For years we sold private treaty off the ranch and it seemed to be a year round venture- and for every month a bull stood around it cost us money (and they would fight and get crippled) In 1998 we had the opportunity to enter a few of our yearling bulls in a neighbor's well established bull...
One way to do it would be to offer to AI the cows (and pay for Cidrs, semen, labor) with the option to buy a pick of calves at 10 cents over market (at time of weaning)
The herd owner gets a little more for the calves you pick, to make up for the inconvenience on the front end.
If you can't...
Often at the sale barn the back tags used to ID the consignors animals will come off before they go through the ring. The yard then waits until the end of the sale to see what they can match up.
Do you know what your heifer weighed when you dropped her off? If so, compare it to the weight on...