Open Range Winter Cattle Herders
Employer: Pretty Water LLC
Location: Rock Springs, WY
Workers needed: 6
Pay: $2132.41/month
Season: Dec 15, 2026 – Mar 31, 2027
Experience: 6 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Performs any combination of the following seasonal duties primarily involved in the winter open range production of commercial livestock to assist the employer and employer-designated representative. On call up to 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Live in isolated mobile camps & performs following tasks almost exclusively out on desert range to protect pregnant cows from harsh winter conditions: trail groups of pregnant cows to areas designated by the employer and employer-designated representative using winter trailing methods to avoid undue stress on cows; prevent hypothermia/abortion/death; move cows at a pace/distance sufficient to ensure they receive ample water/native forage during daylight hours to arrive at natural shelters by nightfall to protect cows during blizzards/high winds/extreme cold, ride unmarked perimeters of open range area designated by the employer and employer-designated representative. Help employer and employer-designated representative with supplemental feeding (when weather precludes use of range forage). Must be able to ride and handle horses in the movement of livestock in the open range while assuring the safety of the worker, co-workers, livestock, and horses. Employee must be willing to: perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. The job may entail working with and around farm machinery such as tractors and ATVs for feeding purposes and the movement of livestock, periodically. Employee will work outdoors in all types of weather, including blizzards/high winds/extreme cold and may experience occasional exposure to herding hazards such as predators. 50 lbs. lifting and driving requirement is needed.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Each housing unit for the workers has free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities to enable the workers to prepare their own meals. Employer will provide all food to workers from employer’s own supply at no cost to workers. Workers will prepare their own meals. Further, the Employer will provide potable water (at least 4.5 gallons per day) per worker for drinking and cooking, a method for testing potable water, and additional water for bathing and laundry (where needed) as required under the U.S. Department of Labor’s November 16, 2015, Final Rule regarding the Herding or Production of Livestock on the Range.
Transport: The employer may advance to workers the required transportation and subsistence costs (or otherwise provide them) from the place from which the worker has departed to the employer’s place of employment. For an H–2A worker coming from outside of the U.S., the place from which the worker has departed is the place of recruitment.
Experience wanted: 6 months
Six months prior experience as an Open Winter Cattle Herder, as described herein. Must be able to ride and handle horses and equipment utilized and necessary in the range production of livestock in a manner to assure safety of the employee, co-workers, horses, dogs, and open range winter livestock. Must be able to find and maintain bearings to assigned work areas on the open range. Employee must be physically able to perform the duties described herein and must be able to perform the duties reliably. Employee will be directed and controlled by the employer and/or employer-designated representative. See Addendum C
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