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<blockquote data-quote="mayesfarm" data-source="post: 1819204" data-attributes="member: 31265"><p>I really don't see the problem with selling on video. I have been to several sales where they have the cattle penned on site and sell them on tv's like yall have been talking about and bought several bulls at these auctions. I really like that set up. I really don't care how they act in the ring, the only time that they will be in a sale ring while I own them is for about 5 minutes right before someone else owns them. All of these sales that I have been to have had the cattle available for viewing before the sale in pretty large lots with shade and water. I would rather see them in a pen and around people in the open. Usually when we load these cattle, they aren't worked up.</p><p></p><p>I also have a lot of experience with the "run them through the ring", on the farm production sales. I paid my way through college working production sales and custom fitting. It takes a ton of man power to pull them off. A local sale that I attended on Labor Day had a 10 + man crew with decent facilities and easy cattle and they all stayed busy for 2 days, daylight til after dark, for 98 lots (around 160 head). Typically the cattle are on display the day before the auction, gathered, sorted, individually or group penned, turned back to pasture or at least into large traps as a group at the end of the day, repeat on sale day, plus moved from pens to sale ring, group penned again and resorted to load out. Then there is the issue of all the special pens and alleys needed to get them to the sale ring and back. Sale rings, that are only used once or twice a year, are awful expensive, too. </p><p></p><p>I don't think that there is a right or a wrong, just different ways of doing. I am just there to buy the cattle that I think will benefit my operation. I don't care how they sell them as long as I have an opportunity to see them live and on site before the sale, that's when I make my picks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mayesfarm, post: 1819204, member: 31265"] I really don't see the problem with selling on video. I have been to several sales where they have the cattle penned on site and sell them on tv's like yall have been talking about and bought several bulls at these auctions. I really like that set up. I really don't care how they act in the ring, the only time that they will be in a sale ring while I own them is for about 5 minutes right before someone else owns them. All of these sales that I have been to have had the cattle available for viewing before the sale in pretty large lots with shade and water. I would rather see them in a pen and around people in the open. Usually when we load these cattle, they aren't worked up. I also have a lot of experience with the "run them through the ring", on the farm production sales. I paid my way through college working production sales and custom fitting. It takes a ton of man power to pull them off. A local sale that I attended on Labor Day had a 10 + man crew with decent facilities and easy cattle and they all stayed busy for 2 days, daylight til after dark, for 98 lots (around 160 head). Typically the cattle are on display the day before the auction, gathered, sorted, individually or group penned, turned back to pasture or at least into large traps as a group at the end of the day, repeat on sale day, plus moved from pens to sale ring, group penned again and resorted to load out. Then there is the issue of all the special pens and alleys needed to get them to the sale ring and back. Sale rings, that are only used once or twice a year, are awful expensive, too. I don't think that there is a right or a wrong, just different ways of doing. I am just there to buy the cattle that I think will benefit my operation. I don't care how they sell them as long as I have an opportunity to see them live and on site before the sale, that's when I make my picks. [/QUOTE]
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