Friday January 4th Special P.A.P.A. Alliance Black Hided Sale

Here this past Friday we kicked off the new year with a really nice sale of high quality cattle .

The sale was front end loaded with many long strings of the finest reputation cattle produced  by the finest cattlemen/cattlewomen in the Tri State Region..

With a house full of Buyers on the seats we sold 3,268 head on a market that was fully steady to higher on pretty much all classes of cattle ..

It sure appears in the weeks coming ahead that this market is at least looking to keep working its way north as we get ready to watch the grass weight buyers  enter into the market full swing with an already shorter supply of grass weight yearling makers in the mix. 

It appears the middle and heavier weight cattle will remain steady to possibly higher as the fed cattle remain on good ground backed by a strong futures market(for what that's even worth anymore)..

Being the last P.A.PA Alliance Sale of the season we would sure like to thank all Buyers/Sellers alike who came together to make these sales such a success.  In its 3 sales combined we sold over 13,500 head of cattle that you wouldn't buy any better anywhere in the country and were placed everywhere in the country from locally to every cattle feeding state that feeds one.

The quality and proper handling of these cattle  was tremendous and is a true testament to the hard work and effort set forth that has put our little part of the world in the cow/calf industry on the United States map for years now running with many more to come. 

 

And finally a SPECIAL Thank You to our Team here at Bloomington Livestock Exchange for the amazing behind the scene work they all do from the office to the back to the ring and everywhere in between... So many times I wonder how they roll through the volume of cattle they do with the week in and week out accuracy and efficiency they achieve, they are an amazing group people in all they do.   

Great job to all and once again Thank You!! 

 

Don't forget the Special Winter Roundup All Holstein Steer/Dairy Cross Feeder Cattle Sale this coming Friday January 11th starting time 9:00am sharp.

 

The next Special Winter Roundup New Crop Beef Calf/Yearling Sale will be Friday January 18thstarting time 9:00am sharp.. 

Call ahead with your consignments please.. 

 

Here's the report..

 

Fancy New Crop Steer Calves 

350-425# $180- $210

450-525# $160-$190

550-625# $150-$180

650-725# $140-$165

750-875# $135-$155

Improperly  Handled/ OverFleshy / Lower Quality  Steers Less 

 

Fancy New Crop Heifer Calves 

325-425# $145-$180

450-525# $140-$165

550-625# $135-$155

650-725# $127-$145

750-825# $125-$138

Improperly Handled/ OverFleshy/ Lower Quality Heifers Less