Tap said:
I did take a look at Northern's results late last night, and their prices are all over the board. I think freight has a lot to do with that. The far northern MT calves showed that I thought. Sorry Oldtimer.

Maybe fuel will come down and that spread will close up. I thought one bunch of calves from a ranch S. of Miles City sold real well. I saw those cattle once, and they were good ones.
Glad you did well.
Tap- We are kind of used to freight hitting us...I know last year that calves up here were sometimes selling anywhere from $5 to $10 cwt cheaper than SD or Nebraska calves because of freight costs and lack of availability of trucks...
Will probably hurt more this year- altho I watched an hour or so of Superior today with calves from here selling, and they didn't seem too bad...Some selling about as much as last year, altho overall I know some of the ones I watched were weaker by about $5-10..... Some 560- 580 weight steers that sold around $131 last year were $122 this year.....Still close to $700 head.....
And again this year they are paying more for the heavy calves-- saw a few sorts of 650- 700 lb calves for Oct- Nov delivery selling for $775 to over $800......Thats nothing to sneeze at.......