Jeff Bectell on Horse Usage

CATTLEMAN'S CORNER for January 5, 2026

[Brian Hale]
Welcome to the Cattlemen's Corner. I'm Brian Hale sitting in for the late Howard Hale as we continue his legacy of speaking with cattlemen and women from around the globe. 

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[David Woodruff]
We're talking to Jeff Bechtel from Cardston. When do you ween? 

[Jeff Bectell]
Mid-October generally. You take calves and and background or do you sell them immediately? We generally sell right off the the ratchet weaning. We've got 30 or so left around with a few we held back and then replacement heifer calves. So what kind of cattle do you run? We're running a red Angus-Saler cross. 

[David Woodruff]
The last time we talked, we didn't talk horses much. How much do horses play into your operation?

[Jeff Bectell]

Well we definitely use our horses, but probably not as much as we'd like to. Sometimes you just feel like you don't quite have time to catch the horse and saddle them up and enjoy it. You can do something quicker. But we use our horses a fair bit in the spring when we're checking calves and moving pairs and that sort of thing and then and then some of our moves we use the horses and then definitely when we're rounding up at our place in the neighbors and branding time and things we use the horses more. 

[Brian Hale]
Thanks again for listening and may God bless. I'm Brian Hale.

 

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