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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1823798" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] ... if something here is marked for slaughter only, such as a heifer with a genetic defect...it will get discounted BIG TIME... doesn't matter the reason... the buyers will be super extra LEERY of buying anything that is slaughter only... there are too many feeders etc inbetween the heifer being sold due to genetic recessive problems, and the actual slaughter house... have seen it several times over the years. </p><p>We have a different situation here with most animals being sold in smaller lots, getting comingled with others as they are shipped out to feeders/backgrounders, and then maybe going to feed lots and maybe going to places to breed and sell as bred heifers in groups. You might as well feed out and butcher the heifers rather than give them away at a stockyard. </p><p></p><p>You also have stated in other places about buying, raising, and selling animals as breds etc... did you test everyone of them for any/all genetic defects before passing them on?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1823798, member: 25884"] [USER=42463]@Travlr[/USER] ... if something here is marked for slaughter only, such as a heifer with a genetic defect...it will get discounted BIG TIME... doesn't matter the reason... the buyers will be super extra LEERY of buying anything that is slaughter only... there are too many feeders etc inbetween the heifer being sold due to genetic recessive problems, and the actual slaughter house... have seen it several times over the years. We have a different situation here with most animals being sold in smaller lots, getting comingled with others as they are shipped out to feeders/backgrounders, and then maybe going to feed lots and maybe going to places to breed and sell as bred heifers in groups. You might as well feed out and butcher the heifers rather than give them away at a stockyard. You also have stated in other places about buying, raising, and selling animals as breds etc... did you test everyone of them for any/all genetic defects before passing them on? [/QUOTE]
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