Modern Day Cattle Auction in Blackfoot, Idaho

Commentary:

Slaughter bulls and cows sold mostly steady to higher in places.

Light calves were a bit softer while feeders and grass cattle were a few better.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"I have an attention span that's as long as I need it to be."

                ~and~

"I actually don't have a bad hairline."

      -President Trump

Commentary:

All classes sold steady with good volume.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient."

      -Warren Buffett

Commentary:

All classes steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be."

                ~and~

"If you don't know where you are going, you might end up someplace else."

      -Yogi Berra

Commentary:

Slaughter and feeder cows sold steady to a few better. Bulls were steady.

Feeders and calves steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his sons the hardships that made him rich."

      - Robert Frost

                ~and~

"If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, there would be world peace."

      -Will Rogers

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2 lower.

Light calves were several lower while 600 weight and on up were mostly steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"I think that having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anyone could ever want to own."

      - Andy Warhol

                ~and~

"The more obviously one's work benefits other people, the less likely one is to be paid for it."

      -Unknown

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold three lower.

Calves and feeders were steady to a few lower.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone else planted a tree a long time ago."

      - Warren Buffett

                ~and~

"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best is now."

      - Chinese proverb

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeders were steady while grass cattle were a few higher again.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"What is important is seldom urgent and what is urgent is seldom important."

      - Dwight Eisenhower

                ~and~

"Why isn't there 'mouse' flavored cat food?"

      - Neil Hillman

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2 better.

Calves and feeders were steady to 5 better.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"I always wanted to be somebody but I see now I should have been more specific."

      - Lily Tomlin

                ~and~

"The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the bladder."

      - Alfred Hitchcock

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2 lower.

Calves and feeders were steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"A people that value its privelages above its principles soon looses both."

      - Eisenhower

                ~and~

"The body says what words cannot."

      - Cole Erb

Commentary:

All classes sold steady with fewer numbers.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"A ship ought not be held by one anchor nor life by a single hope."

      - Greek philosophy

                ~and~

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."

      - Dorothy Parker

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold one better.

Feeders and calves were steady to a few better.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"It's hard to beat a guy when he's made up his mind he's going to win."

      - Muhammed Ali

                ~and~

"You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think."

      - Milton Berle

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to two better.

Feeders and calves were mostly steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way."

                ~and~

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last."

      - Winston Churchill

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to a few better.

Feeders and calves were steady for kind.

It was a pretty short sale due to weather and the fact that most cattle are already sold.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"You can say the most ridiculous thing to a dog and he'll look at you like 'You're right! I never would have thought of that.'"

      - Dave Barry

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeders and light calves were a few lower.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"You can say the most ridiculous thing to a dog and he'll look at you like 'You're right! I never would have thought of that.'"

      - Dave Barry

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-3 better.

Feeders and calves were steady to 5 better.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Anyone who wants to run the country has to entertain it."

      - Saul Bellow

                    ~and~

"America did not invent human rights. Human rights invented America."

      - Jimmy Carter

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeders were steady while light calves were steady to a few lower. Probably mostly because of the weather.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is."

      - Jimmy Carter

                    ~and~

"Invest in inflation. It's the only thing going up."

      - Will Rogers

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeders sold steady while light calves were softer as snow and cold come to the region.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you are facing one, check your premises. You'll find one of them is wrong."

      - Ayn Rand

Commentary:

From before Christmas; slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Now after Christmas; that was 3 weeks ago and the market has changed faster than I think anyone saw it coming. Feeders and calves were 5-15 better.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"If the women don't find you handsome they should at least find you handy."

      - Red Green

                 ~and~

"When I was a kid my parents moved alot, but I always found them."

      - Rodney Dangerfield

Commentary:

There will be no sale December 27th or January 3rd.

Slaughter cows and bulls sold a few better.

Feeder cattle were mostly steady while light calves were several lower following last week's storm.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Have a Merry Christmas. That's all you get from me. Cause I ain't no Santi Claus. Don't own no Christmas tree. But if wishes were health and money, I'd fill your buckskin poke. Your doctor would go hungry and you'd never be broke."

      - Charles Russell

Commentary:

Slaughter bulls sold steady. Cows were a touch better.

Feeder cattle and calves remain high with good demand.

There will be no sale December 27th or January 3rd.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"My choice early in life was to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth there's hardly any difference."

      - Harry S. Truman

                ~and~

"Be ready when the luck happens."

      - Phyllis Diller

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady from before Thanksgiving.

Feeders and calves remain high.

There will be no sale December 27th or January 3rd.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

                ~and~

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."

      - Einstein

Commentary:

There will be no sale November 29th.

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Feeder cows were 2-3 higher.

Feeder cattle and calves were a few better to steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Trust is like the air we breath - when it's present nobody really notices. When it's absent, everyone notices."

      - Warren Buffett

                ~and~

"It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation and only one bad one to lose it."

      - Ben Franklin

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2 lower.

Feeder cattle and calves were steady.

There will be no sale November 29th.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"As a child I was more afraid of tetanus shots then, say, Dracula."

                ~and~

"It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles against prevailing winds for the opportunity."

      - Dave Barry

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-3 better.

Feeder cattle and calves were steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"All men make mistakes but married men learn about them sooner."

                ~and~

"I don't pick on politicians. They ain't done anything."

      - Red Skelton

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3-4 lower.

Feeders and calves were steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"To leave the world a better place than you found it sometimes you have to pick up other people's trash."

      - Bill Nye

                ~and~

"If a man is alone in the forest and he speaks out and no woman is there to hear him, is he still wrong?"

      - Neil Hillman

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 6-10 lower as the fall is upon us.

Feeders and calves were steady to 5 better.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"People listen to gossip as if it were truth, but they'll read news in the paper and think it's a lie."

      - Unknown. Maybe Trump

                ~and~

"Everybody thinks it's going to be different for them. Even the dinosaurs."

      - The Far Side cartoon

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4 lower.

Feeders cattle and calves are steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"You're only young once but you can be immature forever."

      - Odgen Nash

                ~and~

"Everybody thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing themself."

      - Leo Tolstoy

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold a few lower as the numbers rise.

Feeders cattle and calves were steady to a few better.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"If everyone is thinking alike then no one is thinking."

      - Ben Franklin

                ~and~

"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."

      - Winston Churchill

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to one better.

Feeders and calves were steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"If you want a happy ending, that depends on where you stop your story."

      - Orson Wells

                ~and~

"Socialism only works until you run out of someone else's money."

      - Margaret Thatcher

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold a few lower again.

Feeders and calves were mostly steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"My whole family are psychics. I was born with the gift of hindsight. I realized later on."

      - Dave Barry

                ~and~

"Those who vote don't decided anything. Those who count the votes decide everything."

Reminds you of Trump's claims of a rigged election.

      - Stalin

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3-4 lower.

Feeder cattle held steady while bawling calves are a few cheaper.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Ambition is a disease you contract when you don't have much."

      - Curtis "50 cent" Jackson

Commentary:

Slaughter cows sold steady while bulls were steady to a few lower.

Feeders were steady for kind while light calves were a bit softer.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing"

"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority."

"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

      - Ben Franklin

Commentary:

Slaughter cows sold mostly steady while bulls were a few cheaper.

Feeders and calves were mixed.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"I married Ms. Right. I just didn't know her first name was 'always.'"

               ~and~

"My doctor said I look a million dollars. Green and wrinkled."

      - Red Skelton

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5 lower.

Light calves were lower while feeders are steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"The most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

               ~and~

"Status quo is Latin for 'the mess we're in.'"

      - Ronald Reagan

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold mixed but mostly steady.

Feeders and calves were steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"The most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'"

               ~and~

"Status quo is Latin for 'the mess we're in.'"

      - Ronald Reagan

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3 lower.

No real trend on calves and feeders as there are so few.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these."

               ~and~

"If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of 10 it will."

      - Paul Harvey

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3-4 lower.

Still not many calves or feeders bet after last weeks' bloodbath in financial markets, they appear ten or more lower.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Middle age is when age shows around your middle."

               ~and~

"She said she was approaching 40. I wondered from which direction."

      - Bob Hope

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-3 lower.

Not much in the way of feeders or calves but were mostly steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"The White House is giving Joe Biden intelligence briefings. You know, some of these jokes just write themselves."

               ~and~

"Traffic lights in New York City are just rough guidelines." (sort of like Blackfoot)

      - David Letterman

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to two lower.

Feeders and calves were steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president and anyone that doesn't can be vice president.

               ~and~

"Married men live longer than single men. Even through married men give up easier."

      - Johnny Carson

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3-4 lower.

Not much change in feeders and calves and not many of them.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Politics is the art of postponing decisions until the issue is no longer relevant."

      - French Prime Minister

               ~and~

"What people want is simple. They want an America as good as its promise."

      - U.S. Congressman

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls remain high but are beginning to show some resistance.

Light calves are transitioning from a grass market to a feeder market and as so they are softer.

Feeders are scattered but mostly steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"By the time someone realizes their parents might have been right, they usually have kids of their own."

      - Everyone

               ~and~

"I'm at the age where my back goes out more than I do."

      - Phyllis Diller

Commentary:

There will be no sale 7/5/24.

Slaughter cows and bulls remain high.

Not many feeders but they were steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."

               ~and~

"At 50, everyone has a face they deserve."

      - The lighter side

Commentary:

There will be no sale 7/5/24.

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5-6 higher.

Feeders and calves were steady. If you don't see a range of prices, check out the representative sales.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Your age doesn't matter much unless you're a cheese."

      - Mother in law

               ~and~

"If at first you don't succeed then skydiving isn't for you."

      - Steven Wright

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold a few lower. Just a week to week trend. It doesn't necessarily mean anything.

Feeder cattle and calves remain strong. However, the number of grass buyers is drying up.

There will be no sale 7/5/24.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Nations don't have allies, they have interests."

      - C. S. Lewis

               ~and~

"An onion can make you cry. But there has never been a vegetable invented that can make you laugh."

      - Will Rogers

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2-3 better.

Light calves and feeders were noticeably higher as grass is getting tall.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"Anyone who says, 'I told you so' is never remembered as a hero."

               ~and~

"The past is a foreign country; they do things a little different there."

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls remain high and should through the summer if the economic stability of America maintains.

Feeder cattle and calves are mostly steady depending on quality.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

Almost means not quite. Not quite means not right. Not right means wrong. Wrong means the opportunity to start again and get it right.

Commentary:

Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to a hint better.

Feeder cattle and calves were steady to a few better as grass season is upon us.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"The Lord gave us two ends: one to sit on and one to think with. Which do you use most?"

        - Ann Landers

Commentary:

All classes mostly steady.

We accept cattle on Thursdays from 8am to 7:30pm and starting Friday at 7:00am. We will be open for business every Friday.

Any questions give us a call at 208-785-0500 or call Cole Erb at 208-680-1827.

Thought of the Week:

"It's useless to hold a person to anything they say while they're in love, drunk, or running for office"

        - Shirley MacLaine

                    ~and~

"Being important is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't."

        - Margaret Thatcher