When young folks start out in ranching, unless they’re stepping into a generational family operation, they’re forced to purchase their base herd. Although we partnered with my parents, JoAnn and I went out and bought our herd to immigrate with theirs, on borrowed money of course. Stock cow and bred heifer transactions is and has always been a large part of our industry. Special annual stock cow auctions are very popular.
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