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Ash Grove FFA Advisor out front on technology for students and producers Bailey Moore: Granby, MO ON THE BLOCK M (417) 540-4343 with Jackie Moore Skyler Moore: Mount Vernon, MO M (417) 737-2615 Well, I guess maybe we’re getting FIELD REPRESENTATIVES somewhat back to normal! The kills ARKANSAS Fred Gates: Seneca, MO are picking up, we’re trading some Jimmie Brown H (417) 776-3412, M (417) 437-5055 fat cattle around and it’s getting M (501) 627-2493 us a little bit of room so we’ve got It’s spring! A beautiful morning Wyatt Graves: El Dorado Springs, MO M (417) 296-5909 a place to go with some of those here. The sun is shining and no rain! Dolf Marrs: Hindsville, AR H (479) 789-2798, M (479) 790-2697 yearlings. The calf market is pretty I sure don’t want to not wish for Brent Gundy: Walker, MO good! We’ve gained $10-12 on a rain as we head into summer be- Billy Ray Mainer: Branch, AR H (417) 465-2246, M (417) 321-0958 lot of these cattle in the last two cause you know how that ends up! M (479) 518-6931 or three weeks and that allows for As we go along, this yearling trade I *Cattle Receiving Station Jim Hacker: Bolivar, MO H (417) 326-2905, M (417) 328-8905 more optimism and for sure more think is going to be kind of sideways Jr. Smith: Melbourne, AR opportunity in front of us. As we just depending on what the fat cattle M (870) 373-1150 Bruce Hall: Mount Vernon, MO go along, there will be plenty of market does, and we’re not out of M (417) 466-5170 fat cattle and plenty of these other the woods yet on that. As long as the Kent Swinney: Gentry, AR cattle to sell too because everybody calf market holds together, you’re M (479) 524-7024 Mark Harmon: Mount Vernon, MO M (417) 316-0101 knows we’ve backed them up, not probably looking at a steady affair sold them and tried to hold on ‘til as we go through the rest of this KANSAS Bryon Haskins: Lamar, MO the market got better. That seems to month. As we get into July, we’ll just Pat Farrell (Video Rep): Ft. Scott, KS M (417) 850-4382 have worked for the short term, and have to see how it all plays out as M (417) 850-1652 it will definitely be interesting to see far as how the kills are and if they J.W. Henson: Conway, MO Trent Johnson (Video Rep): Ft. Scott, KS H (417) 589-2586, M (417) 343-9488 how it works in the long term. can keep the packing houses open. I M (620) 228-1463 *Cattle Receiving Station just hope and pray it keeps raining As we go through the month, we’ve because that will give us a chance Chris Martin (Video Rep): Alma, KS Matt Hegwer: Video Rep got a special cow sale on Friday to hold on and do some different M (785) 499-3011 Carthage, MO M (417) 793-2540 night, June 12th. We’ve already got things with these cattle that we Alice Myrick: Mapleton, KS Steve Hunter: Jasper, MO a lot of good cows for that. Then, we wouldn’t do without this ample M (620) 363-0740 H (417) 525-4405, M (417) 439-1168 roll around to the end of the month supply of grass. and we’ve got the Value-Added Sale Bob Shanks: Columbus, KS Larry Jackson: Carthage, MO on Thursday, June 25th - that’s al- These are definitely trying times, H (620) 674-3259, M (620) 674-1675 M (417) 850-3492 ways a really good sale. On Monday, but we’ll all get through it! Jim Jones: Crane, MO June 29th is the Special Yearling Sale LOUISIANA James Kennedy: DeRidder, LA H (417) 723-8856, M (417) 844-9225 which gives our customers a chance M (337) 274-7406 to sell those yearlings in a special Good luck, and God Bless! *Cattle Receiving Station Kelly Kissire: Anderson, MO sale. We’ve got a lot of things going H (417) 845-3777, M (417) 437-7622 on in June you won’t want to miss. OKLAHOMA Larry Mallory: Miller, MO Jackie Mark Murray: Westville, OK H (417) 452-2660, M (417) 461-2275 M (918) 930-0086 Colby Matthews: Taneyville, MO Chester Palmer: Miami, OK M (417) 545-1537 H (918) 542-6801, M (918) 540-4929 *Cattle Receiving Station Kenny Ogden: Lockwood, MO H (417) 537-4777, M (417) 466-8176 Nathan Ponder: Afton, OK M (636) 295-7839 Jason Pendleton: Stotts City, MO M (417) 437-4552 Shane Stierwalt: Shidler, OK M (918) 688-5774 Charlie Prough: El Dorado Springs, MO H (417) 876-4189, M (417) 876-7765 Troy Yoder: Chouteau, OK M (918) 640-8219 Dennis Raucher: Mount Vernon, MO M (417) 316-0023 MISSOURI Rick Aspegren: Mountain Grove, MO Cotton Reed: Exeter, MO M (417) 547-2098 M (417) 342-5373 Jared Beaird: Ellsinore, MO Russ Ritchart: Jasper, MO M (573) 776-4712 M (417) 483-3295 *Cattle Receiving Station Lonnie Robertson: Galena, MO Klay Beisly: Nevada, MO M (417) 844-1138 M (417) 321-2170 Justin Ruddick: Southwest City, MO Joe Brattin: Exeter/Wheaton, MO M (417) 737-2270 M (417) 439-0479 Alvie Sartin: Seymour, MO Sherman Brown: Marionville, MO M (417) 840-3272 H (417) 723-0245, M (417) 693-1701 *Cattle Receiving Station Joel Chaffin: Ozark, MO Jim Schiltz: Lamar, MO H (417) 299-4727 H (417) 884-5229, M (417) 850-7850 Rick Chaffin: Ozark, MO Cash Skiles: Purdy, MO H (417) 485-7055, M (417) 849-1230 M (417) 669-4629 Jack Chastain: Bois D’Arc, MO David Stump: Jasper, MO H (417) 751-9580, M (417) 849-5748 H (417) 537-4358, M (417) 434-5420 Ted Dahlstrom, DVM: Staff Vet Matt Sukovaty: Bolivar, MO Stockyards (417) 548-3074; O (417) 235-4088 H (417) 326-4618, M (417) 399-3600 Tim Durman: Seneca, MO Mike Theurer: Lockwood, MO H (417) 776-2906, M (417) 438-3541 H (417) 232-4358, M (417) 827-3117 Jerome Falls: Sarcoxie, MO Tim Varner: Washburn, MO H (417) 548-2233, M (417) 793-5752 H (417) 826-5645, M (417) 847-7831 Nick Flannigan: Fair Grove, MO Brandon Woody: Walnut Grove, MO M (417) 316-0048 M (417) 827-4698 Kenneth & Mary Ann Friese: Friedheim, MO Misti Primm and Clay Eldridge: Office H (573) 788-2143, M (573) 225-7932 (417) 548-2333 *Cattle Receiving Station VIDEO CATTLE PRODUCTION: Matt Oschlaeger Trey Faucett: Mt. Vernon, MO Mount Vernon, MO (417) 548-2333 M (417) 737-2610 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Ash Grove FFA Advisor out front on technology for students and producers 3 Breed, Crossbred Heifers *Cover photo by Cattlemen’s News staff. Lost Creek For Sale IN EVERY ISSUE 3 I View from the Block Spring Calving Heifers available after Nov. 1 6 I Data Driven Decisions - Justin Sexten CONTACT US OUR MISSION 8 I Under the Wire with Gary Hodgson CATTLE CO. Fall Calving Heifers after May 1 Publisher/Advertising: Cattlemen’s News, published by 14 I Network Know-How with Erin Hull Mark Harmon Joplin Regional Stockyards, was ~ 40 Years of Crossbreeding ~ 22 I Home on the Farm with Anne Kennison Phone: 417-548-2333 established in 1998. With 12,000 30 I MoBeef for Kids Mobile: 417-316-0101 customers and 450,000 plus 32 I Prime Time Livestock Sale Schedule Fax: 417-548-2370 cattle sold per year, this publica- [email protected] tion is an excellent advertising avenue for reaching customers from across the region. 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