Small Cows, Big News. Welcome!
Hello, everyone! Spring Auction Roundup: Five Sales, $800k, and Some Honest Math It's been a busy spring with lots of sales to review and a few fun ones coming up! Of course, I should highlight the very first online auction being held on my own Creatures platform coming up on April 25. I have a […]
Small Cows, Big News. Welcome!
Well howdy, everyone! Thanks to all our new subscribers in the last week! Please share far and wide with others in our little community who might be interested. You can send them to this link for the easiest free signup. If you missed the first couple newsletters, you can find them right here. No Big Numbers […]
The February Data Drop: 70 Animals Across Four Sales
Howdy friends, Four sales hit in February, two on Super Bowl Sunday, and together they moved 70 live animals for just over $750,000. The data tells a remarkably consistent story across very different catalogs, formats, and consignors. And one animal broke $40k, which we should talk about. Let's dig in. Pandarosa Ranch Valentine's Sale — […]
5 sales, $850k, and the real bull market
Hello, everyone! Spring Auction Roundup: Five Sales, $800k, and Some Honest Math It's been a busy spring with lots of sales to review and a few fun ones coming up! Of course, I should highlight the very first online auction being held on my own Creatures platform coming up on April 25. I have a […]
What I learned running my first big auction (and 4 other April sales)
Hey everyone, The last ten days of April brought a cluster of highland sales worth covering. Five auctions, four different platforms, 201 cattle lots offered, 179 sold, for a combined $747,668. The sales were: The Scottish Highland Cattle Roundup, April 18 The Northwest Highland Cattle Association spring sale, April 25 The No Bull Highland and […]
May highland recap: six events, $2.54M moved, and what’s actually driving prices
Hi, everyone! Since the last edition, the highland calendar has been packed. Six sales closed between May 2 and May 10, totaling roughly $2.54 million in cattle gross moved across the highland market in a little over a week. The sales were: HHCA 15th Annual Spring Highland Sale, May 2, live at the Springfield Livestock […]
37th National Highland Sale Tops $1 Million
Howdy, everyone! The 37th Annual National Highland Cattle Sale just wrapped up at the National Western Stock Show, and for the first time in the sale's history, total revenue crossed the million-dollar mark. I spent some time going through the complete results, and there's a lot to dig into. The Numbers The sale moved $1,048,316 […]
December Highland Auctions: Five Sales, Very Different Results
Hi and merry Christmas! I figured a Saturday night watching college football was as good as any time for analyzing this last batch of auctions. December gave us five Highland-focused online auctions within a single week. Same buyer pool (mostly), very different outcomes. If you're trying to figure out how to price your animals or […]
Six Auctions. $1.6 Million. Two Very Different Markets.
$525 Steers to $20,500 Heifers: This Week’s Auction Highlights Howdy friends, Six auctions. 385 animals. Nearly $1.6 million in sales. And a price range that tells you everything about where this market is right now: a steer sold for $550 at the Fall Roundup while a “micro/mini” heifer hit $20,500 at Pandarosa a few weeks […]
