In addition to showing off their roping and riding skills, the 10 remaining cowboys must demonstrate their business acumen by estimating the value of livestock; with the help of expert judges, host Trace Adkins decides who will be sent packing.

Half of the fourteen original cowboys remain and they must work even harder to impress host Trace Adkins and his expert judges; a challenge goes awry, two yearlings escape through the fence, and Trace is forced to send another cowboy packing.