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<blockquote data-quote="Toad" data-source="post: 1251005" data-attributes="member: 20188"><p>I always watch my calves sell but mainly because I enjoy watching people bid on what I've worked so hard on all year. Its a learning experience really. If you sit through a sale and watch your cattle compared to others you learn what the buyers are willing to pay top dollar for. I honestly feel like most farmers leave a lot of money on the table because they don't focus on the selling process. There are a lot of beef operations around me and a lot of these guys just don't go to a sale. They hire their cattle hauled and they stay on the farm. </p><p> I bet there are more no sale calves then some people realize. Before I started hauling to Lynchburg I sold at a smaller local sale and regularly had to bid on my calves to get them up to the going prices. I've brought some home before but most didn't know I had bought back my own calf. I normally just fed the calves well for a couple of weeks and took them back.The second time around I knew almost exactly what the big buyers would pay for them and a ran them up to that and stopped. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toad, post: 1251005, member: 20188"] I always watch my calves sell but mainly because I enjoy watching people bid on what I've worked so hard on all year. Its a learning experience really. If you sit through a sale and watch your cattle compared to others you learn what the buyers are willing to pay top dollar for. I honestly feel like most farmers leave a lot of money on the table because they don't focus on the selling process. There are a lot of beef operations around me and a lot of these guys just don't go to a sale. They hire their cattle hauled and they stay on the farm. I bet there are more no sale calves then some people realize. Before I started hauling to Lynchburg I sold at a smaller local sale and regularly had to bid on my calves to get them up to the going prices. I've brought some home before but most didn't know I had bought back my own calf. I normally just fed the calves well for a couple of weeks and took them back.The second time around I knew almost exactly what the big buyers would pay for them and a ran them up to that and stopped. :) [/QUOTE]
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