Buyers and sellers keep an eye on how much the cattle are selling for during the High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Tom Conway watches the High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Working the High Country Cattle Auction from left, Cortni Cox, Becky Hawkins, auctioneer Shane Hatch, and Duane Cugnini as buyers look over cattle in the ring on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Debra Cugnini, front, owner of Debras Cafe and Natalie Douglas work in the kitchen that is inside the High Country Cattle Auction barn on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Amber Belvin with High Country Cattle Auction looks over the newly renovated front of the auction barn that also houses Debras Cafe on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Debras Cafe inside the High Country Cattle Auction barn on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Bodie Hines moves cattle through pens and gates toward the High Country Cattle Auction barn on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Working the High Country Cattle Auction from left, Cortni Cox, Becky Hawkins, auctioneer Shane Hatch, and Duane Cugnini as buyers look over cattle in the ring on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Hank Greer, 5, left, Wyatt Horvath, 3, center, and Ryle Runyan, 3, play with trucks during the High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
The High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Buyers and sellers keep an eye on how much the cattle are selling for during the High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Buyers and sellers keep an eye on how much the cattle are selling for during the High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A dog waits for its owner to return to the truck during the High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Chris McElroy moves cattle through pens and gates toward the High Country Cattle Auction barn on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Buyers and sellers keep an eye on how much the cattle sell for during the High Country Cattle Auction on Sept. 23 in Breen southwest of Durango. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
