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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1749556" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>I was at a sale one day, at a yards that I don't typically go to, but is owned by the same owners as some that I do business with. I was sitting at a vantage point where I could see the crew running cattle into the ring. Definitely the roughest and dumbest crew I've ever seen. I realize that they are expected to be proficient and keep cattle moving but multiple people with hot shots burning the cattle up right before they entered the ring is not necessary especially if they are moving fast already. I watched a calf get broke down and crippled that day because of that stupidity. A large group of around 100 head of 1000+ lbs steers were being ran into the ring and weighed about 20 at a time, then on the last draft with the final average weight, they would be auctioned. They were running all the cattle so hard all throughout the sale that nearly every one of them slipped and slid into the ring. The same with this big group of big steers. Calves were slipping and falling on top of each other, the idiots were burning the calves behind them up with hotshots and causing them to jump over the top of the ones that were slipping down. A big steer went down and several went over him. The calf was broke down and couldn't get up. They closed the door and probably drug him out of the way with a skid steer.</p><p>They no doubt should have paid the owner in full from insurance. No telling how many cattle are injured by the time they get into the sale ring in situations like that. A small percentage over time is to be expected, even with reasonable handling practices. </p><p>Have never been back to that yards again nor will I ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1749556, member: 24816"] I was at a sale one day, at a yards that I don’t typically go to, but is owned by the same owners as some that I do business with. I was sitting at a vantage point where I could see the crew running cattle into the ring. Definitely the roughest and dumbest crew I’ve ever seen. I realize that they are expected to be proficient and keep cattle moving but multiple people with hot shots burning the cattle up right before they entered the ring is not necessary especially if they are moving fast already. I watched a calf get broke down and crippled that day because of that stupidity. A large group of around 100 head of 1000+ lbs steers were being ran into the ring and weighed about 20 at a time, then on the last draft with the final average weight, they would be auctioned. They were running all the cattle so hard all throughout the sale that nearly every one of them slipped and slid into the ring. The same with this big group of big steers. Calves were slipping and falling on top of each other, the idiots were burning the calves behind them up with hotshots and causing them to jump over the top of the ones that were slipping down. A big steer went down and several went over him. The calf was broke down and couldn’t get up. They closed the door and probably drug him out of the way with a skid steer. They no doubt should have paid the owner in full from insurance. No telling how many cattle are injured by the time they get into the sale ring in situations like that. A small percentage over time is to be expected, even with reasonable handling practices. Have never been back to that yards again nor will I ever. [/QUOTE]
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