Sale Day

Ok. So I'm guilty of one thing- I fell asleep last night and never wrote in my blog so here goes yesterday.

When I asked how early he wanted to start, Merle said: About normal, maybe a little early. I knew we had trucks coming to load out at eight. Well, I took that as maybe fifteen minutes early and came outside just before 6:30... yep just kidding. There were already five or six pickups outside my window and the chores were done. Talk about feeling like an idiot...oops. I guess everyone showed up earlier than we had expected and they even beat Merle out. But, life goes on, lol. So, we all saddled up and went out to round up the heifers. They were right here in the pasture closest to home so we didn't have to go far. They didn't round up too bad for yearlings but we had some close calls and found not one, but two new holes in the fence. We had a little trouble trying to get them into the corral, but they finally went. The trucks came just at the right time and we got both trucks filled and then put what was left in the stock trailer.

We all sat down and had a pop while the truckers headed out. I was planning on chiseling all day, but it turns out I got to ride along to the sale. That was nice surprize. So, we cleaned up and headed out. It's about an hour and a half or so to Rushville. When we got there an unloaded they said we had 135 head- we only counted 134- so either somewhere along the way we picked up and extra...or maybe we just can't count. I'm thinking the latter one. So, that was good news. We met Brandy and Judd and their kids there and ate dinner at the cafe. Then, went out and counted for owners after they had sorted the girls into weights. By then it was about sale time. Harvey was around to round up this morning, then had to run to Martin and then to Rushville, but he made it just in time to see them sell. It turned out really nicely and they weighed over 900- more than I expected. I think they were happy with the sale. So, we stayed until the end of the sale (which was rather short lived and ended by 2). Then, we stopped out at Brandy and Judd's place and looked at their 4-H calves. They want me to help fit them at the fair, that should be fun, I miss doing that. They actually had some really nice calves for just beginners- I think they will have fun! But, it was getting late so we headed for home. We stopped in Gordon at the coop for a couple things and then headed back. O, we also made a stop at the Boering (sp?) Ranch. It's a part working ranch still that was turned into a kind of tourist stop. Merle's uncle (I believe) ran it at one time and he can remember being there when it was still a working ranch. The place was really neat and I would love to stop there with some company or something sometime when they are open and check it out more.

We eventually made it home and did chores. We loaded out a stray steer of the neighbors that came in with the heifers and cleaned out the trailer. By that time it was late enough to call it a day. I fell asleep pretty early- so that pretty much ended the night!