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<blockquote data-quote="mooboy" data-source="post: 1279800" data-attributes="member: 23347"><p>This is an interesting thread. Auctions are viewed differently by different folks. I look at an auction as WYSIWYG (What You See is What You get). I am willing to take a chance to get a deal and don't whine when it does not work out. I knew when I went to the auction it was WYSIWYG, and yes every animal at the auction is there for a reason. Most times I come out on top and I got some good influence in my herd from sale barn animals.</p><p></p><p>There was another thread on this board dealing with auctions. Some folks felt that if you did not grow a certain breed of cattle (which I will leave un-named), that you are hurting the cattle industry. Or stated another way, to cross breed in a way to make an animal look like this certain breed was cheating the buyers and hurting the cattle industry. Well, the way I see it is the buyers are trying to maximize their profits by giving as little as possible for the animals they buy, and as a producer I am trying to maximize my profits by choosing animals and breeding to minimize production costs and maximize the price I get. That is just the way a certain portion of the cattle market works and I don't see a problem with it (WYSIWYG auctions). Now there is such thing as video sales, contract sales, where certain guarantees are made for pedigree of what is sold. Does not seem to apply at the cattle auctions I attend around here.</p><p></p><p>It would be wrong to break federal and state laws and endanger public health. For instance take an animal that is fed animal products to the sale barn (possible mad cow disease). It would be wrong to sell an animal that was part bison as all bovine. But all other animals have some worth, run it through the ring. I can hear the auctioneer crying now.......Hey boys whaddya give......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mooboy, post: 1279800, member: 23347"] This is an interesting thread. Auctions are viewed differently by different folks. I look at an auction as WYSIWYG (What You See is What You get). I am willing to take a chance to get a deal and don't whine when it does not work out. I knew when I went to the auction it was WYSIWYG, and yes every animal at the auction is there for a reason. Most times I come out on top and I got some good influence in my herd from sale barn animals. There was another thread on this board dealing with auctions. Some folks felt that if you did not grow a certain breed of cattle (which I will leave un-named), that you are hurting the cattle industry. Or stated another way, to cross breed in a way to make an animal look like this certain breed was cheating the buyers and hurting the cattle industry. Well, the way I see it is the buyers are trying to maximize their profits by giving as little as possible for the animals they buy, and as a producer I am trying to maximize my profits by choosing animals and breeding to minimize production costs and maximize the price I get. That is just the way a certain portion of the cattle market works and I don't see a problem with it (WYSIWYG auctions). Now there is such thing as video sales, contract sales, where certain guarantees are made for pedigree of what is sold. Does not seem to apply at the cattle auctions I attend around here. It would be wrong to break federal and state laws and endanger public health. For instance take an animal that is fed animal products to the sale barn (possible mad cow disease). It would be wrong to sell an animal that was part bison as all bovine. But all other animals have some worth, run it through the ring. I can hear the auctioneer crying now.......Hey boys whaddya give...... [/QUOTE]
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