GOT A LETTER LAST WEEK THAT SAID, “I HOPE EVERYONE IS STAYING SAFE IN THESE CRAZY TIMES.” THAT ABOUT SUMS IT UP!! ALSO, SAW A TEXT THAT READ, “I AM SICK OF BLAMING THE WHOLE FOR THE SINS OF A FEW.” THAT TOO SUMS IT UP! WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN MINDS AND THAT MAKES US EACH UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS. I HEAR PEOPLE ALL THE TIME SAYING, “I DON’T WATCH ANY NEWS BECAUSE IT’S ALL NEGATIVE.” ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS AND FARMERS IS THAT THEY ARE POSITIVE THINKERS FOR THE MOST PART.
IN THE LIVESTOCK BUSINESS, WHICH WE ENJOY, IT’S ALWAYS FULL OF UP’S AND DOWN’S – JUST LIKE OUR MARKET. YESTERDAY’S MARKET REPORT SHOWS BUTCHER COWS DOWN $1.00 TO $4.00. WE SOLD SOME REAL GOOD HIGH YIELD BONERS FOR $68.00. NOT A BIG SELECTION OF BULLS, BUT WE HAD ONE AT $95.00. STEERS UNDER 450# WERE CALLED LOWER WHILE THE HEIFER MARKET WAS CALLED UP TO $5.00 HIGHER. TOP PAIR WAS $1,475 AND BEST BRED COWS WAS $1,000. WE HAVE A HIGH DEMAND AT SOUTHEAST MS LIVESTOCK FOR QUALITY CATTLE.
ONE THING THAT I WAS MOST PROUD OF YESTERDAY WAS THAT 81% OF OUR CATTLE WERE FEEDER CATTLE. THAT IS A TREMENDOUS POSITIVE. WE HAD 657 HEAD WHICH MEANS WE HAD 532 HEAD OF FEEDER CATTLE. SINCE COMING TO THE BARN, MY MAIN GOAL HAS BEEN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CALVES AND YEARLINGS. WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON A WEEK-TO-WEEK BASIS. YESTERDAY’S NUMBERS SHOW A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. WITH OUR NUMBER OF BUYERS ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND THE VARIOUS ORDERS THEY HAVE, I AM CONVINCED IT’S ALWAYS BETTER TO BRING THEM TO THE SALE BARN. WE HAD SEVERAL PRODUCERS BRING US SOME SETS OF QUALITY CALVES – BOTH STRAIGHT OFF THE COW AND SOME WEANED. I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK EVERYONE WHO TRUSTED US TO MARKET THEIR LIVESTOCK.
REMEMBER, NO SALE NEXT MONDAY, JUNE 29TH BECAUSE OF THE 4TH OF JULYSHUTDOWN. WE WILL BE BACK OPEN ON SUNDAY JULY 5TH TO RECEIVE CATTLE AND WILL HAVE OUR NORMAL SALE SCHEDULE ON JULY 6TH. REMEMBER WHAT JULY 4TH MEANS AND HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT NATION. BE SAFE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE NEXT SALE.
SINCERELY
MIKE KEENE
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