Here Come The Bulls!

After spending a busy couple of days cleaning bulls & heifers, it's always nice to see the product of the hard work.  You hold your breath and hope that the pictures turn out good and you have some good ones to represent what you're offering.  The bulls didn't cooperate nearly as well as the heifers did for their pictures, but we thought they looked really good considering the nasty weather we've been having.  Flooding & below zero temperatures have been hammering us, but Braden has been working hard cleaning pens and keeping everyone clean & looking good.  Take a look for yourself and see what you think...of course anyone is welcome to come see them in person too.  It's quite impressive to get in amongst this group.

Lot 98 D44P Solution (Comm An) Bull

Lot 103 D55W Connealy Thunder (Comm An) Bull

 Lot 1 D15 JJ Nightride (3/4 Sm 1/4 An) Bull

Lot 92 D23 Hart Calvary (PB An) Bull

Lot 58 D816 Man Of War (3/8 SM 3/8 An 1/4 Mx) Bull

Lot 62  DZ259 Man Of War (3/8 Sm 1/2 Mx 1/8 An) Bull

Lot 72 D4049 Game Day (PB An) Bull

Lot 5  DSB240 All Around (3/4 Sm 1/4 Mx) Bull

Lot 67 D8037 Tour of Duty (PB An) Bull

Lot 64 D4 Payweight (PB An) Bull

Lot 43 D782 Michigan (1/4 Sm 3/4 An) Bull

Lot 2 DA57 Black Jack (PB Sm) Bull

Lot  16 DA70 JJ Nightride (3/8 Sm 7/16 An 3/16 Mx) Bull

Lot 14 DA122 Makers Mark (1/4 Sm 1/4 An 1/2 Mx) Bull

lot 68 DA8383 Tour of Duty (PB An) bull

Lot 32  DB57 Range Boss (1/4 Sm 1/2 An 1/4 Mx) Bull

Lot 48 DB62 Michigan (1/4 Sm 1/2 An 1/4 Mx) Bull

Lot  13 DB423 Makers Mark (1/2 Sm 1/2 An) Bull

Lot 77 DT515 O'Reilly Factor (PB An) bull

Lot 53 DBY240 All Around (1/2 Sm 1/4 An 1/4 Mx) Bull

Lot 38 DSM240 Upgrade (1/2 Sm 1/2 Mx) Bull

Lot 69 DU654 Tour of Duty (PB Angus) Bull

Lot 78 DX37 O'Reilly Factor  (PB An) Bull

Lot 51 DX43 (Black Jack) 5/8 Sm 1/4 An 1/48 Mx) Bull

Lot 10 DX65 Spartan (1/4 Sm 3/4 An) Bull

Lot 20  DX100 Barker Upgrade (5/8 Sm 3/8 An) Bull

Lot 29 DZ700 Right Time (1/2 Sm 3/8 An 1/8 Mx) Bull

Row, Row, Row your boat!

Tom commented the other day this weather is acting just like a woman...can't make up it's mind what it's going to do.  One day it's in the minus temperatures, the next it's up to 40 degrees. One day it's a white out with a foot of snow coming, and the next it's raining with flood waters, ice, & slush everywhere.  The only consolation is we're not trying to calve in it.  Hopefully it will be settled down by that time. 

Driving into Malta at the Farm.

Barrow pits full spilling into alfalfa field

Heifer's Feedyard...so far stayin' dry and loving their fresh straw

Snow melting right into the field

Braden & Aubrey's Riverfront View!

Keeping it out of the bull's pen and headed down the alley

Lot 1 Progressing Nicely!

Thanks to Kylie Kunzler from Park Valley, UT for sharing some pictures of her & Lot 1 at some local Jackpot shows they have attended.  We love to hear how things are going, so please send along your pictures & touch base with us too! Nice job, Kylie!  Keep up the good work.

"He has been really fun to play with and show! He's eating well and we have taken him to two jackpots these past few months. The first one was the Fall Kickoff in Spanish fork. He won class 6 and weighed in at 670lbs. Christmas Classic jackpot: He won class 6 again and weighed in at 694. He's been really fun to show and can't wait to see what he keeps doing in the future. The next jackpot is the 10th and 11th of February, its the Breeders Cup in Hurricane. Here's some pictures of the past shows!" 

Season's Greetings!

We hope you all had a good Christmas and we're looking forward to this New Year, 2017 and all the new adventures to come for Barker Cattle Co.

Livin' the Dream! Come Snow or Shine the work still has to be done. 

Thanks to the Clipping Crew for knocking out 75 head in 2 days!! Sure am glad they are able to do this for us. It's a big job to get ready for picture day coming up soon.  The registrations are coming in and catalog info will soon be submitted.  It's fun to have it all coming together, but what a big job! 

Love what you do!

If you can't be with family and love what you do for a living, life wouldn't be very worthwhile. We consider ourselves blessed to get to do both. Fall work is coming to a close as the first snow has hit the mountains and now in the Valley.

Sorting cows to trail to Malta. A Family Affair.

1st snowfall tipped the Mountains in the middle of November. 

There was some deer hunting that had to be done as well!

Long couple of days hunting was rewarded in the end!

Bulls in feedyard

Liver Biopsies

Spreadin' the Straw. 

FALL TIME WORK & PLAY

We appreciated all those who came to visit us for the Steer & Heifer Preview and are excited to get all the calves delivered to their new homes.  We have provided the genetics, now it's your turn to provide the feed & care to make a CHAMPION!

Make sure you get one she can play with too!

A Family Event

Study and look 'em over

Brotherly opinions.

We love this time of the year, when it's a little calmer after the business of summer. Time to gear up for the Winter and all the work that brings with it. Might as well enjoy the nice days with cool nights The moisture we've been getting is making the grass grow a little too. Calves have all been weaned now and the mamas are back out to grass pastures.  Will probably have to wait until snow flies to bring them in and preg check since they seem so content where they are. 

A Very Happy 80th Bday!

We want to wish Ruel a Happy 80th Bday and hope he knows how much he means to us here at Barker Cattle. We appreciate the family traditions that he ensures are incorporated in our business as well as making sure all our needs are met.  As we get ready to prepare for the upcoming Steer Sale we are a little worried about doing it without him (and Kay!). But we wish them safe travels on their cruise and look forward to seeing and hearing all about their trip.