Doubling Ryan's Cattle Herd

Travis and Ryan head to the auction barn to buy some cattle! Ryan now more than doubled his herd size, bringing his total up to 41 head of cattle!
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How Farms Work by Ryan Kuster is a KZbin channel based in rural Potosi, Wisconsin.
Our mission is to teach those who didn't grow up on a farm what the farming life is like.
These videos show the Kuster family working together raising cattle and crops. We believe everyone who wants to know more about farming should be able to share the farming experience with us and we look to educate the world on many essential agriculture topics.
How Farms Work takes place on ~1,100 acres with around 75-200 cattle at any given time. Four John Deere tractors are currently used on the farm, which are a 4020, 4640, 7600, and 8235R.

[@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!!

[@karlshaw4372]

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

[@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.

[@timothymiller4217]

Travis probably liked the group of 4 red ones also.

[@jannawalzschink775]

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

[@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!

[@racer7954]

Thanks Ryan. Best of luck with your cattle

[@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

[@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.

[@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!

[@tinag2226]

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

[@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!

[@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!!!😀😁

[@ChrisTessmer]

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

[@patkelly7999]

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

[@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!

[@thomasreynolds3383]

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

[@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.

[@mopeman440]

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

[@leol1682]

Love the video Ryan and Travis . on cattles .

[@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.

[@stevenlehmann3298]

I love listening tp auctioneers. Its so awesome.

[@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!

[@victorcross5949]

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

[@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

[@rogerwilson9361]

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

[@brianrutberford6407]

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

[@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.

[@Abm2014-SausageKing]

I about spit out my soda at 4:06!

[@treytonzoss1853]

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

[@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! 😊👍🏻

[@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.

[@OldTimerDave]

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

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Fantastic!!!!

[@Summitman29]

Nice to see the Luverne grille guard on your truck!

[@DennysCountryLife]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@pushpushlambert8079]

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

[@tiger5551]

Rockets such a good boy

[@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.

[@wrightfarmshoffman8663]

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

[@timdenowh95]

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

[@nathanielkman6689]

Done by us you can buy them for 10$ and some of them the are killing because they do not get sold

[@nathanielkman6689]

We are just about 2/3 hours from u

[@dwaynemurphy814]

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

[@TommyTester]

I don't understand how you make money with cattle. Can you do a video on that? I'd like to understand the numbers. Love your channel.

[@trevormeints73]

You make money off of cattle by growing them nice and making sure that they stay healthy so that when they get older and it is time to butcher them you can make money that way, also you can make money buy selling cattle at your local Livestock Exchange Market.

[@roundprairiedairy7006]

TommyTester you breed the females, in 9months they calve. you keep the females for the same breeding purpose in 18 months and you raise the steers (castrated bulls) to whatever weight you seem probable then sell them

[@christophermclaughlin1142]

Right now, with current markets, you can't. As long as these packers hold an iron grip on the market, there will only be pennies on the dollar made.

[@carmfarm5]

Everything he bought in this video was bred and was close to calving (3rd trimester). After they calve, he has the option of selling the calves when weaned, or feeding them to a heavier weight; then selling as a yearling or finished. The cows he bought today will be bred back after calving for next years calf crop.

[@kennethfeld6639]

He has done several videos on selling them. Some he buys as bottle calves and feeds them and sells to "Finishers" these are heffers just to make more cows the natural way. I haven't watched one of the older videos in a while so I may have of the terminology wrong, but he does go over buy and sell pricing, profit etc.

[@shawmopar7320]

From rain to sleet to snow. Thats Wisconsin for ya

[@SoybeanFarmer3300]

thanks for sharing the cost.

[@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.

[@rodneyjones8823]

Fine looking herd you're accumulating there Ryan!

[@kennethmarlow2731]

Fine looking cows, appears to be well cared for

[@domingotorres3616]

Awesome purchase...

[@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

[@ontariocashcropfarmer4955]

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

[@erikbrown4587]

It looks like the truck handles good pulling

[@noelhohberger1188]

Nice purchase!

[@tedwpx123]

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

[@relaxchillmusic6138]

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

[@hughwhaley3179]

Thanks for the video Ryan 🚜

[@AndrooH]

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

[@b2617]

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

[@owenscheider1874]

Rain, Snow, Sleet? Welcome to Wisconsin!

[@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!

[@carlprocter1887]

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

[@Kugerand727]

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

[@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!!

[@Tommy-vh7xj]

Good luck with them cattle Ryan they look nice ones

[@SLCFarms]

Good lookin cows 🐄 ya got there sir. Thanks for sharing.

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks for dropping in!

[@cherbert359]

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

[@klyonsden]

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

[@talonmakinson3574]

You should get a ranch hand bumper for the gmc

[@Pinziee]

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

[@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 !

[@johnmurphy8259]

Nice looking cows.

[@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

[@chicagojoe2737]

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

[@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

[@americanpatriot4906]

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

[@bluemtnsman]

Good move Ryan.

[@karljacobson1575]

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

[@rednecktv2016]

Can’t wait for planting vids

[@AndersonCattleCo]

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

[@ianleonard2829]

They look like nice beast hope they do good for you

[@MrAwesomdude12]

Just over a dollar/lb is a real good buy for bred heifers

[@jasonstockbridge3613]

Ryan thanks again for another fantastic video.

[@richardh8355]

Very cool..keep it up

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Your brother Travis is starting to look like Red Foreman.

[@TheRestOfTheStory]

Starting to look like grandpa actually

[@SouthSaskFarmer1]

Lmfao

[@brianhoops8605]

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

[@samrugtiv3839]

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

[@lengelfarms1888]

Looks like you have a good cattle market ,New York the prices are really low

[@jeremy_238]

Well now you need a tractor or skid steer to feed em

[@hvlineman5227]

How the Denali handle the load? Sounded sweet on video. Congrats on the fine looking investment.

[@HowFarmsWork]

Just fine, said to Travis on the first load that you couldn't even tell they were back there.

[@denniscollins1857]

Good looking cows. They'll make money.

[@Farm382]

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

[@HowFarmsWork]

This brings my herd up to 41!

[@zachclauer4805]

I was the guy in the cowboy hat!

[@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.

[@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

[@mayawillan496]

I love your videos