A routine cattle wrangle suddenly heads south. Bubba invests in a starter herd for Andie's Cowgirl College Fund, while Kaley thinks about getting a job. Jaclyn rushes to plan Matthew's birthday party and gets some bad news. Cody makes an impact with a local rancher's autistic son.

It's a Cowboy Way road trip! The guys head north to enter a dangerous high-stakes, chuck wagon race. Do they have what it takes to win? Back home, the wives must handle a surprise cattle shipment and discover one heifer has an infection that could threaten the entire herd.