Ranch History
Family owned and operated ranch for over 80 years! The Staudenmeyer and Tamcke Families work to preserve their ranching livestyle and livelihood for the future. Centennial Livestock is a diversified operation raising Quality Black Cattle, Registered Horses, wheat, malt barley, alfalfa and native grass hay!
In Loving Memory of
Les Staudenmeyer
1898 - 2001
Les Staudenmeyer
1898 - 2001
Now, O Lord, please lend thine ear,
The prayer of the Cattleman to hear:
No doubt many prayers to thee seem strange,
But won't you bless our cattle range?
Bless the round-up year by year
And don't forget the growing steer.
Water the land with brooks and rills
For my cattle that roam a thousand hills.
Now, O Lord, won't you please stop,
Let thunder roll and water drop:
It frightens me to smell the smoke,
Unless it's stopped, I'll go dead broke.
Now, O Lord, my herds behold -
Which represents a sack of gold -
I think at least five cents per pound
Should the price of beef year round.
One more thing and then I'm through,
Instead of one calf, give my cows two.
I may pray different than others, but then,
Still I've had my say, and now, Amen!
author unknown - circa 1890
The prayer of the Cattleman to hear:
No doubt many prayers to thee seem strange,
But won't you bless our cattle range?
Bless the round-up year by year
And don't forget the growing steer.
Water the land with brooks and rills
For my cattle that roam a thousand hills.
Now, O Lord, won't you please stop,
Let thunder roll and water drop:
It frightens me to smell the smoke,
Unless it's stopped, I'll go dead broke.
Now, O Lord, my herds behold -
Which represents a sack of gold -
I think at least five cents per pound
Should the price of beef year round.
One more thing and then I'm through,
Instead of one calf, give my cows two.
I may pray different than others, but then,
Still I've had my say, and now, Amen!
author unknown - circa 1890
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