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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 2160"><p>AZ, you bring up a very interesting question. I'm probably like everybody else here, having tried this on a non-scientific basis – non-scientific for the same reasons as you. Not enough time to make a real study out of it. To do it "right" you would have to be selling decent sized bunches in several sales all in the same week.</p><p></p><p>I guess we all have our favorite sale barns, mostly for our own empirical reasons. Personally, I believe the owner of the auction, assuming he is the one starting the bids, has more to do with it than anything. The buyers are pretty much the same in my area, regardless of the auction.</p><p></p><p>One thing I have noticed is that it pays to avoid a sale where there will be lots of dairy steers, assuming you are selling calves. Maybe it's just in my head, but it seems to pull the overall range for beef calves down. Also, if a sale is in the middle of an area where drought is severe it pulls the numbers down. I don't think it's a plot the buyers hatched back in some smoke filled room, it's just the mentality that the ranchers are desperate and out of grass. In that case it pays to hold off or haul to an area that's not hurting so badly.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, it sometimes seems like it pays to sell after a big rain. Everybody is less panicky to sell so there can be less supply, and a lot of folks can't get their trailers loaded and pulled out due to the mud. But, the buyers still have orders to fill and it seems like that can help a few cents.</p><p></p><p>As usual, all the above is worth exactly what you paid for it. I look forward to reading the discussion on this subject. Good subject!</p><p></p><p>Craig</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 2160"] AZ, you bring up a very interesting question. I’m probably like everybody else here, having tried this on a non-scientific basis – non-scientific for the same reasons as you. Not enough time to make a real study out of it. To do it “right” you would have to be selling decent sized bunches in several sales all in the same week. I guess we all have our favorite sale barns, mostly for our own empirical reasons. Personally, I believe the owner of the auction, assuming he is the one starting the bids, has more to do with it than anything. The buyers are pretty much the same in my area, regardless of the auction. One thing I have noticed is that it pays to avoid a sale where there will be lots of dairy steers, assuming you are selling calves. Maybe it’s just in my head, but it seems to pull the overall range for beef calves down. Also, if a sale is in the middle of an area where drought is severe it pulls the numbers down. I don’t think it’s a plot the buyers hatched back in some smoke filled room, it’s just the mentality that the ranchers are desperate and out of grass. In that case it pays to hold off or haul to an area that’s not hurting so badly. On the other hand, it sometimes seems like it pays to sell after a big rain. Everybody is less panicky to sell so there can be less supply, and a lot of folks can’t get their trailers loaded and pulled out due to the mud. But, the buyers still have orders to fill and it seems like that can help a few cents. As usual, all the above is worth exactly what you paid for it. I look forward to reading the discussion on this subject. Good subject! Craig [/QUOTE]
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