Lots of farmers make their living buying and selling at the sale barn, most of them are their from the time the sale starts till it ends, looking for bargains and replacements and I can assure you there are some good replacements that go through the sale barn, and you definatly are taking a...
Chief, would you want to take your free martin to the sale barn and announce to everyone there that she was a free martin, you had better be prepared to just give her away.
I have to agree with Caustic on this one. There are plenty of good buys at a sale barn and some good deals. As far as buying the old cows that arent marked for their age thats where the experience comes in, and as far as buying a cow that wont breed look for the tall tale signs, very fat around...