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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1328526" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I am kind of leery of buying a bull at a sale, particularly a consignment sale. I know lots of them are bought and sold that way</p><p>with probably no issues. A few years ago, I bought a bull at a sale, he was the second highest seller, nothing like the prices of the last 2-3 years though. He looked and seemed healthy. Within under two weeks of having him, he lost considerable condition, and seemed very sick. Had two different vets with him, the second vet diagnosed him as having hardware disease.</p><p>I have not had an issue with that prior, but knew it could happen at any time. Contacted the breeder, he said something about a heifer having some kind of similar issue, but would not make any compensation. I didn't hold it against him, what ever it was could have been picked up here, and I don't know if it would be possible to have been inside for long without affecting the bull. </p><p>There are several good sources for bulls close by, and I have also been raising some of my own also since then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1328526, member: 24816"] I am kind of leery of buying a bull at a sale, particularly a consignment sale. I know lots of them are bought and sold that way with probably no issues. A few years ago, I bought a bull at a sale, he was the second highest seller, nothing like the prices of the last 2-3 years though. He looked and seemed healthy. Within under two weeks of having him, he lost considerable condition, and seemed very sick. Had two different vets with him, the second vet diagnosed him as having hardware disease. I have not had an issue with that prior, but knew it could happen at any time. Contacted the breeder, he said something about a heifer having some kind of similar issue, but would not make any compensation. I didn't hold it against him, what ever it was could have been picked up here, and I don't know if it would be possible to have been inside for long without affecting the bull. There are several good sources for bulls close by, and I have also been raising some of my own also since then. [/QUOTE]
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