Description
In-person School, Bolivar, Missouri, March 10-12, 2025
Each year we hold an in-person school in Bolivar, Missouri just before the annual Bud Summit.
Hours—
Marketing School: March 10, 8 am to 5 pm and March 11, 8 am to 12 noon
Stockmanship School: March 11, 1 pm to 5 pm and March 12, 8 am to 5 pm
Meeting Location—
Smith’s Restaurant, 1340 State Hwy U, Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-777-6484.
Sleeping Rooms—
1: Best Western Plus, 777 E San Martin St, Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-326-0188
2: Comfort Inn, 2451 W Tower Dr, Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-326-6169
3: Country Inn, 1819 S Wommack Ave, Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-326-8004
4: Super 8, 1919 S Wommack Ave, Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-777-8888
5: Red Cedar Motel, 5100 S Scenic Ave, Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-599-8504 (cheapest, yet good quality, and they have RV hookups in case you want to bring your RV!)
Map—
2025 Bud Summit—
Attendance at this school qualifies you to attend the 2025 Bud Summit on the evening of March 13 and all day on March 14 also at Smith’s Restaurant in Bolivar, MO. This event is a gathering of “Budders” who are using the marketing and stockmanship to further their livestock enterprises. The format is loose and will include discussion by the attendees, questions and answers, video narrated by Bud Williams, and networking with producers from all around the continent. For more information about the Bud Summit or how to attend, contact Eunice Williams at 417-719-4910 or eunice@stockmanship.com.
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
- Determine the Value of Breeding Stock
- 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 $924 USD per person for both the Marketing and Stockmanship School or $599 USD per person for either the Marketing or Stockmanship school only
However, if you register before February 10, you will receive the early bird pricing of $824 USD per person for both the Marketing and Stockmanship School or $524 USD per person for the Marketing or Stockmanship School alone.
Two people from the same family/ranch can “buy one, get one half off.”
Lunch is included three days for both schools or one day (the full day) for one school.
To Register
If you would like to register to attend this school, you may either pay by mail or on-line using PayPal or Stripe.
Click here for a pdf file to print and mail with your check in USD. The deadline for mailing your registration is February 26.
If you would like to pay online using PayPal or Stripe (we will ask you to pay the fees they charge us for the transaction), click “Choose an option.”
Registration closes on March 3!