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Volume XXXVI, #10 | August 2013 Published monthly for the NCA Membership

The Voice of the Nevada Livestock Industry

Preparing for Upcoming Events while Staying on Top of Current Issues and Concerns

by Desiree Seal, NCA Executive Director

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Well friends, summer is almost over and many of you are finishing putting hay up. While many of you

are finishing farming for the year and summer projects, Nevada Cattlemen’s Associ-ation has been looking towards our 78th Annual Convention and 48th Annual Fallon All Breeds Bull Sale. This year’s convention will be November 14-16, 2013 in Sparks NV held in conjunction with California Cattlemen’s Association. We are looking for-ward to hosting this event with our neighbors from the Golden State.

In preparation for convention, we have been reserving speakers and coordinating meetings and events with CCA. Soon enough, we will begin committee meetings to discuss new issues or resolutions to be proposed at convention and review past resolutions. Committee meetings are open to all voting members of the Association and we welcome anyone who would like to participate. Please stay tuned next month for committee meeting times and dates. For more information on each committee, please contact the Committee Chairs or NCA Executive Director.

Consignments for the 48th Fallon All Breeds Bull Sale opened to members of the Association on August 1, 2013 and will open to non-members on September 1, 2013. We have put on a great sale for consignors and buyers and are expecting another great sale this year. Bulls ranging from yearlings to two-year olds of different breeds are encouraged to consign. Last year, the sale average for yearling bulls was $3,192 on 34 bulls and 2-year old bulls was $3,775 on 72 bulls. For consignment informa-tion, please contact the NCA office.

As fire and drought have taken a toll on livestock, wildlife and wild horses, NCA has been active in both issues. The fire liaison program has proven very beneficial in the Elko District. This program has one rancher from each area serve on the fire re-sponse team as a liaison to the neighboring ranching operations. Attending morning meetings, coordinating with agency personnel on livestock movement and location, and keeping the ranchers informed as just some of the tasks the liaison completes during a fire. They have been busy this month and quite possibly will be even busier this next month.

Drought has been a front burning issue to NCA. Many ranches have already taken

voluntary non-use due to drought, but we continue to see overpopulated wild horses. This past month, NCA participated in rangeland tours of areas of concern to gather wild horses, as well as participated in the public input process to support four gathers to be completed to date. (I expect as soon as this is sent to print, we will have more “escalating concern gathers” come up.) We will continue to monitor the wild horse issue and keep you informed.

NCA has also begun working on partnerships to complete educational workshops for producers in conjunction with University of Reno-Cooperative Extension and Nevada Rangeland Resource Commission. This fall and into winter, please watch for workshops of interest to you. We will have a Cooperating Agency Status and Coordi-nation workshop featuring Andy Rieber. Also available to producers will be drought management workshops and risk management strategy workshops developed with UNCE.

Stay cool out there.

Vance Vesco retires from State Conservation Commission

CARSON CITY, Nev. – State Conservation Commission Vice-Chair, Vance Vesco, has retired after 12 years on the Commission, and his contributions were recognized during the body’s June 27 meeting.

“It’s hard to walk away, but it’s time,” said Vesco. “We’ve gotten a lot accomplished and have kept the conservation districts funded and alive. Those guys, serving throughout the state, are the real unsung heroes.”

The State Conservation Commission is comprised of seven commissioners ap-pointed by the Governor, as well as the Dean of the University of Nevada, Reno’s

Joe Sicking, Chairman of the State Conservation Commission (left) and retiring State Conservation Commission Vice-Chair, Vance Vesco (right)

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AUGUST 1

NCA Fallon Bull Sale Consignments Open to NCA Members

AUGUST 7-10

NCBA Summer ConferenceDenver, CO

AUGUST 12

Cottage Foods and Farm to Fork: Education on the New Legislation

Main Site: UNCE Clark County, NV Las Vegas, NV

Please contact UNCE for interactive video sites, 702-397-2604

AUGUST 20

Agribusiness Economic Outlook: Prices and Drought

Main Site: UNCE Washoe County, Reno NV

Please contact UNCE for interactive video sites, 775-934-8021

SEPTEMBER 1

NCA Fallon Bull Sale Consignments Open to Non-NCA Members

SEPTEMBER 6-8

PLC Annual MeetingDeadwood, SD

NOVEMBER 14-16

NCA/CCA Convention and Trade Show

Sparks, NV

Calendar

For more information on an event, please contact the NCA office.

Official Publication of the Nevada Cattlemen’s AssociationP.O. Box 310, Elko, NV 89803-310 • 775-738-9214 • www.nevadacattlemen.org • [email protected]

J.J. Goicoechea, President Ron Torell, President-Elect Jon Griggs, 1st Vice Pres. Sam Mori, 2nd Vice Pres.

MeMbership Update

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We would like to thank the following people for joining or renewing their membership with Nevada Cattlemen’s Association between June 23, and July 23, 2013.

(New members are in bold.)

• Cottonwood Ranch, Agee Smith, Horace Smith, Kim Smith

• Scott & Kailen Dickson• E Z Cattle, Gene Jr. & Shirlee Buzzetti, Kathi Wines

• Jennifer Garrett• Paul Husbands• Independent Ag Network, Rick Haines• Windspur Supply, Ted Rookstool

Reprinted with permission from Southwest Farm Press

Horse Slaughterhouse Issue Heats Up Again

By: Logan Hawkes

From developing and testing atomic bombs to searching for small alien bodies and their crashed space ship on the plains near Roswell, New Mexico is well known for headline-grabbing news stories. But perhaps no story has been more emotional and divisive than a pending issue of whether a facility, also near Roswell, will soon reopen to slaughter horses instead of cows and the meat will be sold to foreign buyers for human consumption.

The horse slaughterhouse issue and the Roswell meat pro-cessing facility’s plans to begin horse slaughter operations in the weeks ahead has ignited passions from the top to the bottom of New Mexico’s diverse cultural population and has divided ranchers, farmers, politicians, animal rights activists and average citizens of just about every demographic all across the state.

Valley Meat Company, a family-owned business, sought and was granted federal approval over recent months to remodel its cattle slaughterhouse to accommodate horses, but the task has been an uphill battle all the way as opponents to horse slaughter fought tooth and nail to block the move and filed lawsuits to prevent the issue from going forward.

Now the State of New Mexico, under the direction of horse advocate and Governor Susan Martinez and the State Attorney General’s Office, has joined the growing multitude of oppo-sition by joining a lawsuit designed to stop horse slaughter before it gets started. Opponents cite animal rights and food safety issues.

Valley Meat is scheduled to reopen and begin processing horses in about two weeks, but more than one road block that the company must overcome remains before, or even if, re-opening becomes a reality.

The first is a measure put in place by the New Mexico En-vironment Department who declined a request last week to

renew the plant’s wastewater discharge permit. The move immediately drew a quick response from plant attorney Blair Dunn who said the move will necessarily require the plant op-erator to transport waste to a remote facility, a requirement he says is designed to cut into the plant’s ability to make a profit.

While the issuance of a permit will not stop the plant from reopening, Blair says the added cost will make it more financially difficult to operate. But the bigger roadblock to the plant’s opening is a pending injunction that would stop operations before they get started.

New Mexico AG: food safety is major issueIn addition to objections based upon environmental issues,

New Mexico State Attorney General Gary King filed a motion last week saying the “state wants to ensure that commercial operations within its borders are conducted in a safe and re-sponsible manner.”

In a June analysis, King ruled that state law “does not allow for production of meat that is chemically tainted under federal regulations.”

Horse meat processed by the facility, if their plans are approved, would be sold to foreign buyers where human con-sumption is allowed and to domestic buyers for use as food at U.S. zoo facilities. The human consumption of horse meat in the U.S. is strictly prohibited by federal law but is common in Mexico, China and a half dozen other countries worldwide.

But U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave the green light for the practice of horse slaughter to resume on U.S. soil, citing a strict inspection system of all meat for human consumption, both in domestic and foreign markets. Inspec-tions are rigidly enforced by USDA, and the agency further disagreed with animal rights activists who claimed harmful

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College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources (CABNR) and the Director of the Department of Agriculture or their appointees.

The Commission is charged with carrying out policies on renewable natural resource programs by guiding and regulat-ing Nevada’s 28 conservation districts. Conservation districts work for the conservation and proper development of the state’s natural resources, including land, soil, water, vegeta-tion, trees, natural landscape and open space by taking avail-able technical, financial and educational resources and coordi-nating them to meet the needs of landowners and land users.

Also during the June 27 meeting, Commissioners approved a resolution in support of the 2013 Nevada Agriculture Anal-

ysis and Opportunities Report. The report shows Nevada’s ag-riculture industry sector as a major contributor to the overall economy of the state.

“Agriculture has been a stable economic sector in Nevada ever since statehood,” said Joe Sicking, Chairman of the State Conservation Commission. “It’s good to see this report rec-ognizing agriculture’s contributions. Nevada exported more than $114 million in food and agriculture products in 2012.”

More information about the State Conservation Commis-sion can be found at dcnr.nv.gov and additional information about the 2013 Nevada Agriculture Analysis and Opportuni-ties Report can be found at http://agri.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/agrinvgov/Content/Home/Features/2013nvagreport.pdf.

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chemicals administered regularly to horses are undetectable.The agency approved the Roswell plant’s application for

horse slaughter inspections under federal law, carefully stat-ing it had no choice based upon current laws and scientific evidence of the harmful consumption of horse meat. But the federal agency was quick to note no horse meat is approved for human consumption on U.S. soil.

Valley Meat Company’s attorney was also quick to take issue with King’s analysis. According to the NewMexicowatchdog.org website, Dunn said the Attorney General’s move is politi-cally motivated.

“Legally, the AG’s office is in left field,” Dunn was quoted by the Watchdog. “It’s just not the threat he’s purporting it to be. This is a publicity stunt. It has to do with a run for governor. Coming from his agricultural background, he should know better … There is not an issue with food safety.”

High profile support against horse slaughterJoining the fray opposed to horse slaughter is actor Robert

Redford and former United Nations Ambassador, U.S. Energy Secretary and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, a New Mexico native. This week the duo announced the formation of an animal protection foundation to fight not only the opening of the New Mexico horse slaughter facility but similar plants in Iowa, Wyoming, Oklahoma and Missouri.

Redford and Richardson announced last week the formation of the Foundation to Protect New Mexico Wildlife, an animal protection foundation whose first act was to seek to join a fed-eral lawsuit filed by The Humane Society of the United States and other groups to block the planned Aug. 5 opening of Valley Meat and another recently approved horse slaughterhouse in Iowa.

Redford said he has been passionate about horses all of his life, and his love of the animals inspired his famous movies “The Horse Whisperer” and “The Electric Cowboy.”

Redford said he and Richardson have both donated seed money to the group but declined to say how much. Dunn, the Roswell plant’s attorney, questioned why groups like Redford and Richardson’s don’t “use their money to actually save an-imals instead of harassing people in their lawful business?”

While Valley Meat of Roswell was the first to seek and grant-ed approval from USDA to open a horse slaughter facility, a second facility, in Sigourney, Iowa, received the green light from the federal agency a few days later.

“Horse slaughter has no place in our culture,” Redford said in a statement. “It is cruel, inhumane, and perpetuates abuse

and neglect of these beloved animals.”Redford is a New Mexico resident and owns property near

Santa Fe.But while the state, animal rights groups and high profile fig-

ures oppose horse slaughter practices, others support it saying it is the most humane method of disposing of unwanted, aged and often abandoned horses that often suffer from starvation or are left to face predators like wolves and mountain lions and die without the ability to defend themselves.

Issue also has many supportersMany of those favoring legalized and monitored horse

slaughter include a few animal activist groups, animal rescue operators and ranchers who say abandoned horses face cruel deaths in the wild or face worse fates at the hands of foreign slaughter houses after being purchased at auction and trans-ferred across international borders to facilities in Mexico and Canada.

In addition, a number of livestock associations, the Ameri-can Quarter Horse Association and a several Native American tribes support a return to domestic horse slaughter for the same reasons. They argue the number of U.S. horses sent to other countries for slaughter has nearly tripled since domestic horse slaughter ceased in the U.S. in 2007.

They also argue that the practice of transporting horses long distances often results in a greater degree of cruelty to the an-imals, in part because of overcrowded shipping conditions and also because of inhumane methods of destroying the animals in Mexican processing plants.

While there appears to be a major disagreement over the total number of U.S. horses shipped to Mexico and destroyed there, some argue that the number runs well into the hundreds of thousands of animals each year. But regardless whether the processing of horse meat is conducted on U.S. or foreign soil, the issue of whether it is a humane practice continues to at-tract attention.

Overall an estimated 200 agricultural and horse breeding organizations originally opposed the proposed ban on horse slaughter in the U.S., and more than 300 animal welfare orga-nizations, horse trade groups, prominent horse owners, and corporate leaders supported the ban, illustrating the degree of controversy over the issue.

An Aug. 2 hearing is set on the demand by animal protection groups for a temporary restraining order to prevent the plants from opening and becoming the first horse slaughterhouses to operate domestically on over six years.

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Note from the Director: I would like to draw your attention to the Sage Grouse Database funded by Public Lands Council and developed by Resource Concepts, Inc. The Database is a library containing documents that support the continued occurrence of public lands ranching on the range as Sage Grouse conservation planning efforts continue to unfold. Grazing is compatible with and beneficial to Sage Grouse habitat conservation, and this library is intended to provide members of the public lands grazing community with the scientific, legal, and policy resources to support that fact as plans develop west-wide. The Database is currently being updated to include any information from the past 8 months and can be found at www.grazingforgrouse.com. Below, I have attached an abstract of one such document that can be found in the Database. Please use the Database at your pleasure and always feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

PUBLIC ABSTRACTCattle Browsing Sagebrush Steppe During Fall: Effects on Plant Community Structure

and Influence of Experience on Cattle Foraging Behavior and Body Weightsby Charles A. Petersen

Historic and repetitious spring grazing by livestock, combined with altered fire regimes, has increased the density and abundance of big sagebrush and reduced the frequency of perennial grasses and forbs on many western landscapes. Periodic disturbance is critical for maintaining and improving sagebrush ecosystems. Compared with traditional disturbances – chemical, mechanical, and fire – strategic grazing with livestock offers several benefits. They include creating locally adapted cattle that can rejuvenate sagebrush steppe, which reduces costs associated with mechanical and chemical rejuvenation treatments and feeding cattle during winter, the major cost of ranch operation.

I evaluated the practicality of strategically timed (fall) grazing with cattle at high stock densities on land dominated by sagebrush. From 2007 to 2009, I moni-

tored cattle use of sagebrush, cattle performance (body weights), and the ensuing response of grasses, forbs, and sagebrush.

Cow/calf pairs – provided with protein and energy supplements to offset the effects of terpenes in big sagebrush – selected big sagebrush as a significant portion of their diet. Cattle learned to eat sagebrush and the effects occurred in fetuses in utero, in calves early in life, and in adults later in life. Cattle of all ages with experience of sagebrush lost less weight, or actually gained more weight, than cattle naïve to sage-brush. Fall grazing by cattle reduced the abundance of big sagebrush and promoted production of grasses and forbs. Fall and winter are ideal times for grazing to induce such changes in plant community structure because perennial herbs are largely dormant.

My research suggests grazing by cattle can be a bio-logically and economically effective way to accomplish habitat renovation. Rather than attempting to convert sagebrush steppe landscapes to grass at extravagant costs, as we have done historically, we must now con-sider how to create locally adapted herds of livestock and complementary management practices that ensure long-term health of sagebrush ecosystems. As many ranchers already feed hay to cows during winter, using sagebrush steppe vegetation as an additional forage resource would allow ranchers to feed roughly half the hay, which would greatly reduce winter feed costs. In addition to financial savings in hay, the secondary ben-efits from improving sagebrush steppe condition and productivity would result in habitat improvements for both livestock and wildlife.

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Farm Products Council of Canada Announces

Beef Import LevyOTTAWA, ONTARIO — 07/30/13 — Today, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and

Canada Beef Chair Chuck MacLean welcomed a new import levy that will provide new investments in research and market development for Canada’s beef industry. An amendment to the Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion Levies Order will see the current levy of $1 per head of cattle for beef marketed in Canada applied to importers.

“This is good news for Canadian beef producers and the cattle industry,” said Ag-riculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “This new levy will provide a stable funding source for research, market development and promotion activities on domestic and imported beef and beef products.”

Canada Beef estimates an additional $800,000 will be collected through the im-port levy on an annual basis, and these funds will help increase the profitability of Canada’s beef sector.

“The Farm Products Council of Canada (FPCC) and Canada Beef have been collab-orating on finalizing this amendment for several years now,” said Chuck MacLean, Chair of the agency. “This will help beef producers expand their markets and increase sales and fund research projects, as well as provide increased access to information on beef products to Canadian consumers.”

“Establishing a Promotion and Research Agency helps agricultural producers expand their markets and increase sales,” said Laurent Pellerin, Chairman of the FPCC. “It also benefits consumers from increased access to information on products, including their quality and their nutritional values.”

Canada Beef, formerly known as the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market De-velopment and Promotion Agency, was established in 2002 under Part III of the Farm Products Agencies Act. The Agency was formed to fund promotion and research ini-tiatives and was the first Promotion and Research Agency established under the Act.

Promotion and research agencies enable agricultural groups to conduct generic promotion and research to expand their markets and increase sales through adver-tising. The FPCC supervises agencies established under the Act to ensure that they fulfil their objectives. In this way, it promotes a stronger and more efficient Canadian agriculture industry.

Background: Canada BeefIn 2011, the Canadian Beef Cattle Research, Market Development and Promotion

Agency was transformed to Canada Beef. The Agency maintains the Proclamation upon which the previous agency was founded with the authority to:

— promote the marketing and production of beef cattle, beef and beef prod-ucts for the purposes of interprovincial, export and import trade; and

— conduct and promote research activities related to those farm products.

Canada Beef will now be funded by a $1-per-head levy applied to Canadian beef cattle marketed domestically and to imported beef cattle, beef and beef products. This is similar to the check-off the U.S. applies to cattle imported from Canada. The levy would not be applied to cattle exports at this time.

The funds generated from the national levy are used for Canada Beef’s marketing activities in domestic and export markets such as U.S., Mexico, Asia, Russia and the Middle East. Funds are also provided to the Beef Cattle Research Council, which is responsible for the industry’s national research program. Funds generated by the import levy will be used for promotion and research to grow and support the long-term market development of the beef value chain in Canada.

Provincial boards have the option to retain some or all their levy contributions to fund provincial programs, and the Agency retains 2 per cent for administrative purposes.

The Agency expects to collect approximately $800,000 per year from the import levy and a total of $6.9 million from the domestic levy for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.

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Western Video MarketPrice Report – July 8-10, 2013

Consignor Head Count Wt Price

PETE & LYNN TOMERA & 150 Steers 735 $147.50

PETE & LYNN TOMERA & 300 Heifers 675 $140.00

TOM & PATSY TOMERA 740 Steers 800 $146.00

TOM & PATSY TOMERA 490 Heifers 700 $141.50

JOHNSON LIVESTOCK 65 Steers 750 $145.00

JOHNSON LIVESTOCK 280 Steers 860 $139.50

JOHNSON LIVESTOCK 68 Heifers 710 $137.50

2 LIVESTOCK 120 Steers 820 $143.50

2 LIVESTOCK 115 Steers 840 $142.00

2 LIVESTOCK 120 Heifers 800 $138.00

ZACA CREEK LIVESTOCK 240 Steers 835 $138.00

ZACA CREEK LIVESTOCK 110 Steers 885 $137.00

ZACA CREEK LIVESTOCK 124 Heifers 825 $132.00

ZACA CREEK LIVESTOCK 64 Heifers 810 $133.00

WHITTLE RANCH, INC. 240 Weaned Steers 850 $141.00

WHITTLE RANCH, INC. 65 Weaned Steers 800 $142.50

WHITTLE RANCH, INC. 140 Weaned Heifers 725 $136.50

WHITTLE RANCH, INC. 70 Weaned Heifers 725 $130.50

DOUG & TERESA MONDANI 116 Steer Calves 850 $136.00

DOUG & TERESA MONDANI 65 Heifer Calves 775 $128.50

POPE VALLEY RANCHING 53 Steers 900 $135.00

MIKE URRUTIA 135 Steers 725 $146.00

MIKE URRUTIA 240 Steers 775 $143.50

MIKE URRUTIA 204 Heifers 710 $138.00

MIKE URRUTIA 256 Heifers 750 $136.70

TOM & PATSY TOMERA 78 Steers 625 $144.00

TOM & PATSY TOMERA 90 Heifers 550 $141.50

BENTLY RANCH 70 Steers 700 $148.00



CHANCE ROSSI/ROSSI 37/35 Steer 750/730 $131.00/$123.00

BOB & KARLA MCKAY 110 Weaned Steers 440 $197.50

BOB & KARLA MCKAY 90 Weaned Steers 540 $163.00

McLACHLAN RANCHES 110 Weaned Steers 450 $190.00

McLACHLAN RANCHES 200 Weaned Steers 500 $179.00

McLACHLAN RANCHES 120 Weaned Heifers 400 $174.00

Western Video MarketPrice Report – July 8-10, 2013

Consignor Head Count Wt Price

McLACHLAN RANCHES 200 Weaned Heifers 450 $165.50

McLACHLAN & SMITH 200 Weaned Steers 490 $180.00

McLACHLAN & SMITH 90 Weaned Steers 560 $174.50

McLACHLAN & SMITH 210 Weaned Heifers 470 $158.75

CRAWFORD CATTLE LLC. 105 Steer Calves 450 $183.00

CRAWFORD CATTLE LLC. 90 Steer Calves 550 $165.00

CRAWFORD CATTLE LLC. 110 Heifer Calves 430 $163.00

QUINN RIVER CROSSING 100 Weaned Steers 500 $184.00



QUINN RIVER CROSSING 100 Weaned Heifers 495 $165.00

NEVADA FIRST LAND & 110 Weaned Steers 500 $181.00

NEVADA FIRST LAND & 250 Weaned Steers 590 $164.50

NEVADA FIRST LAND & 100 Weaned Heifers 490 $166.00

NEVADA FIRST LAND & 100 Weaned Heifers 530 $156.00

PETE & KATHI MARVEL 185 Weaned Steers 525 $177.00

PETE & KATHI MARVEL 85 Weaned Steers 575 $163.50

KEVIN & KRISTI TOMERA 180 Weaned Steers 530 $178.75

KEVIN & KRISTI TOMERA 205 Weaned Heifers 480 $167.00

KEVIN & KRISTI TOMERA 65/45 Weaned 450/425 $187.00/$175.00

MIKE MARVEL RANCHING 200 Weaned Steers 520 $171.00

MIKE MARVEL RANCHING 210 Weaned Heifers 485 $158.00

WILDHORSE CATTLE CO 95 Steer Calves 535 $166.50

WILDHORSE CATTLE CO 105 Heifer Calves 475 $160.50

YRIBARREN RANCH 185 Weaned Steers 525 $173.50

YRIBARREN RANCH 200 Weaned Heifers 500 $157.00

LUKE & BECKY 60/45 Weaned 460/450 $178.00/$168.00

BILL & RITA HORN 60/40 Steer 510/450 $166.00/$156.00

PETER & MARCIA SCOTT 40/45 Steer 590/550 $155.00/$149.00

NAT & KAREN LOMMORI 78 Weaned Steers 625 $160.00

2 LIVESTOCK 75 Weaned Steers 600 $160.00

2 LIVESTOCK 85 Weaned Heifers 560 $152.50

BELL RANCH 80 Weaned Steers 625 $159.50

BELL RANCH 90 Weaned Heifers 530 $153.00

BARTELL RANCH 80 Weaned Steers 630 $156.00

BARTELL RANCH 90 Weaned Steers 545 $161.00

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Nevada Livestock MarketingJuly 24, 2013 Regular Butcher Cow and Bull Sale

Seller #Head Type Weight Price CWT

Coyote Creek Ranch 3 STR 303 $165.00

Jay Gandolfo 22 STR 393 $153.00

Jay Gandolfo 6 STR 402 $146.00

Wayne Hage 2 STR 678 $132.00

Ken Edgmon 11 STR 866 $127.75

Hendrix Ranch 2 STR 788 $125.00

Deanna Porter 2 HFR 318 $141.00

Michael Stevens 1 HFR 590 $128.00

Coyote Creek Ranch 1 HFR 600 $120.00

Coyote Creek Ranch 1 COW 1200 $78.50



Jay Gandolfo 1 COW 970 $72.00

Jay Gandolfo 1 COW 910 $66.50

Jersey Valley Cattle Co 1 COW 1415 $72.00



Home Ranch LLC 1 COW 1190 $68.25

Everett & Candice Manley 1 COW 1190 $67.00

Darrin & Misty Alegre 1 COW 1340 $65.00

Nevada Livestock MarketingJuly 24, 2013 Regular Butcher Cow and Bull Sale

Seller #Head Type Weight Price CWT

Michael Stevens 1 COW 1340 $65.00

Irvin Plank 1 COW 1030 $60.00

Sage Hill Dairy 1 COW 970 $63.00

Jeff Whitaker 1 COW 1785 $66.25

Jeff Whitaker 1 COW 1590 $62.00

Dan & Latrice Whitmore 1 HFRTT 835 $65.00

BI Cattle Co 1 BULL 1830 $85.75



Hodges Transportation Inc 1 BULL 2145 $85.00

Hodges Transportation Inc 1 BULL 1715 $80.00

Sam Lompa 1 BULL 1760 $84.00

UC Cattle Co LLC 1 BULL 1850 $84.00



Lee Rogers 1 BULL 2370 $81.50

Jay Gandolfo 1 BULL 1605 $80.00

Kenny Lee 1 BULL 1250 $71.00

Dan & Latrice Whitmore 1 BULL 965 $70.00

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SLAUGHTER COWS: High Dress Low Dress

Breakers: 65.00-71.00 74.00-76.00

Boneing: 59.00-64.00

Cutters: 42.00-58.00

BULLS 1 & 2: 70.00-80.00 80.00-85.00

FEEDER STEERS:Top Offerings/Pen Lots

300-400 160 to 185 (very few)

400-450 135 to 161

450-500 135 to 163

500-550 125 to 148

550-600 130 to 137

600-650 130 to 137

650-700 125 to 139.5

700-750 125 to 133

750-800 125 to 131.25

800-900 121.5 to 132

FEEDER HEIFERS:Top Offerings/Pen Lots

300-400 140 to 166

400-450 xxxx to xxxx

450-500 130 to 134

500-550 120 to 125

550-600 116 to 129

600-650 120 to 127

650-700 xxxx to 128.5 (1 set)

700-750 121 to 128.25

750-800 120 to 123.5

800-900 116 to 122

PAIRS: Few $1000-$1400

CALVY COWS: No market test

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Cattle Type Weight Range Price

Steers 400-400 243.50-243.50

450-490 161.00-196.00

500-540 159.00-174.50

550-585 152.00-174.50

600-640 150.50-163.00

650-690 141.00-166.75

700-735 139.00-151.00

750-790 143.00-154.25

810-840 128.00-147.00

865-890 137.50-140.50

900-920 132.00-139.50

980-1000 125.50-125.50

Heifers 410-440 154.00-199.50

450-490 153.00-174.00

500-540 143.00-164.00

550-585 144.50-162.00

600-640 138.50-157.00

650-680 128.00-155.00

700-745 125.50-147.50

750-780 124.50-138.50

800-840 122.00-137.75

850-850 130.00-130.00

900-900 112.00-114.00

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Weight/Type Steer/Bull Price Heifer/Cow Price

300-400 105.00-161.00 120.00-131.00

400-500 125.00-158.00 112.00-125.00

500-600 132.00-150.00 110.00-124.00

600-700 119.00-127.00 111.00-122.00

700-800 108.00-114.00 116.00-123.00

800-900 110.00-115.00

Breaker Cows - Fat 72.00-77.00

Boner Cows - Medium 78.00-87.00

Cutter Cows - Lean 63.00-72.50

Feeder Cows 60.00-68.00

Butcher Bulls 86.75-104.00

Cutting Bulls 80.00-95.00

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This blog follows Erika Fossen and Erika Strande on each of their families’ cattle operations in British Columbia. The two la-dies met through the mentorship program Canadian Cattlemen’s Young Leaders. This very re-spected program pairs mentors with young leaders of the beef industry to provide industry-spe-cific training and guidance in the beef industry. Below is Fossen’s bio and a blog where she dis-cusses management on “Crown Land” (essentially federal land in Canada). Enjoy!

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I am Erika Fossen and this is my family with me. Our ranch is situated 8 km west of Rock Creek, BC on a picturesque sidehill. My husband and I run 280 head of commercial black angus and her-eford cows. These mother cows calve February through April.

After growing up on a farm in Northern Alberta, I went to Olds College where I graduated with a diploma in Agricultural Business. It is there where my husband and I met. I feel blessed to be able to do what I love and produce amazing beef for people to enjoy!

Some info about me: I love to be outside. I love to ride my hors-es. I love to cook, but also get re-ally sick of deciding what to make for supper! My oldest daughter is now taller than me! ! I love the 4H program.

Thank you for your interest in ‘Life on a BC Cattle Ranch’ !

Sincerely,Erika Fossen

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Range TenureJune 4, 2013 by Erika Fossen

Here are some pictures of the work we did this last week. We rounded up our pairs (cows and their calves) from private grass and put them onto our Government Range Tenure, which we call ‘Range’.

A Range Tenure, administered by the Ministry of Forests and Range, is an area of Crown rangeland where a Range Act tenure applies. Tenure holders access a defined amount of forage through grazing (measured in Animal Unit Months). Range Tenures apply only to Crown Land. A Tenure holder applies to the Range Staff, such as the Agrologist for a Tenure. They look into your ranches commensurability, ensuring that your land base can support the cows intended for Tenure. Once you and the Range Staff have pinpointed the Tenure, then a Range Plan is put into place. This document discusses dates cows move in and out of pastures, AUM’s used, etc.

You are probably thinking that it seems like a lot of work, and wondering why you don’t just graze cows on private land? There are some answers to this question. In BC, the majority of land is owned by the Crown. So next to your private land is most likely a large tract of Crown land. Renting Crown land is much cheaper than private land, $2/AUM instead of $15-$30/AUM. The saved expense is worth the extra work of following a plan and managing it.

Our cows and calves go on to our Range from the middle of May to the middle of October. It is necessary to be handy with a horse and dog to manage these grounds effectively. Some ranges

are divided up into pastures, some are not. There are guidelines to where to salt the cows.

It is important to have good ‘range cows’ that can teach the younger cows where to go and where there is good grass and water. Some cows are very smart and are priceless to have in your herd. It is almost impossible to buy a cow from the prairie provinces and put her out on BC Range. It would be a very rude awakening for her, as she is most likely a ‘pasture cow’ who is used to a small, flat pasture. She would most likely give you grief by sitting at the bottom by the fence. Good range cows start climbing, as most ranges rise in elevation. May being lower grass, September being higher elevation grass. A range cow and her calf can walk up to 15 km for her daily grass, water, and salt intake. That is why I appreciate an awesome ‘range cow’!

Hopefully you learnt something new today about ‘Range’!

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News From the Nevada Beef CouncilChecking-In On Your Beef Checkoff

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Heart-Check Mark Continues to Drive Beef Sales in Nevada Save Mart Stores

Following the success of the 2011 American Heart Association (AHA) Food Certification Program pilot test, the beef checkoff has collaborated with retailers to capitalize on the program’s availability to drive incre-mental beef sales and build customer loyalty. The results from that initial pilot are used to compel other retailers to display the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check Mark on-pack. Now retailers are seeing first-hand the impact of the program and the benefits of promoting beef’s role in a healthy diet and helping nutrition-conscious shoppers make healthy choices in the meat case.

Hundreds of stores across the U.S. currently display the Heart-Check mark on certified beef items in the meat case and have signed up through the beef checkoff to participate in the American Heart Association Food Certification Program. One such retailer is Save Mart Supermarkets, which owns and operates 226 stores in Northern California and Northern Nevada under the Save Mart, S-Mart Foods, Lucky, Maxx Value Foods and FoodMaxx banners.

Save Mart was an early adopter of the American Heart Association Food Certification Program for beef. In 2012, the chain rolled out four of the certified beef items—Top Sirloin Petite Roast, Top Sirloin Filet, Top Sirloin Kabob and Top Sirloin Strips—and in February, Save Mart implemented a promotion to increase shopper awareness of the cuts and generate de-mand for beef with their shoppers. With support from the beef checkoff, the retail chain held nearly 120 cooking and tasting demos of the Top Sirloin Stir Fry in their top 50 highest beef volume stores. Month-long featuring of the cuts, special pricing, in-store radio, on-pack labels and point-of-sale also supported the promotion.

The certified Top Sirloin Stir Fry item that was featured in the demos ex-perienced a 19 percent increase in sales during the promotional period. In addition, overall sales for American Heart Association-certified cuts continued to grow another 2 percent the month post-promotion, with Top Sirloin Stir Fry sales seeing an additional 4 percent growth.

“The reinforcement to consumers that beef offers not only a delicious eating experience but one the American Heart Association has specifi-cally identified as ‘heart-healthy’ is positive news for the checkoff,” said Jeanne Harland, a beef producer from Illinois and chair of the checkoff’s Nutrition and Health Subcommittee. “We are definitely seeing the Amer-ican Heart Association-certified beef cuts gaining awareness among consumers and retailers are recognizing the value they bring in the meat case. It’s exciting to literally see our checkoff dollars at work in the meat case, providing return on investment to producers, but also providing that visible affirmation to consumers that they are making a nutritious purchase for mealtime. Beef can do a heart good!”

Six extra-lean beef items currently meet the American Heart Associa-tion’s criteria for heart-healthy foods as part of an overall healthy dietary pattern, and are certified to display the Heart-Check mark:

� Sirloin Tip Steak � Bottom Round Steak � Boneless Top Sirloin Petite

Roast

� Top Sirloin Stir-Fry � Top Sirloin Filet � Top Sirloin Kabob

New Infographic Spotlights Beef’s Economic Value

The checkoff is stepping up to combat recent negative media about beef prices and comparisons to other proteins by highlighting beef’s unique value proposition and communicating cost-saving strategies for consumers. Among many efforts, the checkoff launched the Six Ways to Save on Beef infographic to media, influencers, retailers and consumers, both at the national level and through state beef councils. The Nevada Beef Council (NBC) has used the infographic on both our Facebook page—not-ing the ways to save when buying beef for a family—and on Twitter. The NBC’s Twitter handle is @NVBeef. To find all of the NBC’s social media properties, simply type “Nevada Beef Council” into your search engine, (e.g., Google) then click on the appropriate link, or visit our Website, www.nevadabeef.org, and click on the Facebook and Twitter icons on our home page.


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