Cattle marts report: Springsteen brought good weather, good cheer and good sales across the cattle marts

“It was 22 degrees in the car when I arrived,” auctioneer Jim O’Brien mentioned to me before taking up his post in the main ring in Bandon mart on Monday.

And the temperature in the ring in Bandon on Monday wasn’t any cooler for Jim.

In spite of a smaller crowd — due to silage and perhaps hung-over after the Springsteen concerts — the trade for good quality fleshy cattle was sizzling.