aplusmnt
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What is the best advice a person can give or has been given in regards buying Bred females at Sale Barn?
Sale Barn 101
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rkm
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Stay home.
john250
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rkm":oguaqd6g said:
What rkm said.
Susie David
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Up here the auctioneer usually announces who's cattle are in the ring...makes it easier to want to stick your hand in the air when you know the reputation of the ranch where they came from.
Just my two bits worth....DMc
Just my two bits worth....DMc
backhoeboogie
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Get there early and look long and look hard. Udders are a good tale. If she's bred she's not a free martin :lol: :lol:
I like to go alone.
If you are not well practiced, I would sit through several sales and watch.
I like to go alone.
If you are not well practiced, I would sit through several sales and watch.
Bullbuyer
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Think about it. Why is she there? If she's no trouble calving and raises a decent calf - then let her.
my vote goes with RKMs
my vote goes with RKMs
BC
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Here in East Texas we see a lot of D&D cows (death or divorce) and washing machine cows (Mom needs a new washer). We buy and sell cows to utilize grass. If you have grass, cows can be a good investment that is fairly liquid (can be converted to cash). There are 9 sale barns within 75 miles of me. Cattle are bought and sold six days a week in this area and on Sunday if you know the right individuals.
Victoria
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The only time we have ever bought anything older than a bred heifer was at dispersals. If there isn't a human reason they are there then it is a cow reason. I don't want someone else's problems, especially when I'm tougher to please when it comes to cows than a lot.
ALACOWMAN
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that's the best way . find out when someone is selling out. single cows are a good indicator of a cull. and make dam sure too quarentine and vaccinate when you get them home thats a nightmare you dont want. dont care if they just came from the farm and run through the fact that they were in that barn is scary enoughVictoria":1kz4qj3v said:
Dusty Britches
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Are you talking the regular weekly sale at the sale barn or are you talking the replacement female sale that some sale barns host?
Some of my top cows came from a replacement female sale that a sale barn hosted. They go slow, point out the finer features of the lot and give you time to make a decision. You can also look for a day and a half before the sale. A lot of times they will have the ranch information on the pen door before the sale, too.
Some of my top cows came from a replacement female sale that a sale barn hosted. They go slow, point out the finer features of the lot and give you time to make a decision. You can also look for a day and a half before the sale. A lot of times they will have the ranch information on the pen door before the sale, too.
bigbull338
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if your going to buy out of the sale barns.id buy the best bred cows an pairs.no older than 6yrs old.an i wouldnt mind paying a good price for them.Dusty Britches":nt266cja said:
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aplusmnt
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Dusty Britches":11lkkvbz said:
I am referring to the regular weekly sale. I have bought from the replacement sales you are talking about before.
mnmtranching
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Some folks do good at sale barns, they take chances. Takes a good eye, the poeple that do good know what their doing.
I think the special bred cow sales are less risk, ask the managers about dispersals. Often folks retiring, sell their cowherd at auctions. You could get in on a lifetime of selective breeding, and get very good cows.
I think the special bred cow sales are less risk, ask the managers about dispersals. Often folks retiring, sell their cowherd at auctions. You could get in on a lifetime of selective breeding, and get very good cows.
Running Arrow Bill
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ALACOWMAN":1n0taqy6 said:
I couldn't have said it better!
backhoeboogie
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This thread cracks me up. I have made two trips a few times having to go back home and get the trailer.
Problem cows and culls do indeed go to the sale barn.
What you also have to bear in mind is all the other reasons. e.g. folks don't want to interbreed cattle, so they sell heifers until they change bulls. Or maybe they line back in one generation only. You have deaths, drought, divorce, career changes and moves.
You also have people who can't properly care for them and don't know what's wrong.
Has anyone ever gotten a $15K out of town check that was no good? I have never gotten a bad check from the sale barn. I know lots of folks who sale their commercial cattle pretty much exclusively through the sale barn.
Problem cows and culls do indeed go to the sale barn.
What you also have to bear in mind is all the other reasons. e.g. folks don't want to interbreed cattle, so they sell heifers until they change bulls. Or maybe they line back in one generation only. You have deaths, drought, divorce, career changes and moves.
You also have people who can't properly care for them and don't know what's wrong.
Has anyone ever gotten a $15K out of town check that was no good? I have never gotten a bad check from the sale barn. I know lots of folks who sale their commercial cattle pretty much exclusively through the sale barn.
I agree that the biosecurity issues are real. However, just walking through the pens at the sale barn, unless you disinfect your boots before you get in your vehicle to come home is just as much a threat.
dun
dun
backhoeboogie
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dun":1emwsly5 said:
Probably not as bad as walking through Wal-Mart tho.
