What did you guys think of the auctioneer who was running the sale? Personally, I think he was the worst auctioneer I have ever heard, and I have been to quite a few machinery and cattle auctions. There were numerous times he got caught "ghost bidding" when there were no actual bids, he would start off at $1000 and jump straight to $1500....he was very rude to the buyers. Then there was the time when he told the lady doing the announcing that the girl was selling her cow because she was getting married, he said this right after the lady said she was selling it for college money! He may have been joking, but I got the impression the lady wasnt very amused, might have even been related to the girl selling the cow. I just wasnt impressed with his work at all. Seems he was stuck on "I got 10 hundered gimme 11 hundred, I got 10 hundred gimme 11......
Kinda took a shot at the angus raisers too...when he said"Folks, why is it we can put the worse looking black bull in the ring and get $1500, and these quality bulls wont bring near that?" Yes, the prices were very low. Was it just that particular sale, or is the sail going out of the longhorn balloon?