Skip the Oliver 550 and almost any Oliver model as they have been obsolete for over 40 years. The 550 was a good little utility tractor in it's day but that day has come and gone. Yes some had power steering but when they go bad, and they do, there are very few parts to fix the steering boxes even on the manual steering. They also had that Oliver shift pattern that is hard to adjust to. Olivers were great tractors and I have some but unless you are an Oliver man I would not suggest that you use one for daily farm work.
Unless you are going to be doing construction work, almost any modern farm tractor with a front loader will work. Some posts here are giving you a scary story about front axles and such not holding up and if you are going to be feeding a lot of cattle from a bunk that would be something to consider but for the occasional user it is nothing to worry about.
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