Well, today was a twelve hour jaunt to Riverton to watch our heifers sell. These are the girls that didn’t make the cut for whatever reason… and they’re on their way to a new home.
The sale barn was full of a good crew of buyers and sellers… and even more on various phones and the internet.
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There was even a real cutie in the audience.
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He was very good about staying with his human too.
The auctioneers worked hard on getting good prices…
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Despite their best attempts, prices were down from last year. That’s life for a rancher… you just get what the buyers give you.
Goodbye, heifers. Have a good life!
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the cattle walk in going that way, they like to follow the leader, & when the gate opens they will file out, but sometimes they will get stirred up & move all around, and if the cattle are calm they stand still, wilder cattle will move around-
Question: I wonder why the cattle are all facing the same way with their “heads
together” in a tight group? Anybody know? (of course there is not much room
for moving around!)
I watched some of the Riverton auction on line! switched around to several auctions during the afternoon, prices down all over for feeders & even bred stock, but the fat cattle market is edging up a bit, I went to auctions Tues,Wed & Thurs. & packer buyers were eager to buy cattle! Hope it gets better for the others!