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Eastern Half of Kansas | Not illegal but not really right either. I worked at a barn that had a hot cow market 15 years ago, we were getting a few cows bought within the week. But most cows not coming from cow guys were from out of area that someone had on feed either a farmer feeder or order buyer. Generally cows with back tag glue would be discounted a little knowing they’ve been through ring and kinda tired. We had a good market it didn’t really matter, 3 cow buyers hated the 4th buyer, 4th buyer would bid profit out to bully the deal.
Calves it happens a little mostly with the order buyers. Usually they’re plain cattle. A good sale barn owner would say don’t bring that $hi+ here, but many won’t because they don’t want to piss off their buyer.
Generally you won’t make enough money to do it long term. If your cattle lose weight, you’ll lose your ass. If you don’t gain in price much you’ll lose. A commission based barn would be taking over $60 plus other fees/ deductions now.
Now if you can buy some shrunk up gant cattle, feed etc, feed 1-2 weeks that could work, on a short term deal. | |
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Is it legal to buy livestock at one barn and ship directly to another?
