txag":1bdtj6fl said:
Hobby Hereford":1bdtj6fl said:
The local business are small and unfortunatley for the kids they don't like to bid one another up.
in our area, it's not just the businesses that buy the animals. individuals donate money as well. some people specify which kid's animal they want their money to go to & others just put it in a general pot that will be used to help bid up kids' animals that aren't bringing much. do ya'll have something like this going, too?
No our area doesn't have a general pot, the kids have to find each
potential buyer, it can be an individual but around here is pretty much
farm country and quite a few people raise their own to butcher or have
friends who raise them for them so they aren't going to purchase one
at a higher price. Were in a fairly poor economical area and money is
tight. I know the county fair in the next county does bring better money
in for the kids but it's also a larger county and we really are fairly small.
I know no one likes to see the Grand or Reserve bring less than others
so I think if the kids don't really seek buyers to bid them up that contributes
to the others bringing lower prices and quite often the same buyers seems
to purchase the same kids steer year after year.