SPEAKER_00 0:00

If you're new to our From the Pasture podcast, this is one of our special pre-sale episodes. Our regular shows feature ranch stories, breeder interviews, and cattle knowledge. But today we're focusing specifically on this weekend's Texas Longhorn sale.

Jaymie 0:15

So if you're wanting to learn more about Texas Longhorn Cattle Markets or you're a registered Texas Longhorn breeder looking to expand your herd, you'll want to tune in to today's episode.

SPEAKER_00 0:27

I'm Jamie. And I'm Molly. We're the owners of Hired Hand Software and Hired Hand Live, and we're excited to bring you a closer look at this upcoming sale. In today's episode, we'll be talking with the sale host about consignments, sale details, and what to watch for in the ring. You can view consignments at hiredhandlive.com and in most cases, visit the consigners' hired hand powered websites to learn more. Now let's jump into this weekend's sale preview.

Jaymie 0:55

I'm here with Randy Murray, one of the sale hosts for the upcoming Shawnee Showdown, which is held at Glend Denning Farms in Salina, Texas. Randy and I will be talking about the sale details, the sponsors, the consigners, and of course the consignments. And as we talk about the consignments, you can follow along on hiredhandlive.com. And if you want to dig deeper, take a look at the consigners, Hired Hand websites. Well, hey Randy. How are you today?

SPEAKER_03 1:18

I'm good. How about yourself, Jimmy?

Jaymie 1:20

I'm doing pretty good. Um, for those that may not know you, you want to give us a brief introduction?

SPEAKER_03 1:26

Um Randy Murray from New Age Cattle Company, um, down in East Texas. Um that's pretty much about it.

Jaymie 1:35

Been raising longhorns most of your life. Right?

SPEAKER_03 1:38

Uh a lot of it for sure.

Jaymie 1:42

Well, we're here to talk about the Shawnee Showdown, and you are one of four hosts for the um for the whole weekend. Um, can you want to uh tell us more about the other hosts?

SPEAKER_03 1:52

Yeah, so we have, of course, Rex and Sharice Glendinning um of Glendenning Farms. Um they're such giving amazing people to this industry. And they open their home, they open the barn, they open up everything to do something for others. And, you know, to be a part of this with them is absolutely extraordinary. I I think that anytime you do something with Rex and Sharice, you know it's gonna be first class, you know what to expect, and you know what your partner is gonna expect of you. Um to put the icing on the cake, Mike Davis and Holly Davis joined us, and then of course, Mac and Andrea Siller from Siller Longhorns out in California. Uh, most of their consignments and their cows are coming from California. They've been moving from Texas. That's just the type of dedication and you know, work that they're willing to put into putting on something great. So it says a lot about them as well.

Jaymie 2:50

Well, before we get into the scheduled events for the weekend, is there anything that you want people, um the participants or anyone attending to know before they get there?

SPEAKER_03 2:59

Absolutely. So the fraturity is the first thing people ask: are we gonna have water buckets? Are we gonna have feed? Are we gonna have hay? Yes, all of that is provided. We will bring all of that, we'll have it in the stalls. Um, it'll be in a facility that uh will rival to none and they'll be taken care of like there are our own animals. So they don't have to worry about that. And I think it's important to say too that you know, we had some questions early on about this cell, if this was more about the cell or for it was more about the fraternity. Well, I think that the most important thing to recognize is we would not be having the cell and trying to make a weekend if it wasn't for the national finals fraternity. These guys have worked so hard for the last year to go to all of these events to get the points that they needed to compete, that deserve awards, that deserve to be appreciated. We threw a cell on top of this, in which next year we're gonna accept consignments. It's not just gonna be four ranches sell cattle. It will be a lot of anyone who wants to consign. And and mainly the people that supported us this year, I think you have to take that into factor. But uh, we would not be doing this without the hard work of the national finals fraturity. So we're excited to be a part of this.

Jaymie 4:19

Well, let's jump into the weekend uh Thursday. What how what's the time frame for when people can drop off cows?

SPEAKER_03 4:27

The cattle on Thursday is mainly the cell cattle uh for the four ranches. They're gonna be coming in. The fraturity guys, they do not have to have their cattle um checked in uh until Friday by 1230. So they can bring them as late as 1230 on Friday. Now, um, the cell animals that are already there, we want people to be able to view them Friday morning, you know, from 8 to 3 until the cocktail party, whenever it may be. You just have to realize that we're gonna be unloading cattle. We're gonna be unloading fraturity cattle, which will be in a different section of the facility. So those are kept separated, so you'll still be able to see the cell cattle that come in on Thursday.

Jaymie 5:10

And then right away, I know you talked about how the fraturity animals can get there up until um 12 30 on Friday. What else is happening on Friday?

SPEAKER_03 5:18

So Friday, you know, the the first main event that it anyone's gonna be coordinating is 3 p.m. That's when happy hour begins. Um, honeybee, they do tacoerie boards, they do a lot of sample cheeses and things to go along with wine and uh drinks, and uh Sharice and them love them. They're gonna be there, they're gonna be hosting until 5 p.m. right up into the cell. The cell starts at 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday. Um, we want you to see the cattle before then. We want you to have fun. We want you to come out and drink. We're gonna have custom tequila bottles on all the tables. You can pour your own shots, you can get drinks if you want to. Um, we want you to have a lot of fun. But uh stay sober enough for babe's chicken. It's gonna be at 7 p.m. We're having fried chicken and all the fixings. Um, and then Peyton Howie, she's an amazing artist. She's uh really has taken off in the country music world. She's done um a few events for us in the Longhorn world, but she's gonna be playing from 7 to 10. Um, and it's gonna be a good time. I mean, she has some amazing music, it's gonna be great entertainment and great food. Uh, the event ends at 10 p.m. That way everybody can get some rest and we can roll right into uh the faturity event the next day.

Jaymie 6:38

Well, you talk about the sale, which takes place at 5 p.m. on Friday. Let's talk about some more details of the sale. Um, and and also, I guess, for those people, the faturity people that are dropping off cattle, who's the back crew and who should they contact should they need to get a hold of them?

SPEAKER_03 6:53

So I got none other than kick-ass cattle crew. Tessa Wheeler is uh running the back staff. She does an amazing job. You know, give some grace. I will tell people as they're bringing in their fraturity animals, you bring in your cell animals, give some grace to those guys working back there. You know, have your paperwork ready. Um, be courteous, be kind. They're gonna treat you the same way. It's not an easy job, and it is stressful, and they're doing the best that they can with your animals.

Jaymie 7:21

And who's gonna be there as the auctioneer and pedigree reader?

SPEAKER_03 7:25

So we got Dan Huntington and Chase Vasut. Chase has been such a huge part of this event. He has been on calls with us almost every day or every other day, planning, coordinating. Um, he's a force to be reckoned with. We we just appreciate him so much, and we appreciate Dan so much and all they do for this industry. Um, and we're lucky to have them as part of the team.

Jaymie 7:49

And we know that we can't have an event without sponsors. And looks like you had a good turnout for sponsors. Let's give them a shout-out.

SPEAKER_03 7:57

Absolutely. We did, you know, I could run through every one of the sponsors and list every one of them. I think we put the catalog out. I've made Facebook posts. They know who they are, they know when they step up for us. A lot of these guys, they step up for every one of the events. And, you know, some of them have stepped up on the fraturity side, they wanted to be part of that. Some of them have stepped up on the sell side, the Shawnee event. We couldn't do it without them, and we're so lucky to have these guys that come in, pick up the Slack, give us what we need to do to host a great event for the industry. And it's gonna be first class, and I I think they'll be very happy with what we've done with their sponsorships.

Jaymie 8:44

And one last thing before we get into the consignments. Um, you are there haulers that have already stepped up to say that they'll be there?

SPEAKER_03 8:51

So we have, you know, we wanted to open this up to all the haulers. I think all of them do a good job. I don't think in that longhorn industry we have haulers that, you know, are breaking down on the side of the road or not doing what they're supposed to on purpose. Um, we have invited every hauler that hauls uh, you know, every event. I think we've listed all of their numbers. You know, if you can't find a hauler, we'll help you find one. I I think a lot of them are going to show up. They already have cattle and furry animals coming from every state, and they're just gonna stay and see what they can for the weekend, see what they can bring back.

Jaymie 9:28

Well, let's get into the consignments. Um, right away to start the sale, um, lot one is a choice lot. Can you tell us everything you know about that lot one?

SPEAKER_03 9:37

Yes, Sharice made it very clear the other night they're only gonna sell one of these. It's not gonna be like the other sells to where we're three animals are gonna run in and you're going to pick one and then the same money. It's not like that. She loves every one of these heifers equally. You know, you've got a couple of great, uh, well, you got three buckwind daughters, um, all out of different mothers. Uh, depending on what you like and which way you want to go in a direction of genetics, I don't think you'll go wrong with any of these females. And I she said they're some of the sweetest females in the pasture, and that's why she's only allowing you to take one of them. So I I don't think uh anybody would be disappointed if they get any of those. And, you know, you get these pictures early on, and then she sends me videos of them out in the pasture, and these animals look nothing like the pictures now. They're twice as big, twice as much worn. They're just gorgeous and well taken care of. I think anybody would be proud with any of these animals.

Jaymie 10:39

And it also looks like each one of the sale hosts was able to put in one bull to the sale.

SPEAKER_03 10:45

Correct. So we all decided that we would each put in one bull. Um, and I think we got a pretty exciting group of bulls. And people should realize too that the way that we set up the catalog, it is done from youngest to oldest in the sale. So we started our bulls out youngest to oldest. Uh, we started with Andrea Sillars, which is a Nighthawk son. Nighthawk is out of the iconic uh horseshoe J journey. She's going on a quadruple twist. She's owned by DCT, raised by Jimmy Jones, incredible, incredible female. And then you have Real Safari son as the sire. This Bull's Dam is out of 3S Iron Beauty, which was an Alan Sparger cow that Sillers had purchased from Aton and Sandy that did great for their program and top notch. Um and top notch brings in 50-50 and Dio Musgrade. We know this pedigree. This pedigree is as good as it gets from top to bottom. I don't think there's a hole in it. I think someone can take this bull home and give him a year, and he's gonna be a really special attribute to them.

Jaymie 11:57

Well, then we'll move on to the next one, which you I think are really familiar with. Lot three, new age capitalist.

SPEAKER_03 12:03

Yep, so capitalist is a calf. Um, his dam sold when he was inside, and I wouldn't sell the calf. Uh well, he was born at my ranch after the cow sold. And part of the deal was I would get to keep him. Well, then I ended up partnering back with him on Sam Biler, who bought the dam. Um, his dam's capital attire. She's right at 100 inches now. She is just twisting and it keeps going straight out. She's a formal attire daughter that brings in Tempter Um and 402, which is Horseshoe J example. That uh bloodline has put in a lot of twists, but then at the very bottom, you have Capital Tantrum. Temper Tantrum was one of the most producing twist genetic bulls for Sue and Bill Burton that they ever had. Capital Drive on the bottom um was another powerhouse producer. And then you can't forget Awesome Nova. I mean, awesome Nova, you know, this cow has produced two 100-inch daughters. She has produced Ace that's well into the 90s as a young bull. She just keeps giving back uh to the industry. Um, that was a cow that uh Brian Brett capitalized on. The unique thing about this bull though is we're not selling a third. We're selling 50%. The buyer will get 50% of the bull for six months of the year. So, yes, you'll have two partners on it, but we'll divide our six months. We're gonna give you six months of your year, and we're gonna work out the time frame so they're in your best interest.

Jaymie 13:39

And the next slide is lot four from Glenn Dennings, which is GF native Texan.

SPEAKER_03 13:45

Yep, and this bull uh Cherice sent me a video the other day, and I I was blown away. This is another one that you couldn't really tell of the pictures until you actually seen what you were looking at today when he was under the barn, but he's gotten huge. Um, he's just like any of the other Buckwin uh calves. They're enormous, they're bigger than live. But what makes this one special is you have native beauty on the bottom. Um, his dam is one of the prettiest cows. She is well over a hundred inches. She doesn't look it because her body's so big. She's just another great 50-50 daughter, and then you've got Marquest breeding on the bottom from Emma Arrow Delta Rio, which brings in JP Rio Gran and the amazing Delta Van Horn. I think if you combine these uh female pedigrees on both sides, you've got something super special. You can go home and be proud of him. He's gonna produce you a herd full of amazing calves.

Jaymie 14:48

And the last bull in the sale is lot five, Rattler LM from Mike Davis.

SPEAKER_03 14:55

Rattler, he is one of the coolest bulls. You know, I had him at new age for a short period of time. Um, I got Mike to allow me to breed him to some really elite females. He is an own son of TCC Danny, um, who sold for over $100,000. Um, she's over a hundred inches. Then you have 3S Danica that's over a hundred inches. She's 112 plus. You have 3S touchdown Tari that's going on or over 104 inches tip to tip. You have Sunstar at the top, you have JP Rio Grande, you have Sunshine Tari. You know, Hydro has done a lot for this industry with color, and I have to say, the first calves that I have being born out of this Raveler bull are absolutely gorgeous. You know, they're frosted, they're spotted. Um, they're just really beautiful. They're everything that we would have expected from this pedigree, and they're gonna have the horn. And it's very rare that you can buy a bull out of a hundred-inch cow who's out of a hundred-inch cow out of a hundred-inch cow. That maternal line is very strong. You got three back to back. This is something that you know you're gonna get horn and color.

Jaymie 16:09

Well, let's jump into the females now with a round of catalog roulette.

SPEAKER_01 16:16

Sounds good.

Jaymie 16:17

The first one we'll start with is lot six from Mac and Andrea Seller with SLL Catwalk.

SPEAKER_03 16:24

This is a really cool heifer. She's gonna have a lot of twist. You have Bracewell, which was an embryo bull out of Wreck and So, which puts a huge body on them. You have the $65,000 over 100-inch dragon lady out of the $72,000 heifer, Miss Sue, on the bottom. This is where it gets special. Not only do you have a Timter daughter, but you have an own daughter of Texapil. This is a maternal sister to Texaca. We see what Texaco's doing for their program, but now they're offering up a Texaco sister's daughter. This is strong maternal genetics. This is a female that you could take home and really do something special.

Jaymie 17:12

Next one we'll talk about is lot nine, um, NACC Manelli.

SPEAKER_03 17:18

NACC Benelli comes from my ranch. Uh, you know, Double Barrel did an amazing job there. Um, he's now owned by Double K Longhorns. Kathy Paladini got him. She's very particular about her animals. You know, good body, good size, uh, good color. Double barrel brings in concealed weapon, hunts command respect. He brings in twist, he brings in horn size, and we're starting to see that now that the bull's getting a little older. This female's dam is she was sold to John Sheplack uh during one of my uh sales that recently did not occur because he ended up buying the whole sale, but he bought a cow named Rock and Bye Baby that was a well over 90-inch twisted, solid black cow, produces like a rock star. Uh, this is one of the daughters of hers, and she just has a body. She's one you can take early in the spring and put in your fraturity uh group and really win some money and some buckles with her. She's she's very complete.

Jaymie 18:23

Lot 14 is next with LM on the edge from Mike and Holly Davis.

SPEAKER_03 18:28

Um, so lot 14, uh just like everything Mike has on his property, Mike keeps a smaller herd, but he just does really quality genetics. You know, he bought back the edge of RM, or he bought the edge of RM from the Red Macomb sale, um, which brings in Dragir and Rose of Sebastian. Rose of Sebastian, you know, is a cow that's produced a lot of top quality, high-end, high-selling cows for the Gwyn Dennings. Um, and her dam is BL Cowborough Tough, which comes from Bob Loomis's program. She is a beautiful built cow, big cow, lots of horn, and this heifer will be no different. She's bringing in, you know, historic Red McCombs breeding with historic Loomis breeding. I I think she's a winner, and I think that she's one you can take home and make a foundation female out of as well.

SPEAKER_01 19:25

NACC Indian Money is lot 15.

Jaymie 19:28

Um, what do you know about her?

SPEAKER_03 19:30

So that's another one from the ranch. Um, that is a banker daughter. She'll be the first banker daughter that was ever offered at public auction, which banker is the only Texaco son breeding outside of the Sillars. You have Clever Me as Banker's mom, reckon so by Dragon Lady. Uh, Clever Me was the full sister to the brace will bull that I was talking about earlier. You have Dragon Lady that was over 100 inches, $65,000 cow. You have Miss Sue, that was a $72,000 heifer. On the bottom, we all know what BR Cracker Jack's made of. We all know what he's doing. You got the hundred and over 100 inch jam and genny that's owned by the crafts. And then you go down to the bottom side and you got uh a daughter. Well, BL Redskin, and that daughter sold at the stockyard sale this year uh as a cash cow, native cracker as a three-year-old. Her mother was a powerhouse producer. This female will be a powerhouse. She's got a great body, she's got great early horn, um, and we'll have a measurement at the cell, but I I think it's gonna be pretty impressive.

Jaymie 20:38

Next up is lot 20 from from uh Rex and Sharice Glen Denning, GF dirty living.

SPEAKER_03 20:45

This female is one of my favorites that they can sign in the cell. You you've got a lot of good breeding there, but the body on this heifer, she's so feminine. She's got all these beautiful brittle specks coming in. She's got that lateral horn and that motley face. Uh, she is heavy bred, and she is gonna have a calf maybe before the cell date, um, which is a surprise to them. Um, she is bred to a really great bull, and there will be more information on the bull and the calf uh when it gets closer to the cell. Um she's sired by black dirt, which brings in iron mat mic, you know, drag iron, which is a bull I think the whole industry notices. You got fast focus, and then on the bottom side, uh you've got cowboy up checks, GF heavy hitter, some of the bloodlines there that just have really made Glendinning Farms what it is over decades. And now you got it all combined. And I I I think that that combination of horn with Hunt's Command and Respect and Drag Iron, and you got Super Bowl in the back part of that, it's really gonna bring in the horn, especially with heavy hitter cleaning.

Jaymie 22:00

And while we're talking about Rex and Sharice, let's talk about their lot 23. GF Rawhide Rhonda.

SPEAKER_03 22:07

GF Rawhide Rhonda. I I think she speaks for herself. Her picture, her horns are flat out. She's got the color. She's got the body. She's just a baby. She's out of a drag iron daughter. You bring in Hicks Ladylike. And then you've got Super Bowl on the bottom. You've got Rex Checks, which has sold a lot of cash cow females in the last year. It's just a pedigree that you can work with. It's going to put body, it's going to keep your cows clean. It's going to keep them colorful. And you're going to have a ton of horn. I think anybody would be proud to have this female. To me, she's in the top three of this cell. She's just absolutely gorgeous.

Jaymie 22:52

Then we'll go back to Mike and Holly Davis. They're a lot 35 LM7 all summer long.

SPEAKER_03 22:59

So all summer long, she is out of the Guinness Book World Record Bull right now, WT Kid Rock. You bring in Mr. Bing stuff, you know, that had a $265,000 daughter. You got Killer Soup, which is just outproducing herself. You have Sniper on the bottom, which throws a lot of laid-back, twisted horn from that sharpshooter genetics. Then you have a J O'Reill brand out of touch and whirlpat that's really produced a lot in the industry. She just had a calf out of Tuco. So you're going to get a bull calf that's black and white spotted. Mike sent me pictures the other day. He's gorgeous. You're going to get a black and white bull calf that brings in Danica and brings in Hydro. It's just going to increase the value of this lot here. And when you see him, you'll see why this heifer's grown a lot. She's put on a lot more horn. I think anybody would be proud to have her as well.

Jaymie 24:48

Next, we'll go um to lot 38. BR swinging for the fence. Again from Mike and Holly Davis.

SPEAKER_03 24:55

So this one here, I she's absolutely gorgeous. She has the color, she has the look, she has the horn. It's coming on. You've got BR Cracker Jack as her sire. You've got Jam and Jenny over 100 inches, one of my favorite cows in the industry, big bodied, clean. Then you drop to the bottom and you realize that she's out of a jam and genny daughter as well. So you've got a full brother and a full sister, and this is line breeding at its finest. You only call it inbred when it goes wrong. This went really right, so we're gonna call this line breeding. But this is a chance to get someone top genetics on top and bottom. And I don't really know how you would go wrong putting jam and genny over jam and jenny.

Jaymie 25:46

And last but not least, we will end with lot 46 to a Roquette from Mac and Andrea Siller.

SPEAKER_03 25:55

This female is beautiful. Um, she's colored, she's brittled, she's speckled all over, she's deep bodied, she's long. She is out of Rocket Man, which is a Rimrock son. Rimrock has always put big-bodied females with a lot of horn into the industry. He's done a lot of good for a lot of ranches and and the whole breed, uh, to be honest. But at the bottom, you got uh Lumus breeding again, you got cowboy catch-it checks, and then you got him over Rio Grande. And this female, she'll be pretty to look at in the pasture, she'll produce lateral horn, and you know, she comes from a great breeding program. She's exposed to Johnny Ringo. Johnny Ringo brings in the grizzle cow that's just absolutely gorgeous, one of my favorite at uh Mac at Andrea's, and I really think this could be a special female for somebody's hurt.

Jaymie 26:54

Well, that wraps up the sale. Um, and the sales again on Friday at 5. So let's move on to Saturday. Um, the day starts out at 8 a.m. with breakfast tacos and coffee. Um, and then what happens after coffee?

SPEAKER_03 27:08

So the coffee cart's gonna be there. You know, Rex and Charisse do a great job with that coffee cart. You can get iced coffee, frozen coffee, you can get hot coffee, you can get alcohol in your coffee. You you can get it any way you want to. Heck, I even think you can get ice cream in some of it. Um but it, you know, they got great vendors up there on the coffee front. Um 8 a.m. uh to 10 a.m. is when that is open. 10 a.m. the furity um starts, and that's when we begin the national finals competition. Um we're gonna roll into the Calcutta first. Um, the Calcutta, we're gonna run all the animals through that are gonna be in the the 30 animals that we have set aside for the heifers, the 30 side that we have set aside for the bulls. And Rex is committed to taking uh all of the judges up to their home. He said the office was too close, they'd probably be able to uh to hear the numbers out there, hear the names. We want none of that. So they're gonna drive them up to the house. We're gonna do the cow cutter, and then we're gonna drive the judges down and uh get them settled to start the fraternity.

Jaymie 28:26

So then explain to everybody how the um NLFR championship, the bracket head-to-head, is going to work.

SPEAKER_03 28:33

So the bracket head to head, there's going to you're gonna start out with 30 animals, then they're gonna have it broken down to where you have 16 animals in the first bracket, you have eight in the next bracket, you have four in the next bracket, and then you have your finals. Uh-huh. I think that it's as fair as you can get as far as breaking it down the way that we have. It's gonna be interesting to see, you know, with these great judges that we've selected, which way a lot of it goes. I mean, there's not an animal that is in this fraturity that someone wouldn't want to have in the pasture. And I think it's gonna be a real close and hard scoring system. I'm glad they're the judges and I'm not, uh, of picking these two animals against each other.

Jaymie 29:23

And you've mentioned the judges a couple of times. Who have you chosen to be judges?

SPEAKER_03 29:28

So the judges um are gonna be Bob Loomis, Tony Stegmutler, Sean Sayer, Mike Willinger, and Del Hunt. Um, as you've known, you've been around for a long time. You've seen these guys in actions. You have some of the top and oldest breeding programs. Then you bring in someone with such a keen eye like Tony. She's done, she's judged a lot of fraturity. She picks great bodies on these animals, clean animals. Bob Loomis has been doing this longer than anybody. Uh, a Hall of Fame mentor, coach to many in the industry. Mike Willinger has done so much in commercial side. He's done so much in other registered breeds. He knows what it takes to really get a powerhouse female. And then you have Dell Hunt that's topping the cells all year long with these powerhouse young females, and he's breeding for what he likes, and he's been doing it for decades. And all of these people are some of the most honest, kind people that you could get to really be fair into an event like this. And I think that was our biggest push is finding the right people that we could be proud of.

Jaymie 30:40

And I know I've heard a little bit of chatter about the prizes that you're gonna have at the at the weekend's event. Tell us about those.

SPEAKER_03 30:48

So I I think everyone will be happy. You know, when you start out and you have 30 into a bracket of heifers and 30 into a bracket with bulls, that sweet 16, you know, just for showing up, you're getting a bucket with custom knives, you're getting leather valets, you're getting all of these great gifts at a five-gallon bucket that you already know you're appreciated. And then every level you advance, you're adding on tumblers that are sterling silver, you're adding on buckles, you're adding on all the way up to the top when you get to the grand and the reserve heifer and bull that are each getting $7,500 cash, the reserves getting $3,500 cash, and then we're adding on scholarships of $2,500 to each grand uh that they get to select who they want with really no parameters on them, as long as they're a college student with a student ID that we can send a check to the college. Uh we're really proud about what we put together. There's Purina has given leather custom bags. Um I think when people get there and they see how much effort has been put into this and what we're trying to do and support this fraternity world and make an event out of the weekend. They're all gonna be very proud to be a part of it. And it's just gonna get better each year.

Jaymie 32:10

Well, and again, nobody's gonna go hungry at Glenn Dennings ever, and they're gonna have um lunch provided as well.

SPEAKER_03 32:18

Correct. So the hamburger man's coming on Saturday. Once again, we have Babe's chicken the night before. Uh, we have, you know, uh the chicoterie boards at happy hour. Uh, before we get to that part, um, there's gonna be food, there's gonna be snacks throughout the whole event, there's gonna be plenty of alcohol, there's gonna be plenty of uh drinks that are non-alcoholic. We're gonna have a good time for everyone there. And, you know, uh, there's gonna be great banana pudding on a Friday night, there's gonna be desserts. Um, we want everybody to leap happy and smiley.

Jaymie 32:52

And then the awards ceremony will be following the head-to-head, correct?

SPEAKER_03 32:57

That that is correct. So as soon as we have the scores totaled um and everybody's gone through or scores totaled, the head-to-head, the bracket, people are gonna be able to see it live, so they'll know who's winning. But we're gonna be able to present those awards following right behind the head-to-head. And we're gonna have some fun stuff as well to keep the uh excitement with the head-to-head. Um, we're gonna have scorecards so people can play along out in the audience. You know, we're gonna provide markers and everything for them to get involved, and we'll have prizes for that too. So uh we want to keep it to where everybody is participating and everyone's having a good time, and there's a little something extra.

Jaymie 33:39

And for those uh people who purchased animals or want to loadout for the futurity, when should they uh be expected to have all the animals out?

SPEAKER_03 33:48

So loadout is by 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. You can start loading after awards on Saturday. Uh Tessa does a great job with that. She usually gives out numbers and loadout numbers following to kind of keep the traffic down and kind of keep it flowing smoothly. Um, but loadout, you every animal needs to be out by 10 a.m. on Sunday.

Jaymie 34:11

And is there anything that we have not talked about that you would like to mention?

SPEAKER_03 34:17

Other than I hope we have a great turnout. I hope people come enjoyed the weekend. I hope people want to get involved next year. Um, and I think everybody really needs to see that, you know, it takes a whole industry to make a great event. A few people can't do it. We can't do it without the cell sponsors, we can't do it without the fraternity sponsors. We can't do it without people showing up. Show up for us, we'll show up for you. Keep giving back to the community. We're going to keep giving back to you. And I think that's what everybody has to keep a focus on is um just let's all support each other and make this a good time and make it an event to remember that we'll be happy to do again next year.

Jaymie 34:59

Well, thanks for joining us, Randy. We can't wait to see you and everyone else at the Shawnee Showdown. Make sure to check out the consignments ahead of sale day and follow us for more updates. Until next time.