From the Pasture with Hired Hand

🎙 From the Pasture with Hired Hand – 2025 Heritage Longhorn Sale Recap 🐂 In this episode of From the Pasture with Hired Hand, we break down the results from the 2025 Heritage Longhorn Sale held in Lockhart, Texas on March 29th! 🏆 We take a deep dive into the weekend’s biggest highlights, including: ✅ The highest-selling Longhorns from both in-person and online bidding  ✅ The most-viewed animal...

In this episode of From the Pasture with Hired Hand , Jaymie sits down with Justin Rombeck to discuss the highly anticipated Heritage Longhorn Sale, happening this Saturday, March 29th, at 10:30 AM in Lockhart, Texas. This sale features an outstanding lineup of elite Texas Longhorns from established breeding programs that have dedicated years to producing top-tier cattle. These pedigrees are stack...

Join Molly as she chats with Kristin Jaworski! Kristin shares her passion for The Herd, fun facts about the longhorns, and the educational experiences awaiting visitors. Tune in to discover the heart of The Herd at the Fort Worth Stockyards—you won’t want to miss it! https://www.fortworth.com/the-herd Send us Fan Mail From the Pasture with Hired Hand: Hired Hand Websites (@hiredhandwebsites): http...

🎙 From the Pasture with Hired Hand – 2025 Longhorn Legacy Sale Recap 🐂 In this episode of From the Pasture with Hired Hand, we break down the results from the 2025 Longhorn Legacy Sale in Grapevine, Texas! 🏆 We take a deep dive into the weekend’s biggest highlights, including: ✅ The highest-selling Longhorns from both in-person and online bidding  ✅ The most-viewed animals before and after the...

On this episode of From the Pasture with Hired Hand , host Jaymie chats with Chase Vasut about the highly anticipated 20th Anniversary of The Texas Longhorn Legacy Sale, happening March 14th & 15th in Grapevine, Texas. The celebration kicks off Thursday with drinks, live music, and a brand-new event—the first-ever Armadillo Races! Now, you might be wondering, are these real armadillos or peopl...

Today on From the Pasture with Hired Hand, Molly sits down with Ray Webb. Ray and his wife live in the beautiful Texas Hill Country just south of Marble Falls at their ranch, The Webb Family Farm. Molly and Ray talk about how he fell in love with Texas Longhorns long before he owned any and he provides insight to breeders who are just getting started. He shares the importance of introducing yourse...

Join Molly for a lively chat with Matt King from Singing Hill Ranch! A self-proclaimed superfan of Hired Hand (and no, we didn't bribe him!), Matt shares the incredible journey of how a vision on a Wisconsin road blossomed into a thriving ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas—all in just five months! Discover how his 5-year-old daughter has mastered the art of negotiation, what he would change if...

Today, Molly talks with one of Hired Hand Software's first customers, Bill and Suzanne Torkildsen. Their ranch, Bull Creek Longhorns is located in Fayetteville, Texas and has been raising and selling Registered Texas Longhorns since 2004. The Torkildsens were recognized as Breeder of the Year with the TLBAA in 2019 & again in 2023 at The Legends Sale. In addition to those accolades, they...

Today Molly visits with Ben Krump from Krump Longhorns located in the southeast corner of North Dakota. He has been around longhorns since he was 3 years old, when his parents established a herd in 2003. In 2019, he bought his first registered cow, “DC Cowboy’s Leweze,” from Fred and Cheryl Bryant. That is when the addiction started. At Krump Longhorns, the goal is to breed a “total package” longh...

Molly visits with the Pshigodas from 3P Ranch in Perryton, Texas. Barb & Jason started their ranch dreams with a couple of a chickens and a dream to live a peaceful life. This dream quickly turned into a passion and in 2015 they purchased their current home and ranch. They pride themselves on raising healthy, quality livestock in the most natural conditions possible making their elite herd of...

In today's episode of From the Pasture with Hired Hand, Molly talks with Dr.. Mark Gilliland from Gilliland Ranch located in Weatherford, Texas. Mark answers questions from other longhorn breeders, discusses breeding, buying and selling bulls as well as sharing his wealth of knowledge on horn growth, genetics and moving "tough to sell" bulls. Some interesting facts; the Gilliland Ra...

Today, Molly talks with the National Longhorn Futurity Race Female Winner owner Natalie Chaney of Diamond C Ranch. Natalie won the NLFR Race with the amazing Fifty Grande BCC.  Diamond C Ranch is located in Thomasville, North Carolina. Natalie shares what this honor means to her and shares some of the stories from the past year being the driver for Fifty Grande BCC. She also shares some of her fav...

Join Molly and Jaymie as they go over the sale stats from this past weekend's Eddie Wood Cowtown Classic held in Fort Worth, Texas. This sale kicked off the start of the 2025 sale season. Listen today to hear about the most viewed animals, the highest selling lots and feedback from attendees. Send us Fan Mail From the Pasture with Hired Hand: Hired Hand Websites (@hiredhandwebsites): https://...

Today we kick off the 2025 sale season with Josh Gentry. Jaymie and Josh talk about the upcoming TLBAA Eddie Wood Cowtown Classic Sale held in Fort Worth, Texas on January 18th & 19th.  The Eddie Wood Cowtown Classic is the first sale of the year and the most prominent exposure opportunity for our amazing Texas Longhorns, being a part of the historic Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo in Fort Wor...

To kick off the new year, Molly talks with one of our newer customers Angela Bivens with White Stone Ranch.  Angela and Darrell's ranch is located in central Texas in the midst of the Fairy Mountain Range. Their adventure began with an unexpected purchase of a Longhorn heifer at a fundraising event for The Longhorn Project at the Johnson Space Center. This young heifer hooked them on their lo...

In honor of the University of Texas playing in the Peach Bowl tomorrow, we have a special podcast for you. Today, Molly talks with her longtime mentors and friends, John and Betty Baker from Sunrise Ranch near Austin, Texas. John and Betty Baker are well known in the Longhorn breeding community for their breeding and their involvement with the youth in their camp and their volunteering within long...

Today, Jaymie and Molly go over the 2024 sale total statistics. It was the first year for the monthly Hired Hand Sale and we had some great in person and online sales too. In addition to these stats, they also discuss the NLFR 2024 Champions & top placers. If you love numbers and you love longhorns, this is the episode for you! Hired Hand wishes all of our listeners a Happy Holiday season! 202...

Today, Molly continues with the second part in our 2 part series discussing the most viewed longhorns for the entire year to date, but this week they talk bulls. Today's guests are Ryan Culpepper and Chase Vasut.  The three of them will discuss lifetime stats, tip to tip public measurements and many more stats. Today's trivia question, "How many trailers lined up, end to end, does i...

In today's episode, we are really excited to share that Molly is talking with Dale Hunt and Ryan Culpepper in Part 1, in a 2 part series where there three of them discuss the stats from the entire year to date, as well as lifetime stats complied across all Hired Hand customer websites. Today, Dale and Ryan share their expertise on the bloodlines and the animals themselves as we start off seri...

In today's episode, Molly visits with Cale & Tiffany Hyer with Hyer Land & Cattle in Stillwater, Oklahoma.  Their herd is deeply rooted in Hunts Command Respect breeding with Sittin Bull and WF Commando. Today, they are also introducing different bloodlines including Cowboy Tuff Chex, JP Rio Grande, and Drag Iron.  They are very excited about what the future holds, as well as the long...

In today's episode, Molly talks with Mary and Brian Stahl of Middlecreek Farms in Rockwood, PA. The Stahls may be best known for their success within their bull program producing bulls such as the two time Ultimate Bull M.C. Hangin' Tuff. Mary and Brian decided that the best way to produce top quality cattle was through a very selective AI program. In doing so, they have developed a qual...

Today, Molly talks with Mike Rienhardt from Why-Am-I Cattle Co. located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. At Why-Am-I-Cattle Company, they're driven by purpose and passion that have been ingrained in their family's heritage for generations. Mike talks about how what truly sets them apart is the name they've chosen – "Why-Am-I-Cattle Company." It's not me...

Join Molly as she talks with an Austrian Longhorn breeder Lisa Handlos from Handlos Cattle Company in Mühlviertel, Austria.  Lisa and her husband were inspired by the beauty, uniqueness and good-natured character of the Longhorn breed. They have run a small but elite breeding facility of Texas Longhorn cattle in the middle of the hilly landscape of the Mühlviertel since 2018.  Lisa is a passionate...

Today, Molly and Jaymie recap the last sales of the 2024 year - the ITLA Elite Heifer Sale and the Peach State Extravaganza Sale that was held his past weekend. The ITLA Sale was held in Lufkin, Texas on Thursday and the Peach State followed on Friday in Statesboro, Georgia. This is the final sale recap for the 2024 year. Check out www.hiredhandlive.com for onilne sales to close out the year and w...

In this episode, Molly is joined by Dr. Humberto Nobre with H Ranch located in central Brazil.  He talks with Molly about the Brazilian Texas Longhorn and the growth of the breed within Brazil. He also shares information about the Texas Longhorn Brazilian Association that is having great success. www.hranchlonghorns.com abralho.com.br www.hiredhandsoftware.com Send us Fan Mail From the Pasture wit...