NETBIO tops 5k in March sales
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The Northeast Texas Beef Improvement Organization (NETBIO) sold 5,172 head of pre-conditioned calves and yearlings at its sale held Friday at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Commission.
David Fowler, co-owner of the livestock market center and a member of the NETBIO board, said the market was good and helped the cattle bring an average price per head of nearly $900. A total of 218 NETBIO producer/members had cattle consigned to the sale.
Internet bidding was hot and heavy throughout the sale. The new Internet connection where all the NETBIO sales can be seen is “LiveAuctions.TV”. It is easy to navigate and will be the site NETBIO sales will be selling on in the future.
It was an active sale with 29 buyers purchasing all the cattle. A total of 1,476 head of cattle were sold to Internet buyers.
Fowler noted that all the cattle looked “really good”. “The producers continue to do a great job of pre-conditioning their cattle and the buyers are noticing it,” he said.
The next sale will be held at the Sulphur Springs Livestock Auction on Friday, May 20. Cattle being consigned to the May sale must have their booster shots by April 21.
That sale will be followed by sales on Friday, July 15 and Friday, September 16. All sales begin at 1 p.m.
Tags for the May sale are already going out, so producers who will have cattle ready for that sale can call the sale barn office for tags. That telephone number is 903-885-2455.
NETBIO holds eight pre-conditioned calf sales per year, which is the marketing arm for members of the organization. These sales gives producers a market to offer their pre-conditioned calves and yearlings in load lot quantities. For more information, go to www.sslivestockauctions.com and check the Facebook page.
Contributed by Paul Bailey
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