{"id":5473,"date":"2015-02-06T14:41:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T21:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/?p=5473"},"modified":"2015-02-08T08:49:31","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T15:49:31","slug":"bulls-strut-their-stuff-at-cowtown-beef-breeders-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2015\/02\/bulls-strut-their-stuff-at-cowtown-beef-breeders-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulls strut their stuff at Miles City breeders show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t<div id=\"slides-5473\" class=\"navis-slideshow\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"slide-nav\">\n\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"prev\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#\" class=\"next\"><\/a>\n\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slides_container\"><div id=\"5473-slide1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Trent-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Trent-1-of-1-771x514.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Bull breeder Trent Coleman, left, of Charlo, chats with an acquaintance during the Cowtown Beef Breeders Show in Miles City on Friday.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5473-slide2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Eating-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Eating-1-of-1-771x514.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>A Hereford bull chomps on a mouthful of feed.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5473-slide3\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Mehlings-1-of-1-771x514.jpg*771*514\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Mehlings-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Charlene and Frank Mehling were up from the Medicine Rocks Ranch near Baker.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5473-slide4\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Bobcats-1-of-1-771x496.jpg*771*496\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Bobcats-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>The show is also a chance for local equipment vendors to show off some of their wares.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5473-slide5\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Palavering-1-of-1-771x585.jpg*771*585\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Palavering-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>There was plenty of palavering going on up and down Main Street on Friday.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5473-slide6\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Muds-1-of-1-771x514.jpg*771*514\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Muds-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Some of the bulls didn't have a chance to clean up before the show.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5473-slide7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Old-timer-1-of-1-771x578.jpg*771*578\" data-href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Old-timer-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Kenneth Younglund was just looking Friday, but when he was an active rancher and auctioneer, he made the first breeders show 23 years ago and continued to show his bulls there for about 15 years.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"5473-slide8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Ben-Ward-1-of-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Ben-Ward-1-of-1.jpg\" \/><\/a><h6>Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News <a href=\"#\" class=\"slide-permalink\">permalink<\/a><\/h6><p>Ben and Jana Ward met at the Beef Breeders Show seven years ago.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><script>jQuery( document ).ready( function() { loadSlideshow( 5473, 'https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/2015\/02\/bulls-strut-their-stuff-at-cowtown-beef-breeders-show\/', 8 ) } );<\/script>\n<p>MILES CITY\u2014Standing in the middle of Main Street in downtown Miles City on Friday, Chad Moke was feeling pretty good.<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, the weather was about perfect for the 23rd Annual Cowtown Beef Breeders Show, sunny and warm, with temperatures creeping into the mid-40s by noon. And the cattle market was looking strong after a record-breaking 2014.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say people spend a lifetime waiting for a market this good,\u201d said Moke, who was in Miles City showing bulls for Redland Red Angus. That\u2019s the outfit in Hysham with the big sign on the show barn west of town: \u201cBetter Bred Red.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5484\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 140px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"addboard wp-image-5484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Laney-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"Laney\" width=\"140\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Laney<\/p><\/div>\n<p>John Laney, director of the Miles City Area Chamber of Commerce, described the annual one-day event as \u201ca social occasion for people who aren\u2019t selling, and a combination of social and business for people who are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Producers come from around Montana, Wyoming and both Dakotas, usually to show what they\u2019ve got in advance of their own bull sales. Deals are sometimes made at the show, but it is generally just a chance to do some looking.<\/p>\n<p>This is nothing like the <a href=\"http:\/\/buckinghorsesale.com\/\">Miles City Bucking Horse Sale<\/a>, held in May, a three-day street party and rodeo that attracts people from all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>For this year\u2019s bucking horse sale, Laney said, \u201cWe\u2019ve already sold tickets for Saturday to people from Switzerland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis,\u201d Laney said, referring to the Cowtown Beef Breeders Show, \u201cis the real deal. The people you see here\u2014this is their life. You\u2019ll see generations of people here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5482\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"addboard wp-image-5482 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Overview-1-of-1-771x514.jpg\" alt=\"Pens\" width=\"771\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Overview-1-of-1.jpg 771w, https:\/\/montana-mint.com\/lastbestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Overview-1-of-1-336x224.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">For this year&#8217;s show, there were 35 pens full of bulls displayed on three blocks of Main Street.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The show is sponsored by the chamber\u2019s Ag Council and is meant to give bull producers a leg up on the sale season and to bring some business to the downtown. This year, there were 35 pens full of bulls stretched out along three blocks of Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>It takes lots of volunteers to set up the one-day show, Laney said, including local FFA youths who assemble the pens, unload bulls, \u201cdo all the running all day long\u201d and break everything down at the end of the show.<\/p>\n<p>Most of\u00a0the bulls being shown are yearlings, meaning they were born\u00a0last year and are ready to start breeding now. Moke said ranchers generally need one bull for every 25 cows, and a good bull will do his business for about five years.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"well\"><div class=\"dfad dfad_pos_1 dfad_first\" id=\"_ad_652\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/mjhWkW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/201703_capeair_variable.jpg\" alt=\"CapreAir_Variable\" width=\"510\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18069\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>Trent Coleman, from Charlo, about 50 miles north of Missoula in the Mission Valley, was showing five Limousin bulls. He said the Limousin line dates back 20,000 years in the region of what is now France, and they began to be imported into the United States in the 1960s and \u201970s.<\/p>\n<p>He said he\u2019s been coming to the Beef Breeders Show for 13 or 14 years, and he likes how it gives him the opportunity to catch up with ranchers and customers from Miles City, Broadus and even the northeastern corner of Montana. He said ranchers like to use the Limousin bulls to crossbreed their cattle. Benefits include \u201creally good carcass traits.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5483\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 336px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"addboard wp-image-5483 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-Mokes-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"Moke\" width=\"336\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Ed Kemmick\/Last Best News<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chad and Jenny Moke, with Redland Red Angus, in Hysham.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bull breeders Frank and Charlene Mehling, whose Medicine Rocks Ranch is near Baker, winter their bulls at Midland Bull Test in Columbus. That operation is one of the best in the country, Frank said, with a great feeding program, a nice climate and cheaper feed than he can get on his ranch.<\/p>\n<p>Some years he and Charlene will drive all the way to Columbus before and after the show, but this year a former hand who ranches closer to Columbus was able to bring five of their black Angus bulls down to Miles City for them. They were also happy about the beautiful weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe missed about five years because it was so darned cold here,\u201d Charlene said. One year they were all set to go when it started raining, and before long the roads were solid ice. They stayed home.<\/p>\n<p>The Mehlings will have their bull sale on April 20 in Bowman, N.D., and the Miles City show is the only place they show their bulls before the sale. Frank said he thinks the show does them some good, but he admits he doesn\u2019t know for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never know where you\u2019re gonna get the most bang for your buck in this advertising world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5486\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 336px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"addboard wp-image-5486 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lastbestnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bull-eartag-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tag\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Angus with ear tag.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ben Ward, who was admiring a pen full of Hereford bulls, said the Cowtown Beef Breeders Show holds a special place in his memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met my wife at this seven years ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He was working for Northwest Farm Credit Services and already knew other members of his wife\u2019s family. When he joined them at the Bison Bar after a very cold day on the street, he was introduced to Jana.<\/p>\n<p>They now live in Payette, Idaho, where Ben is a farm and ranch appraiser. They and their two children came back to Miles City for a funeral last weekend and his wife decided to stay for another week so they could take in the bull show for the first time since they met. Ben was traveling for work most of the week but got back to Miles City in time for the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up farm and ranch, so it\u2019s always close to my heart,\u201d he said, and the bull show \u201cis a good place to run into people you haven\u2019t seen in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben said he has a hobby farm in Idaho \u201cwith a few cows,\u201d so he wasn\u2019t in the market for a bull, but it was fun just to be looking. He figures that\u2019s the way it is for a lot of people in town.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Miles City, everybody\u2019s tied to ag,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MILES CITY\u2014Standing in the middle of Main Street in downtown Miles City on Friday, Chad Moke was feeling pretty good. For one thing, the weather was about perfect for the 23rd Annual Cowtown Beef Breeders Show, sunny and warm, with temperatures creeping into the mid-40s by noon. 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