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Bolivar, MO March 2-4, 2026

Bolivar, MO March 2-4, 2026

Early Bird price (before February 2, 2026) for making online payment is:

  • 1 person attending the full school—$944
  • 2 people from the same ranch attending the full school—$1416
  • 1 person attending either the marketing or the stockmanship school alone—$603
  • 2 people from the same ranch attending either the marketing or the stockmanship school alone—$904

Regular price (after February 2, 2026) for making online payment is:

  • 1 person attending the full school—$1049
  • 2 people from the same ranch attending the full school—$1574
  • 1 person attending either the marketing or the stockmanship school alone—$681
  • 2 people from the same ranch attending either the marketing or the stockmanship school alone—$1023

Registration closes February 23!

Price range: $603.00 through $1,416.00

Price range depending on number of people attending and when you register. Pick your option below.

Description

In-person School, Bolivar, Missouri, March 2-4, 2025

Each year we hold an in-person school in Bolivar, Missouri just before the annual Bud Summit.

Hours—

Marketing School: March 2, 8 am to 5 pm and March 3, 8 am to 12 noon

Stockmanship School: March 3, 1 pm to 5 pm and March 4, 8 am to 5 pm

Meeting Location—

Smith’s Restaurant, 1340 State Hwy U, Bolivar, MO 65613, 417-777-6484.

2026 Bud Summit—

Attendance at this school qualifies you to attend the 2026 Bud Summit on the evening of March 5 and all day on March 6 also at Smith’s Restaurant in Bolivar, MO. This event is a gathering of “Budders” who are using the marketing and stockmanship to further their livestock enterprises. The format is loose and will include discussion by the attendees, questions and answers, video narrated by Bud Williams, and networking with producers from all around the continent. For more information about the Bud Summit or how to attend, contact Tina Williams at 417-777-1609 or tina@stockmanship.com.

Marketing School Outline—

Using lecture, questions/answers, current market data, and actual math calculations (bring a calculator), we will cover—

  • Know and Understand Yourself
  • The only price that matters (hint, there won’t be any crystal ball involved)
  • Know your resources (money, feed, livestock, and time) and how to manage them
  • Sell/Buy compared to Buy/Sell
  • Find Relationships and determine what to sell and what to buy
  • Marketing for the Cow/Calf Producer
  • Determine the Value of Breeding Stock
  • Make a profit and stay in business!

Stockmanship School Outline—

This year Nick and Cassie Easterly will be teaching the Stockmanship portion with Richard, Tina, and Eunice on hand. Using lecture, questions/answers, and movies, we will cover—

  • Research Benefits
  • Pressure and Release
  • How we Communicate with our Livestock
  • Instincts of Humans and Livestock
  • Predator/Prey Relationship
  • Positioning
  • Movement
  • Training the Herd
  • At the Gate
  • Working in the Corral
  • Sorting Livestock
  • Weaning and Receiving Livestock
  • Loading Livestock
  • Our Attitude

Registration closes on February 23!

Additional information

Choose which (or both) school and 1 or 2 people from the same ranch

One person for full school, Two people for full school, One person for Marketing only, Two people for Marketing only, One person for Stockmanship only, Two people for Stockmanship only