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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1537371" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>There is next to no premium paid on calves that go through the Staunton Va. yard. They will read anything that a seller claims, but I watched all 1685 head sold this past friday and the ones with a list of stuff; shots, worming, weaned, etc.,; did no better than the ones that didn't have any claims.. The one market in Harrisonburg Va has feeder cattle sales that are sanctioned by a feeder assoc and anything that goes through them has to meet certain protocols. They do bring a little more most times, but you almost have to be part of the "good ole boy" group.... The commissions are higher and we didn't see where it benefited us in the past with a slight increase in price per lb but selling costs twice what we pay, plus the added mileage/time to get them there. I have gotten BQA accreditation several years and we just didn't see where we made out any better following the requirements. Some places it would probably make a difference. Here, they just need to be black and not show any dairy cross breeding and they are worth nearly twice of what colored cattle are....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1537371, member: 25884"] There is next to no premium paid on calves that go through the Staunton Va. yard. They will read anything that a seller claims, but I watched all 1685 head sold this past friday and the ones with a list of stuff; shots, worming, weaned, etc.,; did no better than the ones that didn't have any claims.. The one market in Harrisonburg Va has feeder cattle sales that are sanctioned by a feeder assoc and anything that goes through them has to meet certain protocols. They do bring a little more most times, but you almost have to be part of the "good ole boy" group.... The commissions are higher and we didn't see where it benefited us in the past with a slight increase in price per lb but selling costs twice what we pay, plus the added mileage/time to get them there. I have gotten BQA accreditation several years and we just didn't see where we made out any better following the requirements. Some places it would probably make a difference. Here, they just need to be black and not show any dairy cross breeding and they are worth nearly twice of what colored cattle are.... [/QUOTE]
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