It's a busy week for me

This week many men and some women will suffer from type of football withdrawal. I will not. In the two weeks between Championship Sunday and the Superbowl lies a few days I look forward to all year.

That's right, it's time for the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale!


I posted on this last year at this time, but to recap; The top working stock dogs sell Friday afternoon, followed by 120 great Quarter Horses, Paint Horses and mules sell on Friday night, then you shake off your lack of sleep and watch the the bulls sell Saturday.

The Bull Sale has become more of event that a place to buy top quality livestock. Granted if you won the lottery and wanted to get into the cattle business, hey it could happen, Red Bluff would be a great place to start. The working ranch geldings they sell have been worked, evaluated and judged before they hit the sale ring, kind of like NFL combine workouts.

If you are trying to sell a horse with a few 'holes' in it, you will find it very hard. The sale committee can sift, that means reject, your horse from the first day it gets on site until they enter the sale ring. If the horse has a hidden injury, they vets will do their best to find it, if your horse kicks, bites, won't load, or just generally blows up, he is out of the sale.



The working stock dogs are fully trained cattle handling employees, but without the workman's comp and salary. They are not cheap, most sell for 3-4,000 dollars although the top dog last year brought an astounding $15,500.



You need bulls? They have them, some of the best breeders of Angus, Hereford , Charolais, Beefmaster, Gelbveih, bulls will have what you need.

The best place to eat is the Green Barn on the main highway, and the best place to take in all things Bull Sale is the Palomino Room on Main Street. I have pictures of Friday night at the PR from 2004, and I can get just about any favor I ask from my friends because I have them.

I am nothing if not devious.