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<blockquote data-quote="Dana Kopp" data-source="post: 54994" data-attributes="member: 873"><p>When I had called in to check order, I was told the sale would start at 9 with feeders then bulls & open cows and then move to stock cows. When there are baby calves they usually sell right after lunch, before the stock cows. If there are sheep, goats, or pigs they might sell after lunch or at the end of the sale. The sale didn't get started until 10 and then they changed order. There aren't usually more than one or two producers that bring large loads of cattle at each sale. Most are the smaller producers bringing in a trailer load or two, if even that many. I can understand wanting to keep everything together for the buyers, but shrinkage hurts everyone. Each load of cattle is penned separately, though they may combine single cows or calves (from different owners) into one pen they are split for the sale. Our brand inspectors have to verify the brand/ownership on every animal that comes through the sale so it it much easier to take them from trailer to pen and not have to re-sort from a common pen.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, do any of you sell to 4-H kids or club calf programs? Do you reduce your price or ask a premium for proven winners?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dana Kopp, post: 54994, member: 873"] When I had called in to check order, I was told the sale would start at 9 with feeders then bulls & open cows and then move to stock cows. When there are baby calves they usually sell right after lunch, before the stock cows. If there are sheep, goats, or pigs they might sell after lunch or at the end of the sale. The sale didn't get started until 10 and then they changed order. There aren't usually more than one or two producers that bring large loads of cattle at each sale. Most are the smaller producers bringing in a trailer load or two, if even that many. I can understand wanting to keep everything together for the buyers, but shrinkage hurts everyone. Each load of cattle is penned separately, though they may combine single cows or calves (from different owners) into one pen they are split for the sale. Our brand inspectors have to verify the brand/ownership on every animal that comes through the sale so it it much easier to take them from trailer to pen and not have to re-sort from a common pen. As an aside, do any of you sell to 4-H kids or club calf programs? Do you reduce your price or ask a premium for proven winners? [/QUOTE]
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