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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1368996" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I have had lots of experience with folks with a lot of trade in them. No matter whether something is priced at very fair market value or not some folks try every way possible to get you to come down. I will sometimes price an animal higher than I intend to just because so many here are that way. And to be honest, as a result I have come to be a bit that way too, I figure if most everyone that I sell to does, I should be able to try it too. I am not often real successful though. I will say that in some instances, some livestock are priced significantly higher than market value, and their owners have no intentions of coming down. In those cases it is best not to try and deal with them, and in fact go to market to find something comparable.</p><p>This summer, I had to sell one of my bulls, that I had more money in than I should have, and had to replace him. I came across some bulls of another breed, that were priced more in line with what I wanted. When I went to look at them, the one that stood out was $300 higher. When I sell my Angus bulls they are registered, and have passed a BSE, and in most cases DNA tested free of recessive traits, and have genomic enhanced EPD's. Those bulls were not registered yet, and would not have had a BSE. I pointed that out, and tried to get them to knock off for the amount of a BSE. I talked to them a couple times as I was trying to learn about the breed and if it would be ok for what I wanted, and decided to take a chance on the bull, with the understanding that they would stand behind him. They were nice people and we had some good conversations, so I don't think in that case a couple calls were a bad thing. I think that now we can say that we met some good folks and have some friends as a result.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1368996, member: 24816"] I have had lots of experience with folks with a lot of trade in them. No matter whether something is priced at very fair market value or not some folks try every way possible to get you to come down. I will sometimes price an animal higher than I intend to just because so many here are that way. And to be honest, as a result I have come to be a bit that way too, I figure if most everyone that I sell to does, I should be able to try it too. I am not often real successful though. I will say that in some instances, some livestock are priced significantly higher than market value, and their owners have no intentions of coming down. In those cases it is best not to try and deal with them, and in fact go to market to find something comparable. This summer, I had to sell one of my bulls, that I had more money in than I should have, and had to replace him. I came across some bulls of another breed, that were priced more in line with what I wanted. When I went to look at them, the one that stood out was $300 higher. When I sell my Angus bulls they are registered, and have passed a BSE, and in most cases DNA tested free of recessive traits, and have genomic enhanced EPD's. Those bulls were not registered yet, and would not have had a BSE. I pointed that out, and tried to get them to knock off for the amount of a BSE. I talked to them a couple times as I was trying to learn about the breed and if it would be ok for what I wanted, and decided to take a chance on the bull, with the understanding that they would stand behind him. They were nice people and we had some good conversations, so I don't think in that case a couple calls were a bad thing. I think that now we can say that we met some good folks and have some friends as a result. [/QUOTE]
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