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To do it or not to do it. Will I get paid extra if I do it? Who knows? Maybe you should worry about if you can even get someone…
We have installed a crowding tub, "S" alley and single animal scale to handle your calves more efficiently on presorting days. How does this benefit you? There is very little…
All cattle must have C.C.I.A. tags in their ears before they can be sold. It is the law. There is no slippage allowed anymore. 100% compliance is needed ever since…
Successful sales do not just happen, they are planned. All cattle for every sale must be listed in advance. We have to know what is going on in advance so…
Everyone should be vaccinating their cow herd with 9-way (modified live pre-breeding vaccine) every year after calving and before breeding.
Why would anyone want to buy them full? After reading an article on page 34 of the October 1997 issue of the Canadian Cattleman magazine, my colleagues conscripted me to…
Good quality oats brings top price. The kind that has already been through the horse comes much cheaper. Occasionally producers think that we should drop our selling fees. In 1986…
It may be a little known fact that I grew up on a large cattle ranch. I handled and sorted thousands of cattle before I started working at the Veteran…
At almost every calf sale a sick one or two shows up. Most of the time there is no problem with it. Usually it is spotted during the weighing and…
Whenever anyone reads our market reports or hears them over the air they may see or hear that five hundred to six hundred pound steer calves averaged $ 1.20 and…
Let us not forget how this whole border closing mess started. We are having a little problem at the auction markets and probably the slaughter plants too, now that there…
Sometimes I think that we offer too much service. Certainly some consignors expect more service than is reasonable. Here is a problem that we and other markets keep running into.…
It looks like the proposed ten-dollar per head horn deduction has been rescinded. The one-dollar per horn penalty is still in place. Nothing has changed. My understanding of the confusion…
Have you ever seen a business that is influenced by emotions as much as the cattle business? I don't mean just emotions like anger and frustration when you go to…
It may be a little known fact that I was raised on a Purebred Horned Hereford ranch. My grandfather Jake Rutledge homesteaded about twelve miles east of Consort Alberta around…
When the ears and the tail are frozen, quite often the feet have been frozen a bit too. Some times the feet are frozen so bad that it is obvious.…
Most people have got used to the idea of prelisting or prebooking their calves for the big presorted sales. This is good business for both the sale yard and the…
Cattlepersons Here is some information or feedback that we get from the feedlots and order buyers that money minded cattle people might be interested in. Starting Jan.1 2000 some of…
Every year there are some misconceptions about marketing cattle that lead us to believe that not everyone understands the business. Bred heifers are a good example. Every fall, we and…
Occasionally our competitors promote the idea that we get too tough or too particular, when grading calves into the top cut pens. They sort for speed we sort for accuracy.…
Everyone should be vaccinating their cowherd with 9-way (modified live pre-breeding vaccine) every year after calving and before breeding. You will not save money by avoiding doing it. Sooner or…
This virus is in our cattle herds and is causing significant problems. Transmission between animals is by direct contact. Persistently Infected (PI) animals are the major source of infection in…
Ship them to Assiniboia The high dollar market All of our presorted sales are broadcast over the Internet to prospective buyers. That is, they are conducted along with the live…
Cows must be in yards by the latest 2:00 pm in the afternoon before the sale for pregnancy checking and mouthing. We supply facilities and manpower to preg check cows…
Calves are sorted and weighed as soon as possible off truck Sorting will begin at 9:00 am the day before each presorted sale. We need your cooperation. It is impossible…