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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1668938" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=21382]@SmokinM[/USER] ......Yeah, mud is just totally awful. No, the sale is not any better under the new management. There are things we don't really like and they take forever to get things done. If you have singles, and they are doing grading, they will put a bunch together in groups there at the sale which can be good and bad. You might get more for a so-so calf in the group. If you are not happy with what they are bringing then you do not have the option to buy back your own animal without buying the whole group. If they are not grading, then they will announce that this group in the ring is from so and so.... sometimes if you are shipping some of your "lesser" cattle, you might not want it announced. They get things mixed up still. They take a break inbetween steers and heifers even if there are only 500 total head there. </p><p>We are not really happy with some things the way they have changed. We have sold some in H'burg a couple times and have gotten as good a price as we used to get in Staunton. But, they are closer.... so still trying to support them. </p><p>Don't know about the unloading lines since we did not haul any during the "rush fall season" this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1668938, member: 25884"] [USER=21382]@SmokinM[/USER] ......Yeah, mud is just totally awful. No, the sale is not any better under the new management. There are things we don't really like and they take forever to get things done. If you have singles, and they are doing grading, they will put a bunch together in groups there at the sale which can be good and bad. You might get more for a so-so calf in the group. If you are not happy with what they are bringing then you do not have the option to buy back your own animal without buying the whole group. If they are not grading, then they will announce that this group in the ring is from so and so.... sometimes if you are shipping some of your "lesser" cattle, you might not want it announced. They get things mixed up still. They take a break inbetween steers and heifers even if there are only 500 total head there. We are not really happy with some things the way they have changed. We have sold some in H'burg a couple times and have gotten as good a price as we used to get in Staunton. But, they are closer.... so still trying to support them. Don't know about the unloading lines since we did not haul any during the "rush fall season" this year. [/QUOTE]
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