The 405 Aired Oct 22th, 2025
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OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.15 a bushel. A 550lb steer calf $4.77/lb I hope to shout. You know I keep saying it, but I've never seen them this high in my life, and I'm 68 years old. A butcher hog in Iowa will bring you 64ยข a pound and a 100lb lamb that's fat in Billings at a dollar 98 a pound. But guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:I don't know if you know this, but a person who is addicted to something really likes to talk about their thing. It's like being at the youth ranch and getting the boys out of jail. One rule that the previous staff had in place when I arrived was no telling war stories.
OK Solberg:What that meant was the boys weren't allowed to talk about their criminal stories as when you brag about the crazy thing you'd done. Now guys, I wasn't real keen on that rule. I know about boys and I think boys will be boys and whether you have a rule or not, those stories are gonna be told whether in your presence or not. But it leads me to the point I wanna make right up front. Someone who is addicted, or find a better word if you like, someone who is infatuated with something, they like to talk about their thing.
OK Solberg:Well, in fact, there's a bible verse that expresses that exact concept. Listen. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. What's dear to us inside is gonna come out of our mouth. Matthew 12:34 And in fact, Jesus was talking about people who did some wrong things.
OK Solberg:Bottom line, whatever a person is keen on, whatever a person is fond of, whatever a person is enamored with, they're gonna talk about it. Well, that being said, I'm gonna shout out the password for today. And the password is BASEBALL. You guys know that I get excited about baseball.
OK Solberg:Did you notice that I haven't mentioned it for a while? Yeah. I'm getting better. But you have to hear, and you have to know that the World Series starts on Friday. Friday. That's the day after tomorrow. Now do you know which teams are in the world series this year? Do you? Think. Think. Think. Winnie the Pooh. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays. Yes, sir. The Dodgers against the Blue Jays, and it starts on Friday.
OK Solberg:And I don't know if you remember, but back on August 22, this year, 2025, I said right here on this program, and I quote, right now I'll step out on a limb and say that on October 24, for the first game of the world series, it'll be the Los Angeles Dodgers pitted against the Toronto Blue Jays, end of quote. I said that two months ago.
OK Solberg:Here's my question for you. The day after tomorrow, who's playing in the first game of the World Series? The Los Angeles Dodgers pitted against the Toronto Blue Jays. Now that's just funny. I got lucky. And you know what they say? It's better to be lucky than good. But I did get it right.
OK Solberg:Now before I let this thing go to my head, I will also remind you that last summer I told you how high cattle prices were and I told you sell them now, make a contract because, and I said this, because I'll give you a 10 to one odds that they won't be this high at Halloween. Well, it isn't Halloween, but they are way, way higher now than what they were when I said it. So guess what? I got one out of two correct. I think in school, was a failing grade. That could get you a 50%.
OK Solberg:It's just fun to remember back. And make sure you tune in a week from Friday, and I'll eat crow on this program because I was wrong on a 550lb steer calf, alright, on the price. Now I like to admit when I'm wrong, and it may sound funny, but I actually like to find myself wrong from time to time because it proves I still have more to learn. So I'll close with this. Remember it. Just because you have never seen it happen before doesn't mean it can't happen.
OK Solberg:So until next time, as you go out there, go Dodgers. Remember now, don't be bitter.