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<blockquote data-quote="SPH" data-source="post: 1092694" data-attributes="member: 20580"><p>None of our sale bulls leave the farm until they have had a Breeding Soundness Exam and we usually take the herd sire with us when we have that done to the sale bulls just so we know our own bull is good to go for the upcoming breeding season too. We sometimes may sell a yearling bull early in the year but we ask our buyers that we keep them on our feed program and we will take them to get a BSE along with yearling weights, measurements, and ultrasound when they are at least 12 months old then they have the option to either take possession of the bull(s) after we have done that or we will feed them up until May 1. We do that because we have a registered herd so we want to get the yearling data for our performance records plus the BSE is something that anyone selling or buying a bull should have done so they know they are buying a sound bull. Haven't had a buyer balk at those terms and most of them will take advantage of our offer to continue feeding them as around here most breeders won't turn their bulls out until after May 1 anyways. Bottom line is if you breed good cattle and do business the right way you shouldn't have to worry about it and even in the case that something would come up a good breeder will not risk losing his reputation over it and will make right on the sale.</p><p></p><p>Most breeds have a breeding guarantee standard for terms of a sale. For instance this is what we would follow per the American Hereford Association (copied and pasted straight from their website):</p><p></p><p>Breeding Guarantees</p><p> </p><p>1. All animals are guaranteed to be breeders with the exception of (a) calves under 12 months of age at time of purchase; (b) any female that is placed in an embryo transplant program and subjected to super-ovulation; or (c) gross negligence on the part of the buyer. </p><p>2. Sellers guarantee that bulls are breeders if the bull is at least 12 months of age at the time of the sale and is not turned out into cows before 14 months of age. A bull can also be guaranteed a breeder if it has passed a breeding soundness exam performed by a competent veterinarian or reproductive technician. Any agreement with respect to the ability to freeze semen shall be a separate agreement between buyer and seller. </p><p>3. When selling semen interest only, the bull is guaranteed to produce viable semen which will survive the freezing process and upon post-thaw will settle a healthy cow. </p><p>4. Females sold as safe in calf have been examined by a competent veterinarian or have been guaranteed safe in calf through a blood test </p><p>5. Open females are guaranteed to be without calf. </p><p>6. Any agreement with respect to Embryo Transfer production shall be a separate agreement between buyer and seller.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPH, post: 1092694, member: 20580"] None of our sale bulls leave the farm until they have had a Breeding Soundness Exam and we usually take the herd sire with us when we have that done to the sale bulls just so we know our own bull is good to go for the upcoming breeding season too. We sometimes may sell a yearling bull early in the year but we ask our buyers that we keep them on our feed program and we will take them to get a BSE along with yearling weights, measurements, and ultrasound when they are at least 12 months old then they have the option to either take possession of the bull(s) after we have done that or we will feed them up until May 1. We do that because we have a registered herd so we want to get the yearling data for our performance records plus the BSE is something that anyone selling or buying a bull should have done so they know they are buying a sound bull. Haven't had a buyer balk at those terms and most of them will take advantage of our offer to continue feeding them as around here most breeders won't turn their bulls out until after May 1 anyways. Bottom line is if you breed good cattle and do business the right way you shouldn't have to worry about it and even in the case that something would come up a good breeder will not risk losing his reputation over it and will make right on the sale. Most breeds have a breeding guarantee standard for terms of a sale. For instance this is what we would follow per the American Hereford Association (copied and pasted straight from their website): Breeding Guarantees 1. All animals are guaranteed to be breeders with the exception of (a) calves under 12 months of age at time of purchase; (b) any female that is placed in an embryo transplant program and subjected to super-ovulation; or (c) gross negligence on the part of the buyer. 2. Sellers guarantee that bulls are breeders if the bull is at least 12 months of age at the time of the sale and is not turned out into cows before 14 months of age. A bull can also be guaranteed a breeder if it has passed a breeding soundness exam performed by a competent veterinarian or reproductive technician. Any agreement with respect to the ability to freeze semen shall be a separate agreement between buyer and seller. 3. When selling semen interest only, the bull is guaranteed to produce viable semen which will survive the freezing process and upon post-thaw will settle a healthy cow. 4. Females sold as safe in calf have been examined by a competent veterinarian or have been guaranteed safe in calf through a blood test 5. Open females are guaranteed to be without calf. 6. Any agreement with respect to Embryo Transfer production shall be a separate agreement between buyer and seller. [/QUOTE]
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