Gold Standard farm and ranch

10/17/2024

03/20/2024

Let’s talk cattle prices. There insane at the moment and we are livestock brokers. We buy and sell filling our contracts plus we feed cattle on grass and then move them to the feedlot. Auction prices are at a high that we haven’t seen in years. I remember when we got to $1 a pound on live cattle in the ring. Wahoo we were doing good at the sale barn. Now we are again see $3-$4 calves, $1 jersey weigh cows and $1.50 Holstein weigh cows. We sold a day old red heifer at the sale and she brought $600 crazy I know I wouldn’t buy the calf born in a feedlot. But there’s a shortage of stock currently. We can’t buy enough feeder cattle to fill our pastures. We run a small cow calf operation but it’s nothing substantial. I expect we will see high weigh cow prices until the 4th of July for the hamburger market. When feeder cattle will go down I have no idea. But what I know is find a farmer or rancher and start getting your food direct if you can. Plant a garden with friends or in containers. The food market increase will hurt many and if we can worked together we can help bring those extra costs down.

Pictures below is a 1110 pound coastal grassfed calf that sold for $3 a pound making him a $3300 investment for someone and still not ready to butcher.

03/16/2024

Gov. Mark Gordon signed 16 and vetoed two bills on Friday passed by the Legislature during a 20-business-day session earlier in February.

03/16/2024

Governor Gordon vetoed this bill because the sponsor of this bill cut his budget so we pay the price for his vengeance

A bill that’s making its way through the state Legislature would expand the Wyoming Food Freedom Act to include meat products.