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<blockquote data-quote="Bama" data-source="post: 136591" data-attributes="member: 1184"><p>I send several to the feed lots through the salebarn. I find I get better competition that way. If they come to my place to get them I only have one guy "bidding". If I take them to the barn I have several people bidding to get my calves. The biggest advantage is your reputation. Those buyers learn who has what type of calves. They will buy anything they can get. But they pay a higher price for ones they know they can get that will have no trouble adapting to this new enviroment. One of the biggests concerns are medications. Some calves arrive at the barn right off the cow. They have never had a shot in their life and have no idea what a feed bunk looks like. When mine goes through the ring I make sure that it is announced that they have had all of their shots and are bunk broke, ready to pour the feed to in other words. I like for my calves to walk off of their trailers and head to the feed bunk. Feeding cattle like this envolves a lot of risk. If they can get some proven calves they will pay high dollar. To prepair mine for this I have them eating out of confined lots and from bunks well in advance of the sell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bama, post: 136591, member: 1184"] I send several to the feed lots through the salebarn. I find I get better competition that way. If they come to my place to get them I only have one guy "bidding". If I take them to the barn I have several people bidding to get my calves. The biggest advantage is your reputation. Those buyers learn who has what type of calves. They will buy anything they can get. But they pay a higher price for ones they know they can get that will have no trouble adapting to this new enviroment. One of the biggests concerns are medications. Some calves arrive at the barn right off the cow. They have never had a shot in their life and have no idea what a feed bunk looks like. When mine goes through the ring I make sure that it is announced that they have had all of their shots and are bunk broke, ready to pour the feed to in other words. I like for my calves to walk off of their trailers and head to the feed bunk. Feeding cattle like this envolves a lot of risk. If they can get some proven calves they will pay high dollar. To prepair mine for this I have them eating out of confined lots and from bunks well in advance of the sell. [/QUOTE]
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