In-person School, Sidney, Nebraska, July 29-August 1, 2024
Yes, we are traveling again!! On our way back from Mom teaching about using stock dogs (read post here), we are putting on a Proper Livestock Marketing and Proper Stockmanship school in Sidney, NE!
Early Bird registration price savings ends June 29!
Hours—
Marketing School: July 29, 8 am to 5 pm and July 30, 8 am to 12 noon
Stockmanship School: July 30, 1 pm to 5 pm, July 31, 8 am to 5 pm, and August 1, 8 am to 5 pm (depending on the weather, we might go to a nearby ranch and work some cows in the afternoon of the 1st, or we might do more classroom)
Meeting Location—
Best Western Hotel, 645 Cabela Dr, Sidney, NE 69162, 308-254-0100
Marketing School Outline—
Using lecture, questions/answers, current market data, and actual math calculations (bring a calculator), we will cover—
- Know and understand yourself
- The only price that matters (hint, there won’t be any crystal ball involved)
- Know your resources (money, feed, livestock, and time) and how to manage them
- Sell/Buy compared to Buy/Sell
- Find relationships and determine what to sell and what to buy
- Marketing for the cow/calf producer (another hint, every cow/calf producer becomes a stocker manager when their calves get to about 300 pounds!)
- Determine the value of breeding stock
- How to eliminate guesswork, hoping, and doubt
- How to use the provided excel spreadsheets
- Make a profit and stay in business!
Stockmanship School Outline—
Using lecture, questions/answers, and movies, we will cover—
- Research Benefits
- Pressure and Release
- How we Communicate with our Livestock
- Instincts of Humans and Livestock
- Predator/Prey Relationship
- Positioning
- Movement
- Training the Herd
- At the Gate
- Working in the Corral
- Sorting Livestock
- Weaning and Receiving Livestock
- Loading Livestock
- Our Attitude
Registration Fee
No charge for interested kids age 18 and under attending with a parent. Please email or call us so we can have a count for meals.
Charge for adults is $999 USD per person for both the Marketing and Stockmanship School, $599 USD per person for the Marketing school only, or $674 for the Stockmanship School alone. However, if you register before June 29, you will receive the early bird pricing of $899 USD per person for both the Marketing and Stockmanship School, $524 USD per person for the Marketing school only, or $599 for the Stockmanship School alone.
Two people from the same family/ranch can “buy one, get one half off.”
Lunch is included four days for both schools, July 29 for the marketing school only, or July 30-August 1 for the stockmanship school only.
To Register
Click here to register.
