Friday 12/8/17 Black Hided PAPA Alliance Sale

Results from the Special Early Winter Roundup Blackhided New Crop Calf/Yearling Sale Friday December 8th ..

Here this past Friday we had just a showcase of the finest black hided one could lay your eyes on selling 3,648 head on a market that was fully steady to strong....Demand was excellent for the properly handled cattle of high quality with a house full of buyers on the seats.. It is amazing to watch where all these good cattle from and how they are dispersed throughout the country.. Cattle went to almost every feeding state in the country one can be fed ranging from the tri state region to South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Texas and everywhere in between..

A big tip of the hat to all Cattlemen/Cattlewomen for all the hard work put into producing these high quality cattle that allows us to campaign them throughout the country ..

Thanks to all Buyers/Sellers alike who came together for yet another great sale..

And last but not least a huge thank you to the staff and team here at Bloomington Livestock who are the true gears in the machine.. We are blessed with such an amazing team..

Don't forget our last Special Roundup Feeder Cattle of 2017 this coming Friday December 15th @ 9:00 am sharp..

This sale will be a year end combination sale of both Holstein Steers and Beef Cattle and we showcase of cattle already on the books with feature consignments from the James Bark Family 465 head of the nicest home raised calves you could lay your eyes plus 85 head of fancy , reputation steers from the Dummermuth Family Elgin Iowa.. Anothet exciting sale it will be, hope to see you there!!

Here's the report...

Fancy Green New Crop Steer Calves

250-325# $200-$235

350-425# $195-$225

450-525# $175-$195

550-625# $165-$186

650-725# $155-$180

750-825# $145-$165

Improperly Handled/OverFleshy/Lower Quality Steer Calves Less

Fancy Green New Crop Heifer Calves

250-325# $170-$220

350-425# $155-$200(mostly $160-$175)

450-525# $145-$170

550-625# $145-$162

650-725# $140-$160

750-825# $135-$155

Improperly Handled/ OverFleshy/ Lower Quality Heifer Calves Less

Posted on Dec 08 at 23:07