Bar 33 Ranch

12/30/2025

Ranching is this…

Yesterday the cold snap finally surrendered after just about an entire month. The sun was shining, happiness was inevitable. I spent the day walking through the cows, giving scratches, pulling the kids on GT’s and prepping the barn for our upcoming calving season. Joy, light, gratitude. It filled my cup yesterday. That was yesterday.

Today, I went out and did chores like every other morning. Still warm out. Still gratitude. My last bale before parking the tractor was for my breds & 2nd calvers. As I crested the hill, my nightmare flashed before my eyes. A back leg straight in the air. It didn’t matter how fast I drove, how upset I was. She was dead. Hadn’t been for very long though, and the thought of ‘what if I would have fed them first’ plagues my mind. One of my favourite 3 yr olds that was heavy in calf.

An immense level of defeat will linger with me all day, without question. And what was excitement for the upcoming calving season yesterday, turned to dread today.

Tomorrow will be a new day.

12/16/2025

Growing up a Farm Kid.

The lessons weren’t often taught by sitting you down and looking you in the eye. They were taught in the silence, sitting on the armrest of the 4450. Sun beating through the window, watching the field become smaller one round at a time. They were taught while your hands were balled up in your mitts, hunkered down in the corner of the barn, silently watching for a new life to enter the world. They were taught hiding out of sight so the cows went where they needed to go without being spooked. The lessons were so clearly taught in his body language, in the anguish on his face, the heartache in his eyes. They were taught in that great big bear hug and ear to ear grin at the end of the day. They were taught at every 1:30, 3:30 and 6 o’clock alarm. They were taught with a frozen calf in the bathtub while you got ready for school. They were taught with blood soaked clothes. They were taught in every 5 gallon pail you filled in the tub. The lessons were taught in the missed holidays and sporting events. They were taught with a 4-h calf being pulled behind a tractor because giving in isn’t an option. They were taught in the urgency of getting pairs to pasture before a calf got hurt in the trailer. They were taught with a whiskey on a hard day and a cold beer on a good one.

The lessons were taught to every farm kid without a word being spoken. Hard work, love, empathy, resilience, determination, wit, heartache, grit, joy and pride. Most of all, you knew without a shadow of a doubt that there is so much more to life than yourself. Selflessness.

Being a farm kid is sacred. It’s not in what you learned, it’s in how.

12/12/2025

Back home from another exceptional sale. A HUGE thank you to the bidders & buyers of these females. Extremely excited to see the heifers go to a couple show families so they can get the full recognition they deserve!

12/10/2025

Bar 33 Lady 21M, bred to Bell M Ironspring 3M for a February/March calf! She is out of an A cow that is bred again and has never missed. Longevity is in her genes!

12/10/2025

12/10/2025

Girls are settled in at Saskatoon. These girls are two of the biggest in the sale, well on their way to becoming great cows.

Watch for the next couple of posts for more videos! Give me a text with any questions, 306 304 1284

12/08/2025

This right here is the epitome of thinking with your heart, not your head. Bodacious will be 12 this year, he has been in retirement for 4 years. He has not made me a cent in 4 years, but has cost me a few thousand in feed.

And yet not once, have I even considered having him walk through a sale ring. The shear thought actually brings tears to my eyes. He was Dads pride & joy, this is his home and like any other pet on the farm, he’ll live out his days here.

This year, we decided to keep him at home with the bull calves. He had a hard winter last year out on pasture. He’s been pretty happy with daily grain, easy access to hay, water and fresh bedding. The old boy deserves it.

12/06/2025

Few days out from sale time! Two outstanding open heifers and this dandy soon to be momma!

Shorthorn Alliance Sale - Thursday Dec 11

11/17/2025

Bar 33 Lady 21M got a nice little haircut today! Exposed to Bell M Ironspring 3M from April 20 - June 30!

Consigned to Shorthorn Alliance Sale - Dec 11!

11/14/2025

Love this girl. Loooooong bodied, huge hip.
✨ BAR 33 ROSE 29N ✨ DEN 29N

Consigned to Shorthorn Alliance Sale, December 11. Saskatoon

11/11/2025

She’s a beauty ✨ Bar 33 Becca 21N
I’ll be sad to see her go, consigned to Shorthorn Alliance Sale - Saskatoon, December 11

11/06/2025

This is one of the heifer calves consigned to the Alliance Sale in December. Look at her dam, more specifically her udder! Picture perfect 👌🏽