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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1696682" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Let's see....this was about 10:30 in the morning. Sale starts at noon with goats, sheep, horses. Cows start at 1PM. They usually start out with bottle calves, if there are any since all the dairies are gone. Might be 4PM or later when they finish selling the "head cows" and start selling the "weigh cows". If you are selling by the head, and have nothing to do, and like to watch cattle sales, then you might hang around to get your check, about 5PM . People who sell "weigh cattle" just drop them off, and either come get their check the next day or have them mail it. So here is this couple in a newer SUV pulling a new 2=horse bumper pull with the divider out. About 8 trailera in line ahead of them. I go walking by the line, going from the parking lot to the sale barn, and this dude rolls down the window, and asks if he can ask me something. He wanted to know about how long did I think til he got unleaded (about 20 minutes, it turned out), and what happened after that. I had seen his calves as I was walking up, thinking to myself that he was lucky that one or more hadn't tried to jump out the half door of that trailer. I knew he had 4 black calves that I figured to be about 350 lbs..one might have gotten closer to 400., Anywho, I told him they'd unload, showed him where to park to come get his ticket with the numbers on it,. Told him then he'd pull into the big parking lot where all the trailers were. He asked about getting paid....when and how did he get his check, etc. I told him they would mail it or he could come by and get it after 9 in the morning, just when you take your numbers to the office ,tell the girls which one you want to do. Then he asked me about this "weigh cattle stuff". he said he thought people would bid so much per calf, and THAT was how he wanted to sell them,. I asked him what was he hoping to get. He said well, they are about 400 lbs each, and I'd like to get $400 each for them. I told him there was only one that might make 400 lbs, the others were closer to 350, if that. I told him I would give him $1500,. and when he unloaded he could just go on to lunch or something, with cash in his pocket. He said DEAL!! When I got my check in a few days, they had averaged 376 lbs...largest was 400..398.. and one was only 320 something. They averaged $1.23 per pound, they grossed $1850.00, so by the time the deductions came out, I made about $200. If I had ANYTHING I thought was gonna bring $1600. minus the fees and or/commissions., and anyone offered ME $1`500 cash, I'd snatch their arm off grabbing the money! And wish them luck, tell them I hope they make a big profit on whatever I sold them,, and would actually be glad they did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1696682, member: 40587"] Let's see....this was about 10:30 in the morning. Sale starts at noon with goats, sheep, horses. Cows start at 1PM. They usually start out with bottle calves, if there are any since all the dairies are gone. Might be 4PM or later when they finish selling the "head cows" and start selling the "weigh cows". If you are selling by the head, and have nothing to do, and like to watch cattle sales, then you might hang around to get your check, about 5PM . People who sell "weigh cattle" just drop them off, and either come get their check the next day or have them mail it. So here is this couple in a newer SUV pulling a new 2=horse bumper pull with the divider out. About 8 trailera in line ahead of them. I go walking by the line, going from the parking lot to the sale barn, and this dude rolls down the window, and asks if he can ask me something. He wanted to know about how long did I think til he got unleaded (about 20 minutes, it turned out), and what happened after that. I had seen his calves as I was walking up, thinking to myself that he was lucky that one or more hadn't tried to jump out the half door of that trailer. I knew he had 4 black calves that I figured to be about 350 lbs..one might have gotten closer to 400., Anywho, I told him they'd unload, showed him where to park to come get his ticket with the numbers on it,. Told him then he'd pull into the big parking lot where all the trailers were. He asked about getting paid....when and how did he get his check, etc. I told him they would mail it or he could come by and get it after 9 in the morning, just when you take your numbers to the office ,tell the girls which one you want to do. Then he asked me about this "weigh cattle stuff". he said he thought people would bid so much per calf, and THAT was how he wanted to sell them,. I asked him what was he hoping to get. He said well, they are about 400 lbs each, and I'd like to get $400 each for them. I told him there was only one that might make 400 lbs, the others were closer to 350, if that. I told him I would give him $1500,. and when he unloaded he could just go on to lunch or something, with cash in his pocket. He said DEAL!! When I got my check in a few days, they had averaged 376 lbs...largest was 400..398.. and one was only 320 something. They averaged $1.23 per pound, they grossed $1850.00, so by the time the deductions came out, I made about $200. If I had ANYTHING I thought was gonna bring $1600. minus the fees and or/commissions., and anyone offered ME $1`500 cash, I'd snatch their arm off grabbing the money! And wish them luck, tell them I hope they make a big profit on whatever I sold them,, and would actually be glad they did. [/QUOTE]
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