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Auctioneer Joe Don Pogue takes bids on a pen of cattle during the October Northeast Texas Beef Organization sale held Oct. 21. The next NETBIO sale will be held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock auction market on Nov. 18. Courtesy/NETBIO
Producer/members of the Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization (NETBIO) sold 3,836 head of preconditioned cattle at the October sale held last Wednesday at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission.
A total of 145 producers had cattle selling in the auction, and despite a softer market, the cattle sold pretty well, according to Livestock Market co-owner David Fowler.
“The market is soft everywhere, but buying was active—even on the internet,” he said.
Thirty-two buyers purchased cattle at an average of $708.77 per head.
“We had a lot of good cattle consigned to the sale,” Fowler said. “Our producers continue to do a great job of preconditioning their cattle for this sale.”
The next sale will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 18, which will mark the beginning of the 22nd year of NETBIO. The market will have available a barbecue lunch before the sale.
The consignment book has closed on the November sale, but NETBIO officials have added a special sale to be held Dec. 16 that is open now to receive consignments. All of the NETBIO sales begin at 1 p.m.
Producers are reminded that starting January 2021, NETBIO sales will be held on Fridays instead of Wednesdays, and calves will be required to be weaned 60 days instead of 45 days.
The first sale of 2021 will be on Friday, Jan. 15. The last weaning date for calves entering that sale will be Nov. 15. Calves should be boosted by Dec. 15.
The NETBIO Pre-Conditioned Stocker and Feeder Calf Sale gives producers a marketplace to offer their preconditioned calves and yearlings in load lot quantities. NETBIO holds eight preconditioned cattle sales per year.