1 Red Bull, 1630# ................ $16500 COWS Pitchfork Ranch LLC - Meeteetse 3 Blk Cows, avg. 1293# ....... $16900 1 Blk Cow, 1250#................. $15800 Miller, Jacob - Worland 1 Red Cow, 1255# ............... $16900 Larsen Ranch Co. - Meeteetse 1 Blk Cow, 1420#................. $16600 3 Blk Cows, avg. 1410# ....... $14000 SLS Cattle Co. - Meeteetse 1 Blk Cow, 1270#................. $15500 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1315# ....... $14900 Blue Gate Solututions - Gillette 1 Red Cow, 1110# ............... $15400 2 Red Cows, avg. 1263# ..... $14450 Lazy B V Cattle - Meeteetse 1 Blk Cow, 1415#................. $15250 Dale Lyman Ranch - Ten Sleep 3 Blk Cows, avg. 1143# ....... $15200 3 Blk Cows, avg. 1190# ....... $14850 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1410# ....... $14400 Axtell Ranch LLC - Thermopolis 1 Blk Cow, 1155# ................. $15000 1 Blk Cow, 1100# ................. $14900 3 Blk Cows, avg. 1247# ....... $14650 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1345# ....... $14400 Bonita Ranch - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow, 1050#................. $15000 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1198# ....... $14750 Dooley Livestock LLC - Worland 1 Blk Cow, 1335#................. $14700 1 Blk Cow, 1395#................. $14400 Turnell Cattle Co. - Meeteetse 1 Blk Cow, 1360#................. $14700 Mills, Irene - Thermopolis 1 Blk Cow, 1275#................. $14600 Gitlitz, Karla - Meeteetse 2 Blk Cows, avg. 1363# ....... $14400 Lyman Ranch Co. - Ten Sleep 1 Blk Cow 1420# ................. $14400 Nicholas, Jacob - Fort Washakie 1 Blk Cow, 1190# ................. $14300 Davidson, Sam - Burlington 1 Blk Cow, 1415#................. $13500 1 RWF Cow, 1355# ............. $13000 Elzey, Ezekiel - Cody 1 BWF Cow, 1945#.............. $12100 Hamilton Ranch Inc. - Hyattville 1 Blk Cow, 1400#................. $11600 Caines Land & Livestock - Hyattville 1 Blk Cow, 1250#................. $11400 HEIFER CALVES Oldham, Jared 20 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 351# ... $54900 53 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 425# ... $47500 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 510# ..... $44300 Neves, Jay - Otto 13 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 380# ... $53000 21 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 498# ... $45500 Dooley Livestock LLC - Worland 11 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 390# ... $53000 5 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 450# ... $48000 Bjornestad Land & Cattle - Manderson 10 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 328# ... $52000 45 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 469# ... $47100

26 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 407# ... $45100 Shultz, Marshal - Otto 13 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 394# ... $51750 Parsley Red Angus - Burlington 5 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 404# ... $47250 Kumm, Glen - Worland 13 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 415# ... $46900 11 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 495# ... $46100 Harry, Mikala - Fort Washakie 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 438# ..... $46500 9 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 524# ..... $44300 12 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 591# ... $38500 Nicholson, Jerry - Burlington 6 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 482# ..... $46300 Paxton, Brenton - Basin 10 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 462# ... $46100 11 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 540# ... $41500 Thompson, Will - Shoshoni 13 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 406# ... $45500 16 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 477# ... $44900 Trehearne, Troy - Riverton 11 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 499# ... $44300 Conner, Carolyn - Thermopolis 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 501# ..... $44300 Bolli, Bruce - Meeteetse 8 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 404# ..... $43750 Ever Sky Ranch - Shell 9 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 498# ..... $43500 Campbells Inc. - Thermopolis 20 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 536# ... $42800 11 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 630# ... $36900 Klitzke, Leroy - Greybull 8 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 524# ..... $42550 Stoffers, Shawn - Greybull 7 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 505# ..... $42250 6 RWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 580# .. $35000 Burson, Torry - Fort Washakie 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 527# ..... $41500 Whitt, Ash - Thermopolis 3 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 402# .. $39000 Foss, Luke - Basin 23 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 562# ... $38800 Goton, Michael - Shell 3 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 590# ..... $38400 Gingerich, Daniel - Riverton 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 579# ..... $38250 6 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 643# ..... $35200 Laverty, Mary - Powell 5 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 588# ..... $38100 Cross, Neil - Powell 6 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 593# ..... $37750 Johnson, Helen - Frannie 2 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 588# ..... $37750 SRS Ranch - Powell 2 RWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 550# .. $37750 Bell, Keith - Cody 5 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 527# .. $37250 Gilbreath, Donald - Meeteetse 4 Blk Hfr Clvs, avg. 560# ..... $36750 Fink, Ray - Lovell 4 Red Hfr Clvs, avg. 608# ... $35900 Blackmore, Lee - Powell 2 BWF Hfr Clvs, avg. 630# .. $35750 STEER CALVES Wiechmann, Jason - Ten Sleep 21 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 367# ... $64250 Neves, Jay - Otto 16 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 377# ... $62750 30 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 486# ... $50900 Blue Gate Solutions - Gillette 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 384# ..... $62000 31 Red Str Clvs, avg. 485#.. $46985 Shultz, Marshal - Otto 14 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 381# ... $60750 16 Rd/Blk Str Clvs, avg. 490# ..$46600 Cachelin, Trisha - Fort Washakie 7 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 353# ..... $58000 Bjornestad Land & Cattle - Manderson 32 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 421# ... $55900 53 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 493# ... $50700 15 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 545# ... $44100

Kumm, Glen - Worland 28 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 471# ... $54000 8 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 526# ..... $48100 Oldham, Jared 18 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 390# ... $53800 52 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 430# ... $52500 85 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 506# ... $49050 Burson, Torry - Fort Washakie 4 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 389# ..... $53500 McFarlane, Jennifer - Deaver 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 331# ..... $53500 Dooley Livestock LLC - Worland 21 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 449# ... $53200 Thompson, Will - Shoshoni 14 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 451# ... $51800 19 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 502# ... $46100 Hoyt, Mark - Basin 22 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 448# ... $50000 53 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 519# ... $49050 23 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 618# ... $40550 Paxton, Brenton - Basin 9 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 476# ..... $49800 14 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 534# ... $48700 Bolli, Bruce - Meeteetse 8 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 453# ..... $49250 13 Blk Str Clvs, avg, 518# ... $46500 Triple C Hay Farms LLC - Riverton 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 490# ..... $49100 10 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 603# ... $40650 Nicholson, Jerry - Burlington 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 445# ..... $49000 5 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 510# ..... $48300 Warner, Michael - Worland 1 Red Str Calf, 460# ............ $49000 Trehearne, Troy - Riverton 31 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 479# ... $48900 Dewey, Amber - Otto 9 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 506# ..... $48900 Parsley Red Angus - Burlington 15 Red Str Clvs, avg. 493#.. $46500 Harry, Mikala - Fort Washakie 17 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 569# ... $43900 13 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 627# ... $40400 Littlewhiteman, Hailey - Fort Washakie 6 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 535# ..... $43750 Ward Ranch - Pinedale 28 CharX Str Clvs, avg. 598#$41800 Klitzke, Leroy - Greybull 2 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 613# .. $39600 Roush, James - Vernal 4 BWF Str Clvs, avg. 631# .. $39500 Campells Inc. - Thermopolis 15 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 660# ... $38100 Foss, Luke - Basin 16 Blk Str Clvs, avg. 641# ... $37600 Gingerich, Daniel - Riverton 8 RWF Str Clvs, avg. 643# .. $35800

• Upcoming Sales •

Oct. 22 – All Class Cattle Oct. 26 – Monday: The Bawl of the Fall Feeder Special Oct. 29 – Weigh-Up Special with All Class Cattle Nov. 5 – Bred Cow Special w/ All Class Cattle Nov. 9 – Monday: The Bawl of the Fall Feeder Special Nov. 12 – All Class Cattle Nov. 19 – Weigh-Up Special with All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goat Nov. 23 – Monday: The Bawl of the Fall Feeder Special Nov. 26 – No Sale

Consignments • Oct. 22 • All Class Cattle, Sheep & Goat

Larson Ranch – 21 ST black bred cows, calve March-April.

Oct. 26 • Monday “The Bawl of the Fall” Feeder Special

Larry & Alex Paxton – 150 black steers, 450-550#, complete vacc at branding. Herman Livestock – 85 steers, black & BB; 65 heifers, black & BB, 375-460#, two rounds of shots, weaned Aug. 11. Bob Nicol – 75 black steers, 450-550#; 60 black heifers, 450-550#, complete vacc at branding. Leroy & Clay Shumway – 120 mixed black, 450--500#, complete vacc. Tom & Cassie Johnstone – 85 red steers; 20 red heifers, 425-525#, complete vac at branding, preconditioned & poured, knife cut, high elevation, sired by Red Fork bulls. Aaron Carollo – 50 black steers; 50 black heifers, 500#, complete vacc at branding. Steve Bales – 50 black steers; 40 black heifers, Bangs vacc, 450-600#, two rounds of shots. Jerry DeVries – 25 black heifers, replacement quality; 50 black steers, two rounds of shots, weaned 45+ days. Truman Trosper – 60 mixed mostly black, 450-550#, complete vacc at branding, knife cut, high elevation. Durbin Creek Herefords – 55 BB steers, weaned 45+ days. Michael & Jennifer Bottoms – 26 black steers, 500-600#; 21 black heifers, 500-600#, two rounds of shots, poured, weaned 45+ days. Jim & Alice Emerson – 40 mixed black BB, 450-550#, complete vacc at branding. Clair Ludwig – 22 black steers, 550-625#; 17 black heifers, 500-575#, complete vacc at branding. Dusty Mills – 25 steers, black & BWF SimAngus; 10 heifers, black & BWF SimAngus, 500#, two rounds of shots, weaned. Brian Skorcz – 30 mixed black, 400-600#, complete vacc at branding. Cory & Sarah Alexander – 25 black steers, 500-650#, three rounds of shots, bunk broke, weaned. Adrian Troyer – 15 mixed black, 550-650#, complete vacc at branding. Steve Brockman – 4 black steers; 6 black heifers, 500-600#, two rounds of shots. ADK Farms – 8 mixed Shorthorns, 550-650#, two rounds of shots, Bangs vacc. Dennis Moulton – 5 black steers, 550-625#, complete vacc at branding. Brenton & Allie Opstad – 3 black steers; 1 black heifer, 350-400#, shots at branding.

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OBITUARIES Gail Leslie Mahnke May 29, 1964 – Sept. 20, 2026 Gail Leslie Mahnke was a woman whose life was defined by a love that ran deep, a determination that knew few limits and a generosity that reached far beyond herself. A devoted mother, accomplished veterinarian, trusted mentor, loyal friend and a true force of nature, Gail made everything around her better. Her sudden passing on

Sept. 20 following a tragic horse accident has left an immeasurable void in the hearts of those who knew and loved her. Born on May 29, 1964 in Casper, Gail carried the spirit of the West with her throughout her life. She was strong, independent, driven and purposeful, with a fierce love for animals, family, friends and the life she worked so hard to build. She was intelligent, skilled and hardworking, but perhaps her greatest gift was the way she made people feel. Gail could bring a smile to any face and offer help without hesitation.

She was a powerful, loving and intentional presence in every aspect of her life. Above all else, Gail was a mother. To her children, she was a hero, best friend, source of unwavering strength and the very best mom they could ever have asked for. She raised her family with values rooted in integrity, honesty and the importance of finding joy in every stage of life. She taught through her actions, leading by example and showing those she loved what it meant to work hard, stand strong, care deeply and live fully. Her influence will continue through the

lives she shaped and the lessons she instilled. Though her family must now learn to navigate a world without her physical presence, her love will remain a constant part of who they are. Gail’s love extended far beyond her family. To many, she was a lifesaver, a confidante, a community leader, a mentor and a friend who could always be counted on. She was the kind of person who stepped up when someone needed help, gave generously of her time and talents and believed in taking care of others. She was a guardian to her nephews, a steadfast friend to many and an inspiration to those fortunate enough to know her. Her presence was powerful, her loyalty unwavering and her ability to make a difference in the lives of others extraordinary. She was a 1982 graduate of Natrona County High School, obtained a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree from Colorado State University in 1989 and completed a Master of Science at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine where she developed a blood serum test for identifying the presence of Lyme disease antibodies in wildlife. Gail worked in vet clinics in Casper and Sheridan before opening her own practice in a tiny strip mall on South Poplar Street in Casper in 1996. Casper Animal Medical Center prospered under Gail’s guidance, and in 2006, the clinic moved to its current location on Southwest Wyoming Boulevard. Gail was willing to go the extra mile, always seeking ways to help animals and support their owners. Her commitment to service extended beyond Wyoming, where she shared her skills and compassion with others in need. One of Gail’s greatest professional legacies was the veterinarians she mentored. She believed in helping others succeed, sharing her knowledge generously and encouraging young veterinarians to grow into the best versions of themselves. She was a teacher by example, demonstrating what it meant to be skilled, purposeful, hardworking and compassionate. Her influence will live on in the veterinary professionals she guided, the animals she helped and the countless lives made better because of her work. After nearly three decades of caring for many of Casper’s animals, great and small, Gail retired, and her adventures were grand. Upon retirement, Gail also volunteered her time to establish a higher standard of veterinary care at the local Casper Humane Soci-

ety, including taking – probably too many – animals in need under her own roof. Gail was never one to sit still for long. She loved exploring on horseback, traveling, spending time with family and friends, dancing, hunting, practicing yoga, shopping and making memories wherever life took her. She enjoyed the thrill of driving fast cars and the simple excitement of a new adventure. Travel was especially meaningful to her and her family, offering opportunities to grow closer and enjoy every moment together. From a barrel race in Wright to adventures in Africa, Gail made memories which will be treasured for a lifetime. Gail is preceded in death by her paternal grandmother Hulda Mahnke, her paternal grandfather Frank Mahnke, maternal grandfather Alma Tripp, maternal grandmother Helen Tripp and her father Donald Mahnke. She leaves behind her beloved mother Mary Lou Mahnke; daughter Kady Barr and son-in-law Jarrett Barr; nephews and nieces Nick Palomo, his wife Emmy and their daughters Ryan and Lyra, as well as Josh Palomo, Isaac Palomo and Alexis Palomo; sisters Lynn Brimmer and Carol Palomo and the many friends, colleagues, former clients and extended family members who were fortunate to share in her life. Her family was her heart, and the love she gave them will remain one of her most enduring gifts. Though Gail’s life ended far too soon, the measure of a life is not simply the years lived, but the lives touched along the way. By this measure, Gail’s life was immeasurable. Her absence will be felt in a thousand everyday moments, yet her spirit will continue to shine through the values she taught, kindness she gave and countless memories which will forever bring both tears and smiles. A Celebration of Life will be held on Nov. 14 at The Barn by Five Deuces in Casper. Friends and loved ones are invited to an open house from 1-6 p.m. to share stories, celebrate Gail and honor the extraordinary woman who meant so much to so many. Please bring your favorite 4x6 photo of Gail – be it a pet she helped you with, one of yourself and her or something that reminds you of Gail. May we honor Gail by living as she did – with open hearts, helping hands, unwavering determination and a willingness to embrace every adventure life offers. And may we always remember the greatest legacy is love, and Gail left this legacy everywhere she went.

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EO continued from page 1 The order extends previous provisions outlined in EO 2026-06, which authorized emergency relief permits for vehicles transporting oversized and overweight loads of livestock feed across Wyoming, allowing producers additional time to secure feed and transport livestock. “This extension comes in response to widespread drought, high temperatures, low humidity and wildfires across Wyoming during the spring and summer of 2026,” Gordon states. “These hazardous conditions have depleted pasture grass and natural forage, creating a critical livestock feed shortage which threatens the state’s agricultural sector and general economy.” On Oct. 8, Gordon signed a complementary order, EO 2026-09, expanding transportation relief to include all agricultural products by temporarily easing certain height and weight restrictions. Under both EOs, oversized loads may travel from two hours before sunrise to two hours after sunset and must not exceed 12 feet, six inches in width or 15 feet in height. Vehicles must display “oversized load” signs on the front and rear, with additional lighting requirements for travel outside of daylight hours. On highways other than interstates, overweight loads may exceed standard axle weight limits by up to 10 percent and gross weight limits by up to 5,000 pounds, provided they do not exceed Class F weight restrictions or posted bridge and road limits. Permits are valid for transportation within Wyoming or in other states declaring a similar emergency. All permits must be obtained through the Wyoming Highway Patrol Port of Entry and carried during transportation. EO 2026-08 takes effect upon the expiration of EO 2026-06 and will remain in place no later than Nov. 6. EO 2026-09 goes into

effect immediately and will remain in place no later than Nov. 7. Although both EOs temporarily ease certain restrictions, Gordon emphasizes applicable oversized and overweight loads must still obtain required permits and coordinate with the Wyoming Department of Transportation to ensure safe travel and protect transportation infrastructure. Fuel transportation relief In addition to easing agricultural transportation restrictions, Gordon also signed EO 2026-10 on Oct. 8 to improve the movement of gasoline and diesel throughout the Cowboy State. Under this EO, Wyoming will adopt the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s hours-of-service waiver for commercial drivers transporting gasoline and diesel fuel within the state and will temporarily lift certain driving hour restrictions for fuel haulers, which does not apply to drivers transporting other commodities. Gordon emphasizes all other federal and state safety regulations remain in effect, including requirements related to commercial driver’s licenses, hazardous materials, drug or alcohol testing and financial responsibility. Additionally, transportation companies are prohibited from requiring fatigued drivers to operate vehicles and must provide adequate rest to drivers who request it. According to an Oct. 8 press release issued by the Governor’s office, the measure will allow additional fuel deliveries both within Wyoming and from neighboring states and is intended to help address fuel transportation challenges and support the availability of gasoline and diesel as consumers and businesses face higher energy costs. The order takes effect immediately and remains in place through Dec. 16. EO 2026-10 follows a separate order signed by Trump on Oct. 5, which provides temporary federal

relief related to the use of dyed diesel fuel on public highways. However, Gordon acknowledges there are limitations on his authority to provide similar relief at the state level, noting the Wyoming Legislature maintains authority over state fuel taxes, associated penalties and potential tax refunds. “Earlier this month, Trump ordered the waiver of the federal penalties for

For more information or to view Gov. Mark Gordon’s executive orders in their entirety, visit governor.wyo.gov. the use of dyed diesel fuel on our highways,” the governor says. “My EOs build upon the president’s effort to bring relief to Wyoming constituents. Here in Wyoming, only the legislature can waive state fines or provide refunds of fuel and sales tax. I urge the incoming governor and

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Sugar demand remains resilient, but long-term risks are building Although most Americans consistently report they want to reduce their sugar consumption, those intentions have yet to translate

into meaningful behavioral change. U.S. sugar deliveries remain surprisingly strong, suggesting resilient demand

for natural sweeteners, but longer-term risks are emerging. Health-focused initiatives continue to elevate

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concerns about added sugars, and the growing use of GLP-1 medications for weight loss could pressure the market in years to come. Emerging trends According to a report from CoBank Knowledge Exchange, rising sugar deliveries, stable consumption levels and declining use of high-fructose corn syrup all point to continued consumer demand for natural sweeteners. However, the report cautions stable levels of sugar consumption in recent years should not lead to overconfidence in continued consumer behavior or certainty about future demand. “For sugar producers, refiners and food manufacturers, the central question is no longer whether demand is stable today but how emerging trends will reshape the market over the next decade,” said Billy Roberts, CoBank food and beverage economist. “In

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particular, GLP-1 medications are poised to have the biggest impact on demand because they reduce overall consumption, and sugar remains deeply embedded across many food and beverage categories.” J.P. Morgan estimates GLP-1 use could reduce annual U.S. food and beverage spending by $30 billion by 2030 and $55 billion by 2034. Some projections suggest grocery basket sizes could decline by as much as 31 percent among active users. Sweetened foods and beverages are unlikely to be uniquely targeted, but they still face lower demand if consumers generally eat less. The potential impact could accelerate after 2031 when key semaglutide patents expire in the U.S. Generic competition would likely reduce treatment costs significantly and expand GLP-1 access to a broader consumer base. Health-focused initiatives Health-focused initiatives are adding to the headwinds, including the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, which advises Americans to sharply cut added sugars and artificial sweeteners. While these efforts have not materially reduced consumption to date, they add to growing consumer awareness around nutrition and ingredient choices. Consumer dietary intentions also signal a challenging environment for sugar demand. According to the International Food Information Council, 75 percent of consumers in 2025 reported trying to limit or avoid sugar altogether. Importantly, those seeking less sugar are not automatically turning to lowor no-calorie sweeteners. Although perceptions of these alternatives have improved since 2017, more consumers still view them negatively than positively. “This distinction matters for the sweetener industry,” said Roberts. “Healthconscious consumers may reject both sugar and artificial alternatives rather than choosing one over the other. This means opposition to artificial ingredients does not necessarily translate

into rapid growth for sugar demand. Instead, it tends to support demand for natural sweeteners relative to synthetic options.” Current U.S. sugar deliveries For now, U.S. sugar deliveries continue to outperform expectations. Growth in sugar deliveries has been broad based across major channels. U.S. Department of Agriculture data through April shows increased deliveries across wholesale grocers, beverage manufacturers, bakery and cereal producers and confectionery companies. Gains in these and other categories have more than offset declines in sugar deliveries to government agencies, dairy processors, foodservice operators and frozen food manufacturers. Roberts said consumer behavior continues to favor sweetened products, and snack manufacturers are reformulating products to satisfy evolving consumer preferences while maintaining taste and affordability. Even categories facing broader challenges, such as carbonated soft drinks, continue to generate sales growth through portion-size innovations and premium offerings. “While alternative sweeteners continue to gain some traction, natural sweeteners appear to have stronger longterm momentum,” he added. “The U.S. stevia market is growing rapidly as manufacturers increasingly incorporate it into dairy products, baked goods and other applications beyond traditional beverage uses. These trends suggest consumers are not simply replacing sugar with artificial sweeteners, but gravitating toward products perceived as more natural.” CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. Headquartered outside of Denver, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

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Ag officials join forces at 35th Annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord Since 1992, the TriNational Agricultural Accord has invited senior state and provincial agricultural officials from the U.S., Canada and Mexico to work collectively on agricultural trade, market challenges and rural development issues. The 35th Annual TriNational Agricultural Accord was held Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 at the Hotel Arts in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This year, the gathering saw record participation from delegations including 28 U.S. states, nine Canadian provinces and six Mexican states, according to an Oct. 2 press release issued by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA). Supporting rural communities Enhancing vitality of rural communities is always a central topic at the TriNational Agricultural Accord, accomplished through a focus on a variety of important agricultural issues. This year, NASDA President Derek Sandison led the U.S. delegation in conversations aimed at strengthening trade and food security to enhance rural communities. “By working together as a North American alliance, we deepen market opportunities for farmers and ranchers in communities across our states, territories and provinces,” Sandison says. “Our discussions on long-term predictability, science-based trade policy and enhancing cross-border collaboration to protect against harmful animal diseases and plant pests make a real difference for North American rural communities and set the foundation for these critical trading relationships.” During the accord, delegates underscored their support for North American farmers and rural communi-

ties in a joint communiqué highlighting their commitment to a long-term, predictable trade environment. “Delegates affirm food security is national security, and it is in the best interest of North America to leverage the strength of the integrated market to ensure food security at home and abroad,” states the communiqué. Strengthening trade Continued support for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was a central theme of this year’s gathering, with delegates from all three countries emphasizing the agreement’s benefits and significance to farmers, ranchers, producers, processors and consumers. The joint communiqué emphasizes the USMCA “has provided a foundation for reducing tariff and nontariff barriers, which has been instrumental to creating and strengthening the competitiveness of North America in the global economy.” Additionally, the document notes delegates are calling on federal partners to work together to formally extend the agreement for an additional 16 years. In the NASDA press release, Sandison comments, “The Tri-National Agricultural Accord Delegates amplified our support for the long-term continuation of the USMCA trade agreement, as it provides a reliable, science-based framework which enables mutually beneficial trade of agriculture and food products across North America.” The press release further notes the U.S. delegation hosted more than 80 industry representatives from across North America for a roundtable discussion focused on topics including regulatory efficiency, strengthened communica-

Investigation encouraged According to an Oct. 7 American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) press release, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and U.S. Rep. Celeste Maloy (R-UT) submitted a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on Oct. 6 in support of an affirmative determination in the global safeguard investigation into imports of lamb meat under Sections 201 and 202 of the Trade Act of 1974. Sixty-eight bicameral members of Congress signed the USITC letter in support of ASI and American lamb growers and processors. The letter urges USITC to carefully consider data and testimonies regarding significant challenges faced by American sheep producers and to recommend a remedy which provides prompt and meaningful relief to the domestic industry. According to ASI, statistics indicate lamb meat imports have increased in recent years and comprise more than 70 percent of the lamb available to American consumers, resulting in lost sales, revenues and market share as imported lamb meat significantly undersold the domestic product. ASI Executive Director Mike Michener expressed gratitude to these members of Congress for standing up for American sheep producers. “These lawmakers are fighting to level the playing field,” Michener says. “Their support is vital to preserving domestic supply chains and protecting the future of American lamb.” For more information, visit sheepusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ASI_PR_201-Trade-Case_Congress-Sign-On_October-2026_Final.pdf.

tion, tariff and non-tariff barrier implications and the extent of integration of agriculture systems. Additional highlights Preparedness against plant and animal health issues was another foundational discussion at this year’s accord. “Delegates formally requested the Canadian, U.S. and Mexican federal governments jointly organize regular trilateral agricultural pests and diseases tabletop exercises within the next two years, building on the success and key learnings of the

To view the joint communiqué published by the U.S., Canada and Mexico at the 35th Annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord in its entirety, visit nasda.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/ScanEN-Communique-20261001.pdf. first Accord tabletop exercise which was funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and hosted by Johns Hopkins University in Maryland in August 2025,” the communiqué states, adding the delegates agree the tabletop should again include states, provinces, federal governments and industry participation.

In addition, the delegates acknowledged 2026 as the Year of the Woman Farmer, recognizing North American women in agriculture and celebrating their immense contributions to the industry. Delegates also acknowledged the critical role of women in agriculture and reaffirmed the need to enhance inclusion and rep-

resentation of women in the sector. The U.S. is scheduled to host the 36th Annual Tri-National Agricultural Accord in Baltimore, Md. Oct. 17-20, 2027. Grace Skavdahl is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

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Submit your events to: Editor, Wyoming Livestock Roundup, P.O. Box 850, Casper, WY, 82602, or e-mail to roundup@wylr.net.

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2026 American Royal Livestock Show, Kansas City, Mo. For more information, visit americanroyal.com. Nebraska Extension Knowing, Growing and Grazing Grass Webinar Series, 6:30-7:45 p.m., online. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@ unl.edu or 308-235-3122. To register, visit go.unl.edu/knowing_grass. Stockmanship and Stewardship, Sunbelt Ag Expo, Moultrie, Ga. For more information, visit stockmanshipandstewardship.org/. Nebraska Extension Knowing, Growing and Grazing Grass Webinar Series, 6:30-7:45 p.m., online. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@ unl.edu or 308-235-3122. To register, visit go.unl.edu/knowing_grass. 2026 Wyoming Bee College, Casper College, Casper. For more information or to register, wyomingbeecollege.org/. American Lamb Board Missouri Sheep IQ Workshop, Columbia, Mo. For more information or to register, visit sheepiq.com/sheep-iq-workshops-fornew-producers/. Nebraska Extension Knowing, Growing and Grazing Grass Webinar Series, 6:30-7:45 p.m., online. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@ unl.edu or 308-235-3122. To register, visit go.unl.edu/knowing_grass. Society for Range Management Wyoming Section Fall Conference, Training and Tour, Thermopolis. For more information or to register, visit rangelands.org. Wyoming Grants Management Office Training and Workshop, 8 a.m.4:30 p.m., Jackson. For more information or to register, visit docs.google.com/ forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdArVGN58gPbFevJINM2B4sHagcACb_q19rHtAp0oW5tV3T8w/viewform. University of Wyoming SAREC Beef Research Open House, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Lingle. For more information, e-mail sarec@uwyo.edu or call 307-837-2000. Nebraska Extension Knowing, Growing and Grazing Grass Webinar Series, 6:30-7:45 p.m., online. For more information, contact Aaron Berger at aberger2@ unl.edu or 308-235-3122. To register, visit go.unl.edu/knowing_grass. Wyoming Association of Irrigation Districts Annual Meeting and Conference, Western Heritage Hotel and Conference Center, Casper. For more information and to register, visit waidwy.org. Miss Rodeo Wyoming 2027 Coronation and Fundraiser, 5-9 p.m., Rendezvous Center, Goshen County Fairgrounds, Torrington. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit missrodeowyoming.com. Wyoming Cooperating Agency Symposium, Best Western, Casper. For more information or to register, visit wyo-wcca.org/event-details/wyomingscooperating-agency-symposium. West Central States Wool Growers Convention, Holiday Inn-Buffalo Bill Resort, Cody. For more information, visit wyowool.com/wcswgconvention. North American International Livestock Exposition, Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Ky. For more information, visit livestockexpo.org. American Lamb Board West Virginia Sheep IQ Workshop, Morgantown, W. Va. For more information or to register, visit sheepiq.com/sheep-iq-workshops-for-new-producers/. The Great American Cowboy Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Rodeo, 7 p.m., Central Wyoming Fairgrounds, Casper. For more information, visit eventbrite.com/e/great-american-prca-rodeo-2026-tickets-2000666608683?aff =oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true. Nebraska Extension Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow Webinar Series, 6:30-7:45 p.m., online. For more information, contact Erin Laborie at erin.laborie@unl.edu or 308-268-3105. To register, visit go.unl.edu/feedingthecow. Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Symposium, Holiday Inn Des Moines Airport/Conference Center, Des Moines, Iowa. For more information or to register, visit beefrepro.org/arsbc/. 2026 Governor’s Business Forum, Cheyenne. For more information or to register, visit wyomingbusinessalliance.com/governor-s-business-forum. 33rd Annual Wyoming Women in Ag Symposium, 9 a.m., Casper College, Casper. For more information and to register, visit wywomeninag.org. Nebraska Extension Fundamentals of Feeding the Cow Webinar Series, 6:30-7:45 p.m., online. For more information, contact Erin Laborie at erin.laborie@unl.edu or 308-268-3105. To register, visit go.unl.edu/feedingthecow. Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation 107th Annual Meeting, Western Heritage Hotel and Conference Center, Casper. For more information and to register, visit wyfb.org/events. Up In Arms LLC Flea Market and Gun Show, the CAM-PLEX, Gillette. For more information, call 208-420-2295. Angus Convention, Omni Louisville, Louisville, Ky. For more information, visit angus.org/events/angus-convention. International Dairy Federation World Dairy Summit 2026, Auckland, New Zealand. For more information or to register, visit idfwds2026.com/registration/ register-now.

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POSTCARD from the Past

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Wyoming By Alice Farrar Oh, this Wyoming country of all countries is the best. When you begin comparing, she’s the queen of all the rest. She has more miles of plains and more miles mountains bleak than any similar section, no matter where you seek. But oh, she has her sunshines and blue skies, beyond compare, and a million bubbling bushels of sweet pure mountain air. And she has her herds of cattle grazing in the breeze, and the green and golden glory of her pine and aspen trees. And she has her growing cities, pushing toward the sky, and her bunch of husky kickers ‘cause school taxes are so high. And she has her modern history and she has her ancient push, and dollars for the people after the round-up’s rush. And she has her noble statehood and her constitution too, in which she sets a pattern how the others ought to do. And she has her hills of copper and she has her hills of gold, and a thousand charms and graces that never can be sold. I have traveled some in Kansas and Colorado, too. I have seen Atlantic’s billows and Lake Superior’s blue. In each one of these places, they said they had the best, but since I came to Wyoming, I’m forgetting all the rest. The above poem appeared in the Jan. 12, 1917 issue of the Carbon County Jour-

For more than a century, the golden quaking aspens along the Sierra Madre Range in south-central Carbon County offered an explosion of color each fall, as portrayed in this 1929 black and white photo. However, this autumn, the splendor is gone from a stretch of road through one of the most unique aspen groves in Wyoming – Aspen Alley – because of a renovation project. Often, aspens are short, with twisted trunks and branches, but here they were tall, stately and upward of 50-feet tall. Their branches bushed at the top of the trees, interlocking over the narrow dirt road to form a canopy. In early summer, sunlight glinted through the green leaves, but in September and October, it shimmered with a golden-red glow as it filtered through a sunshade formed by the quakie leaves. Over the years, the trees aged and died and are now being replaced by a new crop. Photo by R.I. Martin, courtesy of the Dick Perue/Bob Martin collection. Historical Reproductions by Perue

nal. This poem, plus the statewide news of the huge Aspen Alley renovation project in the Little Snake River Valley – west of Saratoga and Encampment, north of Baggs and south of Rawlins – prompted this week’s Postcard. Enjoy!

Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 38 No. 26 • October 17, 2026

MARKETS

LIVE CATTLE FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Compiled from USDA Market News Service information and other sources

Location Volume PAYS 10-14

Under 400

Steers Heifers

400-500 600-700 700-800 Over 800 Sltr Bull Stock Cows FOR THE500-600 WEEK ENDING May 24, Sltr 2019 Cows Pairs

505-660 455-547.50

405-525 396-464

385-461 355-417

365-410 344-376

336-374 321-324

Centennial 10-9

535-640 525-590

450-512.50 410-510

385-421 350-415

315-362 335-360

320 310

179-190 134.50-150

Crawford 10-9 6689

572.50-700 520-610

458-605 438-548

420-521 382.50-462

387.50-436 320

363-385

162-191 112.50-137.50

Riverton 10-13 3839

577.50-649 532.50-307.50

500-582 436-520

409.75-497 381-459

Torrington 10-14 9218

595-740 520-589

499-575 440-513

426-493 375-520

404-430 341-392

St. Onge 10-9 6003

601-660 477-552.50

455-585 431-517.50

327-510 370-454

379-438 337.50-435

Big Horn Basin 10-15 2781

535-642.50 517.50-549

465-559 390-480

418-490.50 350-443

358-406.50 352-369.50

Billings 10-15 5097

350-690 360-640

427-562.50 377-493

352.50-490 320-435

321-412 300-380

330-366 305

316-331 276-305

Buffalo 10-14 2992

460-650 450-600

443-565 420-502

387.50-503 385-431

380-423 370

375

336-336.50 333

3408

368.50-404.50 348-362 338-366.50 324-333.50

340 290-310

169-192 95-135

155-324

285-340 290.50-328

164-181.50 123.50-180

$2400-$3250

376 335-351

332 272-320

175-194 136-142

$2100-$4150

347-405 315-345

301-325 275-344

174-279 140-282

$2500-$3350

PAYS

Volume

Feeder Lambs

Slaughter Lambs

Slaughter Ewes

Stock Ewes

221.60 223.78 226.55 228.35 223.35

223.90 225.13 227.43 228.75 223.48

+2.30 +1.35 +0.88 +0.40 +0.13

FEEDER CATTLE FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

Change

338.15 335.80 330.40 326.90 326.23

340.95 338.45 333.60 329.40 328.45

+2.80 +2.65 +3.20 +2.50 +2.22

OCTOBER NOVEMBER JANUARY MARCH APRIL

WHEAT FUTURES Month

Week Prev

This Week

6.86 7.01 7.08 7.09

6.73 6.86 6.92 6.93

DECEMBER MARCH MAY JULY

1199

St. Onge

2773

-0.13 -0.15 -0.16 -0.16

SETT PRICE

Month

Slaughter Bucks

Week Prev

This Week

5.02 5.17 5.24 5.28

4.81 4.94 5.02 5.07

DECEMBER MARCH MAY JULY

Change -0.21 -0.23 -0.22 -0.21

OATS FUTURES SETT PRICE

No Report

Centennial

Change

CORN FUTURES

165-307.50

WEEKLY SHEEP AUCTIONS Auction

Change

SETT PRICE

165-184.50 114-169 161-183 99-131

This Week

OCTOBER DECEMBER FEBRUARY APRIL JUNE

FOR THE WEEK ENDING October 16, 2026 WEEKLY CATTLE AUCTIONS

Week Prev

255-410 291-413

Daily Grower Bids Region Price US #2 Yellow Corn Southeast WY 4.9300-5.1300 US #1 HRWW Southeast WY 6.3000-6.6300 US #1 Black Beans Min-Dak 40-45/cwt US #1 Great Northern Beans Den-Rate 40/cwt US #1 Pea (Navy) Beans Min-Dak 38-39/cwt US #1 Pinto Beans Den-Rate 43/cwt Min-Dak 42-43/cwt Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Torrington National Sheep Summary As of October 9, 2026 Compared to last week slaughter lambs sold unevenly steady. Ewes sold steady to firm. All sheep sold per hundred weight (CWT) unless otherwise specified. Slaughter Lambs: Choice and Prime 1-3: San Angelo: 100-110 lbs 274.00-296.00. Billings: No test. Ft. Collins: 50-60 lbs 365.00; 60-70 lbs 332.50; 80-90 lbs 312.50; 90-100 lbs 290.00-292.50; 100-110 lbs 272.50-291.00; 110-120 lbs 272.50-285.00; 120-130 lbs 247.50-275.00; 140150 lbs 250.00-257.50. Sioux Falls: 110-120 lbs 280.00-290.00; 120-130 lbs 270.00294.00; 130-140 lbs 280.00-292.00; 140-150 lbs 280.00-291.00; 150-160 lbs 281.00-288.00; 160-170 lbs 269.00. Slaughter Ewes: Good 2-3: St. Onge: 116.00-135.00. San Angelo: 100.00-185.00. Billings: 117.50-125.00. Ft. Collins: 100.00-170.00. Sioux Falls: 100.00-175.00. Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1: St. Onge: 40-50 lbs 438.00; 50-60 lbs 390.00-408.00; 60-70 lbs 347.00-378.00; 70-80 lbs 351.00-367.00; 80-90 lbs 310.00320.00; 90-100 lbs 293.00-308.00. Sioux Falls: 30-40 lbs 500.00; 50-60 lbs 425.00; 60-70 lbs 340.00-370.00; 70-80 lbs 325.00; 80-90 lbs 295.00-335.00; 90100 lbs 310.00-350.00; 100-110 lbs 292.50-327.50. San Angelo: No test. Billings: 50-60 lbs 397.50-400.00; 60-70 lbs 385.00-400.00; 70-80 lbs 368.00-377.50; 80-90 lbs 320.00-356.00; 90-100 lbs 287.50-310.00; 100-110 lbs 270.00-286.00. Ft. Collins: No test. Replacement Ewes: Medium and Large 1-2: St. Onge: No test. San Angelo: No test. Billings: No test. Ft. Collins: No test. South Dakota: No test. Sioux Falls: No test. Sheep and lamb slaughter under federal inspection for the week to date totaled 38,000 compared to 35,000 last week and 37,794 last year. Source: USDA AMS LPG Market News, San Angelo, Texas National Wool Review As of October 9, 2026 Domestic wool trading had no confirmed trades reported this week. Prices reflect trades FOB warehouse in original bag or square pack, bellies out, some graded, and 76 mm or longer. No allowance made for coring, freight, or handling fees at the warehouse level to reflect net grower prices. Wools shorter than 75 mm typically discounted .10-.20 clean. Classed and skirted wools usually trade at a .10-.20 premium to original bag prices. Australian Wool Exchange Clean Del Price Change from 75-85 Percent Micron US Grade in U.S. Dollars Previous Sale of Australia 17 > 80s 8.39 0.04 6.29.7.13 18 80s 8.05 0.05 6.04-6.84 19 70-80s 7.32 0.04 5.49-6.22 20 64-70s 6.41 0.02 4.81-5.45

90-230 124-143

90-225 240-345

21 64s 6.03 0.07 4.52-5.13 22 62s 5.98 0.04 4.49-5.08 23 60-62s ----------------------24 60s ----------------------25 58s 3.83 0.03 2.87-3.25 26 56-58s 3.40 (0.03) 2.55-2.89 28 54s 2.63 (0.07) 1.97-2.24 30 50s 2.48 (0.04) 1.86-2.11 32 46-48s 1.90 (0.09) 1.43-1.62 Merino Clippings 3.78 0.03 2.83-3.21 Source: USDA- CO Dept of Ag Market News Service, Greeley, CO Wyoming Hay Summary As of October 15, 2026 Compared to the last report all forages sold steady. Demand was moderate to good. Some previously spoken loads of hay have been turned back by out of state buyers due to the increase of diesel fuel and freight charges they can not afford to ship the hay halfway across the USA anymore. These buyers like to purchase WY high elevation hay as its put up right with no bleaching and the horse owners on the other end that purchase the hay love the color and quality of the product. These customers have been buying hay from western WY for 10 or more years. On a positive note, there has been some rain showers across the state with some snow reported in certain areas. Everyone is very thankful for any moisture that has come their way! Central Wyoming Alfalfa Cubes 460 Eastern Wyoming Alfalfa Pellets 17% Suncured 400 Alfalfa - Good Large Square 3x4 270-300 Millet Large Square 3x4 200-225 Western Wyoming Alfalfa Cubes 400 Alfalfa - Good/Premium Large Square 3x4 260-300 Small Square 350 Small Square 3 Tie 300 Medium Square 3x3 155175bale Alfalfa/Orchard Mix - Premium Large Square 3x4 265 Small Square 285 Grass - Premium Medium Square 3x3 160-175/ bale Sudan Large Square 3x4 240 Teff - Good/Premium Large Square 3x4 300 Small Square 350 Small Square 3 Tie 340 Brome Straw Large Square 140 Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News Torrington Montana Hay Summary As of October 2, 2026 Compared to last report(9-18-26): Hay sold generally steady. Demand for hay is mostly moderate to good. Supplies are mostly moderate. Demand for hay has lightened some as fall rains have helped improve late season grazing conditions in some locations. Some locations are putting up 3rd and 4th cuttings as warm weather and late season rains have allowed for additional cuttings. Many report strong yields on 3rd cutting especially in western and central Montana. Hay in the northern half of the state remains a discount to southern hay as sellers compete with hay coming out of Canada and across highway 2 from North Dakota. Most of this hay continues to be delivered for 180.00230.00 depending on freight and quality. Demand for hay to ship into Wyoming is good to very good, especially in southern Montana. High freight costs have caused hay to see localized pricing as delivery costs continue to increase. Some producers continue to report excess loads of hay available as some buyers backed out of spoken for hay as lower prices in surrounding states and Canada eased supply concerns. According to the drought monitor 37.77% the state is in Moderate drought or

Month

Week Prev

This Week

4.29 4.33 4.36 4.33

3.97 4.05 4.10 4.11

DECEMBER MARCH MAY JULY

Change -0.32 -0.28 -0.26 -0.22

SOYBEAN FUTURES SETT PRICE

Month

Week Prev

This Week

12.97 13.14 13.24 13.33

12.77 12.92 13.00 13.08

NOVEMBER JANUARY MARCH MAY

Change -0.20 -0.22 -0.24 -0.25

CUTOUT VALUES Cutout Values Primal Rib Primal Chuck Primal Round Primal Loin

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

375.85 669.17 329.17 293.57 466.09

380.01 663.22 331.20 299.04 477.42

367.21 619.61 301.17 316.58 462.20

5 AREA WEEKLY WEIGHTED CATTLE PRICE Live Steer Live Heifer Dressed Steer Dressed Heifer

This Week

Prior Week

Last Year

220.14 220.84 345.66 345.98

219.80 220.69 346.26 346.66

234.07 234.22 362.52 362.22

worse, down 9.25% from 2 weeks ago. 13.09% of the state is in an Severe drought or worse, down 5.00% from 2 weeks ago. 4.94% of the state is in Extreme drought or worse, down 0.07% from 2 weeks ago. 0% of the state is in Expectational drought, unchanged from 2 weeks ago. Notably, 61.04% of the state is abnormally dry, down 16.46% from 2 weeks ago. N/A Alfalfa - Premium/Supreme Large Round 310 Alfalfa/Grass Mix - Fair Large Round 200 Small Square 200 Alfalfa/Timothy Mix - Premium Small Square 360 Timothy Grass - Premium Small Square 360 Northern Montana Alfalfa - Fair Large Round 160 Source: USDA AMS Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News, Billings, MT

The latest markets data can be found by visiting USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service at

https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news

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CLASSIFIEDS

307-234-2700 • 1-800-967-1647 • Fax: 307-472-1781 • E-mail: denise@wylr.net or jodym@wylr.net Website: www.wylr.net. Weekly Deadline: Tuesday, 5:00 p.m.

Notice NOTICE: Publication in this newspaper does not guarantee the legitimacy of any offer or solicitation. Take reasonable steps to 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 Wyoming Attorney General’s Office, Consumer Protection Unit, 109 Capitol Building, Cheyenne, WY 82002, 307-777-6397 .....TFN

Events UP IN ARMS, LLC FLEA MARKET AND GUN SHOW NOV. 1315 Gillette, WY at the CAM-PLEX. Open to the public. Fri., Nov. 13, 3 p.m.-7 p.m. Sat., Nov. 14, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Nov. 15, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Giving away a .22 pistol Sunday at 2 p.m., must be present to win, 21 years of age and able to pass background check. Buy, sell, trade. Adults $6, children 12 and under free (when accompanied by an adult). For more information, contact Lisa, 208-420-2295 .........11/7 UP IN ARMS, LLC FLEA MARKET AND GUN SHOW NOV. 2022, Casper, WY at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds. Open to the public. Fri., Nov. 20, 3-7 p.m. Sat., Nov 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun., Nov. 22, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Giving away a .22 pistol Sunday at 2 p.m., must be present to win, 21 years of age and able to pass background check. Buy, sell, trade. Adults $6, children 12 and under free (when accompanied by an adult). For more information, contact Lisa, 208-420-2295 ..................... 11/14

Help Wanted

Need Help? Advertise Here! GOTTSCH LIVESTOCK FEEDERS LLC Red Cloud, NE Come Join the Gottsch Livestock Feeders Family! Gottsch Livestock Feeders is looking for Cowboys/Pen Riders for their feedyard in Red Cloud, NE. The main focus of the Cowboy/Pen Riders are spotting, pulling, diagnosing and taking cattle to the hospital and shipping fat cattle. This person will need to be a team player who is seeking a long-term position. You will have the opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best in the industry. We offer a benefits package that includes health insurance, dental, vision, 401(k), health savings, life insurance and paid vacation. Retention bonus offered to full-time employees. Incentives paid out at 6 months and 1 year of employment. If you are interested stop by and fill out an application or visit our website at www.gottschcattlecompany.com Call Mike Faimon at 406-469-1585 or Davin Arnold 970-301-3098 for more information. IMMEDIATE POSITION AVAILABLE ON REMOTE NORTHEAST WYOMING RANCH: Cow/calf operation with duties including calving, branding, shipping, knowledge of sickness and ability to rope and doctor outside. Welding and equipment knowledge and haying experience. Fencing and water pipeline knowledge and backhoe experience a must. Nice 3 bedroom house included. Pay depending on experience. Call 307-736-2437 .................10/24

Help Wanted

RANCH HAND WANTED Full-time ranch hand needed for cow/calf operation in northeast Wyoming. Must be experienced in feeding livestock, calving, haying, as well as maintaining and servicing equipment. Housing and utilities provided. This position is open immediately.

Call 307-685-8213 or e-mail resumes with references to denise@wylr.net DEVILS TOWER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC., A LUMBER MANUFACTURER IN HULETT, WY, IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR SAWMILL/SAWBLADE FILER, JANITORIAL CLEANUP, PLANER/FEEDER MAN STACKER OPERATOR, BOILER/KILN OPERATOR, MAINTENANCE DAY/NIGHT SHIFT MILLWRIGHT: Benefit package includes company paid medical and dental insurance (including dependents), life insurance, company-matching 401(k), safety incentives, holiday pay, paid vacation. Mandatory employment and random drug testing is conducted. EOE. Starting wage D.O.E. Online applications are available at www.neiman.com. E-mail applications to joe.ortner@devilstowerfp.com or fax to 307467-5418, contact Joe Ortner at 307-467-5252 with additional questions...................10/17

Financial Services

Help Wanted

FULL-TIME EXPERIENCED COWBOY/RANCH HAND: Commercial ranch seeking experienced cowboy/ranch hand for all aspects of ranch operations: Irrigation, haying, feeding, cattle stewardship, horseback skills a must. Housing, benefits, salary. ONLY serious committed candidates should apply. Eastern Oregon cow/calf operation. Please call 541-742-2130 or send resume to lisa.steele@ pvranch.com .................11/7

AGRI-ONE FINANCIAL: Farm/ ranch and all commercial loans. RATES AS LOW AS 5%. We have been helping with all aspects of agricultural, commercial financing and management for years. LET US HELP YOU on a consulting level with management to increase profitability, deal with and fix credit problems and for all your financing needs. WE CARE AND HAVE WORKING PROGRAMS designed for the farmer/rancher and not the banker. Please call Steve, 303-773-3545 or check out our website, www.agrionefinancial.com. I will come to you and get the job done!! .....10/31

Auctions

Torrington Livestock Markets

TEE CROSS ASSISTANT RANCH MANAGER: Flying Diamond is a fifth-generation, commercial cattle operation that manages 250k+ acres, primarily in eastern Colorado. The ranch employs holistic management and planned grazing to optimize operations. Flying Diamond runs 5,000 bred cows and retains calves as yearlings. Will work under the Colorado Springs Division Manager to operate a cow/calf and yearling operation. Will help execute the Division Manager’s plan. This includes daily cattle and water checks, infrastructure maintenance, repair/maintain equipment, cattle feeding/health monitoring and all other facets of daily ranching. This is a fulltime, hands-on role in ranch operations. Applications due by Nov. 15. Salary: $35,000$45,000 DOE and education. Housing included on Tee Cross Ranch. PTO. E-mail PDF resumes to Jim@fdranch.com. PDF document titled: Last name, first name, resume, position applying for (i.e. “Doe, Jane Resume, Division Manager”) .................. 10/24

Shorthorn

REGISTERED WYOMING HISTORICAL CAMP STOOL BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, LSS, LSH, 2 branding irons. Renewed to Jan. 1, 2027. $15,000. Call 307439-9410 ..........................11/7

SHORTHORN BULLS FOR SALE PRIVATE TREATY: Yearlings up to mature bulls available. Developed conservatively so they hold up. Remember a red Shorthorn bull on your homozygous black cows will give you black calves. Shorthorns are excellent maternal cattle that produce quality beef. Francis-Millvale Shorthorns, Gene and Roberta Francis Family, 701-331-2403, e-mail francis. millvale@gmail.com. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds .................10/17

WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: Old Crook County brand, traced back to 1900. LRC, LHS, LSH. $20,000 or make offer, willing to negotiate, Call 307-746-9480 (home) or 307-629-2553 (cell) ......11/7 WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LRC, LSS, LSH. Dues paid until 2033. Electric and hot irons included, $10,000 OBO. Call 307-575-2887 ...............10/24

Custom Feeding

Dogs

3,500 HEAD FEEDLOT NEAR WATERTOWN, S.D.: Specializing in replacement dairy cattle and custom beef operations. AI service available. Shots/vaccines to your protocols. Room available. Call/text to talk rates, Nathan, 605-868-7383 .... 10/31

FOUR ENGLISH SHEPHERD PUPPIES: Farm raised, working parents. Ready to go. Tri-colored, shots and health certificate, $400/ each. Call 402-641-8842 ...10/17

CUSTOM FEEDING AND FINISHING FOR CATTLE AND SHEEP. Cactus Hill Ranch Company, Fort Collins, CO. Contact AJ Nelson, 970372-8273 .....................11/14

Angus

WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LHC, LTH. $3,500. Call Bryan, Torrrington, WY, 307-534-5690 ..........10/17

307-532-3333

www.torringtonlivestock.com

Services

SELLING AT ARNTZEN ANGUS FEMALE SALE

Lewistown Livestock Auction • Lewistown, MT • Nov. 13, 2026 Due: Feb. 10 AI’d to AAR Midas • 51 heifers carrying bull calves • 36 heifers carrying heifer calves • 32 heifers - Bull bred to Arntzen Bulls Due: March 2-12 (10-day calving window) • 15 heifers - Bull bred to Artnzen bulls Due: March 22-April 11 (16-day calving window)

Heartland Cattle Co. Phone Daniel Troyer at (406) 366-4539 for more information or Dan Deichman at (406) 799-5200

RANCH HAND/GROUNDS KEEPER: Full-time position at a family-owned ranch near Cody, WY and located in the Shoshone National Forest. Position entails lawn care, irrigation, heavy equipment operation, carpentry, equipment maintenance, building maintenance and overall residential and agricultural property maintenance. Experience is welcome but will train the right candidate. The ideal candidate will be reliable; have a strong work ethic; be able to perform individually and with a team; be a self-starter and enjoy working outdoors. Benefits include health, with optional dental and vision; paid-time off and 401(k) with employer matching contribution. For the right candidate housing on property is also available. Salary based upon previous experience. Send resumes to emilyb@colliergroupoffice.com ...........11/21 VALLEY FOODS IN SARATOGA, WY HAS IMMEDIATE OPENINGS FOR MEATCUTTER, DELI, GROCERY AND PRODUCE WORKERS: Experience is preferred but not necessary. Ideal candidates are selfmotivated, efficient and customer service minded. Pay DOE. Send resume to valleyfoods9024@ hotmail.com.....................10/24

Brands

260 BLACK ANGUS BRED HEIFERS: South Dakota origin, OCVD, exposed to proven LBW Black Angus bulls for 60 days. Start calving Feb. 1, 2027. References available. Call 785-3941955 or 785-731-5067 .......10/24

Red Angus

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LYTLE RED ANGUS IS YOUR SOURCE FOR 30+ YEARS OF SELECTION FOR FERTILITY, LONGEVITY AND EFFICIENCY: Our Red Angus cows are moderate framed, low-maintenance and highly adaptable. ALSO, be sure to reach out about our private treaty opportunities and keep an eye out for our spring calving bred cows that will be available this fall!! Contact Zeb, 605-4417658 or e-mail zeb.lytle@gmail. com. Visit www.lytleredangus. com for more insights. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ..................... 11/7

SimAngus 3/H SIMMENTAL RANCH, PLAINS, MT OFFERS POWERFUL SIMANGUS BULLS: Yearlings and 18-month-olds sired by top AI genetics. Bred for performance, soundness and longevity, with a strong emphasis on calm disposition. These bulls are built to work and last in real world conditions. Call Alan at 503-931-6815, to find the right fit for your program. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds.................... TFN

Hereford

E-mail denise@wylr.net to Advertise

Brands WYOMING BRAND FOR SALE: LHC, expires Dec. 31, 2026, $600. Call 308225-3080 ............................10/24

SAMANTHA CAMPBELL REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS for sale private treaty. For more information, contact Kristy Campbell 970-405-6093

Custom Feeding CUSTOM CATTLE FEEDING AND BACKGROUNDING AVAILABLE. Custom grazing. Located in Montezuma, KS. Call Galen Schmidt, 620-2908151..................................7/24 FAITHFUL FEEDERS: Heifer development, backgrounding and grass calf prep. Billings, MT. Call Ryan, 406-696-0104 ...........4/10

Ranch Lease Wanted LOOKING TO LEASE A RANCH FOR APPROXIMATELY 150-200 HEAD OF COWS. Prefer area in Johnson and Sheridan counties. Call 307290-1643 ..........................11/7

Ranch for Lease PARK COUNTY, WY RANCH NEAR CODY, WY IS AVAILABLE FOR A LONG-TERM LEASE: The ranch has over 50,000 acres and supports an irrigated hay base with BOR water rights. Carrying capacity is 700 animal units year-round with hay production. Willing to split the hay ground and grazing. Please e-mail Melanie Giliati at mgiliati@acpg.com for details.................................10/17

Horses FOR SALE: Weanling/yearling and 2-year-old draft cross colts. Mostly roans. ALSO, 3-year-old bay draft cross gelding, broke to ride and drive, quiet and gentle. For more information, leave message at 307-467-5651, Henry Lambright .....................10/24 FOR SALE, 11-year-old black gelding, Percheron cross, 15.3 hands, broke to ride and drive. A good packhorse, has packed horns without an issue, $4,500. ALSO, 3-year-old gelding, 3/4 Belgian and 1/4 paint (red and white paint), 16.1 hands, rides and drives, has roped calves, rode in the mountains for hunting, quiet and gentle, $11,000. Call Sam Hershberger, 307-2711881 ..................................10/17

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Horses

Hay & Feed

RANCH HORSES WANTED: Sound, rope broke and gentle. Call 605-347-3403 or 605-4999088................................10/17

700 TONS IRRIGATED ALFALFA: First and second cutting, round bales, excellent quality, $200/ton. ALSO, 350 tons wheat straw, round bales, $40/bale, excellent quality. Call 406-765-7172 ........10/31

Sheep TARGHEE AND HAMPSHIRE CROSS YEARLING RAMS FOR SALE: Targhees are extremely fine wooled. Call 307247-2296 ........................10/24 GERDES HAMPSHIRES HAS 20 REGISTERED PUREBRED HAMPSHIRE RAMS: Born in the winter of 2026. Our rams are big framed, fast growing with plenty of depth, muscle and bone. These are wether producing type Hampshires without excessive leg length but possess tremendous thickness of loin and leg. Rams are sired by stud rams purchased from leading Hampshire sheep breeders at national sales and are sired by sons of Unicorn, UFFDA and Jackalope. For more information, call or text Darrell Gerdes of Madison, S.D. at 402-760-0104. To view photos, go to www.wylr.net in the classifieds ...............10/24

Swine EIGHT- TO 12-WEEK-OLD FEEDER PIGLETS: Hampshire/Yorkshire crosses. ALSO have pigs ready for processing. Call Andrea if interested 307272-6037 ........................10/17 WEANER PIGS FOR SALE. ALSO, butcher hogs. Located in Powell, WY. For more information, call 307-271-1014 .....1/16

Hay & Feed APPROXIMATELY 400 TONS 2nd cutting mixed hay, 4x4 squares, tarped, $265/ton. Near Bozeman, MT. Delivery available. Call Doug 406-581-4124

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Read it in the Roundup Hunting & Fishing NOV. 11-15: PETSKA FUR WILL BE BUYING ALL RAW/DRY FUR DEER/ELK HIDES AND ANTLER IN THE FOLLOWING TOWNS AND LOCATIONS: NOV. 11: Bill 6:15-6:30 p.m., Bill’s Store (drive thru, call/text Greg). NOV. 12: Wright 6:50-7:20 a.m., Rest Area; Newcastle 8:30-9 a.m., Voelker’s Body Shop; Upton 10:15-10:30 a.m., Joe’s Food Center (drive thru, call/text Greg); Moorcroft 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m., The Coffee Cup; Gillette 11:50 a.m.-12:10 p.m., T&T Guns and Ammo; Gillette 12:30-1 p.m., Rocky Mountain Sports. NOV. 13: Sheridan 7-7:40 a.m., Sportsman’s Warehouse; Buffalo 8:509:20 a.m., Good 2 Go; Ten Sleep 10:50-11:20 a.m., Pony Express; Worland 11:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m., Bighorn One Stop; Manderson 12:50-1:10 p.m., Hiway Bar (drive thru, call/text Greg); Basin 1:301:45 p.m., Overland Express Mart (drive thru, call/text Greg); Greybull 2-2:15 p.m., Overland Express Mart (drive thru, call/text Greg); Lovell 2:40-3 p.m., Good 2 Go; Powell 3:30-3:50 p.m., Murdoch’s; Cody 4:15-4:45 p.m., Nature’s Design Taxidermy; Meeteetse 5:30-5:45 p.m., Elk Horn Bar (under lights in front of fire hall, drive thru, call/text Greg). For more information, call Greg, 308-750-0700 or visit www. petskafur.net ...................10/31

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POWER continued from page 2 spent fuel and it doesn’t reprocess the fuel it could reuse. Those aren’t reasons to run, they’re the most valuable unclaimed ground in American energy. The country aims to quadruple its nuclear capacity to 400 gigawatts by 2050. Private investment in advanced nuclear has jumped more than thirteenfold since 2023, part of a digital-infrastructure-and-power buildout Goldman Sachs pegs near $5 trillion. Imagine Wyoming as the state which enriches the fuel, fabricates it and solves storage and reprocessing on its own terms – not the place the waste gets dumped on, but the place that masters the cycle and gets paid for it outright, with no royalty owed to anyone. It would take hard conversations and changes to our laws. We are the right people for it – a state which knows hard energy work, owns the resource and has never once been shy about a fight. This fight is the whole point. Wyoming has sued the federal government more than 50 times and bankrolled a Coal Litigation Fund to defend an industry which is, by every honest measure, declining. Imagine pointing this same muscle forward – not to slow the inevitable, but to pave the way for an industry which can bolster the economic base brought in by coal. We fought like heck to keep what we had. We ought to fight twice as

hard for what we could become. Wanting the industry isn’t the same as being ready for it. Roughly 80 percent of the jobs at the BWX Technologies plant will be operator roles, and the people who pour its foundation and weld its steel are tradesmen, not PhDs. The smartest investment Wyoming can make right now is in the welders, pipefitters, electricians, concrete crews and technicians who will build and run this thing. The state has already shown it knows how, putting nearly $2 million into Western Wyoming College to launch a nuclear science associate’s degree. We should do the same at Gillette College. The University of Wyoming (UW) doesn’t offer a full nuclear engineering degree. It rolled out nuclear certificates in 2025, but a certificate bolted onto another major is not a degree, and the worst outcome is for this industry to fire up here and then import all of its talent from somewhere else. Build the degrees and fill it with Wyoming kids. To be a regressionist now is a sure-fire way to let people who don’t have our best interests at heart make our decisions for us. It’s a dog-eat-dog world, and if we don’t force our seat at the table, we don’t eat. Out-of-state interests will gladly make those decisions for us. Look at who’s already walking out the door.

More than 60 percent of people born in Wyoming leave before they turn 30 – the highest rate of any state in the nation, according to U.S. Census data – and roughly two-thirds of UW graduates pull up stakes after they finish their degrees, carrying the Wyoming values this state raised and educated off to Denver; Fort Collins, Colo.; Salt Lake City and Dallas, Texas. The young people filling in behind them are increasingly newcomers from out of state, who arrive with their own ideas about what this place ought to become. A state that exports its children and imports its decision-makers will always negotiate from weakness, and this weakness only hardens as our talent and our money drain away. Show up to meetings and back the initiatives which put our young people on a path into building a future for Wyoming. Every dollar we invest in our students today is a down payment on a generation that can stay. Build the degree. Invest in these kids now, and we don’t just win a plant. We give Wyoming children a reason to raise their families in Wyoming. Thomas Lubnau III was born in Gillette, graduated from West Point in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering and is currently serving as an infantry officer at Fort Drum, N.Y. This opinion column was originally published in Gov. Mark Gordon’s newsletter On Brand on Aug. 25.

New study reveals gaps in bison parasite management Gastrointestinal parasites can cause serious health problems in North American bison, but the drugs producers rely on to control them can become less effective when used too frequently or without knowing which animals actually need treatment. A new study led by researchers at the Texas A&M University (TAMU) College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) examined how bison producers manage parasites, providing new information which could help researchers develop more targeted approaches to deworming and slow the development of drug resistance. The findings provide researchers with a clearer picture of how ranched bison are managed across the southern and central U.S. and highlight opportunities to improve parasite control while protecting the limited drugs available to producers. “Gastrointestinal nematodes are one of the most economically important health concerns for bison,” said Dr. Kaylee Kipp, a recent VMBS doctoral graduate and associate professor of professional practice in ranch management at Texas Christian University. “We have both anecdotal and diagnostic evidence showing bison seem to have more parasitic issues compared to beef cattle.” These parasites, commonly called gastrointestinal worms, can cause diarrhea, poor weight gain and reduced production. In severe cases, Kipp said

parasite infections can even contribute to the deaths of adult bison. This makes controlling parasites important, but researchers say simply deworming more often isn’t necessarily the answer. Learning how producers manage bison Despite the importance of parasites to bison health, relatively little is known about how producers manage parasites in ranched bison, particularly in the southern U.S. Most previous bison research has focused on larger herds in northern states and Canada, leaving researchers with less information about operations in Texas and neighboring states. “We needed to understand the basics of these operations,” said Dr. Guilherme Verocai, an associate professor in the VMBS’s Department of Veterinary Pathobiology and director of the Parasitology Diagnostic Laboratory. “Are we talking about a herd of 500 animals or 30? Those can be very different operations.” To better understand these differences, the research team surveyed bison producers about herd demographics, pasture management, nutrition, animal sourcing and parasite control practices. Nearly 90 percent reported deworming their bison at least once a year and almost one-third dewormed more than twice annually. At the same time, diagnostic tools to help determine whether treatment is necessary were rarely used.

The survey also showed producers largely manage bison using practices adapted from the cattle industry. Although many practices are similar, bison present unique challenges. Unlike cattle, bison can be more difficult and dangerous to handle, making frequent trips through handling facilities challenging. As a result, some producers turn to alternatives such as medicated feed to administer dewormers. Another challenge is researchers still have limited information about how deworming drugs should be used specifically in bison. “There is only one product approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat gastrointestinal nematodes in bison,” Verocai said. “For most treatments, producers have to adapt products and practices developed for cattle or other ruminants.” This means producers may start with recommendations developed for cattle even though researchers don’t yet know the ideal doses or treatment strategies for bison – a knowledge gap which can complicate efforts to use dewormers effectively. When parasites fight back The researchers are particularly concerned about anthelmintic resistance – when worms develop resistance to the drugs used to kill them. The process is similar to antibiotic resistance – when a herd is treated, susceptible parasites are killed, while parasites carrying traits allowing them

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to survive can remain and reproduce. Repeated treatment can gradually increase the proportion of resistant parasites. “The concern is, over time, we could reach a point where the majority of those parasites are resistant,” Verocai said. “This is why treatment needs to be one of several tools we use to manage and control parasites.” This approach is especially important because producers have relatively few classes of dewormers available, and few options are expected in the near future. One tool which can help producers use these drugs more strategically is diagnostic testing. Fecal tests can show which parasites are present and help determine whether treatment is necessary, allowing producers and veterinarians to make more targeted decisions. “What might look like extra labor – collecting the fecal sample, sending it to the lab and waiting on those results – most likely means you would treat fewer animals and save money on drug use,” Verocai said. Using diagnostics to guide treatment can also reduce pressure on parasite populations to develop

resistance, helping preserve the effectiveness of available dewormers for longer. Managing bison and their parasites Another strategy researchers hope to introduce more widely to bison producers is refugia, which involves maintaining a population of parasites which has not been exposed to a dewormer. One way to do this is by intentionally leaving some animals untreated, allowing drug-susceptible parasites to reproduce with resistant parasites and helping slow the spread of resistance. Fewer than 10 percent of surveyed producers reported intentionally leaving animals untreated for this purpose. “Refugia is a huge topic and needs to be talked about more,” Kipp said. “We can’t only be thinking about the next growing season, the next breeding season or the next calving season. We have to be thinking about five, 10 or 20 years down the road. Is the practice you’re implementing on your property sustainable?” The goal, researchers emphasize, isn’t to stop treating parasites but to make treatment decisions

based on the needs of each herd. “Every time you buy an animal, you are buying parasites,” Kipp said. “You are essentially not only a bison manager, but you’re also a parasite manager in a way, because they’re not going to go away.” Because every herd differs in its size, environment, management and parasite populations, there isn’t one approach that will work for every operation. By establishing a baseline of current practices, researchers hope their work will contribute to bison-specific recommendations to protect animal health while preserving the effectiveness of available dewormers. “It’s a double-edged sword,” Kipp said. “Parasites can cause serious problems in bison, so the natural response is to deworm them, but more treatment isn’t always better. We need to use these drugs strategically and be good stewards of them because we only have so many options.” Dr. Camryn Haines is the communications coordinator for TAMU VMBS. This article was originally published by TAMU VMBS on Sept. 21.

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OUTLAW continued from page 1 more about the notorious outlaw. According to an Aug. 15 Cowboy State Daily article by Jake Nichols, George Parrott was born in Montbeliard, France in 1834. A large, prominent nose is thought to have earned him his nickname, which would eventually become plastered on wanted posters throughout the West. Not much is known of his early life, but by the late1870s, Big Nose George had made his way to the Wyoming Territory and embarked on a life of crime. He quickly made an unsavory name for himself as a frontier criminal, becoming notorious for robbing stagecoaches and eventually trains with the help of his wayward gang. Life of crime According to a November 2014 WyoHistory article by Lori Van Pelt, Big Nose George and his gang attempted to rob a Union Pacific (UP) Railroad pay car east of Medicine Bow in early August of 1878. “At the time, the UP Railroad carried cash via the pay car monthly for its own company payroll,” writes Van Pelt. “The bandits loosened a spike in the rails, wrapped it with telegraph wire and hid in the sagebrush, planning to tug the spike and dislodge the rails to derail the train so they could abscond with the money.” Van Pelt further notes sharp-eyed railroad employees spotted the wobbly spike, repaired the damage and alerted lawmen before the train arrived, foiling the gang’s plans and causing the outlaws to flee. A short time later, the men were apprehended at the base of Elk Mountain by Carbon County Sherriff’s Deputy Robert Widdowfield and UP Detective Henry Vincent. The gang murdered the lawmen and fled once again in pursuit of their next score, and Big Nose George continued his life of crime for the next two years, wreaking havoc throughout the Wyoming and Montana territories. According to several accounts, the beginning of Big Nose George’s end came in 1880 at a bar in Miles City, Mont. where he and his accomplice Charlie Burris drunkenly boasted about the robbery and murders. After being arrested by local deputies, Big Nose George was transported back to Wyoming Territory by Carbon County Sherriff James Rankin where he was tried and convicted of murder.

Frontier justice Big Nose George was sentenced to death by hanging for first degree murder in April of 1881, but he did not go down without a fight, attempting a jail break before ultimately meeting his fate at the hands of frontier vigilantes. “Ten days before the scheduled execution, Big Nose George tried to escape from the local jail,” Van Pelt reports. “He had used a pocket knife to saw through the rivets on the heavy leg shackles that bound him and struck Jailer Robert Rankin in the head with them.” “Robert’s wife Rosa discovered the attempted jailbreak and managed to close the outside door, thwarting Big Nose George’s plans,” Van Pelt continues. “She fired her husband’s revolver in the air, and men came running to help.” Rather than risk another escape before the outlaw’s scheduled execution, a mob of townspeople decided to take justice into their own hands, lynching Big Nose George from a telephone pole on March 20, 1834. Big Nose George died at the age of 47, but the outlaw’s death by no means concluded his tale. Infamous mementos With no relatives to claim Big Nose George’s body, Osborne and another doctor named Thomas Maghee decided to use the corpse for medical study. Van Pelt notes Maghee studied the criminal’s brain, while Osborne made a death mask and had the outlaw skinned. The human hide was fashioned into infamous shoes Osborne allegedly wore to his 1893 inauguration as Wyoming governor and now remain on display at the Carbon County Museum. Big Nose George’s skull was cut into two pieces, and Maghee gifted the top half to his young assistant Lillian Heath, who went on to become Wyoming’s first female physician and was rumored to use the piece as an ash tray. Today, the Carbon County Museum remains in possession of the bottom half of Big Nose George’s skull, while the top half is displayed at the UP Railroad Museum in Council Bluffs, Iowa. These bizarre artifacts and the story of Big Nose George remain a unique reminder of Wyoming’s unruly frontier past. Grace Skavdahl is the editor of the Wyoming Livestock Roundup. Send comments on this article to roundup@wylr.net.

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Infamous artifact – After meeting a bitter end for a life of crime, the skin of the outlaw known as “Big Nose” George Parrott was fashioned into a pair of shoes commissioned by former Wyoming Gov. John Osborne in the late-1800s. The shoes remain on display at the Carbon County Museum in Rawlins. Carbon County Museum photo

Notorious outlaw – Frontier Outlaw “Big Nose” George Parrott engaged in a life of crime, robbing stagecoaches and train cars before meeting a grisly end at the hands of a frontier mob in 1881. Pictured is Big Nose George in an undated portrait. Carbon County Museum photo

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October 14, 2026

Another big run of Spring Calves! Selling just under 3600 again this week with good demand and a steady to slightly higher market. Thank you for your business! CALVES LITTLE RANCH CO INC, LEITER WY 106 BLK STRCF PC 506 503.00 WT 2,543.94 104 BLK STRCF PC 495 503.00 WT 2,489.85 72 BLK STRCF PC 418 565.00 WT 2,364.36 KYLE AND SHANNA KALLHOFF, OSHOTO WY 71 BLK/BWF STRCF PC 519 484.00 WT 2,513.05 18 BLK/BWF STRCF PC 419 552.50 WT 2,317.43 3 BLK STRCF PC 310 650.00 WT 2,015.00 78 BLK/BWF HFRCF PC 483 451.50 WT 2,178.48 28 BLK/BWF HFRCF PC 381 541.00 WT 2,060.63 5 HERE HFRCF PC 341 500.00 WT 1,705.00 HOAGLAND FAMILY TRUST, BANNER WY 100 BLK/BWF STRCF PC 604 423.00 WT 2,556.61 52 BLK/BWF STRCF PC 524 482.00 WT 2,526.79 3 BLK/BWF STRCF PC 438 522.00 WT 2,288.10 112 BLK/BWF HFRCF PC 541 413.50 WT 2,236.96 32 BLK/BWF HFRCF PC 439 472.00 WT 2,072.37 LEVI J OR CRISTINA GORZALKA, SHERIDAN WY 35 BLK STRCF PC 595 423.00 WT 2,516.85 4 BLK/BWF STRCF PC 513 470.00 WT 2,408.75 21 BLK/BWF HFRCF PC 531 407.00 WT 2,162.91 2 BLK/BWF HFRCF PC 345 505.00 WT 1,742.25 BOW & ARROW RANCH INC, ARVADA WY 72 BLK HFRCF PC 507 431.00 WT 2,186.72 16 BLK HFRCF PC 432 477.50 WT 2,060.71 14 BLK STRCF PC 590 419.00 WT 2,473.59 11 BLK STRCF PC 474 506.00 WT 2,396.60 CARL BUECHLER, SAINT XAVIER MT 29 BLK STRCF BT 684 380.00 WT 2,601.03 17 BLK HFRCF BT 602 370.00 WT 2,227.61 TOM & JODIE EDWARDS, BUSBY MT 60 BLK STRCF BT 567 443.00 WT 2,510.33 35 BLK STRCF BT 433 545.00 WT 2,360.62 JARED & NATALIE HARDESTY, WYARNO WY 22 BLK STRCF PC 545 461.50 WT 2,514.12 17 BLK HFRCF PC 519 415.00 WT 2,153.11 5 BLK HFRCF PC 366 520.00 WT 1,903.20 TRAVIS HAKERT, BUFFALO WY 49 BLK STRCF PC 536 464.00 WT 2,488.55 12 BLK STRCF PC 440 540.00 WT 2,376.00 49 BLK HFRCF PC 495 433.00 WT 2,142.90 8 BLK HFRCF PC 347 540.00 WT 1,873.12 JOE PATTERSON FAMILY TRUST, DOUGLAS WY 125 RED STRCF BT 469 502.00 WT 2,356.38 41 RED STRCF BT 470 498.00 WT 2,339.99 30 RED STRCF BT 395 566.50 WT 2,235.78 45 RED HFRCF BT 408 502.00 WT 2,048.16 10 RED HFRCF BT 342 540.00 WT 1,846.80 SHOBER LIVESTOCK INC, GILLETTE WY 80 BLK STRCF BT 543 458.50 WT 2,489.08 8 BLK STRCF BT 450 525.00 WT 2,362.50 JENNIFER DEWEY, SHERIDAN WY 43 BLK STRCF PC 568 442.00 WT 2,511.17 11 BLK STRCF PC 477 509.00 WT 2,427.00 23 BLK HFRCF PC 468 462.50 WT 2,162.69 CLINT OR ADA WESTOVER, MOORCROFT WY 33 BLK/BWF STRCF PC 613 417.00 WT 2,554.44 JACK L & JOANN M MOREY JR., CLEARMONT WY 32 BLK STRCF PC 471 509.00 WT 2,395.48

4 BLK STRCF PC 390 560.00 WT 2,184.00 20 BLK HFRCF PC 441 462.50 WT 2,037.31 6 BLK HFRCF PC 334 535.00 WT 1,787.79 BIG HORN CATTLE CO, LODGE GRASS MT 20 BLK STRCF PC 502 477.00 WT 2,392.15 13 BLK/BWF 418 555.00 WT 2,321.18 STRCF PC 4 RED STRCF PC 406 505.00 WT 2,051.56 26 BLK HFRCF PC 518 405.00 WT 2,098.99 15 BLK/BWF HFRCF PC 438 443.00 WT 1,940.34 STACY D SCHREIBEIS, WYARNO WY 24 BLK/BWF STRCF PC 600 419.00 WT 2,514.00 13 BLK HFRCF PC 526 414.00 WT 2,178.27 PATCHWORK PARTNERS LIMITE, BUFFALO WY 2 BLK HFRCF PC 515 402.50 WT 2,072.87 LENARD & TAMMY GORZALKA, SHERIDAN WY 1 BLK STRCF PC 605 407.50 WT 2,465.37 HAYDEN LOFLIN, CASPER WY 5 BLK STRCF PC 506 460.00 WT 2,327.60 7 BLK HFRCF PC 444 460.00 WT 2,040.42 FLYING F CATTLE CO. LLC, ARVADA WY 8 BLK STRCF 569 437.50 WT 2,491.01 JOHN M. KOLTISKA TRUST, SHERIDAN WY 8 BLK STRCF PC 653 384.00 WT 2,505.60 CHANCE DARLING, HYATTVILLE WY 20 BLK/BWF STRCF BT 562 442.00 WT 2,485.14 9 BLK STRCF BT 374 632.50 WT 2,368.36 37 BLK/BWF HFRCF BT 484 437.50 WT 2,118.91 11 BLK HFRCF BT 340 541.00 WT 1,836.94 JAMES EDWARD HALLWORTH, RANCHESTER WY 16 BLK STRCF 508 437.50 WT 2,220.31 4 BLK/BWF STRCF 434 447.50 WT 1,941.03 12 BLK HFRCF 383 450.00 WT 1,721.25 L3H LLC, BUFFALO WY 7 BLK/BWF STRCF 379 595.00 WT 2,252.50 JC RANCH INC, BIG HORN WY 16 BLK STRCF 473 505.00 WT 2,386.12 TRAVIS G OR BRIDGETTE J BAKER, BUFFALO WY 16 BLK STRCF PC 630 400.50 WT 2,523.15 10 BLK HFRCF PC 550 385.00 WT 2,115.57 ANTONIO &/OR BETTY RODRIGUEZ, BUFFALO WY 6 RWF STRCF 458 504.00 WT 2,310.00 4 BLK/BWF STRCF 404 515.00 WT 2,079.31 5 RWF HFRCF 427 442.00 WT 1,887.34 RUSSELL AND KATHY BELL, GILLETTE WY 43 BLK STRCF PC 427 560.00 WT 2,393.67 32 BLK STRCF PC 365 625.00 WT 2,284.17 6 BLK STRCF PC 367 460.00 WT 1,686.66 27 BLK HFRCF PC 362 540.00 WT 1,953.00 7 BLK HFRCF PC 294 550.00 WT 1,618.57 LAZY SJ RANCH LLC, SHERIDAN WY 8 BLK STRCF 621 403.00 WT 2,501.11 26 CATTLE LLC, GILLETTE WY 13 BLK STRCF BT 479 500.00 WT 2,394.23 7 BLK HFRCF BT 464 432.50 WT 2,004.94 THE TOM J OR DEBRA S GORZALKA, CLEARMONT 10 BLK HFRCF PC 449 447.50 WT 2,007.03 TNT QUARTER HORSES, PARKMAN WY 4 BLK HFRCF PC 431 467.50 WT 2,016.09 MOORE RANCH LAND & LIVEST, MIDWEST WY 2 BLK/BWF STRCF 460 460.00 WT 2,116.00 TURKEY TRACK LIVESTOCK CO, DOUGLAS WY 2 RED STRCF PC 435 512.50 WT 2,229.37 RICH SPARKS, BROADUS MT 8 BLK STRCF PC 602 415.00 WT 2,497.78 9 BLK HFRCF PC 553 385.00 WT 2,130.33 3 RED HFRCF PC 552 386.00 WT 2,129.43 NADINE KILTS, MIDWEST WY 9 BLK STRCF PC 475 500.00 WT 2,375.00 9 BLK HFRCF PC 417 472.00 WT 1,966.66

3 BLK STRCF PC 325 610.00 WT 1,982.50 6F LIVESTOCK LLC, KAYCEE WY 6 RED STRCF PC 418 522.50 WT 2,181.43 2 LAZY H LLC., ARVADA WY 15 BLK STRCF PC 545 457.00 WT 2,490.65 20 RED STRCF PC 518 463.50 WT 2,400.93 22 BLK HFRCF PC 513 418.00 WT 2,145.10 16 RED HFRCF PC 495 428.00 WT 2,117.26 TY AND DANIELLE ETCHEMENDY, DOUGLAS WY 21 BLK STRCF BT 595 420.00 WT 2,500.00 15 BLK HFRCF BT 545 394.00 WT 2,145.98 JACK & CONNIE KAY FIEDOR, RANCHESTER WY 17 BLK HFRCF PC 533 401.00 WT 2,135.91 6 BLK STRCF PC 525 463.00 WT 2,430.75 ANDREW OR SUSIE BUTTON POND, RECLUSE WY 12 BLK STRCF PC 531 453.00 WT 2,404.67 8 BLK HFRCF PC 474 435.00 WT 2,063.53 WARREN W OR DEBORAH M ADAMS, SHERIDAN 48 BLK STRCF BT 520 455.50 WT 2,367.17 18 RED STRCF BT 530 422.00 WT 2,236.60 11 RD/BK BULLCF BT 543 387.50 WT 2,103.06 27 BLK HFRCF BT 523 392.50 WT 2,054.08 25 RED HFRCF BT 473 420.00 WT 1,985.76 ALECIA L & MATTHEW JOHNSON, BANNER WY 25 BLK STRCF PC 550 453.50 WT 2,492.43 15 BLK HFRCF PC 513 422.00 WT 2,163.45 CHESTER CHRISTENSEN, SHERIDAN WY 17 BLK STRCF 556 432.00 WT 2,401.41 10 BLK HFRCF 537 399.00 WT 2,142.63 CROSS CROWN LLC, BUFFALO WY 24 BLK HFRCF PC 458 431.00 WT 1,971.82 23 BLK HFRCF PC 391 489.00 WT 1,913.47 CASEY DAVIS, EVANSVILLE WY 3 BLK STRCF 415 537.50 WT 2,230.62 KEVIN RODRIGUEZ, BUFFALO WY 410 557.50 WT 2,285.75 1 BWF STRCF CHRISTOPHER & CARMEN RODRIGUE, CLEARMONT 1 RWF HFRCF 405 450.00 WT 1,822.50 HERE AND THERE LIVESTOCK, ARVADA WY 2 BLK STRCF 408 455.00 WT 1,854.12 1 BLK HFRCF 500 410.00 WT 2,050.00 CASEY CHESER, KAYCEE WY 1 BWF STRCF 405 482.50 WT 1,954.12 DUSTIN KILTS, CASPER WY 39 BLK HFRCF 356 534.00 WT 1,899.12 29 BLK STRCF 344 610.00 WT 2,097.13 HOLE IN THE WALL LIVESTOC, KAYCEE WY 20 BLK/BWF STRCF 367 627.50 WT 2,299.78 8 BLK/BWF STRCF 294 625.00 WT 1,839.84 8 BLK/BWF HFRCF 341 505.00 WT 1,720.15 3 BLK/BWF HFRCF 240 600.00 WT 1,440.00 CODY & MARCY CUNNINGHAM, BANNER WY 12 RED XBRD STRCF BT 497 443.00 WT 2,202.07 13 RED XBRD HFRCF BT 496 428.00 WT 2,123.53 2 BLK STRCF BT 493 495.00 WT 2,437.87 PACKARD LIVESTOCK LLC, ARVADA WY 26 BLK/BWF HFRCF PC 493 437.00 WT 2,153.90 YEARLINGS CATO SOLDIER CREEK RANCH, SHERIDAN WY 26 BLK STR PC 879 336.50 WT 2,956.67 35 BLK STR PC 716 375.00 WT 2,686.60 ALDERSON-HUFFMAN LLC, BUSBY MT 34 BLK STR PC 903 336.00 WT 3,034.37 POWDER RIVER RANCH INC, ARVADA WY 33 BLK/BWF HFR 810 333.00 WT 2,695.78

• Fall 2026 Schedule • October 21 - Spring Calf Special • October 24 - Bred Cow/Exposed Cow Special and Weigh up Special - Selling All Classes October 28 - Spring Calf Special • October 31 - Regular Weigh Up Sale - Selling All Classes • November 4 - Spring Calf Special November 7 - Regular Weigh Up Sale - Selling All Classes • November 11 - Spring Calf Special November 14 - Bred Cow/Exposed Cow Special and Weigh up Special - Selling All Classes November 18 - Spring Calf Special and Regular Weigh Up Special - Selling All Classes November 21 - Redland Angus Bull Sale - Fall Sale • November 25 - NO SALE, Happy Thanksgiving! November 28 - NO SALE! • December 2 - Regular Weigh Up Sale - Selling All Classes December 5 - Bighorn Mountain Heart of the Herd Bred Cow and Heifer Special December 9 - Spring Calf and Weaned Calf Special • December 16 - Regular Weigh Up Sale - Selling All Classes December 19 - Cows for Christmas Bred Cow and Heifer Special • December 23 - NO SALE - Merry Christmas! December 30 - NO SALE - Happy New Year!

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Wyoming Livestock Roundup • Volume 38 No. 26 • October 17, 2026

RIVERTON LIVESTOCK AUCTION Friday, October 9 & Tuesday, October 13 Market Report 3839 Head Sold Representative Sales BREDS Mountain View 3 BLK-BCOW, 1695# ........................................$2400 Boulder 2 BLK-BCOW, 1005# ........................................$2425 Big Piney 1 BWF-BCOW, 1905# .......................................$2450 Riverton 1 BLK-BCOW, 1485# ........................................$2475 Lander 1 BLK-BCOW, 1550# ........................................$2500 Riverton 1 BLK-BCOW, 1310# ........................................$2600 Boulder 2 BLK-BCOW, 1035# ........................................$2700 Crowheart 1 BLK-BCOW, 1055# ........................................$2800 Rawlins 1 BLK-BCOW, 1150# ........................................$2850 Big Piney 1 BLK-BCOW, 1160# ........................................$2900 Lander 1 BLK-BCOW, 1260# ........................................$2950 1 BLK-BCOW, 1005# ........................................$2950 Boulder 3 BLK-BCOW, 913# ..........................................$2960 2 BLK-BCOW, 878# ..........................................$3100 Marbleton 1 BLK-BCOW, 1175# ........................................$3250 COWS Pavillion 1 BLK-COW, 1050#........................................$180.00 Craig 3 BLK-COW, 1330#........................................$174.50 Rawlins 2 BWF-COW, 1268# ......................................$168.00 Boulder 1 BLK-COW, 1230#........................................$164.00 1 RED-COW, 1100# .......................................$162.50 Pavillion 1 BLK-COW, 1610#........................................$160.50 Dubois 2 BLK-COW, 1388#........................................$158.00 Kinnear 2 BLK-COW, 1310#........................................$157.00 Arminto 1 BLK-COW, 1210#........................................$156.00 Dubois 2 BLK-COW, 1213#........................................$154.50 Crowheart 1 RED-COW, 1265# .......................................$153.00 Arapahoe 1 BLK-COW, 1370#........................................$152.00 Thermopolis 1 BLK-COW, 1380#........................................$150.50 Dubois 1 BLK-COW, 1315#........................................$150.00 Thermopolis 2 BLK-COW, 1320#........................................$149.00 Fort Washakie 1 BLK-COW, 1455#........................................$148.50 Arminto 3 BLK-COW, 1425#........................................$148.00 Crowheart 1 BLK-COW, 1525#........................................$147.50 Dubois 1 BLK-COW, 1520# .........................................$146.00 Daniel 2 BLK-COW, 1468#........................................$144.00 Pavillion 2 BLK-COW, 1395#........................................$142.00 Craig 4 BLK-COW, 1556#........................................$140.00 Crowheart 1 BLK-COW, 1630#........................................$140.00 Pavillion 1 BLK-COW, 1645#........................................$134.00 1 BLK-COW, 1650#........................................$129.00 Daniel 1 BLK-COW, 1670#........................................$126.50 Pavillion 1 BLK-COW, 1675#........................................$123.50 HEIFERETTES Boulder 2 BLK-HFRT, 800# .........................................$338.00 Daniel 1 BLK-HFRT, 860# .........................................$307.50 Boulder 2 BLK-HFRT, 913# .........................................$302.50 Arminto 1 BLK-HFRT, 1020# .......................................$269.00 Dubois 3 BLK-HFRT, 1027# .......................................$268.00 Arminto 1 BLK-HFRT, 1030# .......................................$263.00 BULLS Thermopolis 1 BLK-BULL, 1645# .......................................$181.50 Robertson 1 RED-BULL, 1655# ......................................$174.50 Big Piney 1 BLK-BULL, 1715# .......................................$172.50 Riverton 1 RED-BULL, 1725# ......................................$172.50 Alcova 1 RED-BULL, 1750# ......................................$173.50 3 BLK-BULL, 1765# .......................................$171.00 Shoshoni 1 BLK-BULL, 1785# .......................................$179.00 Riverton 1 BLK-BULL, 1825# .......................................$172.50 Casper 1 BLK-BULL, 1850# .......................................$175.50 Alcova 2 BLK-BULL, 1863# .......................................$168.50 Cora 3 BLK-BULL, 1888# .......................................$169.50 Crowheart 1 BLK-BULL, 1915# .......................................$179.00 Mountain View 1 BLK-BULL, 1955# .......................................$179.00 Big Piney 2 BLK-BULL, 1968# .......................................$165.50 Cora 1 BLK-BULL, 1995# .......................................$169.00 Lander 1 BWF-BULL, 2010# ......................................$164.00 Arapahoe 1 BLK-BULL, 2065# .......................................$167.00 Cora 2 BLK-BULL, 2113# .......................................$169.00 Hudson 1 BLK-BULL, 2160# .......................................$183.00 Kinnear 1 BLK-BULL, 2190# .......................................$175.00 Mountain View 1 BLK-BULL, 2335# .......................................$172.00 STEERS Pinedale 24 BLK-STR, 353# ...........................................$649.00 Lander 7 BLK-STR, 371# ...........................................$645.00 Cora 15 BLK-STR, 377# ...........................................$637.50 Riverton 6 BLK-STR, 412# ...........................................$582.00 Crowheart 5 BLK-STR, 334# ...........................................$577.50 Cora 46 BLK-STR, 427# ...........................................$571.00 Evanston 48 BLK-STR, 403# ...........................................$567.00 Jeffrey City 31 BLK-STR, 407# ...........................................$554.00 Lander 33 MIX-STR, 444# ...........................................$545.00 Pinedale 90 BLK-STR, 454# ...........................................$536.00 Kinnear 13 BLK-STR, 449# ...........................................$532.00 Shoshoni 64 BLK-STR, 486# ...........................................$516.00 Riverton 18 BLK-STR, 476# ...........................................$514.00 Lander 22 BLK-STR, 497# ...........................................$505.00

Shoshoni 6 BLK-STR, 469# ...........................................$502.00 56 BLK-STR, 497# ...........................................$501.75 Diamondville 57 BLK-STR, 494# ...........................................$500.00 Lander 9 BLK-STR, 503# ...........................................$497.00 Jeffrey City 100 BLK-STR, 516# ...........................................$493.50 Kinnear 23 BLK-STR, 520# ...........................................$484.00 Riverton 33 BLK-STR, 518# ...........................................$482.00 Daniel 6 BLK-STR, 538# ...........................................$478.00 Shoshoni 33 BLK-STR, 547# ...........................................$464.50 Pinedale 35 BLK-STR, 535# ...........................................$464.00 Jackson 60 BLK-STR, 554# ...........................................$448.50 Jeffrey City 27 BLK-STR, 562# ...........................................$447.00 Riverton 21 BLK-STR, 558# ...........................................$445.50 Shoshoni 153 BLK-STR, 568# ...........................................$445.00 Lander 25 BLK-STR, 567# ...........................................$443.00 Etna 8 BLK-STR, 561# ...........................................$442.00 Diamondville 24 BLK-STR, 568# ...........................................$435.00 Shoshoni 11 BLK-STR, 554# ...........................................$434.00 Lander 11 BLK-STR, 575# ...........................................$425.00 Kinnear 6 BLK-STR, 593# ........................................... $411.00 Riverton 10 BLK-STR, 595# ...........................................$410.00 Lander 34 BLK-STR, 594# ...........................................$409.75 Jackson 32 BLK-STR, 622# ...........................................$404.50 Shoshoni 16 BLK-STR, 622# ...........................................$404.00 Lander 6 BLK-STR, 627# ...........................................$388.00 10 BLK-STR, 648# ...........................................$388.00 28 BLK-STR, 636# ...........................................$382.50 Shoshoni 13 MIX-STR, 632# ...........................................$382.00 Kinnear 22 BLK-STR, 640# ...........................................$381.00 Riverton 17 BLK-STR, 657# ...........................................$376.50 Lander 4 CHAR-STR, 668#........................................$369.00 Thermopolis 6 BLK-STR, 683# ...........................................$368.50 Lander 14 MIX-STR, 704# ...........................................$362.00 Lonetree 4 BLK-STR, 770# ...........................................$361.50 Shoshoni 21 BLK-STR, 747# ...........................................$360.50 Lander 17 BLK-STR, 735# ...........................................$348.00 Riverton 30 BLK-STR, 872# ...........................................$340.00 Lonetree 12 BLK-STR, 902# ...........................................$329.50 Lander 4 BLK-STR, 1089# .........................................$285.00 HEIFERS Jeffrey City 5 BLK-HFR, 266# ...........................................$607.50 41 BLK-HFR, 359# ...........................................$580.00 Riverton 12 BLK-HFR, 366# ...........................................$572.50 Evanston 11 BLK-HFR, 290# ...........................................$570.00 Cora 12 BLK-HFR, 349# ...........................................$560.00 Riverton 5 BLK-HFR, 381# ...........................................$550.00 Shoshoni 7 BLK-HFR, 394# ...........................................$532.50 Crowheart 20 BLK-HFR, 405# ...........................................$520.00 Lander 9 BLK-HFR, 403# ...........................................$515.00 Cora 54 BLK-HFR, 401# ...........................................$512.50 Jeffrey City 51 BLK-HFR, 435# ...........................................$498.00 Shoshoni 106 BLK-HFR, 532# ...........................................$495.00 5 BLK-HFR, 437# ...........................................$485.00 21 BLK-HFR, 446# ...........................................$485.00 Kinnear 10 BLK-HFR, 452# ...........................................$471.00 Riverton 28 BLK-HFR, 462# ...........................................$470.00 Shoshoni 65 BLK-HFR, 475# ...........................................$464.00 Diamondville 42 BLK-HFR, 465# ...........................................$462.50 Lander 10 MIX-HFR, 469# ...........................................$460.00 Shoshoni 20 BLK-HFR, 565# ...........................................$459.00 Cora 9 BLK-HFR, 477# ...........................................$445.00 Riverton 7 BLK-HFR, 505# ...........................................$440.00 Jeffrey City 11 BLK-HFR, 494# ...........................................$439.00 Lander 15 BLK-HFR, 510# ...........................................$439.00 Thermopolis 39 BLK-HFR, 504# ...........................................$433.00 Lander 23 BLK-HFR, 532# ...........................................$425.00 Shoshoni 12 BLK-HFR, 550# ........................................... $411.00 Lyman 8 BLK-HFR, 541# ...........................................$408.00 Jackson 41 BLK-HFR, 550# ...........................................$405.00 Lander 5 BLK-HFR, 578# ...........................................$397.50 Thermopolis 7 BLK-HFR, 557# ...........................................$395.00 Lander 11 BLK-HFR, 581# ...........................................$381.00 Riverton 27 BLK-HFR, 600# ...........................................$366.50 Lander 5 BLK-HFR, 642# ...........................................$349.00 11 MIX-HFR, 669# ...........................................$348.50 Shoshoni 23 BLK-HFR, 690# ...........................................$338.00 Boulder 9 HERFD-HFR, 778# .....................................$333.50 Shoshoni 31 BLK-HFR, 763# ...........................................$331.00 Lonetree 4 BLK-HFR, 818# ...........................................$328.00 Boulder 26 HERFD-HFR, 834# .....................................$325.50 Big Piney 10 BLK-HFR, 842# ...........................................$324.50 Boulder 12 MIX-HFR, 769# ...........................................$324.00 Arminto 13 BLK-HFR, 887# ........................................... $311.00 Mckinnon 5 BLK-HFR, 943# ...........................................$308.50 Big Piney 10 BLK-HFR, 930# ...........................................$308.00 Lander 7 BLK-HFR, 966# ...........................................$290.50

Early Consignments TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM YEARLINGS Tracy Eckhardt- 20 Blk Ang Yrlng Strs 875-900#. Dillon Hedges- 1 PTO SIMX Yrlng Hfr 950#. Mike Needham- 2 AngX Yrlng Strs 900#. CALVES Murray Ranches- 300 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450550#. Rec 7 way @ Branding. Knife cut. All Natural. 100% Black Angus sired. All natural. High desert & green! Shane & Chris Eberline- 230 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 475-550#. Rec Vista Once SQ, Nasalgen & Vision 7 @ Branding. Sired by SO Cattle & Hancock Blk Ang bulls. High elevation, choice calves! Hovendick Ranch- 190 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 550-600#. Rec Vision 8 w/ spur, Once PMH IN & Presponse HM @ branding. Sired by Popo Agie Black Angus bulls. Fancy, high elevation, reputation! Hellyer Ranch- 175 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 425-525#. Rec Vision 7 w/ Spur, Stimulator 5 & Probac 4 @ branding. Knife cut. Age & Source through Samson BQA Certified. EID tags. Sired by Popo Agie Black Angus bulls. High elevation & Fancy! Harley & Becky Walters- 170 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 550650#. Rec Vision 8 w/spur, Virashield 6, Once PMH IN @ branding. Sired by Vermillion & Ingalls Black Angus Bulls. Year around Mineral. All Natural. Big time fancy calves!! Summer on high desert! Bray Ranch- 165 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 475-575#. Rec 7 way & Pyramid 5 @ branding. Knife cut. High elevation. Ransom & Jill Logan – 150 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 525#. Sired by Colyer Herefords & Angus bulls, & Redland Redbank Angus bulls. Rec Vista Once SQ, & Vision 7 Somnus w/ Spur @ branding. High elevation. Good F1 cross calves! Graves Land & Livestock- 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 450500#. 50 Blk Ang & AngX Hfrs 400-450#. Rec Bovishield Gold 5, Vision 7 w/Spur & Ivomec @ branding. 100% Black Angus Sired. High elevation, Fancy! Leonor Vasco- 150 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 450-550#. Rec Virashield 6, Vision 8 w/Spur & CattleActiv @ branding. Sired by Lucky 7 Black Angus bulls & Stoll Lim Flex bulls. High elevation & Reputation! Nick & Boyd Anderson- 140 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 600#. Rec Primeline In5 & Vision 7 20/20 @ branding. Sired by Paintrock Black Angus bulls. Reputation, stout calves! Wanda Miller– 140 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 550-600#. Comp vacc @ Branding. High elevation. Sired by good Blk Angus bulls, great performing calves! Eli & Ashlynn Eastman– 135 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 550-650#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Calvary 9 @ branding & June 5th. Summered @ 9000ft. Sired by Herring Blk Ang bulls. No replacements kept. Nice calves! Ron & Becki Weber- 85 Hereford Strs & Hfrs 600-650#. Rec One Shot Ultra 7 @ branding; Bovishield Gold One Shot, Ultra Choice 7 & poured @ turnout; Bovishield Gold One Shot this fall. Sired by Churchill Horned Hereford Bulls. High elevation & Reputation feeding cattle. Good quality, stout calves!! Pennoyer & Sons- 85 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 450-525#. Rec Bovishield Gold & Ultrabac 7 @ branding; Bovishield Gold One Shot, Ultrabac 7 & Ivomax @ Precon(10-3). All natural, year-round mineral program. High elevation, green, & Precon! Jesse & Loretta Hankins- 85 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 450-550#. Rec 7 way & Presponse HM @ branding. High elevation. Sired by Redland Redbank & Abernathy Black Angus bulls. Reputation, one iron, nice set of calves!! Homer Hunsberger- 65 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400500#. Rec Cattle Activ @ birth; Vision 7 w/ Spur & Bovilis Nasalgen 3 PMH @ branding. Year around mineral program, Purina Avala 4. Allen Ranch- 65 Blk Ang & AngX(BWF) Strs & Hfrs 450550#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 w/Somnus @ branding. Knife cut. Summer @ 8500’. Fancy, reputation calves! Mike Potter- 65 Mixed Strs & Hfrs 550#. Rec 8 Way & Bovishield Gold & Nutravac in the Spring. First of June drenched with Dextomax. High elevation Fred Larsen – 60 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec Vista Once SQ & 7 Way w/ Somnus @ branding. Choice calves! Russ & Rita Lucas- 60 AngX Strs & Hfrs 550-600#. Rec 8 Way @ branding. High elevation. Really fancy calves! Double Horseshoe Ranch- 50 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 8 @ branding. High altitude 6800-7000’. Sired by Hancock & Micheli Black Angus bulls. Good calves! Sierra Tidzump- 30 Blk & BWF Strs, 20 Blk & BWF Hfrs 450-500#. Rec Vista Once & Vision 7 @ branding & Precon. High desert. Knife cut. One brand! Challis & Jesse Whitlock- 40 Blk Ang Strs 500-550#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 w/Somnus @ branding. Knife cut. Black Angus sired. High elevation calves! Kieth Larsen- 25 Blk Ang/SimX Strs, 25 Blk Ang/SimX Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Bovishield Gold 1 Shot & 8 way @ branding. High elevation. Nice calves! Schell Ranch- 25 Blk Ang/SimX Strs, 20 Blk Ang/SimX Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Bovishield Gold 1 Shot & 8 way @ branding. High elevation. Nice calves! Richie & Lisa Walker- 33 Red Ang Strs 525#, 10 Red Ang Hfrs 475#. Rec MultiMin 90, Pyramid 5 + Presponse & Vision 7 w/Somnus + Spur @ branding. Sired by Red Angus bulls. Doug & Carolyn Hamel- 40 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500#. Rec comp vacc @ branding. Good calves! Jennifer McIntosh- 23 Blk Ang Strs & 17 Blk Ang Hfrs 430#. Rec Ultrabac 7 w/Somnus & Vira Shield 6 @ branding, Probac 4+ BVDK, Vision 7 & Safeguard @ Precon. Calves are on complete mineral program. Sired by Mr. K, T & E Angus & SO Angus bulls. Nice, one brand, high desert calves! Johnson Ranch- 35 Blk Ang Strs & Hfrs 500-550#. Rec Vision 8 & Virashield 6 @ branding. Sired by Clay Creek Black Angus bulls. One brand! Dee & Ron Kobbe- 20 Blk & BWF Strs & 15 Blk & BWF Hfrs 550-600#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 8 @ branding; Calgary 9 & Vista Once SQ @ Precon(10-1). High elevation, one brand & Reputation!! Dillon Hedges- 30 Blk, Red & Char Strs & Hfrs 400-650#. Rec Vision 7 & MultiMin @ birth, Vision 7 + Spur & Vista Once @ branding. Knife cut. Year around mineral program. 100% sired by Griswold Simmental bulls. High desert! All heifers are replacement quality & fancy! Nice, Big Stout calves!! Brodie Livestock- 30 Blk Ang Strs 625-650#. Rec Comp vacc @ branding. High elevation. Knife cut. Sired by Lucky 7 Angus & Diamond Peak Black Angus bulls. One brand!

Ash Corlett & Victor Mack- 20 Mostly Blk Strs & Hfrs 500575#. Rec comp vacc. @ branding. Knife cut. High elevation. Clint Murray- 28 Blk Ang & AngX (F1) Strs & Hfrs 525#. Rec Ultrachoice 8 @ branding; Ultrachoice 8 & Vista Once @ Precon(9-1). Run @ 8000’. Sired by powerful Hereford bulls, out of good black Angus maternal cows! Boreen Hay & Cattle- 19 Angus/Polled Hereford Strs 550600#. Rec BVD, Pasteurella, Clostridium & Cydectin in spring & 2 rounds of BVD, Pasteurella, Clostridium & Cydectin in the fall. Weaned a long time. No Supplements, implants or hormones. Jed Heap- 12 Blk Ang Strs 600#. Rec CalfGuard @ birth, Vira Shield 6 & Ultravac 8 on June 20th, Bovi Sheild Gold One Shot on Oct 1st.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 BRED COW SPECIAL ALONG w/ WEIGH UP COWS & BULLS START TIME 9:00 AM w/ WEIGH UPS • BREDS @ NOON BREDS Blair & Hay- 42 Blk Ang & AngX Bred ST Cows. Bred to Low PAP, high elevation Black Angus bulls to calve 3/15. Mike Needham- 3 AngX Bred Heifers 900#. WEIGHS V Ranch- 2 loads weighs LU Ranch- 3 loads opens & breds Cody & Pam Chrisman- 1 load weigh cows

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM YEARLINGS Chrisman Ranch- 30 Blk Ang PTO Yrlng Hfrs 800-900#. CALVES Ruby Ranch- 450 Blk Ang & Ang X Strs & Hfrs 400-500#. Rec Vista 5, Nasalgen & 7 way @ branding. Sired by Powerful Blk Angus Bulls. Reputation, High Desert, Green Calves!! Star Shadow L/L- 350 Blk Ang & CharX Strs & Hfrs 350450#. Rec Virashield 6 & Bar Vac 7 @ branding. Knife cut. Sired by McKim Charolais & Redland Redbank Blk Ang Bulls. Fancy, light, green, high desert! Steve Husted – 240 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 @ branding and Precon. Popo Agie Black Angus sired. Choice, High desert calves! Lots of genetics! Rowdy & Valree Muir- 125 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400500#. Rec Multi-Min 90, Calfguard & Enforce 3 @ birth; 8 way @ branding. Knife cut. High elevation. Choice, green, powerful calves!! Mary Mead Ltd. Partnership- 125 Sim/Angus Strs & Hfrs 550-625#. T-Heart and Black Summit Sim/Ang bulls. Rec 8-way and Inforce 3 at branding. Knife cut. IMI certified NHTC, All Natural. Fancy, high elevation calves! Fort Ridge Cattle Co.- 110 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 500550#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 w/Spur @ branding. Born March-Apr. Sired by Gerstner bulls out of Ten Sleep and Sims Cattle Company bulls out of McFadden. Fancy, high desert calves! Hill Land & Cattle- 100 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400-525#. Rec Vision 7 + Spur, BO-SE & Multi Min @ birth ; Vista Once SQ & Vision 8 w/Somnus+ Spur @ branding. Knife cut. Sired by Low PAP Lucky 7, Ingalls Angus Black Angus bulls & a small % Durbin Creek Hereford bulls. Complete mineral program. High desert calves! Jim Remick- 84 Blk Ang/CharX Strs & Hfrs 500-600#. Rec Vision 7 & Vista Once @ branding & Precon(9-13). High desert. Reputation!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30 WEIGH UP COW & BULL SALE ALONG w/ BREDS, SHEEP & HORSES START TIME 9:30 AM w/ SHEEP SHEEP Johnson Farms – 150 commercial wool ewes & 150 commercial Dorper cross lambs. WEIGHS Chrisman Ranch- 30 weigh cows

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 CALF & YEARLING SPECIAL START TIME 9:00 AM EARLINGS Brown Livestock- 200 Blk Ang & AngX Yrlng Spayed Hfrs 850-900#. Green, High desert & High quality! CALVES Broken Bones Cattle Co- 268 Blk Ang & AngX(F1) Strs & Hfrs 450-550#. Rec Comp vacc @ branding. Sired by Lucky 7 Blk Ang bulls. Nice, high desert, reputation calves! John & Kaye Stoll- 180 Blk Ang/Lim Flex Strs & Hfrs 475525#. Rec Vista Once SQ & Vision 7 @ branding. Knife cut. Sired by Black Lim/Ang Flex bulls. High elevation. Reputation & Stout! Morrill Weston & Sons- 150 Blk Ang & AngX Strs & Hfrs 400450#. Rec Bovishield Gold One Shot & 8 way @ branding & Precon (10-3). 100% Blk Ang sired. High elevation! Dale & Amy Hamilton- 105 Blk Ang & AngX Strs 450-550#. Rec Nasalgen PMH3, 7 way, & Vista BVD. Knife cut @ branding. Sired by Paintrock Blk Ang bulls & Coyote Ridge Ranch Herefords. Reputation, high desert, choice!! Steve Ward- 95 Blk Ang & Ang X Strs & Hfrs #500-575. Rec Ultrabac 8, Virashield w/ Somnus, and poured with Ivermectin. Pre-conditioned, weaned, Knife cut, bunk broke. Year-round mineral program. High elevation, calm, and fancy set of calves!

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 WEIGH UP COW & BULL SALE ALONG w/ BREDS, START TIME 9:00 AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~Consignors~~~~~~~~~~~ Preg Checking/Bleeding Cattle: Cattle need to be in the yard by 2:00 PM prior to the day of sale if they need preg checked or bled. Thank you for your cooperation!

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