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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1807971" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>At the National Stockyards in OKC you pick from 9 or 10 commission companies to assign your calves too. When you unload the yard guys move your calves to their set of pens. ( Its a big place) Your calves are placed in a pen appropriate in size to the number of calves you. have. The commission company has a couple guys in the yard who are very experienced and will sort your calves to where they think they will sale best. They also feed them a few times during the day if they are eating well and not overly full.</p><p> Usually the commission company owner or his lead yard man accompany your calves into the ring, lets the auctioneer know their details and sets the opening price. The commission companies also all have a order buying business. The commission company gets paid on a per head basis as well as does the yard. A feed charge is also subtracted from your check and depends on how many days they are there. You can watch the sale on the internet. I attach a couple pictures from a load I took last year. I take them very early sunday morning so that is why it looks empty. The majority of the calves come in Sunday afternoon. </p><p> Its a neat place just way to far for me to go more than a few times a year.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]31261[/ATTACH][ATTACH]31262[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1807971, member: 5381"] At the National Stockyards in OKC you pick from 9 or 10 commission companies to assign your calves too. When you unload the yard guys move your calves to their set of pens. ( Its a big place) Your calves are placed in a pen appropriate in size to the number of calves you. have. The commission company has a couple guys in the yard who are very experienced and will sort your calves to where they think they will sale best. They also feed them a few times during the day if they are eating well and not overly full. Usually the commission company owner or his lead yard man accompany your calves into the ring, lets the auctioneer know their details and sets the opening price. The commission companies also all have a order buying business. The commission company gets paid on a per head basis as well as does the yard. A feed charge is also subtracted from your check and depends on how many days they are there. You can watch the sale on the internet. I attach a couple pictures from a load I took last year. I take them very early sunday morning so that is why it looks empty. The majority of the calves come in Sunday afternoon. Its a neat place just way to far for me to go more than a few times a year. [ATTACH]31261[/ATTACH][ATTACH]31262[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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