Winter Ranch Worker
Employer: ROC Cattle Company, LLC
Location: Lamar, MO
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $18.71/hour
Season: Nov 21, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Worker will operate a farm tractor and feed mixer to prepare and deliver a daily ration of hay, silage, and protein supplement at about 47 lbs per head per day. Worker will load and haul hay and silage and keep feeding records. Worker will sort cows by expected calving date, and move cows close to calving into calving pastures. Ready calving pens, supplies, and equipment. Worker will check cows day and night, including scheduled night checks. Assist cows with difficult births and tag and process newborn calves. Pair cows with calves and care for weak or chilled calves. Worker will wean, gather, sort, and load summer-born calves for sale. Worker will gather and sort cattle on horseback. Pull bulls from the cow herd around Thanksgiving and turn bulls out with the cows on or around February 1. Feed and care for weaned calves during backgrounding and watch for sickness. Break ice on water sources, and perform routine maintenance on the tractor, mixer, and feeding equipment.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries and/or other incidentals.
If free and convenient kitchen facilities become unavailable for any reason, the employer will provide three (3) meals a day for which it will charge individual workers, by payroll deduction, no more than the daily permitted amount as provided in 20 CFR 655.173, which was $16.78 as of April 7, 2026, and which may be increased during the period of this employment.
Transport: Employer will either arrange for inbound and outbound transportation via a charter bus service for the worker, or if the worker prefers to arrange their own transportation, Employer will reimburse the worker at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved as well as for the related daily subsistence costs while the worker is traveling. Please see Work Term 1 of 12 for more detailed Inbound/Outbound Transportation arrangements.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Workers must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds for 75 yards. Worker must have ability to ride a horse. Worker must have ability to drive a tractor. Worker must have ability to work outdoors in cold weather. Worker must have 3 months of general farmhand experience.
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