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<blockquote data-quote="LauraleesFarm" data-source="post: 1254678" data-attributes="member: 14261"><p>Grrrr retyping reply. Again.</p><p></p><p>I am in East Texas. </p><p></p><p>ALL cattle are tagged in the trailer before unloading. You can pay extra for females to be preg checked on site and they also mouth the age. Your cattle will be mixed with other cattle of similar type/age/sex, etc..</p><p></p><p>Horned cattle are generally together and polled together. Not always but usually. Bulls separated to private stalls unless definitely for slaughter.</p><p></p><p>If you ask for preg check they will mark the month pregnant on the hip and the mouth age on the shoulder. This is true for most of the barns I visit. However, Emory marks them backwards.</p><p></p><p>Pregnancy is marked in months, not trimesters or periods. So its 0-9. If there is an X on the hip for pregnancy status then something is wrong/missing/not breedable.</p><p></p><p>Age is marked 1-8 and rarely anything over that will be numbered. It will then go SS, X for brokemouth, and 0 for no mouth. Or could use H for heifer.</p><p></p><p>They run them thru one at a time. Occasionally a small set will be presented and high bidder can take all or choice. But most of them are one at a time. Calves, and everything.</p><p></p><p>Cattle are weighed AFTER the bidding ends and this flashes on the screen.</p><p></p><p>The other day at Emory a guy won the bid on a cow and then he stopped the auctioneer and said he wanted the next highest bidder to get the animal. I guess buyers remorse set in. This made the room get real quiet. Auctioneer told him if he won the bid he had to pay for it. Never saw anyone that stupid before. I hope he was embarrassed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LauraleesFarm, post: 1254678, member: 14261"] Grrrr retyping reply. Again. I am in East Texas. ALL cattle are tagged in the trailer before unloading. You can pay extra for females to be preg checked on site and they also mouth the age. Your cattle will be mixed with other cattle of similar type/age/sex, etc.. Horned cattle are generally together and polled together. Not always but usually. Bulls separated to private stalls unless definitely for slaughter. If you ask for preg check they will mark the month pregnant on the hip and the mouth age on the shoulder. This is true for most of the barns I visit. However, Emory marks them backwards. Pregnancy is marked in months, not trimesters or periods. So its 0-9. If there is an X on the hip for pregnancy status then something is wrong/missing/not breedable. Age is marked 1-8 and rarely anything over that will be numbered. It will then go SS, X for brokemouth, and 0 for no mouth. Or could use H for heifer. They run them thru one at a time. Occasionally a small set will be presented and high bidder can take all or choice. But most of them are one at a time. Calves, and everything. Cattle are weighed AFTER the bidding ends and this flashes on the screen. The other day at Emory a guy won the bid on a cow and then he stopped the auctioneer and said he wanted the next highest bidder to get the animal. I guess buyers remorse set in. This made the room get real quiet. Auctioneer told him if he won the bid he had to pay for it. Never saw anyone that stupid before. I hope he was embarrassed. [/QUOTE]
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