Blog Archives

Spring is in the air…and summer’s just around the corner.

Holy Smokes. I just noticed that I haven’t posted anything since just after the bull sale. Time flies when you’re having fun, right ; ) As usual, we’ve been busy. April and May were two of the driest we’ve experience in close to 30 years. In fact, Dad can’t remember our dryland pasure EVER being as sparse as it was […]

2013 Sale a big success!!

Thanks for setting time aside from your busy schedules to participate in our 47th production sale. It takes a motivated group of buyers seated in our barn, tuned in via LiveAuctions, and bidding over the phone lines to make our business successful and we can’t thank you enough for continuing to invest in our program. […]

Farewell summer

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated all y’all on the happenings here at the ranch. As usual, we weaned cattle the Tuesday following Labor Day. We had a good crew helping and the day went off without a hitch. Tad rushed home from his first week of school to help run ’em through the chute […]

Montevideo here I come ; )

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Augustin of Hippo My grandpa Jack Cooper said on numerous occasions that one of the greatest rewards that came from working in the cattle industry was having the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people. I couldn’t agree more […]

Final College Graduation – hopefully : )

Yeah!! They’re finally finished. Natalie graduated with a Doctorate in Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Science on May 12th. With 20 years of college tuition behind them, mom & dad just received their first raise : ) The proud parents of two pharmacists, an engineer & a ranch hand : )