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<blockquote data-quote="Aubracusa" data-source="post: 349180" data-attributes="member: 3755"><p>Hello, everyone --</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the comments about the sale.</p><p></p><p>We woke up at 4:30 a.m. the morning of the sale to a devastating blizzard. I-80 was closed down. US 6 and the backroads were pretty much drifted in. We couldn't even get the consignors or the auctioneer from the hotel in Lincoln to the sale location until about 90 minutes before the sale. We had buyers stranded on the roads in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.</p><p></p><p>Our decision to proceed with it no doubt hurt our sale average, but we had relatively strong demand all things considered. Most of the cattle sold to buyers on Superior, since very few local buyers could make it there in person.</p><p></p><p>All in all, the effort was a good showing for the breed, and we feel good about the new people we now have involved in it. We are doing a great deal of self-reflection right now, trying to determine a lower-risk, less labor-intensive venue to market Aubrac cattle to interested people around the country. I think all of us are feeling a little "burned" by the weather this morning. But that's life in the cattle business.</p><p></p><p>We have a few bulls and females that are still available for purchase. Write me a note at <a href="mailto:epoldwest@aol.com">epoldwest@aol.com</a> if you're interested.</p><p></p><p>Best,</p><p></p><p>aubracusa</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aubracusa, post: 349180, member: 3755"] Hello, everyone -- Thanks for the comments about the sale. We woke up at 4:30 a.m. the morning of the sale to a devastating blizzard. I-80 was closed down. US 6 and the backroads were pretty much drifted in. We couldn't even get the consignors or the auctioneer from the hotel in Lincoln to the sale location until about 90 minutes before the sale. We had buyers stranded on the roads in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota. Our decision to proceed with it no doubt hurt our sale average, but we had relatively strong demand all things considered. Most of the cattle sold to buyers on Superior, since very few local buyers could make it there in person. All in all, the effort was a good showing for the breed, and we feel good about the new people we now have involved in it. We are doing a great deal of self-reflection right now, trying to determine a lower-risk, less labor-intensive venue to market Aubrac cattle to interested people around the country. I think all of us are feeling a little "burned" by the weather this morning. But that's life in the cattle business. We have a few bulls and females that are still available for purchase. Write me a note at [email=epoldwest@aol.com]epoldwest@aol.com[/email] if you're interested. Best, aubracusa [/QUOTE]
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