u/crazycritter87

Sale sizes and sale bills aren't "normal" seasonal cycles or inventory offerings. The market is pumped and it seems like people are dumping out of the cattle business. It's a weird time of year for sales to be big, BUT, they aren't just big. Wee had over 600 weigh cows, breeds, and pairs and over 40 calves under 200lbs... Normal any time of year is 40-120 cows and less than a dozen light calves and bottle babies. Even the sale barn operators aren't sure how to manage these sale dynamics. I kind of get it on a financial level but it seem like more colsolidation and cow herd shrinking. Beef is just becoming more and more of a rich man's game and the rich man rarer and rarer.