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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Loin" data-source="post: 870526" data-attributes="member: 5601"><p>Goodlife</p><p></p><p></p><p>Re:</p><p></p><p> </p><p>I always get there at lest 2 hrs early when I intend to buy.</p><p></p><p>Now all actions may be different, but this one starts at noon and they start with goats, sheep and pigs. Then the bottle baby calves by the head. So the bottle baby calves are right in the front where you can get at them and inspect them. As you walk back the pens the calves get larger until you reach the weaned calves, so I know exactly where to look for what I want.</p><p>After checking them and putting down their numbers and what I consider fair market value I move to outside and watch what is still coming in.</p><p>If I see something come in I'm interested in, I don't hesitate to talk to the owner and ask him for the animals number from his drop off ticket, so I can bid on it.</p><p>Then I go back in and inspect the animal again and if it looks good I put it on my buy list.</p><p></p><p>I always try to have twice as many numbers on my card then I intend to buy even if they don't exactly match what I came for. Like new born vs. trained bottle babies. </p><p>My next buy, I will be looking for 5 Holstein bulls/steers at weaning age.</p><p>That may be another tip for you. </p><p>Know what you are going to buy and what you think is fair market value, before you get there. Take a printout of last weeks sale with you as it will help you put a fair market value on the animal.</p><p>And don't worry if you happen to get caught up in the biding and bid over your limit, just don't start a biding war.</p><p>$5 -$10 over your limit is not going to break you. O have gone over my limit many times and still made good money off them.</p><p>These 3 just I bought for $55 each, I intend to sell at around 500 lbs @ $1.25 per lb.</p><p>That's $625 return on a $55 investment. Less cost of about $150 to raise the calf.</p><p>That's a profit of around $475 X 3 = $1,425</p><p>So you see $5 or $10 per head more won't kill you.</p><p>And if the grass and hay hold out next year I may hold them even longer, if momma don't need a new pair of shoes.</p><p>SL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sir Loin, post: 870526, member: 5601"] Goodlife Re: I always get there at lest 2 hrs early when I intend to buy. Now all actions may be different, but this one starts at noon and they start with goats, sheep and pigs. Then the bottle baby calves by the head. So the bottle baby calves are right in the front where you can get at them and inspect them. As you walk back the pens the calves get larger until you reach the weaned calves, so I know exactly where to look for what I want. After checking them and putting down their numbers and what I consider fair market value I move to outside and watch what is still coming in. If I see something come in I’m interested in, I don’t hesitate to talk to the owner and ask him for the animals number from his drop off ticket, so I can bid on it. Then I go back in and inspect the animal again and if it looks good I put it on my buy list. I always try to have twice as many numbers on my card then I intend to buy even if they don’t exactly match what I came for. Like new born vs. trained bottle babies. My next buy, I will be looking for 5 Holstein bulls/steers at weaning age. That may be another tip for you. Know what you are going to buy and what you think is fair market value, before you get there. Take a printout of last weeks sale with you as it will help you put a fair market value on the animal. And don’t worry if you happen to get caught up in the biding and bid over your limit, just don’t start a biding war. $5 -$10 over your limit is not going to break you. O have gone over my limit many times and still made good money off them. These 3 just I bought for $55 each, I intend to sell at around 500 lbs @ $1.25 per lb. That’s $625 return on a $55 investment. Less cost of about $150 to raise the calf. That’s a profit of around $475 X 3 = $1,425 So you see $5 or $10 per head more won’t kill you. And if the grass and hay hold out next year I may hold them even longer, if momma don‘t need a new pair of shoes. SL [/QUOTE]
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