I imagine you've got some good hard grass to keep'em going through the winter...maybe also some butterfat (white sage)? I also see that quite a few of the range cows still are horned, maybe a little 'ear' in them, too.
I just received the quarterly ranch real estate guide from Western Livestock Journal - even with this economy, ranchland in New Mexico is sky high!
Think I'll go buy the Bell Ranch, only $100,000,000.00! That's 100 Million USD
I looked into buying a 1,000 cow ranch in Nevada years ago...at the time, could only afford the ranch or the cattle, not both! Plus, had a prima donna wife at the time who wouldn't, or should I say "couldn't" appreciate the stark beauty and subtle qualities of being so far from town that the only way to make a phone call was via the ranch microwave tower. Neat place, though - hot springs, rivers that ran then disappeared, went from the valley floor up to the top of a 10,000' mountain range. Regarding New Mexico, I also checked out the Clovis area one time while down there for a bull sale...pretty nice country
Envious of all your coyote hunting opportunities down there. The State of Wyoming has declared war on the coyote up here and now they're pretty scarce...plus any that are left end up being quite skitterish.