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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1235680" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>There was a guy sitting beside me on Friday. Three White face steers come in weighing about 750. He buys them. I thought to myself that he got a pretty good buy on them. They run them out of the ring on to the scale and them down the alley to get penned. About two minutes later after another group had sold he says to me, "I guess that means I bought all three. I just wanted one." Duh!! The auctioneer never said he was selling choice. If he just wanted one he should have said something when they ran all three out. I told him his only option at that point was to go to the office and tell them. He did that. They had already paid the original owner (or so they told him). They made him pay for all three and then sell the two he didn't want. Someone sorted two out and they brought them back through. The two actually brought more per pound the second time through. Not quite enough to cover his original price and the commission but close. So he didn't lose too much money. If they don't say choice you are buying what ever is in the ring be it two or fifty animals. One sale I go to rarely sells choice and they sell lots of big groups. They run 30 into the ring and you only want 10 if you get their attention and let them know you want 10 they will sell "gate cut". If you win the bid, you get the first 10 to go out the door. No picking or sorting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1235680, member: 498"] There was a guy sitting beside me on Friday. Three White face steers come in weighing about 750. He buys them. I thought to myself that he got a pretty good buy on them. They run them out of the ring on to the scale and them down the alley to get penned. About two minutes later after another group had sold he says to me, "I guess that means I bought all three. I just wanted one." Duh!! The auctioneer never said he was selling choice. If he just wanted one he should have said something when they ran all three out. I told him his only option at that point was to go to the office and tell them. He did that. They had already paid the original owner (or so they told him). They made him pay for all three and then sell the two he didn't want. Someone sorted two out and they brought them back through. The two actually brought more per pound the second time through. Not quite enough to cover his original price and the commission but close. So he didn't lose too much money. If they don't say choice you are buying what ever is in the ring be it two or fifty animals. One sale I go to rarely sells choice and they sell lots of big groups. They run 30 into the ring and you only want 10 if you get their attention and let them know you want 10 they will sell "gate cut". If you win the bid, you get the first 10 to go out the door. No picking or sorting. [/QUOTE]
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