Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
Serving Proudly As The Voice Of Valley County Since 1913
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Movie stars, drug deals and Santa. As I get ready to look through all the top stories in the last year at the Glasgow Courier, I can’t help but think what an interesting year it’s been. I moved to Glasgow and officially spent a year working here at the Courier in November. I didn’t know exactly what to expect when I arrived here, but I have found that there’s rarely a dull day. Some of the people I’ve met and the things I’ve been privileged to write about in Valley County I think are incredibly notable. Several businesses and residents w...
The bull sales have seen record prices at the Glasgow Stockyards. Beef prices are soaring and right now it's good to be in the cattle business. In the month of April, at the Big Dry Angus Ranch bull sale, the McRaes of Jordan, sold a bull at possibly one of the highest prices ever seen locally. The top bull brought in $16,000. The top 10 bulls averaged at $9,825. The average for heifers was $1,410. The top seller at the sale that took place on Thursday, April 17, went to Spring Cove Ranch, of...
John and Mary Fahlgren held their sale of Black Angus bulls at the Glasgow Stockyards on May 9. Fahlgren Angus has been using AI since 1995. The six AI sires used were chosen to meet long term goals of maternal traits, calving ease and growth. Ed Hinton called the auction of 18 bulls, which brought an average price of $3,189. The top five averaged $4,650. The top selling bull was Lot 479, sired by Rito 6EM3. This bull sold to FL Robinson, LLC of Malta for $5,000. Lot 479 had a birthweight of 68...
The Nelson family, Floyd and Deanna Nelson and Don and Sheila Nelson, held their annual bull production sale on May 2 at the Glasgow Stockyards with Ed Hinton as auctioneer. Their bulls are black and red Simmental/Angus composites. The 71 bulls averaged $2,615. The top 10 sold for an average of $3,650. The six top bulls all sold for $3,750. Four of them were red, three sired by the Red Angus bull Code Red. Travis Nelson of Richland took home three of these top bulls. Lot 62, a half...
Lee Humbert celebrated 25 years of bull sales at the Glasgow Stockyards on the 25th day of April. With auctioneer Roger Jacobs at the microphone, Humbert sold 44 Angus bulls from his Scobey area ranch for an average price of $4,119. The top 10 averaged $5,350. The high-selling bull this year was Lot 24. HAR Program 2829 is the son of HA Program 7337 out of a New Design/Rito dam. This bull sold to Larry Roberton of Opheim for $6,250. His EPDs were birthweight -2.8, weaning +51, milk +27 and...