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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1848110" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>No, I wouldn't worry about STDs. An open heifer hasn't had a chance to get Trich from a bull, like a cow that has been bred.</p><p></p><p> You see all kinds at a sale. People will speak up, or the auctioneer will, and tell how long they have been weaned, what vaccs and when they have been given, etc. Then there are those run through by the pound, that nothing is said about them... they obviously are intended for slaughter or to go out to a feed lot.</p><p></p><p>At our local sale in Calhoun that I go to most every week, they test every animal that comes in for something...but I don't know what. And anything you buy, you can put them back in the vet pen, and get them vaccinates, de-horned, wormed, castrated...whatever you want done. Preg check if the seller hadn't already had that done,</p><p>etc. Yes, there are cattle you wouldn't want to take back to your farm sold at local auctions, but there will also be registered cattle.. as good or better than you will find at a special production- breed association sale, etc. Not every one that comes through a sale is junk someone has culled. There are lots of reasons people sell as fine a breeding stock as you will find from any reputable breeder on here.</p><p></p><p>The more auctions you go to, or watch online, the more confidence you will get that you can buy stock that will make you money. Itr just depends on hgow much time you have to do that.</p><p></p><p>How many heifers are you thinking about getting?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1848110, member: 40587"] No, I wouldn't worry about STDs. An open heifer hasn't had a chance to get Trich from a bull, like a cow that has been bred. You see all kinds at a sale. People will speak up, or the auctioneer will, and tell how long they have been weaned, what vaccs and when they have been given, etc. Then there are those run through by the pound, that nothing is said about them... they obviously are intended for slaughter or to go out to a feed lot. At our local sale in Calhoun that I go to most every week, they test every animal that comes in for something...but I don't know what. And anything you buy, you can put them back in the vet pen, and get them vaccinates, de-horned, wormed, castrated...whatever you want done. Preg check if the seller hadn't already had that done, etc. Yes, there are cattle you wouldn't want to take back to your farm sold at local auctions, but there will also be registered cattle.. as good or better than you will find at a special production- breed association sale, etc. Not every one that comes through a sale is junk someone has culled. There are lots of reasons people sell as fine a breeding stock as you will find from any reputable breeder on here. The more auctions you go to, or watch online, the more confidence you will get that you can buy stock that will make you money. Itr just depends on hgow much time you have to do that. How many heifers are you thinking about getting? [/QUOTE]
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