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I have notice at some of the beefcow disperals that some of the auctioners will not take $10 bids only $25. What is your opinion on this, If i am the seller $810 is better than $800 and if I am the buyer $800 is better than $825. I know if I say my calves in the fall every $1 bid helps! :)
 
Welcome back50. Were you perchance at Carson's on Saturday? I wanted to get there to see how the herd from Dungannon sold but couldn't make it.
 
I don't understand auctioneers, other than the fact that most of them think they are smart enough to set the market. Especially at bred cattle sales, they waste a lot of hot air trying start every bunch at $3-500/head higher than they will sell for. I think if they would just start them low and get a lot of bidding action, things would go faster and they would still get the bidding emotions going in their favor.
 
Big Muddy rancher said:
burnt said:
Welcome back50. Were you perchance at Carson's on Saturday? I wanted to get there to see how the herd from Dungannon sold but couldn't make it.
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Wonder if it was some relation? Dungannon is my mom's home town.
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Howard's and Hogan's herd. I know that they were just like me - wondering how long you hang on and now they've pulled the plug. Good people who had a good system. Just a bugger to see that kind of people quit the cattle because they were not just overnighters.
 
Richard Doolittle said:
I don't understand auctioneers, other than the fact that most of them think they are smart enough to set the market. Especially at bred cattle sales, they waste a lot of hot air trying start every bunch at $3-500/head higher than they will sell for. I think if they would just start them low and get a lot of bidding action, things would go faster and they would still get the bidding emotions going in their favor.
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i agree Richard, it bothers the hell out of me. Ft. Pierre could be the worst for that.......they will do that on very single critter that walks in the ring :mad:
 
Yes Steve and Lawerence had very good cattle We picked up 4 hfs, I thought some of the cows where pretty big framed , but in saying that it sounds like they where doing a good job for them, it is sad to see how the cattle industry is here in ontario, let alone Canada is., lots of cow/calf guys getting out, another big disperal at Carsons next Saturday.
 
I did not stay for the whole sale, but I thought the one I seen sold good. One pair of old cows brought $650, but most of them where between $1000 and 1150 , when you consider where stockers are and the price of culls I thought then done well, but in saying that when you have a disperal like they did, it is never enought.
 

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