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Wallowa County Chieftain
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Lotsa bull at Botts Angus Ranch
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Three to be focus for Fishtrap
Women’s History Month
Curry, Galvin, Tippett
all are local to county
By Bill Bradshaw
Chieftain staff
Local ranch holds its
fi rst auction at home
NTERPRISE — There
was plenty of bull just
west of Enterprise, last
week, as Beau Botts held his fi rst
bull auction at his new auction
warehouse at the family ranch.
Botts and wife, Kristen,
hosted what they plan as an
annual event Thursday, Feb. 25,
after constructing the new facil-
ity over the past year. They have
previously worked with a feedlot
in Pilot Rock where they used to
haul their bulls for sale. He said
they wintered and fi nished their
bulls there in previous years.
“We’ve been involved as part-
ners in Rollin’ Rock Genetic
Partners in Pilot Rock for the
past eight years and we decided
to go off on our own,” Botts said.
“We built a new facility here in
the past year and it’s our fi rst
sale here this year. We’ll be back
every year.”
Of the 90 Angus bulls listed
in the buyers’ brochure, 74 were
sold, Botts said. About 150 buy-
ers came from Montana, Nevada,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyo-
ming and other states.
“We had buyers from all over
the country,” he said.
The buyers were greeted with
lunch and snacks prior to the
1 p.m. sale, presided over by auc-
tioneer Joe Goggins. Prospec-
tive buyers were able to view the
bulls from early morning. Those
purchased for more than $3,500
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Registered Angus bulls mill around the feedlot Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021,
after Botts Angus Ranch’s fi rst bull sale at its new facility just outside of
Enterprise.
were offered free delivery on the
fi rst 1,000 miles from Enterprise,
according to the brochure.
In the brochure, Botts spoke
highly of his past partnership
with Rollin’ Rock, but was eager
to sell at home.
“We are extremely excited to
have our sale at home,” he said.
“It was a very tough decision to
take the leap and go out on our
own.”
Botts said sale prices averaged
about $4,500 per bull.
“The top bull brought
$20,000,” he said. “He’s going to
Wyoming.”
Bulls, of course, are sold for
the quality of calves they can
produce, with proven genetics
from past breeding.
“We are still striving to raise
good, solid cattle that will go out
and work with no problems, help
make their new owners profi table
and leave outstanding females,”
Botts said in the brochure.
The fi fth-generation ranch,
which includes the Botts’ two
sons, also produces registered
and commercial Angus cows.
As with the rest of the world
dealing with the COVID-19 pan-
demic, Botts mentioned in the
brochure that it will affect the
agriculture industry.
“It has been a challenging
time for everyone and our fi n-
gers are crossed that we will
get through this and come out
the other side stronger in the ag
industry, along with all man-
kind,” he said.
He added that he’s hoping to
keep it peaceful and profi table.
“That being said, I believe if
we can keep politics out of it, we
are looking at some strong mar-
kets the next few years,” he said.
“The demand for good, quality
beef seems to be high in the U.S.
and around the world.”
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Bill Bradshaw is a reporter for
the Wallowa County Chieftain.
Have a business tip? Contact him
at 541-398-5503 or bbradshaw@
wallowa.com.
ENTERPRISE — Fishtrap Fire-
side has a multigenerational lineup
to mark Women’s History Month in
March, with work from three Wal-
lowa County writers, Lynne Curry,
Talia Galvin and Janie Tippett.
It will be available Friday, March
5, online at Fishtrap.org or on Fish-
trap’s YouTube Channel.
Fishtrap Fireside is a monthly
reading series featuring diverse
voices from around Wallowa
County. This year, you can watch
Fireside wherever you are and
whenever you want online.
Each month’s episode offers a
fresh look at what people of the
West are thinking about and writing
down.
This month’s episode of Fish-
trap Fireside celebrates women of
all generations and is sponsored by
Kokanee Inn Bed and Breakfast in
Joseph.
According to a press release,
Lynne Curry moved to Joseph in
2001 with her husband, Benja-
min, and they are the proud par-
ents of Molly, 15, and Cece, 12.
Raised on the New England coast,
Lynne adapted to living in this land-
locked region by hiking and skiing
in the Wallowa Mountains. She also
spends a lot of time thinking about
what to eat, which infl uences much
of her writing. Her food essays have
appeared in Tin House, including
the anthology Food & Booze: A Tin
House Literary Feast, Eating Well
and Leite’s Culinaria.
She currently works as a freelance
journalist focused on small-scale
farming, animal welfare and sustain-
able agriculture with articles in The
Guardian, HuffPost, Los Angeles
Times and many other publications.
A former professional cook, Lynne
is the author of the grassfed beef
cookbook, Pure Beef, that features
several local ranching families. She
is working on a follow-up book that
explores the range of pasture-raised
foods through narrative nonfi ction
— her all-time favorite writing craft.
Talia Galvin lives in Enterprise,
ogling at the mountains with a cup
of cocoa in one hand and a baby in
the other arm. Growing up, Galvin
visited here with her Eastern Ore-
gon-based family many summers to
camp and explore, and then returned
as a young adult to work for the U.S.
Forest Service as a ranger. Her pro-
fessional career has taken her to Cor-
vallis, Culver, Estacada, Bend and
tall buildings for work in design, edi-
torial, photography, outdoor ed and
social sciences.
Though she loves variety in her
adventures, she always knew that
near the Wallowas would be her
base camp one day. By trade, Talia
captures the delight of humanity,
love, untold stories and local prod-
ucts with her camera. But it’s in the
rare, quick quiet times that she puts
pen to paper in an attempt to deci-
pher that which she wonders and
imagines. Lately, waking from
dreaming to write down a musing,
feed her baby and return to sleep.
Beyond park ranger blogging and
college literary zines, her writing
has often been a practice of personal
refl ection, so this reading at Fishtrap
Fireside will be a world premiere of
some inner workings. Learn more at
taliajean.com.
Janie Tippett was a columnist
for Agritimes NW for 31 years, is
the author of Four Lines a Day:
The Life and Times of an Imnaha
Ranch Woman, has been published
in anthologies of Western writers
and is a freelance writer. She is a
fourth-generation rancher, mother
of four, stepmother to three, grand-
mother and great-grandmother.
Tippett is also a photographer,
outdoor enthusiast, is active in two
writers groups, and a long time
Fishtrapper.
To learn more, visit https://fi sh-
trap.org/fi shtrap-fi reside-2.
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