Dave
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I have the 7 cows that got captured on Tuesday sitting in my corral. Plan is to take them to La Grande today. I went to Vale yesterday. I went out to the chute and watched the vet preg cows. There was nothing I was interested in and I had another engagement so I left. I told my friends if something came in that would fit my program to buy it for me. So hours later I am sitting at the computer watching the sale on line while waiting for my wife to get ready to leave. Bred cows started selling. I am where did that one come from? They were selling cows I would buy at a good price. After a bit I remembered that the week before they had a feeder calf sale that went well after midnight. I heard a rumor that they held any bred cows they had over to the next week rather than sell them at 2:00AM. They must have been preg checked earlier and in the pens out back. When I got home at 9:30 there was a message on the phone from my friend. He had bought me 6 cows and told the sale yard I would be there in the morning.
B was going to come here this morning to help me load the 7 which are here (one is less than friendly). So I have to call B and set our loading time back a bit. Then leave at oh dark thirty to get my cows in Vale (75 miles each way). Back here around 10:00-10:30. Unload my new 6 cows. Load up the 7 old ones. Go about 75 miles +/- to La grande with those cows. Have them preg checked and maybe bring some of them home. That is a feeder sale which will have a lot of calves. Any bred cows that get bought will be well after dark. If any of them get bought I will be hauling them home tomorrow morning. Oh,and I just remembered the tractor dealership is delivering the new grass seeder I bought tomorrow.... This is way too much going on for an old retired guy.
B was going to come here this morning to help me load the 7 which are here (one is less than friendly). So I have to call B and set our loading time back a bit. Then leave at oh dark thirty to get my cows in Vale (75 miles each way). Back here around 10:00-10:30. Unload my new 6 cows. Load up the 7 old ones. Go about 75 miles +/- to La grande with those cows. Have them preg checked and maybe bring some of them home. That is a feeder sale which will have a lot of calves. Any bred cows that get bought will be well after dark. If any of them get bought I will be hauling them home tomorrow morning. Oh,and I just remembered the tractor dealership is delivering the new grass seeder I bought tomorrow.... This is way too much going on for an old retired guy.
