2012

Wishing everyone a happy New Year! We’ve been busy at the Swinging B Ranch this year.

With the weather this year, we’ve been like everyone else trying to find enough leases, hay, and water to feed our herd. This December has been good to us. The stock tanks are full, and it looks like Spring with all the winter grass coming up. So looking forward to 2012 being a better year weather wise. Bullet Proof is chilling in the back pasture, since he came back from Elgin Collecting semen.
Smith and Wesson, his son, is down there now. Look for him in the Beefmaster Cowman in January, and at the Houston Futurity Sale.

2011 in review

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Face Book Page

The Swinging B Ranch has now opened a facebook page. Hope this will be easier to keep updated.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Axtell-TX/Swinging-B-Ranch/122179011146688

Bridge is fixed!

We  are back in business!  That is we can get to our ranch thru’ Leroy again.  They finally got the bridge fixed!  It’s so Nice!

Snow at the Ranch

Well, we had to brave another snow here in Central Texas.  It was beautiful, even if I’m not a winter person.  The only good thing about our snows, they only usually last a few hours it seems.  We probably had around 4 inches.  But by late evening, lots of it had started melting.  By the next day, most all was gone, except the poor remains of many replics of Mr. Frosty!

I think this is the hardest job of all in the winter.  Keeping their forever empty tummies full!

Ask Phillip our Ranch Foreman!

Tunica Mississippi Bulls

Tunica Mississippi Bull Futurity

February 28, 2010

We headed to Tuncia Mississippi this past weekend with 3 head of cattle to place in the sale, as well 2 bulls for the Bull Championship Futurity.  Smith and Wesson placed Reserve Champion in Class I and Game Day placed Reserve Champion in Class III.  Smith and Wesson also placed as the Performance Evaluation Champion.  We were excited to receive these awards and plaques.  Also, we delievered one cow Annie Laural to the Reeves that live in Mississippi.  This was Mrs. Reeves Anniversary Present.  Thanks again and Happy Anniversary!!!

This Week we will be headed to Houston for the Promotional Haltered Show and Sale, as well as the Houston Sale on Sat. morning.  We have a bull and heifer in each sale.  We are excited about this new venture.  This will be a first to sale in a haltered sale, and show in the open show.  Our children showed several years as Junior showman.  Jason Lyman will be showing our cattle for us, unless the new buyer wants to show their new purchases from us.  Which would be wonderful. 

After traveling to Houston we have one head headed to Three Rivers March 20th, then 3 head going to Crocket on April 17th.   Then on April 24th will be the “Spring Time in Texas Sale”.  There will be lots of good heifers, cows and bulls in this sale.  Looking forward to this upcoming sale. 

It’s going to be a busy Spring here at the Swinging B Ranch……And we hope to be selling lots of good cattle.  So keep an eye out for the Swinging B Ranch’s cattle in these next few sales.

ps.  And if they have grown web feet…..it’s just due to all the rains and snow we’ve had this Spring! lol

Ft. Worth Beefmaster Show

We headed north to the Ft. Worth Beefmaster Show on the 23rd of January.  Here are a few of the pictures, I took.  As you can see the quality is not the best, since I had my ISO set high.  But anyway, these are some of our cattle on our ranch that were showing that day!

All lined up!

Flags above the stands

Cody K

JD L

Braden J

Gareth

Jacob J

Heather K

Heather waiting to go back in for the Championship Class. 

Congratulations to all of our exhibitors of our Swinging B Ranch cattle.  You all did a great job showing. 

Congratulations Heather, on your first place win!

As this year ends….

December is rapidly drawing to a close.  It seems yesterday was the beginning of 2009…and now we are looking 2010 in the face.  This year has seen many changes in the Swinging B Ranch.  As we strive to upgrade our cattle to higher genetics….we have branched out more into donor cattle, flushing and receips.  We have introduced a new Bull GameDay that has brought much excitment to the Breed.  And Bullet Proof’s calves speak for themselves.  They are awesome.  And the best part they are averaging $8,000. a head at weaning. 

We are excited what the future holds for the Ranch.  We have had a new employee on board the last few months.  Phillip Walker, will be coming to work for us full time in 2010.   This will take a load off Mackie, as he stays busy with our bread and butter work, Brazos Masonry, Inc.  And he won’t have to try and coordinate part time help.  We look forward to our SpringTime in Texas Sale in April in Brenham.  So mark your calendars for that.  Also, we plan on having cattle at Three Rivers, San Antonio, and Houston Beefmaster Sales, to name a few in this coming year.  We are looking forward to having our own Production Sale in 2011.  So new and exciting things are happening at the Swinging B Ranch.  So keep alert! 

May God bless you as this old year of 2009 ends  and  the new year of 2010 begins! 

                                                        mackie & norma jean

The real Cowboy

I stole this picture from my daughter, our  grandson.  Isn’t he the cutest little cowboy yet!    Hummmmmm….I wonder if I can use this on a ad or banner one day for the ranch.