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Cattle Show, Worked the Cows, Sold some horses, a normal week in May.

Posted on May 30, 2025 by horseshoeangusranch

Dad went to Palouse first thing Monday for pellets. Toni went out and checked and Eddie had foaled, cute filly by Sagebug. Only Mud and Butterscotch left. Anna loaded up two steers for Rob. Ben came down with the tractor and unloaded half the totes at mom and dads and half up for the show heifers. Kade and Toni took Roanie and Reina out of a ride around the alfalfa field. When they got back I kicked Toni off of Reina and rode her around for a min. We still have Peeps in so she got caught and worked on a bit. We also went out into Tank’s pen to try to pet all the beautiful foals out there. Toni has 2 she wants to keep in that pen. Style and Gritty.  The bulls calves were behind the house when I got home, so I grabbed the camera and ran out back to get a few pics of them.

                Anna had all the puppies out fixing fence on Tuesday. She is working for Toni part time while she is home for the summer filing. Then she is working on fences and taking care of her livestock. And training her 4 puppies. Dad took some heifers to a guy over in Sunnyside. Toni says I may have the heifers priced too low but they are selling, so that is good. Toni had a big hearing on Webex that she prevailed on.  Kade sold Roanie on Tuesday, so he started to leg up Boon to sell her. He bought Boon to rope off of, and she does not like roping. When Dad got back, Toni had him leave the trailer at his house so she could practice loading Peeps. Peeps is headed for a soundness exam on Friday. We went out to check the horses and Toni’s pickup started to overheat, so she went home, and Anna and I went out to check. Ben was getting the calves off of the wheat field, so Anna, Ben and I fixed the fence until 8:30. It is really hot, so hopefully the little devils stop getting into the wheat.

They did not stop getting into the wheat. Toni said they were back out there Wednesday morning when she checked. Wednesday night Ben got them out and fixed the fence again. I guess the sweet taste of wheat is worth getting shocked?? It is pretty hot. Kade rode Boon some more out in the alfalfa field. Toni worked on Peeps at chores. She is doing great. It was rainy Wednesday night. The desert grass is looking really nice with all the moisture we have been getting.

A little more moisture Thursday morning. Dad started the circle Thursday morning so it could make it around a few times before we sprayed weeks on Monday. We got the horses all rounded up on Thursday night for Toni and dad to take to Spokane.  There was only one calf out in the wheat and it had been shocked enough that Toni had to go get it out through a gate. So I guess the fence is finally hot enough. We practiced loading Peeps in the Featherlight trailer on Thursday. So now she has practiced loading in 2 different trailers.

I got some pics of the horses and calves Friday when I went out to check. Then I went to mom and dads and helped Toni load the trailer. Her and dad then headed to Spokane with Crystal, Miss Gen and Peeps. They brought Reba back with them too. Cross your fingers, she is in foal to Magneticat, Davis Ranch’s Metallic Cat son. When Kade got home we did chores and I got some pics of Kade riding Boon. Anna was working on her show stuff in the afternoon and Anna and the boys finished packing up the trailer Friday night. Toni and Dad picked up a friend for their trip to Spokane and risked the Memorial Day traffic to get up to their meeting. They had a long day, but productive. They saw lots of wrecks, but weren’t in one. They had a good trip overall with their friend.

We were up before the sun and on the road to Hermiston to Desert Storm on Saturday. Ben, the three older kids and I. We had a great time. Anna was Sr Champion showman and overall champion in Ring A, so brought home two buckles. Kade was 3rd overall Simmental in both Rings A and B. Kaine’s steer won his class in Ring B.  Julian made it back in showmanship and his steer won his class, I think in both Ring A and B. Savannah was 4th overall PeeWee in both rings. And Kayla and Baby Jewel were 5th overall in Ring B. Everyone had a great time. Toni and Jaxsen moved the mares that had foaled out with studs. Dad, Toni and Jaxsen started fixing the irrigation valve in front of the house and had to call for reinforcements. That project went haywire. Lots of help from the yearling fillies and donkeys while the humans tried to fix the valve. Also lots of water all over. Toni and Jaxsen also loaded out Laroy to his new home. Laroy is going to live with his ½ brother Alme. Toni, Natalie, and Brad walked around awhile and looked at the other horses at the house. Toni and Jaxsen did most of the chores for everyone. We got home about 9:30 pm from the show so only had to feed the cattle we had on the trailer. It was a long, but good show.

Another busy day Sunday. Dad, Mom, Skip and Jaxsen went to St John to decorate graves. They stopped by and checked the house and ate lunch at the St John Tavern. Toni showed horses and did some work at mom and dads. We sold Fancy Like and got her loaded and sent to her new home. Ben, three older kids and I worked all of the cows and calves. It was a long day but we got it done. Kade decided to wear my chinks from high school, I have never been skinny, so he used bailing twine as a belt. I took a snap of him but forgot to save it I guess because it is not on my phone. Kind of disappointing.  Both boys got the crap kicked out of them pushing calves up. Kade has a club steer that he has been excited to show for next year that double barreled him, so I think the excitement is minimal at this point.

Getting the cows worked is always a big deal for us as it allows us to see the calves in their composite groups after they have had a chance to grow. We get to band some of the bull calves to make steers and start noting which calves we want to sell when weaned, which heifers we want to keep, which bull calves are potential herd sires for us, which cows maybe need some TLC. We also get to pet and love on all the old show heifers that come through. Some still have to be haltered to get through the chute as they are too tame. Yes, that is a thing in cows.

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Last Week in Pictures

Posted on May 6, 2025 by horseshoeangusranch
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Yes, it is already getting close to summer!

Posted on April 17, 2025 by horseshoeangusranch

Monday was a pretty but stormy day. The boys were still on spring break Monday, so they loaded bulls for Dad, Steve and Uncle Skip to take to Wagners in Wilbur. Then Kaine rook Riggs in to see Sheena at Sagehill Vet, Riggs was looking anemic as she had the puppies.  More cows decided that they were done being out on the sagebrush, so required someone to go get them in. Luckily the boys handled that too. The kids also worked on their cattle to get ready to go to the next show, which is an Angus show. We are still supplementing July, the baby jack. Kade had a friend out for dinner on his last day of spring break.

Tuesday morning Toni got up early to go into the school to take pics of the FFA Officers. She took a lot of really good pics. I got to edit them. 17 of the mares got the gate open to get out into the desert, so Toni got them in. She was not impressed with Piper D. Piper D was not ready to go back in. She also had some trouble getting some panels open to get 4 of the mares back in so had to just take them all down and set them back up one-by-one. That ended up taking quite a bit of time. Mom, Dad and Skip went to Davenport on Tuesday to meet Luanne. No new foals when we fed that night. Toni went and stayed with Grandma.

On Wednesday when Toni went to check Izzy had a brown colt by MC. She got to scratch him. Yo was acting off, so she went back down to check later and she had to pull it. The MC babies are pretty good sized. Kaine came home sick, he had a head cold and was disrupting class coughing so they sent him home. But he was on call to help. Toni called him to come help, then told him she had it. By Wednesday, July really didn’t want to be supplemented anymore on the milk, so it was a fight to get him to accept the syringe. Toni told Mom they are giving it up.

Toni had people out on Thursday. Some to visit with, some to look at horses. She finally got to meet her friend Tecla in person, they sometimes practice law together on bankruptcy cases. Tecla brought her kids out to see the livestock. The girls got to pet the donkeys, the foals, and a bunch of the ex-show heifers that thought kids feeding them was a great plan. The girls also got to play with the puppies. The puppies get quite a few visitors. Mom made the girls some cute bags with her sublimation printer. We then had a couple of other people out to look at yearlings and foals. They plan to come back out after we have a few more on the ground. Overall it was a good day!

The mares did not foal Thursday because Toni was down in the circle too much with all her people. Piper D had a fancy dun filly by Dude and Huck had a cute bay roan filly by Cappy. Chad came out and we trimmed some horses before we headed to Ellensburg. The kids had the trailers packed and headed out. About 8 miles outside of Othello we came to a car wreck, we got turned around and headed towards Moses Lake and went to Ellensburg via Moses Lake. We still made it. We got set up and stayed with cousin Bobette and Ryan. Apparently, Toni had been starving Jaxsen for DAYS and he ate them out of house and home.

We were up early to show Saturday, and actually not even that early, it was a blow and go show and did not start until 10, so only 5:30. That’s a pretty late show morning. Showmanship was first, youngest to oldest. Jaxsen and Daffy did great. Kade got called back in Intermediate. There were only 3 Srs so Kaine showed as a Sr, Anna was Grand Champion with Hazel and Kaine was Reserve with Baby Jewel, who actually did not show that great for her. Bred and Owned steers were next, Jaxsen had Daffy Duck. They did great. Ashley Henry had a steer she bought from us at the Evergreen Sale. Her brother showed him in PeeWee showmanship, and was Reserve Champion. He is a great steer. Ashley and the steer were third in their class. Anna’s cow and calf were Grand Champion Cow and Calf, the heifer calf won her division, Kaine’s bred and owned heifer won her division. Shortbred (Anna) and Cookie (Kade) were Grand Champion and Reserve Champion in their divisions. Baby Jewel (Kaine) was third in her class. Hazel (Anna) and Blossom (Kade) were first and second in their class and Hazel was Reserve Champion in her division. The Henry kids helped us pack up after they got theirs packed and we headed out. Leslie and Julian were in Davenport showing, and they picked up Kade’s Nile Merit Heifer sign. We got home in time to do chores and check horses. We also had people out to look at the yearling colts. A friend of the family, and we were sad to hear her dad had passed away. He was a good friend to our Grandpa.

Another new foal on Sunday, Rosie B waited until we got back to foal. Toni showed horses again on Sunday, so Anna, and then Kade, helped me move mares after Toni helped me get them in. Busy day catching up from being gone. The two big boys are now working on the cattle they are taking to Spokane. Jaxsen doesn’t plan on working on anything, but got told that he needs to change his attitude. Anna continues to work on her cattle. Due to the timing of FFA state, the kids will miss the big angus show in Madras. They have too much fun at FFA state. Anna has finals for college and then is hopefully coming home for the summer. Yes, it is already getting close to summer!

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Last Week in Pictures

Posted on April 15, 2025 by horseshoeangusranch
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KT Hot Grande Mocha

Posted on April 11, 2025 by horseshoeangusranch

KT Hot Grande Mocha
Filly
Sire: KT HotTimein Cowtown, “Tank”
Dam:  KT Mocha Fudsey Lena, “Mocha”
Date Born: 4/3/25
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Color: Bay
Price: 5,000
Dad jinxed Grandy by naming her that before she was born. She born half grown. She is out of KT Mocha Fudsey Lena, “Mocha” and by KT HotTimein Cowtown, “Tank.” Tank is a fancy stallion KR Gun Powder and is out of KT Cow Cuttin Hottie. KR Gun Powder is by Colonels Smoking Gun and out of A Bueno Poco Dunit. KR Gun Powder is the 2016 APHA Senior Reining World Champion. In only 9 shows, Gun Powder has been titled as the 2016 APHA Senior Reining World Champion and has amassed nearly $13,000 in NRHA earnings. KT Cow Cuttin Hottie is by Cow Cuttin Colonel and out KT Copper Comet. Cow Cuttin Colonel is a major contender in the cow horse industry. A few of his accomplishments include: NRCHA Superior Cow horse, AQHA Open and Amateur Performance ROM, 2008 Paul Dice Memorial Non Pro Bridle Champion, 2007 WSQHA Amateur Hi Point Working Horse Champion, 2006 NRCHA World Show Non Pro Hackamore – 3rd!, 2005 AQHA Amateur Performance ROM, 2005 IRCHA Non Pro Derby Reserve Champion, 2005 Paul Dice Memorial Hackamore Classic Reserve Champion, 2005 NRCHA World Show Non Pro Hackamore Finalist, 2004 WRHA Non Pro Derby Reserve Champion, 2004 Circle Y Derby Amateur Champion/4th in the Non Pro, 2003 WRHA Non Pro Reining Futurity Reserve Champion. Mocha is another favorite, she is a fancy bay mare. Her sire was a stud from BNB Quarter Horses. Cheyenne was a really nice mare that goes back to Smart LIttle Lena, Docs Oak, Tuff Continental, Jackie Bee, Imperial Dixie, Thirsty Blue Boy, Coy’s Bonanza, Wimpy, Skipper W, Little Joe the Wrangler and more. Mocha is a really nice mare that produces tremendous foals. Anna’s riding horse Jojo is a Mocha daughter. Get her now, before we decide to keep her.

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Are we in love with the 2025 foal crop? Of course we are. Including July. We are about 1/3 done foaling and couldn’t be happier with what we have on the ground. Feel free to come look!

Posted on April 10, 2025 by horseshoeangusranch

We rolled in late Sunday from Reno, so Monday was a rest day, then Anna headed to Moscow for school, the boys started back working on their Spokane steers and I started getting Sagebug fence back up. Toni started catching up on her attorney work that had been neglected while we were gone. The men were at work, so where they normally are on a Monday. We checked horses, etc. I got to see the three born while I was gone. I am kind of disappointed there were not more born while I was gone.  We got all of our normal stuff done Monday night.

The boys are on spring break. The big two worked on their steers and heifers. Kade then went to Eltopia with Roanie to show him. Kaine and the boys’ friend Cyson went to Soap Lake with the show heifers to get their feet trimmed. They also met Kat’s parents with some stuff she forgot in our trailer, and she took the pickup keys home with her. No new foals on Tuesday.

On Wednesday the boys worked on their steers and heifers again, and then went down and worked on Sagebug’s pen some more. Then Kade had Trap shooting practice so he went to that. Mocha foaled on Tuesday, fancy bay filly by Tank. Dad had pre-named her/it Grande so she came out big, but gentle like a normal Mocha foal. We loved her on sight. We have so many heavy mares it isn’t even funny. We sat out and played with the puppies Wednesday night, Tipsy does a really good job playing with them. She is still a big puppy.

On Thursday Pinky foaled, a nice bay roan filly by Gunner. We received a picture of King with his hair all braided to one side. He looks happy, mom is happy she got to see King. She still isn’t happy we sold him, but it did allow us to buy MC. We needed to bring in a stud that wasn’t related to anything. We got our mares all situated to head up to Allie’s for Friday. The weather has been ok for Spring. The boys have really had to put in the work to get their steers ready. For some reason this year a bunch of the Angus shows are scheduled in the spring before school is out. So instead of having time to get the Spokane steers ready, it has been a bit hectic.  

Friday Dad, Skip and Toni took Cammie, Reba and Gina to Allie’s to get AIed. Jitter Bug foaled, a big grullo colt by MC, Anna and the boys went out and got her. The colt was big enough there were some minor issues. Luckily BB was out with Jitter Bug so she got the colt licked off, but she is ready to have her own foal so Jitter Bug got to get moved into the dog pen at mom’s. Jitter loved the colt once she realized it was hers. For everyone that doesn’t remember, last year Jitter Bug raised Peanut’s filly, Hurricane, and Peanut raised Jitter’s colt Alme.  Toni needed some trotting videos of Wild, so her, mom and Kade got videos and pics when Toni got back. Marlo was out to do chores and pet the foals on Friday. I guess she hadn’t petted any of the foals yet this year so we remedied that on Friday. Big E loves to be petted and scratched.

Mom had a surprise Saturday, May the donkey foaled, we have had her for 11 months and were not told she was in with the jack before we got her. I literally had said to Toni the day before that May looks pregnant, so Toni looked up how long we had had her to see if she could be. He is a cute jack named July. June is upset that she is not the apple of May’s eye anymore. BB also had a nice buckskin filly on Saturday by MC. Ben got the tree shear hooked back up to the skisteer and started shearing trees. Toni and Anna both used it as well. Kaine, Kade and Jaxsen worked on their steers. Anna worked on her cow calf pair and Cookie’s sister to go to Ellensburg. We finished Sagebug’s pen and locked the mares back on this side of the lake. They are not thrilled. We moved Peanut down there as well. We put Sally and CanCan in with Cappy. Mocha in with Tank. Pinky is locked in a pen to go and get AIed. We brought all of the mares into Circle 5, only 25 left down there to foal. It will be easier to check them in a much smaller pen.

Nelli had a fancy blaze fancy buckskin on Sunday  by MC. Kaine and Kade took the two Hereford bulls to Connell to get their horns turned. Uncle Joe was kind enough to show the boys how he cuts them so that the horns go the right direction. They helped him with 20 of his bulls, so the boys should be able to do it the next time we have some big horned bulls that need trimmed up.  We turned Sagebug out with his mares. We had people out looking at bulls. Barb and Phina came out and looked at foals and yearlings. Abs and Mr Pickles,  another donkey,  came on Sunday from Tina’s house. We also started supplementing July the baby Jack. He just wasn’t looking good. Lots of fence built over the weekend and lots more to build/fix. We are ready to get studs out of the corral and out on grass.

Are we in love with the 2025 foal crop? Of course we are. Including July. We are about 1/3 done foaling and couldn’t be happier with what we have on the ground. Feel free to come look!

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KT Guns of Revelstoke

Posted on September 28, 2024 by horseshoeangusranch

KT Guns of Revelstoke
Colt, 5 panel N/N, N/HRD
Sire: KT Gunpowder N Lead
Dam:  Miss Ravalii Legacy “Revel”
Date Born: 4/11/24
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Color: Buckskin roan, possibly homozygous roan.
Price: $6,000
Talk about Striking, this is an impressive colt. His sire, KT Gunpowder N Lead, “Gunner,” is a fantastic dun roan son of Cue Bars Laddie. Cue Bars Lassie is a roan stallion that has been shown as a reiner, cowhorse and rope horse. He was the recipient of the Open AQHA All Around Trophy and is a CCHA Hall of Fame Horse. Gunner’s dam, Pistol, has been shown NFQHA, has been featured on the NFQHA rule book and in the NFQHA magazine. She is a great working ranch horse, rope horse, and the kids can ride her as well. Revel is a dun roan mare that has been ranch ridden on the Riley River Ranch. We have her in partnership with Sonny and Jeannie Riley. Revel’s sire, Snips Silver Legacy, is by Snipper Music, AQHA Show H-0/P-3 (Team Penning), 1985 Winner of the Kaniksu Reined Cowhorse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity.
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Toni entertained the round robin crowd (which was quite large) at Kaine’s expense by teasing Kaine about being a chick magnet. Fun was had by all.

Posted on September 19, 2024 by horseshoeangusranch

Monday was a Monday prior to going to another fair so extra special. Monday Toni stayed with grandma, so she started chores before I got home. Kade rode Joss out across the alfalfa field. The boys are getting things ready to go to CBJLS on Wednesday. Toni is warning her clients she will be out of pocket after Wednesday. The men picked up the baled straw in circle 3. I think they said there were 64 bales, pretty good for 30 acres. We received our letter from NILE on who is getting our Nile Merit Heifer. We have not heard from her yet, so I am guessing she has not received her letter. We want to leave it a surprise so we aren’t going to say her name here. But we are excited. We are still hoping Kade is also getting a heifer, fingers crossed!

Tuesday Toni was back online shopping for steers and show heifers. I told her I think we are good on steers. I checked the watch list and there are like 7 steers on it…. I told her she is off the rail. The boys loaded up some supplies for CBJLS. You know, chairs, drinks, etc. My snap Tuesday morning from Traci was she picked up Anna on the side of the road and they were headed to Clarkston to look at steers. I guess she must not have many classes on Tuesday. Dad went to the Needle Spot and picked up our buyers gifts from Suzie. We have Shiney Guy in because he acted like he had junk in his eye, but he seems fine. Toni takes a flag into the old mare pen when she feeds grain because those mares will just flat run over you for the grain. When she set the bucket down Shiney Guy went right up to the bucket and started playing with the flag. She got a funny video of him picking the flag up out of the bucket and dropping it on the ground then stepping on it. The Tank foals are generally pretty nonreactive with lots of personality.  Tuesday night Toni and I went out and got some videos of a few of the foals for people. We had to fight off all the 2 and 3 year olds that all want to be in the middle of our business and I had to listen to Toni tell me how she doesn’t really want to sell any of the foals because she loves them all. Clearly we can’t keep them all so reality needs to set in.

Wednesday was weigh in day for CBJLS. Toni and Kade loaded up all the steers, and extra stuff, and took them in and met Kaine, Anna and Jaxsen in there. But before that Toni took Bell, Shiney Guy and Susie, moms little dog, into Sagehill vet with Uncle Skip as her side-kick. Bell and Shiney Guy got dropped off but Susie and Skip got to come home. Toni took them to the Cow Path Bakery for a treat on the way home. Uncle Skip, being diabetic, wanted 2 of everything and had to settle for one item. Toni bought a few goodies for our fair week to keep our energy up.  Sheena needed to look at Shiney Guy’s eye, but as we had suspected his eye wasn’t bad. We just felt it was better to be safe than sorry! Once home, Toni and a friend put a cast on Copper’s leg. The cast is just to help support her leg as she heals and it is a fiberglass one that is on the back of the leg so we can still treat the injury.  Dad and I picked Shiney guy up that night after chores. Emmett had one of our half clubbies at the Othello Community Fair, and they did great. He was second in his class and made it back to the championship round. Steers all got weighed in at the fair, all made weight. Toni and the kids went to the 4-H club dinner and had a good night with friends. The weather was decently cool so a good start to the fair week.

Thursday was market at CBJLS. The Mike Meads scholarships were awarded before the show and Anna received one. Good job Anna and thank you to Brenda Meads and the Meads crew!  Kaine was the only one of our kids showing FFA, he was 2nd in his class and made it back to the championship round. Kade was 2nd in his class with his light weight steer. Jaxsen was 3rd in his class with his home-grown Angus steer, Anna was 1st in class, and Reserve 4H Champion, Cheyenne had a half club from us and he did pretty good, Sophie had a Hereford steer from us and he was 4th in class and Tucker, Sophie’s brother, had a Hereford steer from us and he was 6th in class. All the steers showed great. Within the show there were a few bobbles with some of the smaller kids having minor issues but all of the older kids stepped up and helped where needed. The greatest part of the CBJLS show is the camaraderie, the mentorship, the sense of community.  Everyone did a great job. Emmett and Big Red over in Othello were Champion in FFA 1, so they got to go into the Round Robin, and were Reserve champion overall in FFA. We are also proud of Aram for being Reserve Champion Senior showman in the 4-H division. This is Aram’s second year showing steers and he has taken to it incredibly well.

Friday was showmanship at CBJLS. Kaine was grand champion FFA showman and overall supreme champion showman. Kade was reserve champion Sr showman with Anna the runner up. Jaxsen, Julian, Natalie, Tesa and Ady all made it into the final drive for showmanship, in additional to Charlie Casey who had a steer we found for her (we did not raise him). Tesa was grand champion intermediate and Natalie was reserve champion. Brock, we also found a steer for him, was grand champion jr, and friend Clare Cox was reserve champion jr. All the kids did great. Kaine stepped in and helped another young kid with her steer, then Jaxsen’s steer went 2 rounds in pee wee with Kade helping some young kids and Red Velvet aka Lamborghini, Kaine’s very special steer, also did pee wee. Anna also had some kids she helped in pee wee.  The round robin was Friday night, the grand champion pig FFA show woman got Kaine and took him to show the pig and sheep. She shows steers, but she practiced on Red Velvet anyway. Red Velvet thought he was being tortured after he then had to go back and show peewee. However, by then he had given up and started ignoring Kaine. Yes, the steer would literally look away from him, giving all of us tortured cute face look but none of us would come save him. Emmett and his Red Velvet were in the round robin in Othello at noon, I hear Emmett did a great job. As a side note Emmett thought he was super funny to re-name Big Red to Red Velvet and copy Kaine’s name.  Kaine and Tesa did great that night, Tesa was grand champion intermediate show woman. Super proud of her, she prefers to show pigs but was a good sport and did a great job with her steer. Kaine was a good sport as the emcee and his aunt Toni entertained the round robin crowd (which was quite large) at Kaine’s expense by teasing Kaine about being a chick magnet. Fun was had by all.

Saturday was the sale, both in Othello and Connell, which made both sales be really soft. Luckily, we have a lot of really great people in our community. Diann Lovejoy Farms bought Anna’s steer, Christensen Oil bought Kaines, Bar W (Wes and Beth Wieseler) bought Kades and Ag West bought Jaxsens. Steers were last so we did not sell until around 5:30. Livestock judging was also Saturday morning and guess who got a perfect score?? 5 year old Kayla. The rest of the kids did a great job and Kade was our 4-H club high score with a 192 out of 200. We had a bunch of friends and community members come by on Saturday to see the steers. It is always fun to see the people you only see a few times per year. Saturday night we loaded the steers out and the kids had their big 4-H dance. We were all really tired but the kids love the dance and so they got to stay up late and enjoy themselves.

Sunday morning we woke up decently early to go pick up our stuff at CBJLS and then come home and nap. We are almost thankful that the Othello and Connell fairs were the same time this year. Normally we would pack up at Connell and head over to Othello to set up for another week at another fair, but not this year! There are some real advantages to the fairs being at the same time, like we don’t have to go to one of them. Sunday night we changed Copper’s bandage and looked at her leg. Toni says it is healing pretty well, mom agrees. I think it is gross and try not to look at it at all. Anna had to come over and help for a few minutes. I am not saying that Copper is getting kicky, but she is pretty done with this whole experience.  Then we did chores.

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KT Gold Buckle Dreams

Posted on September 14, 2024 by horseshoeangusranch

KT Gold Buckle Dreams
Colt
Sire KT Heza Pana Dude
Dam:  Franks Uptown Zoey
Date Born: 3/26/24
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Color: Gray w/ Bald Face and three socks.
Price: 4,500
This is a pretty cool colt out of Franks Uptown Zoey and by KT Heza Pana Dude. Franks Uptown Zoey is by Frankly Majestic and out of Reo Annie Get Yo Gun. Frankly Majestic is by Too Bee Frank and is a Okie Leo grandson. Reo Annie Get Yo Gun is a Major Bonanza granddaughter. KT Heza Pana Dude is a great stallion that we kept by Zinks Major Kid. He has some unique white markings that he passed on to this colt. He also passed down his great bone, big hip, pretty head and a winning disposition. Dude was started by Jordan Crabtree in Ferndale, WA and he was a great horse to start, Jordan enjoyed riding Dude.

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“Opportunities don’t happen. You create them.” —Chris Grosser 

Posted on September 11, 2024 by horseshoeangusranch

Monday was Labor day. Labor Day is when we honor and celebrate hardworking Americans with a day of rest. Maybe you’re spending the Labor Day weekend at the beach for one last summer hurrah or camping in the mountains. Maybe you are a rancher or farmer and you do not get federal holidays. Maybe you’re giggling about Labor Day memes with your pals over a drink. Or maybe you’re just spending the day catching up on sleep. Regardless of how you celebrate, give yourself a pat on the back.

Kade, Kaine and Jaxsen tied their 2025 clubby show steers up and Kade’s heifer. We got the cows in to sort for a second time that weekend. We had a call Sunday from a repeat customer wanting some bred heifers, so we got them back in and sorted them out. We also kept another heifer in for Kaine. I worked on the riding horse fence some more, Ben came out and helped me finish it. Anna, Lane and McCall worked on their Nile animals and the sale steers. Kade went to see his friend, and then she came out to help do chores. Kaine drove the tractor around, he claimed to be picking up string, he says he worked on Red Velvet, his steer. Toni rode the old mare Shady since she let Kade ride Friday with all of Kade’s horses are lame. Anna rode Jojo and with some help from Ben, sat on Gunny her 2-year-old. We also did normal chores, doctored Copper, etc. We needed new pics of Blonde and Tuff guy so got those. We need to start really putting the time in to get some foals sold now that we have gotten disease panel testing done on most of them.

Everyone went back to school and work on Tuesday. Kade has been riding Joss all over and he sent me a video of him riding her down around the alfalfa field alone. She is a great mare, she walks right now, he rides her passed the studs, yearling colts etc. As a 2 year old that has been 2 since June, she is really coming along and has a great solid mind. Ben and I got pics of the Hereford and Angus steers that Anna has sold so she could send them to the people for updates. Tank was really helpful getting those. Ben thinks Tank is too tame. Because there is such a thing with a stud? Ben pretty much only loves Sagebug and no other stud is as good as Sagebug ever. Except when Leroy was still alive, he also loved Leroy, but he referred to him as “The Canadian.” Now he only loves Sagebug. Toni had an interview on the ranch for Capital Press, so watch for that article. We are excited to get some press! Toni got some new pics of Blue Shooter with her phone too.

On Wednesday we did the drawing for everyone that liked and shared our pages. You can go onto our social media pages and watch the videos, or I added them below. We were pretty excited to have 17 pages of names to put in Dad’s hat. We are really thankful to everyone that has helped us get our social media back to working after getting hacked in Dec. It sucks but it happens! We got an update from our little buddy Emmett AKA “George”, who has one of our half clubby steers that he is taking to Othello. George had the steer all clipped up and looked snazzy and ready to go to the Othello Fair. Kaine has a red steer we all call Red Velvet so George is also calling his steer Red Velvet because George thinks he is a comedian. The rest of us call George’s steer Big Red. Our good friend Betsy and her son Keegan (Keegan is the 3rd boy of the Kaine, Kade, Keegan group) were in Moscow and they stopped by to have lunch with Anna. I was so happy to see a picture of them all. Thanks for checking on her Betsy. We still worry about our girl being so far from home. Toni went to Grandma’s Wed night.

On Thursday our last outside mare left, she was in with MC. Toni did all the chores since she was waiting for Steve to stop and get his mare. Then of course they had to have a visit. Steve is now doing custom hauling for anyone that has anything they need hauled. We have known Steve since we were kids as his kids showed Herefords with us back in the day. Steve also sold half interest in a Hereford bull to our uncle Joe. I went home and helped Ben take care of Anna’s show animals. Per the norm, Kaine and Jaxsen had football practice and Kade did most of the chores. Dad went up to Palouse and got enough pellets that we could make it through winter.

On Friday morning our horses from La Grande arrived. A friend of ours lost her battle with cancer at the age of 31. She put up a good fight until the very end. The family was kind enough to let us buy her mares so that we could keep a piece of her here on our ranch and remember her legacy.  A different friend of ours picked the 2 horses up in La Grande on Thursday and brought them out Friday morning. It was bittersweet to get the mares but we are excited to have them here.  Another friend came out Friday for a meeting with Toni, then they drove around and looked at horses. While out and about they noticed that Shiner was squinting his eye so Toni called to let me know we needed to get him in on Saturday.  Our friend didn’t really have a favorite foal, but Sugar Cookie wouldn’t leave her alone. Colada also really liked her. Scarlett was also out to help Toni with chores and got some loves in on Mirage. On Friday Kaine had his first football game. Kade did most of the chores before we left. Jaxsen stayed at the school after practice. Ben, mom, Anna, Lane, Kade and I all went in. Anna and Lane went and got subway for us to eat at the game. It was a great game, we went into OT at 0 to 0 score and they beat us by 1 in OT. Kaine played the majority of the game and played awesome.

On Saturday the kids clipped their steers for CBJLS this next week. Anna also clipped her sale steers. Toni and I went down to circle 5 and got Bell and Shiney Guy in. Shiney Guy has a swollen eye so we need to see what is going on.  We spent way too much time out in Circle 5 enjoying the foals. They are all really curious and want attention. We have been arguing about who has to pull hair on Cowy/Mini Tank/Cowboy because none of us want him to be mad at us. Well while Toni was petting him Laroy came over and started biting him so she pulled hair right then so he wouldn’t know it was a human doing it. We just have a few left in that field to get hair on. Then we hauled Tank down to mom and dads and went out and got Gunner in and pulled him from the mares. So we were in a pretty good mood when we went to move Tank and he ran over to us and loaded great. Then we went out to the desert to get Gunner. We couldn’t find them, couldn’t find them. Kept honking the horn. We finally realized they were about a mile away on the other fence line, which we can’t drive out that far with a trailer. Gunner saw us about that time and literally ran full speed across the desert to us and jumped in the trailer.  It is really nice to have awesome studs. Kaine used the skid steer and cleaned up the area where the weaning pen will go. Belle and Shiney guy went into the old mare pen, Annie got kicked out into general population and is not happy about it. Two of the steer calves we sold last year for show steers came out so Anna could clip them. I went to stay with grandma.

Sunday morning Ben, Kade, Kaine, Lane and Anna tattooed the weaned bulls, one had already lost a tag, but only one so they were able to figure out who it was. Then Kade went over the hill and helped a young kid clip his steer for the show this week. We really encourage our kids to help those that ask and to set good examples. Jaxsen came down and dyed his steer before we went in to set up for CBJLS. If you see Jax and notice his hands are black, just remember, the dye comes with gloves. Brook Mertens and his wife Dawn and their kids made a great display for the steers. It did not take us long to set up at all and it looked great. Now we are physically ready for Wednesday, mentally….. not sure we are ever ready!

With that said, this is the last terminal show the kids have this year.  So if you are interested in supporting the kids please come out to CBJLS. I can vouch for most of the kids at this show, they work hard and have the time and effort into their projects. Kids, all kids, love having people come out and see their projects, so even if you don’t have the ability to purchase and animal or do an add-on, being there is support. Making the effort to talk to the kids, see their project is something all of these kids appreciate.

Here are the dates:

CBJLS Show – Sept 12-14, 2024

Thursday 12th – 9:30 a.m. Steer, Swine & Lamb Market Classes begin – CHAMPIONSHIPS FOLLOW – Lambs will begin at 9:30 a.m./Steers will immediately follow (this allows exhibitors to attend preview meeting)

Friday 13th – 9:00 a.m. Steer, Swine & Lamb Showmanship Classes begin – CHAMPIONSHIPS FOLLOW – Steers will begin at 9:00 a.m./Lambs will immediately follow

Round Robin – 5pm

Saturday 14th – 12:30 p.m.   Market Stock Sale

Sale Order:  Swine, Sheep, Beef

Here is the add-on sheet for anyone that wants to do add-ons. Again- this is for ALL kids that are showing at CBJLS. We encourage support in all shapes, not just monetary. We also have the North Franklin Booster Club for those with a little extra money to add to a bigger pool of money.

https://www.cbjls.org/exibitoraddon/

North Franklin Booster- https://northfranklinlivestockbooster.com/

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