Transcript
A (0:00)
All right, so we got a private treaty preview, and these two have come to you by someone that we've just brought onto the platform, Mr. Clayton Trammell. It was an idea that he put together that is so far been working out really well. I'm extremely excited to do these private treaty previews just due to the fact that I think it should draw some traffic, provide some clarification. And honestly, it's just something that I enjoy just talking cattle with other people, regardless if it's on an online platform or not. So today we have the Woodley family and Cannon, and then Clayton is on here with us as well. And so what we're going to do is, Matt, I'm going to have you introduce yourself. Jaden Cannon. Y' all can talk about what y' all got going on. Clayton, obviously introduce yourself. You're new to the platform here and making strides as well. Obviously y' all are calling this thing the built to climb. Y' all got nine lots of private tree calves y' all want people to hear about and. And come check out. So in my mind, let's get started.
B (0:56)
Yeah, and I'll get started. You know, Jaden came to me back sometime a couple months ago and you know, for you guys that it's kind of followed cases and what we do with our Americans with three kids showing, you know, by the time you take those cattle and figure out which one you're going to show, you still got some good ones left over. And you know, you really struggle selling those cattle when you've got a pin of that your kids steers are in and you've got some steers you're trying to sell. And I'd reached out to a good friend of mine there at Colton Thigpen and Clayton Trammell as well about, you know, selling some of those cattle. And for a few years, it was great for me. You know, I. I like the industry, and there's things about the industry I don't like. And one of those personally for me is I don't like selling steers. You know, Clayton will get a kick out of this, but, you know, I go and try to buy these cattle and I don't like spending a lot of money on them. I try to be pretty tight and pretty frugal about it. And at the same time, the thing that I have the hardest thing doing is when a family comes to our pens and, you know, I may think a cast worth 10,000 dol struggle getting that amount out of my mouth. You know, when I'm looking at their kids and in the project. And, you know, I may price them at 5,000 bucks. And so I really enjoyed, as bad as it sounds, sending those cattle elsewhere and letting them kind of handle the whole sale process. Because the other reality of it is, is with three kids and you've got three fat steers at a stock show, it's hard for me to do, you know, what guys do and cater to other families when you're selling these cattle and answer the phones and deal with them throughout the course of the year when. When you've got, you know, we validated 16 steers this year. You know, it's a lot for us as a family to just focus in on them. And so it's been a great opportunity for me to send those cattle elsewhere. You know, Jaden is graduating. Cannon's also graduating. They're both going to tech or seniors this year. And. And she just approached me, and she said, hey, would you consider me selling the calves? And at first, I was. I was pretty blown away with it, that she would even want to take on the responsibility and to try to do that. And, of course, a dad of a daughter, you really have a hard time saying no to anything. And so I talked to Clissa about it and decided that, you know, hey, why not? You know, let's. Let's give them an opportunity. And we visited with Cannon Buckner about it, too, and he was all on board with it, because the reality of it is, so many of these kids, they really get enamored by this industry about the time they're getting out, you know, then they go to college. And for a lot of them, they're three to four years to where they're kind of removed from it, but yet they still have the passion. And to me, this is a way for them to step into it from a. From a different aspect. And, you know, next year, when these. These cattle sell and they've got to be clipped and families have questions, well, you know, they'll be in college. But they also know that they've got a responsibility to cater to those needs and help them. And so I think it's a unique opportunity they have, and it's one that we have no idea how the sale is going to go. It may be great. It may be a learning experience for the two of them. But, you know, I'm 43 years old, and every time I try to sell one or buy one, I learned something at the same time. That's kind of how we handed the reins off. And I've had a Few guys call me and ask me, and I just say, hey, you just. You need to talk to Jaden and Cannon. This is kind of their sale, and they're going to run it and do it how they want to. And they've clipped everything and broke everything in between fat stock shows. They've been coming down, putting in all the work. And so we. We've turned it over to them. And here tonight, you're going to hear Jaden and Cannon. They're going to talk about the cattle because it's their sale.