George Beefsteak's prize bull, Big Red, suddenly disappears during a livestock show. Lieutenant Mumbly and Chief Shnooker are called and they investigate the strange event. While Mumbly writes some clues down, Shnooker re-enacts the scene of the crime by standing on the platform where the bull vanished. The platform flips and a rustler known as the Lonesome Rustler appears from the other side of the platform with the bull, and runs to his truck. The platform flips again, and Shnooker orders Mumbly to rescue Big Red from the Lonesome Rustler.