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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron" data-source="post: 729738" data-attributes="member: 1682"><p>I am going to talk to Clay (Barn Manager) next week about it. He is in charge of the sale along with a couple others and can make a decision then. The lady who is looking after the management tags (Jeff's old job) told me that the fellow who owned the calves is an older man and had trouble castrating these calves. For me, that throws off alarm bells that these calves should have been checked even if nothing else had been.</p><p></p><p>'These sales only work long-term if the club running them remains committed to keeping the quality of cattle going through the ring consistently high.' That is my thought as well. They think I am miffed....the should move quick at tracking down the buyer of the other 20 steers in that lot that probably are still intact as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have a neighbour that would like a bull raised for meat, so I might get rid of one that way.</p><p></p><p>Our local vet situation is very different from anyone else on this board. We have no large animal vet within 200 miles. A locum comes in for 2-4 days, once a month. The travel costs alone to come for a call to our place, from the workplace of the locum, would be about $120. That's the main reason why there are a few appointed 'vets' in our area. Dad was one and I am the successor. But I have cut testicles off 600 + lbers before (these calves are almost 800), and it's not a fun situation (bleeding out is a real concern). :cowboy:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron, post: 729738, member: 1682"] I am going to talk to Clay (Barn Manager) next week about it. He is in charge of the sale along with a couple others and can make a decision then. The lady who is looking after the management tags (Jeff's old job) told me that the fellow who owned the calves is an older man and had trouble castrating these calves. For me, that throws off alarm bells that these calves should have been checked even if nothing else had been. 'These sales only work long-term if the club running them remains committed to keeping the quality of cattle going through the ring consistently high.' That is my thought as well. They think I am miffed....the should move quick at tracking down the buyer of the other 20 steers in that lot that probably are still intact as well. I have a neighbour that would like a bull raised for meat, so I might get rid of one that way. Our local vet situation is very different from anyone else on this board. We have no large animal vet within 200 miles. A locum comes in for 2-4 days, once a month. The travel costs alone to come for a call to our place, from the workplace of the locum, would be about $120. That's the main reason why there are a few appointed 'vets' in our area. Dad was one and I am the successor. But I have cut testicles off 600 + lbers before (these calves are almost 800), and it's not a fun situation (bleeding out is a real concern). :cowboy: [/QUOTE]
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