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We sold our dry yearlings at Lemmon Livestock, Lemmon, SD in August.
We sold our good old 17-year old (she came up dry :cry: ) cow at Bowman Auction Market, Bowman, ND on Monday.

Just for kicks I compared sales cost on a per head basis. It
was interesting and revealing.

Lemmon:
Vet. Inspection .20/hd; Bowman: .15/hd
Commission-$15/hd; Bowman-$10/hd :shock:
Yardage-$1.35/hd; Bowman-.50/hd :shock:
Feed-$3/hd; Bowman-$0. :shock: (both were taken over the day prior)
Backtag-.50; Bowman-.25
Brand Inspection-.80;Bowman-.75
Insurance and Beef Checkoff was the same on both-$1.80/hd

It amounted to over $10 difference in sale barn charges PER HEAD.
I was suprised at the difference... :?

Lemmon: $23.52/hd; Bowman $13.45
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