More Pics

We got the last set of pictures done today. What a good feeling!  The calves are really starting to blossom as they are taking off on the grain.  Some of the early ones that we clipped are already hairing back up.  We weighed them also and were pleasantly surprised.  They range from 480 up to 800 lbs so they'll work at about any show there is.  There are some nice calves to choose from.

Lot 18 CS312 Eye Candy Steer...4 white stocking feet. He's Cool!  Will need some time & TLC from an experienced showman.

Lot 19 CR101 Cornerstone

Lot 20 CP58 Cornerstone

Lot 21 CZ500 Right Time

Lot 23 CS924 Cornerstone

Lot 66 CU32 Man Among Boys Heifer

Lot 89 CS131 Unstoppable Heifer

Lot 95 CZ21 Unstoppable Heifer

Lot 9 CR232 Man Among Boys

Caught in the Action!

Sometimes it's fun to film those behind the scenes.  It takes a lot of patience and sometimes just plain luck to get that perfect shot.  The girls have started taking over the Social Media for us.  Kamri is working on Instagram and Aubrey is working on a new Barker Cattle Company Facebook page. Check it out! Whatever it takes to get the word out...we have some great calves this year!

Straight from Volleyball practice to get an entry for Instagram

Bowdrie & Tyler filming calves

Tom & Sally clipping

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Picture Day Again

Another round of pictures taken today.  They have been weaned for 3 weeks now and getting about 6 lbs of grain/day.    As soon as they hear the 4 wheeler pull in they are lined up at the fence.  They have been getting more used to people walking through them and as we water them will come up and lick us at the trough.  Overall a great bunch of calves and when you get in among them you appreciate them even more.

CA782 Tuition

CM22 Cornerstone

CP62 Cornerstone Heifer

CP114 Unstoppable

CP121 Man Among Boys

CP222 No Surprise

CR27 Cornerstone

CR32 Unstoppable

CS32 Unstoppable

CS511 Cornerstone

CU991 Man Among Boys Heifer

CW5 Cornerstone

CX21 All Aboard

CX131 Unstoppable

CY56 Unstoppable

CZ25 Man Among Boys

Gathering Cows from the Forest

Hard to believe it's that time of year that the cows need to come back home from the Forest Permit.  The guys have been riding the past week gathering and sorted yesterday and today.  It's quite a sight to see and no small feat to get everyone back to their own fields.  It was reported that over 35 riders were up to the task today.  Some old, some young, but mostly the same crowd that comes year after year to get the job done.

Saddling up for the day

The beautiful mountain range they get to run on all summer long.

Surveying the job

Cutting time

Get 'er done!

Working 'em out of the circle

Back to the meadows and doctoring one for a bad eye.  Glad to be home.

Make over Time!

It is so fun to take a calf from the corral, bring it in to the chute, comb the mud out, spray on a little show sheen, and dig in with the clippers!  A big transformation today with this red No Suprise Steer, CP222.

We decided it's easier to do a few every day than have to do a big group all at once, so today we got another 5 head done. We had a couple of visitors that stopped in and checked out the calves while we were working.  It's always nice to have someone come look and be as excited about the prospects as we are.  Always happy to give a few clipping tips along the way too, or better yet...Anyone can grab the blower or clippers and dig in themselves!

CP114 Unstoppable

Poster Kids

Clipped a few of the steers and heifers up today to start getting a postcard and flyer together for the State Fairs  So fun to dig into the hair and see what's under there.  The really cool thing is there are another 10 more out in the field still that could've come in just as easily to be clipped.  

CK50 No Surprize Steer

CR221 Monopoly 4 Heifer

CS865 Monopoly 4 Heifer

CT58 No Surprize Steer

CYP51 Unstoppable Steer

This guy is just FUN!!

All In a Day's Work!

Got the bull calves weaned today and hauled to Malta.  110 of them to be exact!  Will be some bawling mother cows for a couple of days around here, but that's the nice thing about being able to take them out of here.  They don't seem to linger as long.

Snapped this picture of Tom & Ruel in their Office this afternoon.  Big things to discuss!