Sep 14, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min · 19 segments
In this episode of The Sort, host Dr. Brett Kaysen sits down with Steve Gabel, a Colorado-based cattle feeder, entrepreneur, and longtime livestock judging coach. Steve shares his journey from growing…
Brett KaysenHost
but we're not feeding cattle anymore in a old war out feed yard with 3000 head.
Having two kids that both expressed an interest to want to come back to the business put us in a position where we had to grow and we had to expand if for no other reason than to be able to afford them coming home.
And as we do this generational transfer of things, he's now responsible for all the risk management.
Our daughter has been back for about four years after spending 15 or 16 years in the pharmaceutical world.
She's relieving some of my wife's responsibilities from an accounting perspective.
Christy currently does all of our cattle accounting but is taking on more responsibility with regard to the general ledger and generating an income statement and a balance sheet every month and that sort of thing.
I've said often I am the luckiest guy in the world because I'm at a point today where I get to do exactly what I want to do, and I get to do it with two kids and a wife I've had for 44 years.
Did you ever think when you were showing that catchy cat steer at the National Western that you'd be where you're at today? with her? No, Brett.
I knew what I wanted and I guess having a passion and a desire probably kept the fire lit and probably bullheadedness and a German background probably enabled more of it to happen than should have.
but we're not feeding cattle anymore in a old war out feed yard with 3000 head.
Having two kids that both expressed an interest to want to come back to the business put us in a position where we had to grow and we had to expand if for no other reason than to be able to afford them coming home.
And as we do this generational transfer of things, he's now responsible for all the risk management.
Our daughter has been back for about four years after spending 15 or 16 years in the pharmaceutical world.
She's relieving some of my wife's responsibilities from an accounting perspective.
Christy currently does all of our cattle accounting but is taking on more responsibility with regard to the general ledger and generating an income statement and a balance sheet every month and that sort of thing.
I've said often I am the luckiest guy in the world because I'm at a point today where I get to do exactly what I want to do, and I get to do it with two kids and a wife I've had for 44 years.
Did you ever think when you were showing that catchy cat steer at the National Western that you'd be where you're at today? with her? No, Brett.
I knew what I wanted and I guess having a passion and a desire probably kept the fire lit and probably bullheadedness and a German background probably enabled more of it to happen than should have.
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