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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1790033" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>We usually had one that went to the sales around here every week. We just called him old man Jones. He had his own pen at the barns, and any he bought from you, he unloaded them and out them in hiw name, paid for them to be run through the vet( back then they all had to be Bangs tested). He stood just inside of the drive right by where you unloaded. He would come up and talk to you, ask you what you had . You might tell him you wanted $500 a head. If he thought they would bring more than thatm, he;d tell you he would cive you $500 right now. If he thought $500 might be the top they would bring he would offer you say $475. He was always pretty damned close. He told me he tries to make $20 a head. Very fair of him...you would always do better selling to him at $475 rather than waiting all day and half the night to see if got $500 minus the commission. No sale barn owner around would have run him off, but they might run YOU off if you gave him any sh*t. </p><p>I first met him in the early 70's going to the sale with my grandfather, Jones had a grandson ny age that was there every sale to help him. I hung around with him most all day, and Mr. Jones would talk to us and tel us about each load he looked at....why he bought them...why he didn't.. what he thought they would bring in the sale. If there were some head cattle, I would go in and watch them sell a lot of times. The old man was never more than a few bucks off, give or take. Never met a rancher or breeder that knew cattle better than Jones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1790033, member: 40587"] We usually had one that went to the sales around here every week. We just called him old man Jones. He had his own pen at the barns, and any he bought from you, he unloaded them and out them in hiw name, paid for them to be run through the vet( back then they all had to be Bangs tested). He stood just inside of the drive right by where you unloaded. He would come up and talk to you, ask you what you had . You might tell him you wanted $500 a head. If he thought they would bring more than thatm, he;d tell you he would cive you $500 right now. If he thought $500 might be the top they would bring he would offer you say $475. He was always pretty damned close. He told me he tries to make $20 a head. Very fair of him...you would always do better selling to him at $475 rather than waiting all day and half the night to see if got $500 minus the commission. No sale barn owner around would have run him off, but they might run YOU off if you gave him any sh*t. I first met him in the early 70's going to the sale with my grandfather, Jones had a grandson ny age that was there every sale to help him. I hung around with him most all day, and Mr. Jones would talk to us and tel us about each load he looked at....why he bought them...why he didn't.. what he thought they would bring in the sale. If there were some head cattle, I would go in and watch them sell a lot of times. The old man was never more than a few bucks off, give or take. Never met a rancher or breeder that knew cattle better than Jones. [/QUOTE]
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