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High Plains Technology Center superintendent Barclay Holt and marketing director Katie Shirley sit down with host Jeff Slatten at Beaver County Stockyards in Beaver, OK to talk about how career tech is giving Panhandle kids a faster, cheaper path to a paycheck than a four-year college — from CDL and welding to wind turbine certification and a brand-new TANF program serving single parents across the Oklahoma Panhandle. High Plains Technology Center: https://www.hptc.edu | (580) 256-6618 Market Reports: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/market-reports Auction Schedule: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/auction-schedule Consign Cattle: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/consign-cattle BeaverStockyards.com: https://www.beaverstockyards.com Beaver County Stockyards | 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Cow & Bull Sale every Monday at 8 AM | Calf & Yearling Sale every Tuesday at 8 AM “Where a handshake is still a contract.” #Ranch #Livestock #Oklahoma #Farm #Cattle

Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate Cyndi Munson sits down with host Rodney Albert at Beaver County Stockyards in Beaver, OK — covering water rights, the Ogallala Aquifer, ag policy, rural healthcare, career tech education, and what she'd do for the Panhandle as governor ahead of the November 3rd general election against Mike Mazzei.   📊 Market Reports: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/market-reports 📅 Auction Schedule: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/auction-schedule 🐄 Consign Cattle: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/consign-cattle 🌐 Main Site: https://www.beaverstockyards.com   Beaver County Stockyards | 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051   Cow & Bull Sale every Monday at 8 AM | Calf & Yearling Sale every Tuesday at 8 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract."   #Cattle #Ranch #Oklahoma #Livestock #Farm #LivestockMarket #SaleBarn

Dane Drake sits down with Jared Moyer of Arrowhead Land Company — a three-time Land Star Award winner covering ranch and farm ground across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas — to talk about why land is moving fast, what happens to legacy ranches when the next generation walks away, and the looming water crisis no one in Western Oklahoma wants to face. 📊 Market Reports: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/market-reports 📅 Auction Schedule: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/auction-schedule 🐄 Consign Cattle: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/consign-cattle 🌐 Main Site: https://www.beaverstockyards.com Beaver County Stockyards | 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Cow & Bull Sale every Monday at 8 AM | Calf & Yearling Sale every Tuesday at 8 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Ranch #Livestock #Cattle #Oklahoma #Farm

Kirk Stierwalt, a 39-year show cattle legend and Purina’s first cattle ambassador, joins Felipe Bicalho, son of Rodrigo Bicalho, founder of Fera Diagnostics, at Beaver County Stockyards in Beaver, OK. Together, they break down FerAppease: how it cuts cortisol, boosts conception rates by up to 10%, and drove 95% choice/prime versus 88% in a feedlot trial. Host Jeff Slatten also gets Kirk’s full story—from clipping bulls at the National Western as a college freshman to running 300 cows on 4,000 acres, and seeing two kids win Denver on the same day. Market Reports: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/market-reports Auction Schedule: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/auction-schedule Consign Cattle: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/consign-cattle BeaverStockyards.com: https://www.beaverstockyards.com 📍 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | 📞 (580) 625-3051 Cow & Bull Sale every Monday at 8 AM | Calf & Yearling Sale every Tuesday at 8 AM “Where a handshake is still a contract.” #Cattle #LivestockAuction #FeederCattle #Ranch #Oklahoma #SaleBarn #LivestockMarket #CattleMarket

Beaver County Stockyards host Layne Konkel sits down with Lee Haygood of Indian Mound Ranch (Canadian, TX) and sixth-generation rancher Cody Mathews of King Ranch (Lipscomb County, TX) for a deep-dive on the Hereford breed's resurgence - covering platinum-level performance data, forage-efficient genetics, the bred heifer rebuilding challenge, and why the black baldy cross still can't be beaten. Market Reports: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/market-reports Auction Schedule: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/auction-schedule Consign Cattle: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/consign-cattle Main Site: https://www.beaverstockyards.com 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | 📞 (580) 625-3051 Cow & Bull Sale every Monday at 8 AM | Calf & Yearling Sale every Tuesday at 8 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Cattle #Livestock #FeederCattle #Ranch #CattleMarket #LivestockAuction #Oklahoma #SaleBarn

OSU livestock economist Dr. Derrell Peel sits down with Jeff Slatten and Layne Konkel at Beaver County Stockyards in Beaver, OK to break down why the cattle cycle is far from over — covering cattle on feed illusions, beef imports, MCOOL, beef-on-dairy, packer economics, stocker margins, and where cow-calf producers stand heading into the next several years. Market Reports: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/market-reports Auction Schedule: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/auction-schedule Consign Cattle: https://www.beaverstockyards.com/consign-cattle BeaverStockyards.com: https://www.beaverstockyards.com 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Cow & Bull Sale every Monday at 8 AM | Calf & Yearling Sale every Tuesday at 8 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Cattle #LivestockMarket #FeederCattle #Oklahoma #Ranch #SaleBarn #CattleMarket

Host Dane Drake sits down with Matt Parsons of Sun Cattle Company, a first-generation rancher who started with 10 heifers at 36, built a cattle-to-table onion burger restaurant in Oklahoma City, sells mules out of Wyoming, and still shows up at the Beaver County Stockyards to market his Braford cows when drought calls for it. One of the more honest conversations about what it actually takes to build a cattle operation from zero.   Market Reports → https://www.beaverstockyards.com/market-reports Auction Schedule → https://www.beaverstockyards.com/auction-schedule Consign Cattle → https://www.beaverstockyards.com/consign-cattle BeaverStockyards.com → https://www.beaverstockyards.com   506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK |  (580) 625-3051   Cow & Bull Sale every Monday at 8 AM | Calf & Yearling Sale every Tuesday at 6 AM.   "Where a handshake is still a contract."   #Cattle #LivestockAuction #Oklahoma #Ranch #FeederCattle #SaleBarn #CattleMarket #Livestock

Dane Drake sits down with Stanley J. Barby for part two of a wide-ranging conversation covering six generations of Panhandle ranching - from doctoring 75 screwworm-infested cattle a day on horseback, to running 20,000 yearlings, flying 3,000 hours in a Hughes helicopter (and walking away from three wrecks), winning the Oklahoma Ranch Rodeo six times, and serving as Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association president during the Hog War. Recorded at Beaver County Stockyards in Beaver, OK. https://www.beaverstockyards.com Beaver County Stockyards | 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Monday Cows & Bulls 8 AM | Tuesday Calves & Yearlings 6 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Ranch #Livestock #Cattle #Oklahoma #LivestockAuction #Farm #Cow #Ranchlife

Beaver County Stockyards host Dane Drake sits down with Dane Konkel, former co-owner of Beaver County Stockyards and Lane Konkel's dad, for a wide-ranging conversation about a lifetime spent in agriculture. From harvest crews running Goree, Texas to Scobey, Montana, to running 1,000 ewes in Wyoming, buying the Beaver sale barn in 2002, and surviving a near-fatal medical event that left him clinically dead for 14 minutes, Dane Konkel's story is one of grit, faith, and a handshake-built life in the cattle business. https://www.beaverstockyards.com Beaver County Stockyards | 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Monday Cows & Bulls at 8 AM | Tuesday Calves & Yearlings at 6 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract."   #Cattle #Ranch #Livestock #Oklahoma #LivestockAuction #SaleBarn #Farm #CattleMarket

Jeff Slatten sits down with Texas red dirt legend Casey Donahew at Beaver County Stockyards in Beaver, OK — 24 years in the music business, still independent, still having his biggest years. Casey talks building an empire with zero industry connections, why he'll never let Nashville write his songs, raising kids on the road, real estate investing, and what it actually takes to stay in the game for two-plus decades. https://www.beaverstockyards.com Beaver County Stockyards | 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Monday Cows & Bulls at 8 AM | Tuesday Calves & Yearlings at 6 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Ranch #Livestock #Cattle #Oklahoma #Ranchlife

Corbitt Wall of DV Auction's Feeder Flash sits down with host Layne Konkel at Beaver County Stockyards in Beaver, OK — covering four generations of cattle trading roots, 18 years inside USDA Market News, and how a random Saturday stop in Beaver's parking lot turned into one of the most important partnerships in the barn's history. Beaver County Stockyards: https://www.beaverstockyards.com 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Cows & Bulls every Monday at 8 AM | Calves & Yearlings every Tuesday at 6 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Cattle #LivestockAuction #FeederCattle #SaleBarn #Oklahoma #CattleMarket #Ranch

Oklahoma Panhandle cattle auction and ranching business come together as Farm Equipment Dealer Hall of Fame inductee Earl Livingston joins host Layne Konkel for a conversation about hard work, integrity, building a business worth inheriting, and why he drives four hours to sell cattle at Beaver County Stockyards.   https://www.beaverstockyards.com   Beaver County Stockyards is a weekly livestock auction in Beaver, OK serving ranchers across Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arkansas.   Cow & Bull Sale every Monday at 8 AM. Calf & Yearling Sale every Tuesday at 6 AM.   "Where a handshake is still a contract."

Dane Drake sits down with Stanley J. Barby to trace the Barby Ranch from its roots - a German immigrant shoe cobbler who survived a wildfire on Hog Creek in Hodgeman County, Kansas, to a 13-year-old boy who rode south alone and started putting together what would become one of the most legendary ranches in the Oklahoma Panhandle. From No Man's Land and the Dalton Gang hideout on the Beaver River, to branding Hereford cattle across 70 sections and a summer-long recovery from a broken hip at age nine, this is a story you won't hear anywhere else. https://www.beaverstockyards.com 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Cows & Bulls sell every Monday at 10 AM. Calves & Yearlings sell every Tuesday at 7 AM. "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Ranch #Livestock #Cattle #Oklahoma #Ranchlife

Beaver County Stockyards host Rodney Albert sits down with Congressman Frank Lucas—5th-generation Oklahoman and 32-year veteran of the Third Congressional District—to break down the 2026 Farm Bill, the New World screwworm crisis and the partial border reopening, wildfire and drought disaster relief, CRP land use, and what ranchers in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas should be doing right now to protect the farm safety net. Main Site: https://www.beaverstockyards.com 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | 📞 (580) 625-3051 Monday Cows & Bulls 10 AM | Tuesday Calves & Yearlings 7 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Livestock #Cattle #Oklahoma #LivestockAuction #CattleMarket #Ranch #Farm

Beaver County Stockyards host Dane Drake sits down with Chris Ward - special ranger for the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and self-described 'cowboy cop' - for a wide-ranging conversation on cattle theft across the Southern Plains, what it takes to investigate a Ponzi scheme involving 80,000+ head of paper cattle, and why brand inspection at sale barns is one of the biggest deterrents the industry is missing. Chris spent nearly 30 years with the Texas Highway Patrol before retiring and stepping directly into his current role covering a 24-county district across Texas and Oklahoma. He breaks down how cattle theft actually gets investigated, what evidence matters, why grandpa almost never files charges on his own grandkid, and what the second-largest ag crime in U.S. history looked like from the inside. Main Site: https://www.beaverstockyards.com Beaver County Stockyards | 506 W. Main St, Beaver, OK | (580) 625-3051 Monday Cows & Bulls 10 AM | Tuesday Calves & Yearlings 7 AM "Where a handshake is still a contract." #Cattle #Livestock #LivestockAuction #Oklahoma #Ranch #CattleMarket #SaleBarn