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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 848926" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>No. These cows aren't going to a sale barn, they're going direct to the meat works, and collected by a truck arranged by the meat works, with other stock on board. Their scales are checked by MAF, I think (ministry of agriculture and fisheries - or is that food?)</p><p></p><p>I think one point that has been missed on this thread - is that the original poster is dairying and had sent cull dairy cows. There is simply no way someone who is managing a dairy herd, possibly milking two or three times a day, can take the time out to transport their cows long distance and then sit and watch them sell. I've done it once, in the quiet season when my boss' cows went to a saleyards twenty minutes away.</p><p>I've also seen stock agents at a sale yards on their cellphone while animals were being auctioned, determining with the owner whether the individual was sold or 'no sale'. For myself, I thought setting a reserve price (for good cows, not culls) pre-sale was enough protection, but it appears the agent concerned was prepared to ignore that.</p><p></p><p>It's true that when you're in the buying and selling cattle business - one bad deal is enough. If I think I'm getting a bad deal I take my business elsewhere, as long as there is opportunity to do so (though most of the time I've let a pattern of 2 or 3 incidences establish before walking). What worries me is that there are probably businesses out there who can survive on shoddy deals with new people every time...</p><p>Sorry, I'm talking a lot more in general now, not just cattle selling. Garages are a big risk, to me; I've known one or two who appeared to be sabotaging the vehicles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 848926, member: 9267"] No. These cows aren't going to a sale barn, they're going direct to the meat works, and collected by a truck arranged by the meat works, with other stock on board. Their scales are checked by MAF, I think (ministry of agriculture and fisheries - or is that food?) I think one point that has been missed on this thread - is that the original poster is dairying and had sent cull dairy cows. There is simply no way someone who is managing a dairy herd, possibly milking two or three times a day, can take the time out to transport their cows long distance and then sit and watch them sell. I've done it once, in the quiet season when my boss' cows went to a saleyards twenty minutes away. I've also seen stock agents at a sale yards on their cellphone while animals were being auctioned, determining with the owner whether the individual was sold or 'no sale'. For myself, I thought setting a reserve price (for good cows, not culls) pre-sale was enough protection, but it appears the agent concerned was prepared to ignore that. It's true that when you're in the buying and selling cattle business - one bad deal is enough. If I think I'm getting a bad deal I take my business elsewhere, as long as there is opportunity to do so (though most of the time I've let a pattern of 2 or 3 incidences establish before walking). What worries me is that there are probably businesses out there who can survive on shoddy deals with new people every time... Sorry, I'm talking a lot more in general now, not just cattle selling. Garages are a big risk, to me; I've known one or two who appeared to be sabotaging the vehicles. [/QUOTE]
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