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  • Livestock Market Report | Jan. 11,...

    Jan. 4, 2016

    Cattle Receipts: 288
    Last week: n/a
    Last year: n/a

    Feeders: 219
    Slaughter: 60
    Replacement: 9

    No trends due to the holidays, but a steady undertone noted on all classes.

    Slaughter cows made up 18 percent of the offering, slaughter bulls 3 percent, replacements 3 percents and feeders 76 percent. The feeder supply included 35 percent heifers, and 28 percent bulls. Near 13 percent of the run weighed over 600 lbs.

  • Purchase improved clovers for frost...

    by Steve Musen

  • Start getting geared up for pruning...

    by Jeneen Wiche

  • Livestock Market Report | Jan. 4,...

    Dec. 28, 2016

    Cattle Receipts: 92
    Last week: 791

    Compared to last week: No trends due to a very light holiday test, but a steady undertone noted on all classes.
    No more Monday sales until further notice.

    Feeders: 66
    Slaughter: 23
    Replacements: 3

  • Livestock Market Report | Jan. 4,...

    Dec. 28, 2016

    Cattle Receipts: 92
    Last week: 791

    Compared to last week: No trends due to a very light holiday test, but a steady undertone noted on all classes.
    No more Monday sales until further notice.

    Feeders: 66
    Slaughter: 23
    Replacements: 3

  • Early detection key to keeping...

    by Steve Musen

  • Reading season provides break from...

    Jeneen Wiche

  • Despite losses, reflect on the...

    As a child, Christmastime was always a magical time. It was the time of year when the weather outside became cooler and boxes of ornaments and decorations would make their yearly appearance from storage. Candies, like fudge, cookies, Chex Mix, or “doo-dads” as we called them, buckeye balls and that white peanut butter candy that no one could remember the name of was made and quickly eaten, however, some was always saved for that jolly guy who slid down the chimney.

  • Livestock Market Report | Dec. 21,...

    Dec. 14, 2016

    Cattle Receipts: 791
    Last week: 886
    Last year: 489

    Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs. $2-$3 lower, over 600 lbs. steady- $2 higher, afternoon sales sharply lower on a very light demand. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs. $2-$3 lower, over 500 lbs. steady- $3 higher, afternoon sales sharply lower on a very light demand, slaughter cows and bulls steady- $1 lower.
    Feeders: 723
    Slaughter: 60
    Replacements: 8

  • Managing horses in the wintertime

    by Steve Musen

  • Good tools make great gifts for the...

    by Jeneen Wiche

  • A ‘nightmare’ fire leaves 23 horses...

    By Fernando Alfonso III
    Lexington Herald-Leader
    Ranch hand Peter Evsich, 55, sat in his pickup truck smoking a cigarette Sunday afternoon while watching over the smoldering ruins of a horse barn, with 23 dead horses somewhere under the barn’s collapsed metal roof.
    The Thoroughbreds were part of a group housed in a barn at the Mercury Equine Center off Russell Cave Road. The fire started just after midnight and may have been due to lightning or an electrical issue, said owner Eric Reed.

  • Livestock Market Report | Dec. 14,...

    Dec. 7, 2016

    Cattle Receipts: 886
    Nov. 30: 815
    Last year: 852

    Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs. $2-$3 lower over 700 lbs. Steady $1 lower, heifers steady $2 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls $1-$2 lower.

    Feeders: 826
    Slaughter: 51
    Replacements: 9

  • Poinsettias: The official flower of...

    by Steve Musen

  • New funding available through...

    Owen county soil
    conservation district
    USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has announced the availability of up to $260 million for partner proposals to improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability.  The funding is being made available through NRCS’ innovative Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) and applicants must be able to match the federal award with private or local funds.

  • Winter berries come in all sorts of...

    by Jeneen Wiche

  • Mistletoe: From Tree Thief to...

    by Steve Musen

  • Starlings one of the most numerous...

    by Jeneen Wiche

  • Cattlemen’s Association meeting set...

    by Steve Musen

  • Time to start planning for your...

    by Jeneen Wiche