Doubling Ryan's Cattle Herd

[@garymorel6621]

Just be careful when they calf. They don't know you like your other cows do.

[@HowFarmsWork]

This is a very good statement for anyone who reads this and purchases cattle.

[@robertstibz9506]

Plus the fact that you don't know the different temprement of each new cow yet, (friendly or not)

[@myronyoder5352]

Those cattle look pretty nice and healthy! Great job Ryan!!

[@racer7954]

Thanks Ryan. Best of luck with your cattle

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks!

[@jannawalzschink775]

Yep. Wisconsin spring weather was interesting yesterday. Rain fine. Snow fine. Ice is a no thank you.

[@ChrisTessmer]

Nice looking cattle. Making friends with new mama cows is always a trip, good luck and be safe!

[@lukestabenow7084]

Hey at 1:26 and 1:30 the first black chevy with the fetherlite tralier and thr black stabenow farms logo is ours

[@blacklisterd]

This sounds like another great KZbin channel just waiting to be made.

[@karlshaw4372]

Time to get a big livestock trailer for Big Red now?

[@stevenlehmann3298]

I love listening tp auctioneers. Its so awesome.

[@tinag2226]

Thank You so much for sharing all of this information. All of you guys and gals are wonderful. Many Blessings!

[@SuperScooby70]

Nice addition to the cattle Ryan. They appeared to be some pretty nice stock. Quick way to expand a herd. Keep up the good work!

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks!

[@jamesbigham9036]

I really enjoyed this video this is the first time I have seen the cattle auction process from inside the building I have always wondered how the process actually worked. I will say it was smart on holding off on getting the other two loads until the next day when roads were getting bad putting safety first is always a smart choice

[@victorcross5949]

Congratulations on your new cattle. Good luck with them. You have a happy dog who really seems to enjoy your company!

[@robertmacleod4058]

Playing it safe with weather means the life you save will be your own. What with all the calves to be born, your herd will really grow! LOTS more hay to put up next year!

[@jimpustejovsky3655]

Good looking pen you bought. Cant believe how calm they were for just going through the sale barn and being in a trailer. Good luck with them.

[@patkelly7999]

Good luck with Your new purchase's Ryan, nice looking cattle:)

[@leol1682]

Love the video Ryan and Travis . on cattles .

[@timothymiller4217]

Travis probably liked the group of 4 red ones also.

[@MeredithFarms]

Awesome! When I was younger and in 4-H I always had a few cows and goats but I sold them all a few years back but I’ve decided to get back into it and I’m hoping to go pick up a few cows and maybe some goats a few weeks from now!

[@billylindauer3636]

Good luck, we milk goats, they can be strange animals sometimes for sure!!!😀😁

[@thegauvinator3075]

glad to see the denali treating you well im ford man but to each his own love you videos aching for farm life at 57

[@karlbrohammer9105]

Nice long term investment on cows and heifers. Smart for delaying additional loads in the bad weather. Cheers!

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks Karl! Have a great week!

[@Summitman29]

Nice to see the Luverne grille guard on your truck!

[@wrightfarmshoffman8663]

Nice cattle u got , congratulations on the new cattle coming into the herd

[@cjfarms5600]

Nice looking cattle Ryan! I’m a senior this year and I have plans with a rancher about a mile away to purchase his 50 black angus cattle through the fsa and lease 150 acres along with!

[@scotthappy712]

Great video love the work you put into them and if your reading hope your haveing a great day and stay safe

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks!

[@chriswey5385]

Ryan I like videos like this cause it shows me more then plant grow harvest but that is also part of farming. Yes I think you made a good choice on waiting to get the other cows the next day safety is best

[@dwaynemurphy814]

Good looking cattle, more hay to cut and corn to grow. Happy for you.

[@benjaminbauer4883]

Thanks for the video Ryan Black ones are the way to go!

[@craigmonty8343]

Wow beef is a lot higher there than it is up here in the northeast. Feeders (3-600lbs) went the highest they have been in a long time at the auction the other night n they went for 1.05 a pound. We have seen the prices for about the last year going for 40-70 cents a pound. It’s bad up here most of us have been holding out on sending anything for a while now hoping the price goes up. Looks like a nice bunch you got Ryan good luck with them.

[@treytonzoss1853]

Thanks for the update! Stay safe out there, spring is right around the corner!

[@thomasreynolds3383]

Nice video great to see how ye buy your cattle and the mart

[@America-First2024]

Awesome! It’s always a great feeling to go to the sale barn and pick up some new stock to improve/increase the herd! 😊👍🏻

[@rodneyjones8823]

Fine looking herd you're accumulating there Ryan!

[@hughwhaley3179]

Thanks for the video Ryan 🚜

[@tedwpx123]

Good video. Looks like Rocket had fun as usual. Interesting details

[@klyonsden]

Sounds like the extra Skid Steer is needed now. Also, looks like you made some good buys there. Is Travis going to expand? Always a pleasure to watch your life as a farmer/rancher. Shows me what an alternate life could have been. Quite different from my own as a police sergeant in the Houston area.

[@mopeman440]

I really like how you show what the price per head/pound is, very informative!

[@rogerwilson9361]

Travis has been talking about Red Angus for a while those cows and heifers look nice.

[@danlowery3235]

Now you will need that extra skid steer.

[@HowFarmsWork]

I'm going to try to delay it as long as I can

[@HowFarmsWork]

@Dean Not in cost it wouldn't. A usable utility tractor for the farm with over 7,000 hours on it would run in the $40-$60K range. A practically new skidloader would be around $29,500. A tractor with a loader would be nice for road travel, but with two skidsteers our road travel would be greatly reduced anyway. Nothing larger than a 4020 can fit in my shed, and wouldn't be maneuverable enough to stack bales in the buildings.

[@kennethmarlow2731]

Fine looking cows, appears to be well cared for

[@AndrooH]

PLease come to NSW, Australia and haul some cattle - we need the rain!

[@nielsdybro9759]

Great video, Ryan. Have you ever done a video on what you are looking for in terms of posture, build, physique, etc. when you go to the cattle exchange to buy breeding stock, bottle calves, or feeder cattle? Your perspective would be interesting and educational.

[@relaxchillmusic6138]

All video is perfect and very intresting.More success for the farm and all wehicle. 🚜 🚜 András from Hungary 🇭🇺

[@DennysCountryLife]

Hey congrats on thickening the herd by 100%! That's a big deal. The prices weren't too bad either!

[@b2617]

Cool video, those cows get to make some new friends now.

[@brianrutberford6407]

I agree it is best to wait. The icy roads can be a tough one

[@Tommy-vh7xj]

Good luck with them cattle Ryan they look nice ones

[@noelhohberger1188]

Nice purchase!

[@domingotorres3616]

Awesome purchase...

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Fantastic!!!!

[@carlprocter1887]

Hey ryan thats a really nice set of. Heffers and cows u bought Cant wait for the next video of them up closer

[@MatthewHoag77]

Nice buy, Ryan! This is a great investment for you and will help in a lot of ways. Given the choice between this and an overpriced skidsteer, cattle were definitely the better option, but now you'll really want a skidsteer to help take care of them specifically at your place. Congratulations!

[@SoybeanFarmer3300]

thanks for sharing the cost.

[@shawmopar7320]

From rain to sleet to snow. Thats Wisconsin for ya

[@joefredette7253]

Nice looking cows! I wish I could pay that in Canada for bread heifers and cows. For what you bought today would’ve cost me almost 42grand and only part of that is our terrible exchange rate! Good work!!

[@OldTimerDave]

Thanks Ryan for the update.... Looking forward to the calves soon

[@dennisloeffelholz6608]

Hay Ryan ben watching off and on. love to see young guys like you and Travis farming and doing well in these tough times. Love the videos shows people what it takes to be a good livestock manager and how to care for the land, not to a lot of people your age no what its about. Hats off to you and Travis, good job. P.S. cant be leave the way you guys unload cattle. If I did it that way they would have gotten away and been spread from here to hell and back. LOL

[@farmerboybill]

I drove past your place tonight, hauling a devon/red angus cross bull to a guy in Dickeyville. On my way home, I stopped by Yoders and had a pizza.

[@americanpatriot4906]

Good video as always.I've been thinking about raising livestock after high school. Any ways good luck and be safe.

[@timdenowh95]

Nice looking cattle Ryan and at a good price. Ya done good son.

[@chicagojoe2737]

This was a great video! Thanks for the action at the auction! Lol

[@brianhoops8605]

What do you intend to breed them back to? Those were very nice looking cattle also

[@klyonsden]

Also looks like you need to have plenty of ear tags on hand due to all the calves coming.

[@edcs13]

I was at Cabela’s In Sun Prairie yesterday between Sun Prairie in Fitchburg it was rain from Fitchburg to Verona it was sleet and then from Verona to mineral point it was snow it got really dicey between Barneveld and mineral point. From point to Platteville it was actually OK. But I was keeping an eye on the same scanner page and it it looked ugly at points but apparently out on 81 someone had cows get out Needless to say I think everyone that lives in Southwest Wisconsin is beyond sick of winter I know I am

[@tiger5551]

Rockets such a good boy

[@markthefarmer]

I like that kind of auctions in usa we dont have that in our country. You shure have a lot of subscribers and I'm one of them nice videos

[@Pinziee]

nice video, Always nice to see a video about animals ;-)

[@barrydarnell9748]

Ryan I am curious about your planning process. Do you and Travis and your dad sit down and have a meeting or just talk as you work? It seems to me it would be helpful to do some master planning to plan cash flow and resources to be as efficient as possible.

[@owenscheider1874]

Rain, Snow, Sleet? Welcome to Wisconsin!

[@johnmurphy8259]

Nice looking cows.

[@tebfarms939]

How did you know what to look for in the cows? Seems like a lot of the time most cows at the sale barn are just culls, but those you purchased look great

[@cherbert359]

I can tell one thing I dont miss working at a stock yard did that for 4 years in college

[@jasonstockbridge3613]

Ryan thanks again for another fantastic video.

[@pushpushlambert8079]

Thought the Duramax was a clean pavement queen 😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jeffhoser7717]

Some pretty good-looking cows ! They appear to be gentle and accusted to be handled . If the Lord provides you'll have a good crop of calves some spring !

[@rednecktv2016]

Can’t wait for planting vids

[@karljacobson1575]

Nice looking cattle! Decent price I’d say!! 👍👍

[@ianleonard2829]

They look like nice beast hope they do good for you

[@erikbrown4587]

It looks like the truck handles good pulling

[@benchesworth9394]

Nice job Ryan. Where they straight black Angus or cross?? How many head do you yourself have now and how many between you, Travis and your dad. Great vids I’m from Australia so I love watching the way you Americans do things so differently to us.

[@chrisbueckmann9989]

Ryan, nice looking groups of young cows. May your 1st calf crop be 2/3s heifers! My dog goes everywhere with me 2!!

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks! Lets hope they are!

[@samrugtiv3839]

Good show,the real deal ,can't wait for the next haul.thanks sod buster

[@Farm382]

I loved the video!! How many head of cattle do you have now?

[@HowFarmsWork]

This brings my herd up to 41!

[@jacobotes8443]

Is the cattle not sold by weight? Or are they from stud breeders?

[@randyr1482]

Most cattle are sold by weight if they are going to slaughter or if they are feeder cattle. Both Dairy Cows and Beef cows that are being sold to go back into herds as replacement either open or bred are sold by the dollar and not the pound.

[@richardh8355]

Very cool..keep it up

[@bluemtnsman]

Good move Ryan.

[@ernestdougherty3162]

Good video Ryan it looks like you did a great job buying a nice-looking heard she bumped you way up in the spring when they start calving that's a good thing always good to add to the hard hopefully it'll be short sleeve weather soon it is here in Florida but I know it's not there.oh and how many cows can you all at one time when they're over a thousand pounds a peace be safe

[@aaronknoner3160]

Does Travis or your dad have heifers as well or have you guys primarily just raised feeder cattle in the past?

[@tonyburelle6633]

Nice increase, they all looked good, are you changing your planting this year for silage corn, or are you just planning on hay?

[@billwieland8497]

Any thoughts of getting a livestock trailer for Big Red?

[@HowFarmsWork]

Would consider it in the distant future, unfortunately the way we are set up now isn't conducive to a large trailer.

[@billwieland8497]

@@HowFarmsWork I understand. We had a 20 foot stock truck, but, slaughter beef was our main source of income and maintained a large herd. Brings back some fond memories of hauling cattle to DBQ.

[@mrdayyumyum3712]

Ever notice at the sale barn that the sale price only moves up 2 or 3 cents per pound from the starting price.

[@adamgiller9934]

Nice buy on the cattle what do you think about the chains on the bobcat did it help?

[@unleashed618]

What is your favorite color pattern on a cow I agree with Travis that the reds are pretty

[@Cody-eu5pp]

How long would it take to pay that off with baby calf’s

[@HowFarmsWork]

The initial loan itself would take 3 years or so selling them at $750 apiece. But that’s not factoring in a lot of things like feed

[@mayawillan496]

I love your videos

[@ollie-lk5dx]

Hows frosty the snow calf doing did he make it through the cold spell

[@ontariocashcropfarmer4955]

Looks like a nice bunch of cattle think you did well. Looks like the dirty Max did its job well 👍 🐄

[@Kugerand727]

The first group of cows appear to be even tempered. So far so good.

[@geraldwilson727]

Did Travis buy any of the red ones?

[@AndersonCattleCo]

Good time to expand when cows are trading that low. Good job

[@garrettrambo2112]

Hi, I love your video 😁 keep up the good work... it’s been awhile since I’ve farmed. I used to farm beside my grandpa. But my parents sold the farm awhile back.. and I what to start my own cattle herd , any advice on how to start from scratch?? Thanks

[@HowFarmsWork]

Just start small! It's what I did, took a lot of time but I eventually worked my way up to 20 after a few years.