It is hard to get rid of a 200 to 280 pound pig this time of year. \u00a0The market is flooded. \u00a0The butcher dates are full till late May. \u00a0We called a buyer 3 hours away. \u00a0He would take some on Thursday for $.30 \u00a0a pound. \u00a0On Friday, they weren’t buying anymore. \u00a0Frank Powell managed to get a truck to WW. \u00a0This truck would take some pigs to Wisconsin on a back-haul. \u00a0Great. \u00a0We needed rid of some of these beasts. \u00a0I would butcher another one, but\u2026but\u2026the Dragon Lady has laid down the law. \u00a0THREE freezers full of stuff is enough. \u00a0I agreed.<\/p>\n
We loaded NINE FINE SWINE to get on this truck. \u00a0(that was fun to write and say) \u00a0I met the truck at the Woodward Livestock Auction. \u00a0This sale barn is designed for cattle and lots of them. \u00a0But not hogs. \u00a0We needed to load these hogs in the belly of this trailer. \u00a0So, I backed up to the side pot door. \u00a0This left about an 14″ elevation challenge for these pigs. \u00a0No problem. \u00a0Pigs don’t jump. \u00a0Especially these structurally challenged porcine perfections that are currently winning in the show ring. \u00a0So, just give us a plastic hog herding panel, a driver in the belly of this pot and my dumb ass in the trailer. \u00a0I drove the hogs to the edge and then pushed them onto the plastic ramp. \u00a0The driver grabbed ears and I pushed. \u00a0I have a shoulder that hasn’t worked right for years. \u00a0Now, it hurts like holy, yeah it hurts.<\/p>\n
The adrenaline was flowing and I did NOT want to deal with anymore pigs at this time. \u00a0So I did what needed to be done. \u00a0No hogs were hurt. But I can tell you that I am saying OWWW!!<\/p>\n
A lot of people don’t realize the behind-the-scenes work that is done to buy\/take care of\/ get rid of show animals. \u00a0Yes, the backdrop pictures are great. \u00a0But there is way more to it. \u00a0The great thing about a steer is that everyone wants a well-fed beef. \u00a0A lamb or goat\u2026.well, just kick them out in the pasture until the next trailer is headed to the sale barn. \u00a0They don’t cost you any feed bill. \u00a0Pigs on the other hand. \u00a0You can’t turn them out. \u00a0They are now going through a pile of feed. \u00a0It is cheaper to give them away then it is to feed them for another couple of weeks. \u00a0So, you get what we had here. \u00a0Just an old, fat ag teacher trying to help get rid rid of nine fine swine for some kids. \u00a0Mission accomplished! \u00a0And every time I move that shoulder\u2026owww!! \u00a0It will be alright and tomorrow will be better. \u00a0Jay Bogdahn told me it would be good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It is hard to get rid of a 200 to 280 pound pig this time of year. \u00a0The market is flooded. \u00a0The butcher dates are full till late May. \u00a0We called a buyer 3 hours away. \u00a0He would take some on Thursday for $.30 \u00a0a pound. \u00a0On Friday, they weren’t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1451\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}