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Jul 22

Those Calves are Also Too Expensive

By Jordan Steele Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production 10 Comments

I am writing this article as a 1-2 punch with my June 2026 article: Those Cows are Too Expensive. This week, let’s look at the calf that she produces. The…

Jun 24

Those Cows are Too Expensive

By Jordan Steele Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production 2 Comments

In my opinion, the cattle market is still pretty hot. Depending on what market report you are looking at, it may have flattened out recently, but there is still money…

Jan 08

Advice from One Humbled Rancher

By Jordan Steele Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Production 3 Comments

During our last RFP Bookshelf Discussion (our monthly book club for alumni) an old copy of a ProfitTips article written by Wally Olson fell out of my Knowledge Rich Ranching…

Nov 09

A Perspective on Gross Margin from Aaron

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Planning & Management 5 Comments

Aaron Helmick is a pain in the rear. Even worse he is a dairy farmer from West Virginia pain in the rear. 😆 Somehow Aaron managed to marry Tara and…

Jun 23

Sell/Buy Lessons from Aaron and Tara

By Dallas Mount Economics & Finance, Making a Change, Planning & Management 9 Comments

ProfitTips is taking a different direction this time. Aaron and Tara Helmick recently shared with me a collection of “Lessons Learned” from the past 4 years as they have been…

May 12

Gross Margin Inside the Cow Herd

By Dallas Mount Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production One Comment

We just wrapped up a full Ranching for Profit School in Oklahoma City. It was an amazing week where 54 people spent a week exploring the leadership of their businesses…

Sep 09

Cow Depreciation – Don’t Follow a Recipe

By Dallas Mount Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production 11 Comments

There has been quite a bit written about managing cow deprecation over the past few years. In simple terms cow depreciation is the reduction of value of a cow from…

Jun 10

The Next Generation of Passionate Ranchers

By Dallas Mount Communication, Labor Effectiveness, Planning & Management

Last week, in partnership with Wally Olson and the Plank Stewardship Initiative, we hosted the first ever Young Adult Ranching for Profit Workshop. We had 48 youth from 17 states…

Nov 13

What Price Should I Use?

By Dallas Mount Decision Making, Economics & Finance, Planning & Management No Comments

For the past 3 weeks we have been holding our Executive Link meetings from New England to Texas. We have about 110 businesses that are currently members of Executive Link…

Nov 10

The Value of Gain & Grass

By Dave Pratt Economics & Finance, Planning & Management, Production No Comments

Wally Olson is a rancher from Vinita, Oklahoma. He has a profitable cattle trading enterprise based on the Sell/Buy marketing principles popularized by Bud Williams. At the foundation of Wally’s…

Wally Olson

Those Calves are Also Too Expensive

Those Cows are Too Expensive

Advice from One Humbled Rancher

A Perspective on Gross Margin from Aaron

Sell/Buy Lessons from Aaron and Tara

Gross Margin Inside the Cow Herd

Cow Depreciation – Don’t Follow a Recipe

The Next Generation of Passionate Ranchers

What Price Should I Use?

The Value of Gain & Grass

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