Last fall we bought some hiefers to feed over the winter and  sell in the spring, hopfully to the replacement market. Before I had them paid for the seller came up and thanked me for buying them and to see him in the spring as he might be interested to buy them back. Now it's nearing the time to sell. Called the guy and he said he would be interested,BUT asked if we had pulled his number tags, because there were some sets of twins in his herd and he would not be interested in buying any fremartins. He would like to look at them and compare his calving book to see if any twins exist. Most of his tags are still in, thinking that If he bought them back he might be interested to know what cow they were from. Funny when he sold them, they announced "you guys looking for replacements-one of the top sets of cattle in the nation-they are from top sets of bulls=been selling here for many years and the rest of the auctioneer BS" The owner wasn't concerned about freemartins then and got top dollars for his calves. Now the tide has turned. I bought them so I will live with the consequences, just don't think this is really fair. I guess we will not be selling to him. Unless he wants to pay extra for extra selecting. Any comments would be welcomed.