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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1254846" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>I go to a few sales that do it both ways. Doesn't seem to matter much on calves because most of the buyers are pretty sharp and look for a range of say 50 lbs. Example he has an order for 500 lb steers. He looks for the range of 475 to 525. </p><p>Where I have really seen a difference is in light weight bred heifers. People are scared of them if they weigh under 750 so if they are weighed before they come in the ring, those go off cheaper than they would at a sale that weighs after the ring. </p><p>I don't know of any sale barn around here that uses the ring for their scales. About half the barns weigh before, half weigh after. Everyone prefers the weigh before type sale barns but a lot of these old barns would have to do some major renovation to change and with less cattle to sell every year, it ain't going to happen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1254846, member: 5381"] I go to a few sales that do it both ways. Doesn't seem to matter much on calves because most of the buyers are pretty sharp and look for a range of say 50 lbs. Example he has an order for 500 lb steers. He looks for the range of 475 to 525. Where I have really seen a difference is in light weight bred heifers. People are scared of them if they weigh under 750 so if they are weighed before they come in the ring, those go off cheaper than they would at a sale that weighs after the ring. I don't know of any sale barn around here that uses the ring for their scales. About half the barns weigh before, half weigh after. Everyone prefers the weigh before type sale barns but a lot of these old barns would have to do some major renovation to change and with less cattle to sell every year, it ain't going to happen. [/QUOTE]
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