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<blockquote data-quote="traks44" data-source="post: 501722" data-attributes="member: 7091"><p>The sheer fact that you are asking about them is probably not enough knowledge on your part to jump right in.</p><p></p><p>You need to be a real cattleman, you need to know how to draw customers and buyers at the same time, you need to know how to how to market cattle. You need to be willing to sort cattle in the ring for the big buyers who want to take stockers out of a pen, and you need to be able to calculate on the fly whether or not a pair is worth more as a pair or split up. Whether a bred cow is worth more buy the head than weighed up for slaughter. Finding a balance of getting yours sellers their absolute top dollar and your buyers a "good deal" is what its all about. Knowing cattle markets and how they will flucuate with the seasons is also very important.</p><p></p><p>The owner of the local sale yard here is in the ring and he knows the markets and if things are going to low he will bid them up because he knows if there is no buyer out there that he can make profit himself but still get the seller a good price. </p><p></p><p>I am not saying that it cannot be learned but I am saying a good sale barn is not just some old cow sale. Make it a meeting palce where people will come and gather. Dont take in terminally sick animals. Know how to look at cattle condition and talk them up when they walk in a ring. Know how to MARKET CATTLE!!!</p><p></p><p>Ounce again I do not know your situation or even you, here are just some things that I think would help you run a successful sale barn.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, There is money it in I am sure, but you need to market and draw people. The more cattle people bring to you and the bigger you get the more buyers will come and the more money. knowing people around your area and the type of operations they run will help in talking them up, if a seller knows that you will talk him up and get him a premium then you will have his business forever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="traks44, post: 501722, member: 7091"] The sheer fact that you are asking about them is probably not enough knowledge on your part to jump right in. You need to be a real cattleman, you need to know how to draw customers and buyers at the same time, you need to know how to how to market cattle. You need to be willing to sort cattle in the ring for the big buyers who want to take stockers out of a pen, and you need to be able to calculate on the fly whether or not a pair is worth more as a pair or split up. Whether a bred cow is worth more buy the head than weighed up for slaughter. Finding a balance of getting yours sellers their absolute top dollar and your buyers a "good deal" is what its all about. Knowing cattle markets and how they will flucuate with the seasons is also very important. The owner of the local sale yard here is in the ring and he knows the markets and if things are going to low he will bid them up because he knows if there is no buyer out there that he can make profit himself but still get the seller a good price. I am not saying that it cannot be learned but I am saying a good sale barn is not just some old cow sale. Make it a meeting palce where people will come and gather. Dont take in terminally sick animals. Know how to look at cattle condition and talk them up when they walk in a ring. Know how to MARKET CATTLE!!! Ounce again I do not know your situation or even you, here are just some things that I think would help you run a successful sale barn. Good luck, There is money it in I am sure, but you need to market and draw people. The more cattle people bring to you and the bigger you get the more buyers will come and the more money. knowing people around your area and the type of operations they run will help in talking them up, if a seller knows that you will talk him up and get him a premium then you will have his business forever. [/QUOTE]
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