Cowboy up! The calves are off to market.

It's business as usual this week on the Palmer Ranch. Travis and Rick loaded up the calves to send them off to the market. There are around 250 calves to sell this year (we always keep few). The whole process of selling cattle has become very technologically advanced. At the beginning of summer, a videographer comes out to film the calves on the range. The calves are gathered up and then slowly driven in front of the camera. Then that video is uploaded to a satellite where later in the summer it is broadcast across North America for an online auction. It's great because you get a lot more bidders, and this year we got a great price - $1.08/pound. If you figure 600 pounds per calf then that's around $162,000 minus a whole lot of expenses.

Here's video:












Dad Update:
We had the biggest scare yet a couple nights ago. Dad's sugar dropped to 29. That's low enough to put him in a coma or kill him. We mounted a vigil and by 6am his sugar was back up to 96. Still low but acceptable. Very scary. Today he is fine. Each day is up and down, but we are surviving and staying positive.

Cheers,
Ernest