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How much ear is too much in a US sale barn?
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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 727138" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Order buyers bid on what kind of cattle they have been told their customers will accept. They just want to make their $0.50 per cwt commission and will try to put any calf on an order that they think they won't get cut back on them. </p><p></p><p>I have a part time job as an order buyer for a small order buying company and I also raise some Santa Gertrudis cattle. Many times I can not put a Gert, Beefmaster or good Brahman X on an order because the customer has specified 1/4 blood or less, even though I personally think those crossbred calves are just as good. Another factor is where those calves will wind up. We have been shipping some steers from here in East Texas to New Mexico. Those good 3/8 to 1/2 blood calves just can not hair up for the winters out there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 727138, member: 67"] Order buyers bid on what kind of cattle they have been told their customers will accept. They just want to make their $0.50 per cwt commission and will try to put any calf on an order that they think they won't get cut back on them. I have a part time job as an order buyer for a small order buying company and I also raise some Santa Gertrudis cattle. Many times I can not put a Gert, Beefmaster or good Brahman X on an order because the customer has specified 1/4 blood or less, even though I personally think those crossbred calves are just as good. Another factor is where those calves will wind up. We have been shipping some steers from here in East Texas to New Mexico. Those good 3/8 to 1/2 blood calves just can not hair up for the winters out there. [/QUOTE]
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