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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 961266" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>You know, the more I thought about this, the more irritated I got. I did not start this thread to have someone start bashing me on how much one of my calf's brought at the stockyards, but to gather information on normal procedures for selling stock that way. I was not asking for anything monetary, I just wanted to know how I can get my fair share of the price. When everything else that day in that weight range is selling for $1.56-$1.73 (<a href="http://www.joplinstockyards.com/monday_thursday_weighted_averages.php?section=" target="_blank">http://www.joplinstockyards.com/monday_ ... p?section=</a>) with the average being $1.61 and I see on my paperwork $1.10, I want to know why. Is there something wrong with that? As a seller I have a right to know why my product was so severely discounted, and how I can prevent it in the future or sell somewhere else. That one calf sale left over $100 on the table, and multiply that times 10 or 100 head, that is a lot of money to leave behind. This was not a show calf, thus the reason for heading for the stockyards. I did not have any unrealistic goals, I just wanted a fair market price for my calf. When I did not get it, I wanted to know WHY and HOW, in the future, I can change that. Small fish get less, that is a given. But not that much less!</p><p>It just really bothers me when someone who has no clue who I am or what my cattle represent, other than seed stock cattle, get out here and say I was whining on the phone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 961266, member: 18809"] You know, the more I thought about this, the more irritated I got. I did not start this thread to have someone start bashing me on how much one of my calf's brought at the stockyards, but to gather information on normal procedures for selling stock that way. I was not asking for anything monetary, I just wanted to know how I can get my fair share of the price. When everything else that day in that weight range is selling for $1.56-$1.73 ([url=http://www.joplinstockyards.com/monday_thursday_weighted_averages.php?section=]http://www.joplinstockyards.com/monday_ ... p?section=[/url]) with the average being $1.61 and I see on my paperwork $1.10, I want to know why. Is there something wrong with that? As a seller I have a right to know why my product was so severely discounted, and how I can prevent it in the future or sell somewhere else. That one calf sale left over $100 on the table, and multiply that times 10 or 100 head, that is a lot of money to leave behind. This was not a show calf, thus the reason for heading for the stockyards. I did not have any unrealistic goals, I just wanted a fair market price for my calf. When I did not get it, I wanted to know WHY and HOW, in the future, I can change that. Small fish get less, that is a given. But not that much less! It just really bothers me when someone who has no clue who I am or what my cattle represent, other than seed stock cattle, get out here and say I was whining on the phone. [/QUOTE]
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