Murray Grey 2006 Internet Auction

[OK Jeanne]

The annual Murray Grey International auction will be
held Oct 9th through the 15th. It will work much
like ebay, but there is no cost to buyer or seller.

I will post the web address as soon as we get the
software recycled for this year's auction.

Crossbred and purebred animals will be auctioned, and
I expect some embryos and semen also.

 

[Australian Cattleman]

You are a keen MG promoter Jeanne. Keep us posted.

 

[OK Jeanne]

The date of the sale is to be from October 9th through
the 15th. An announcement was posted on the assoc
website:

http://www.murraygrey.org/auction_notice.html

There are some pictures of cattle sold in prior auctions.
I will post photos of this years sale cattle as they
come in. Also, I will notify people that register at the
auction site as photos of new listings arrive. We hope
to have animals from all parts of the country; plus
semen and embryos.

 

[OKJeanne]

Here's a photo of one of the bulls to be auctioned in
October:

And here's a photo of one of the young heifers that
will be auctioned:

Other photos are posted as sample listings on the
auction site - but the real auction starts Oct 9th:

http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/auction.pl

More photos of animals to be auctioned will be put up on
the auction software as the membership gets their
pictures in to me. Everyone is supposed to have their
photos, text descriptions and price to me not later than
Oct 5th.

 

[Australian Cattleman]

So far so good Jeanne,they it looks like there is will be some top MGs.
Colin

 

[mitchwi]

OKJeanne - I checked out the site and I have a few questions...
will be able to know what state the animals are located in?
will there be descriptions with the animals?
dob? weights? registration? etc...
if c/cards are not taken how are we to pay? only thru paypal?
how many days are given to get animals picked up?

Thanks!

Michele

 

[OK Jeanne]

Hi Michele!
I will enter all the listings for sale early on the morning
of Oct 9th; and will use the text, price, and description
furnished by the seller. So far we have committments
to sell animals from Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
New York, California, Kansas and Arkansas. I think more members will be signing up as the time nears.

I will paste in below the text that went in the "description"
box from last year's auction:

"Daisy Mae’s heifer, #26

Purebred Murray Grey heifer: (no name yet) Ear tag 26 yellow
dob: 3-30-05 at 78 lbs. Weighed October 8, 2005 at 580 lbs, with ADG (192 days) of 2.61 lbs, Adj wt of 614 lbs, on milk and pasture only. Sire: Silverdawn Jumbo, our main herdsire.
Dam: OK Daisy Mae. This is one of our best heifers of the Spring 05 season. Both sire and dam have a perfect “4 star” Bovigen GeneStar DNA score for the tenderness genes, so this heifer should have the same score. She is a dandy – wide, chunky, and looks like she will have a very nice hindquarter. She will have all weaning vaccinations plus a shipping
fever(pasturella) vaccination prior to delivery/pick-up. Registration papers will be furnished to the buyer at no cost – she is not registered yet so you can pick your own name!
Payment is due by cash or bank check at the end of the auction and before animal is loaded to leave our farm. Animal will not be free to move out of state until export health papers can be acquired; this takes approx one week for the basics. Seller will pay for the basics; if Buyer’s state requires more, buyer pays(Okla is a bangs-free and TB-free state). Delivery will be free for 100 miles; beyond that is negotiable."


Then, the seller's name, phone number, and email
address was listed.

(Note the description talks about "4 stars" for the GeneStar
test - that was before they came out with the newly
discovered tenderness factor---which now makes a perfect
score "6 stars".)

The animals we sold last year were delivered/picked up
within about a month after the sale. Some buyers we
met about half-way and others came to our farm to
pick them up.

 

[mitchwi]

Thank you very much for the info!

 

[OK Jeanne]

Here's a new photo added to the auction list -
a bred heifer from Missouri. Very nice IMO:

To see "thumbnail" photos of those animals presently
pledged for the auction, use this link:

http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/aucti ... sp=gallery

Our ad has come out in the Stockman-Grassfarmer
newspaper, and we are getting 100+ "hits" per day
now on the auction site. More animals are being
pledged as time gets closer.

 

[la4angus]

Is this a one day sale or will it last for several days like on eBay?

 

[OK Jeanne]

The sale animals will be fully decribed, listed, located
and priced on the morning of Oct 9th. The sale ends
on Sunday, Oct 15th----so that's several days that
potential bidders can look over the animals, call or
email the owners, talk about delivery, etc etc.

 

[OK Jeanne]

Here's a photo of a 5 1/2 month old heifer that will be
sold in the auction:

 

[OKJeanne]

Here's a photo of a bred heifer that will be in the oct 9th
through 15th sale:

The "gallery" of thumbnail photos of animals listed so far
can be found at:

http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/aucti ... sp=gallery


I am trying to keep it updated with new listings as the
members get their photos to me. Check back often!

 

[OK Jeanne]

Here's a very nice looking bred cow that has been
added to the auction list:

The "gallery" of thumbnail photos is located at:


http://www.murraygrey.net/cgi-bin/aucti ... sp=gallery