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<blockquote data-quote="TexasBred" data-source="post: 694145" data-attributes="member: 6897"><p>True....you can get a good education at the sale barn but the tuitition can be awfully high sometimes. Most sales around here don't tell you much once a cow, calf or bull is checked in. The seller may have her palpated and aged and that will be painted on her side. Other than that, it's your trained eye, a bit of knowledge about the market and a stroke of good luck along with some management. I don't think I would ever buy a cow with a KNOWN problem of real shortcoming. (bad feet, long udder, bad eye, limps, hips knocked off, etc.) but sometimes you can find a problem after you get home and this has happened to me...nothing major but a nuisance anyway. May be major and may be something that a little immediate attention will cure. I sell quite a few at the barn as well and whether it's a pair, a bull or a calf, each is raised like it's going to be a keeper. Anything with anykind of problem we bypass the salebarn and go straight to the packing house.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasBred, post: 694145, member: 6897"] True....you can get a good education at the sale barn but the tuitition can be awfully high sometimes. Most sales around here don't tell you much once a cow, calf or bull is checked in. The seller may have her palpated and aged and that will be painted on her side. Other than that, it's your trained eye, a bit of knowledge about the market and a stroke of good luck along with some management. I don't think I would ever buy a cow with a KNOWN problem of real shortcoming. (bad feet, long udder, bad eye, limps, hips knocked off, etc.) but sometimes you can find a problem after you get home and this has happened to me...nothing major but a nuisance anyway. May be major and may be something that a little immediate attention will cure. I sell quite a few at the barn as well and whether it's a pair, a bull or a calf, each is raised like it's going to be a keeper. Anything with anykind of problem we bypass the salebarn and go straight to the packing house. [/QUOTE]
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