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<blockquote data-quote="Farm Family" data-source="post: 1836332" data-attributes="member: 43070"><p>People may not like what I have to say but I will say anyways…animal welfare imo is forefront. "Heavy bred cattle" should not be put through the stress of an Auction Mart. Like TCRanch said they often end up as slaughter and in our neck of woods unfair long transport distances for cattle to the packers in that condition.</p><p></p><p>I know truckers hauling who have had cows such as yours calving in the liner, en route, calf trampled, cow not much better on arrival. I have also been around the stockyards when others have made the same decision and the cow is calving on the cement or in an alley in the yards, running through the sale with afterbirth and a wet calf or missing the sale completely or the owner with a vet bill cause staff are not dealing with the situation and turns out to be a dystocia when they have a sale to run.</p><p></p><p> A sure way to give your farm a bad reputation with the local auction mart. A sure way to leave a sour taste in the mouth of some do-gooder looking to point a finger at the husbandry and ethics of the beef farmer.</p><p></p><p>Find a private buyer like bird dog and let poor timing and a prior bad decision "die" out of the limelight and in a more humane manner...find a buyer where there is no added stress of the auction and where transportation is suitable for "heavy in calf" cattle.</p><p></p><p>Granted <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="💩" title="Pile of poo :poop:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f4a9.png" data-shortname=":poop:" /> happens we all want to escape but to shove it off on someone else and pocket your money is imo unethical! Again…not what people want to hear<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♀️" title="Woman shrugging :woman_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2640.png" data-shortname=":woman_shrugging:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farm Family, post: 1836332, member: 43070"] People may not like what I have to say but I will say anyways…animal welfare imo is forefront. “Heavy bred cattle” should not be put through the stress of an Auction Mart. Like TCRanch said they often end up as slaughter and in our neck of woods unfair long transport distances for cattle to the packers in that condition. I know truckers hauling who have had cows such as yours calving in the liner, en route, calf trampled, cow not much better on arrival. I have also been around the stockyards when others have made the same decision and the cow is calving on the cement or in an alley in the yards, running through the sale with afterbirth and a wet calf or missing the sale completely or the owner with a vet bill cause staff are not dealing with the situation and turns out to be a dystocia when they have a sale to run. A sure way to give your farm a bad reputation with the local auction mart. A sure way to leave a sour taste in the mouth of some do-gooder looking to point a finger at the husbandry and ethics of the beef farmer. Find a private buyer like bird dog and let poor timing and a prior bad decision “die” out of the limelight and in a more humane manner...find a buyer where there is no added stress of the auction and where transportation is suitable for “heavy in calf” cattle. Granted 💩 happens we all want to escape but to shove it off on someone else and pocket your money is imo unethical! Again…not what people want to hear🤷♀️ [/QUOTE]
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