Cattle Sales

This past weekend, I spent quite a bit of time at some cattle sales. Cattle sales, or livestock auctions, are really just something else. These sales are the beginning of a showing season and the main social attractions to those in the cattle industry. There are bargains, sales, politics, and simple friendships that are made at these events. 

Cattle sales bring forth a plethora of politics for the industry. From bidding wars to behind the backdrop sales, there is always controversy about who bought what and who should have bought what at particular prices and so on. Most people walk away from an auction happy, but there are many that have smoke steaming out their ears. 

My favorite part about cattle sales is getting to see all my friends and many of my mentors. We all simply get to look at who is buying what and talk about cattle for a day. We analyze every lot being sold and pick what ones we might buy that day or what we would put on our dream list. It is simply a wonderful social event where some people strike it rich or come out empty handed.