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I wanna again welcome you to the 04:05 coffee break, guys. Friday, get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottle of water. Let's see what's happening out there.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.19 a bushel. 550lb steer calf $4.42. Butcher hog in Iowa, 67¢ a pound. And a 100lb fat lamb in Billings is worth $2.18 a pound. But, guys, there's more much more.
OK Solberg:Oh, I'm sorry. My mom taught me never to talk with my mouth full. Oh, yes. My mouth was full. You might ask, was it good? Well, let me tell you. I wouldn't call it good. It's tough, and it's chewy, and it's kinda like a piece of celery that the more you chew it, the bigger it gets, and that just won't go away. And uhh it has that gamey flavor. Yeah. As well, what exactly is it, Orvin, that you're eating? Oh, guys, it's crow. I'm eating crow.
OK Solberg:I told you I would, and I am. If you pay attention to this program, you know that I always give the price of cattle, mostly the price of a 550lb steer calf. Well, last summer, I was reporting to you, the listeners, how high the price was going. Midsummer they were $3.85, and then on July 30, I reported they'd reached $3.97.
OK Solberg:And I told you somewhere back then, that I guarantee I guarantee they won't be this high come Halloween. And I said I even said, I'll give you a 10 to one odds they won't be this high at Halloween. Well, guess what? It's Halloween, and they're selling for from $4.40 all the way up to $4.47 a pound. I did not see that one coming. I was inaccurate.
OK Solberg:Now a funny line from the movie Happy Gilmore comes to mind. I'm stupid. You're smart. I was wrong. You were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're very good looking. I'm not attractive. Anyway, I told you they wouldn't be this high come Halloween, and it's Halloween, and they are even higher than I when I made the prediction. Oh, yes. I was wrong. That's why you find me eating crow today. Yuck.
OK Solberg:I told you a while back that I actually like to find myself wrong from time to time. Now that may be hard to understand, but it is true. Now I don't try to be wrong, of course not, but I certainly can be wrong as is evident with this ugly looking bird on my plate. I hope I don't have to eat this whole thing. So I was wrong, and I like to find out that from time to time because that means there's still more for me to learn. See, it boils down to this.
OK Solberg:Just because you've never seen it happen before doesn't mean it can't happen. I've never seen cattle prices this high, honest. And especially at Halloween, which is the glut time of the year, look around, guys. Have you seen the cattle trucks rolling through Malta, Montana and out on the county roads? Cow calf operators often and typically wean their calves at this time of the year and sell the calves and let the cows dry up and fatten up a little for the long, cold winter ahead.
OK Solberg:Besides, there's a baby calf growing inside that mama cow now. Don't wanna wear her down too much. That's why they get rid of the calves right now. So there's the glut. So there you have it. I held my promise, and I'll guarantee after I go off the air, I'm not finishing this thing. It tastes terrible. My mama also taught me to clean up my plate, but mama ain't here, and I'm not eating another bite.
OK Solberg:Okay. All I have to do is find us a bible passage. I found one. It fits really well. Listen. Not a verse, a passage. But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who who have fallen asleep.
OK Solberg:For this we declare to you by the word from the lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command with the voice of the archangel. And with the sound of the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first, then we who are alive who are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore, encourage one another with these words.
OK Solberg:Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you, for you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. For while people are saying there is peace and security, then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief. End of quote.
OK Solberg:That's a really good passage from 1st Thessalonians chapter 4 and chapter 5. And remember my lesson from eating crow. Just because you never seen it happen before doesn't mean it can happen. Guys, I'd rather be wrong about the price of cattle than wrong about that one.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.