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<blockquote data-quote="TheLazyM" data-source="post: 161896" data-attributes="member: 3117"><p>Hi, i use the local paper,salebarn and co-op and feedmills to sell my cattle. the co-op rep comes out and we agrre on a price per pound and a delivery date then i deliver to them. i weight in then they cut me a check that easy. only draw back is if dont deliver on that date you get docked. i try to plan mine in next 3-4 days. the other good thing is they buy all you want to sell. they back ground them and will give you the info on how they do all the way to slaughter. thing is you got to buy your products from the co-op. the feedmills around here also buys alot of cattle off of farms. i guess they have a bonus of cheap feed. that local paper is hard to beat. alot of people is looking for 1-? animals for pet/projects, to slaughter feeling like the beef might be alittle healther this way. and this people are alittle edgey about salebarns, you remember when you 1st started going it was like greek. i have gotten people out here that had never been this close to a cow, so beening able to spend some of my time with them letting them get close to the cattle even hand feeding them seals the deal. only draw back is you sell 1 here 2 there. good luck on your marketing. i bet that things will lookup for you. lets face it its whats for dinner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLazyM, post: 161896, member: 3117"] Hi, i use the local paper,salebarn and co-op and feedmills to sell my cattle. the co-op rep comes out and we agrre on a price per pound and a delivery date then i deliver to them. i weight in then they cut me a check that easy. only draw back is if dont deliver on that date you get docked. i try to plan mine in next 3-4 days. the other good thing is they buy all you want to sell. they back ground them and will give you the info on how they do all the way to slaughter. thing is you got to buy your products from the co-op. the feedmills around here also buys alot of cattle off of farms. i guess they have a bonus of cheap feed. that local paper is hard to beat. alot of people is looking for 1-? animals for pet/projects, to slaughter feeling like the beef might be alittle healther this way. and this people are alittle edgey about salebarns, you remember when you 1st started going it was like greek. i have gotten people out here that had never been this close to a cow, so beening able to spend some of my time with them letting them get close to the cattle even hand feeding them seals the deal. only draw back is you sell 1 here 2 there. good luck on your marketing. i bet that things will lookup for you. lets face it its whats for dinner. [/QUOTE]
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