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Bainville, MT | Garvo,
Tell me the top 10 things you are looking for.
I think me and MTJOHN might have a different big buyer in mind. His lives in glasgow mine is south of me. Both are good people, however I would like to kind of know what happens on the other end. Maybe I don't.
I would say most cattle "here" are black, shot, knife cut. April May calvers 450 to 600 lbs. Why the cut off at 560. Seems right now in local market 500's are bringing very close to 575's in dollars per head.
Seems as though no one wants to stick there neck out in July and August anymore to write a contract. I can't say as I blame them.
I highly doubt you would get any bs hiefers in with steers, not cut. ect,ect. From our group. However, mistakes do occasionally happen.
So as a collective ag talk group. What are fair ways for both the buyer and seller to conduct this transaction.
1. Loading / scale fee. Nobody here has there own scale at ranch. So the local one costs about $2.00 a head for brand inspection, yardage, and scale. (Might be kind of a hose job, but what do you do.) Would you rather buy by head, or wieght. Wieght seems the fairest if slide both ways.
2. Frieght guessing 1000 miles. Guessing 4000/5000 a load. Seller should pay a percentage, seller decided to raise cattle a longs ways from corn country. However, freight to sale barn is cheap for seller.
3. Mostly green calves straight off of cow. Weaning calves here is no fun. Not nice weather.
What do you want in the cattle. Besides the ones that make you money, because everybody wants those.
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