cattle marts

Sam Kade

I bought cattle at a mart last week. One bullock had a bad cut on his knee when he arrived on my farm. The following morning his leg was completely swollen up to his shoulder. I called the vet and he gave him an intravenous injection and I gave him antibiotics for a few days luckily enough the swelling went down after a few days. He must have got injured at the mart. The mart covers themselves by having signs up saying they are not responsible for any injuries to cattle.

fullup

Hi all I’d like to make a note;

Am from a farming background and also I have a father who was a cattle dealer in the earlier days of us kids growing up.
There is a number of things that I have inadvertently been thought from following my father from mart to mart, fair days and house calling.

It’s a difficult life that the dealer of yesteryear had but my parents made sure we all received an education and wanted us to keep away from that life.

I have insight that I taught might help.
There is no Margin and a dealer be very lucky to have a weeks wage (Very lucky)
The fancy dressed dealers and the chatter boxes don’t have money there fronting for someone else.

A dealer can ruin another dealer very easy and sometimes they will burn each other.
You have too in order to show that your not being walked over today.

Days can be long and nights even longer just to make a few quid.

Dealer friendship is far and between I’ve seen fights over a 100 punt calf’s and lorries damaged. If you are purchasing animals you are there early to inspect you write your numbers down and you chat and let some of the others know what you’re after your only trying to pay what you think the animal is worth and hope to make a profit later but this is hard because there are so many probabilities and you can't cover all bases.
Work it out what a dealer can make, it’s not a lot after you take everything into account.

If a farmer starts to bid the dealer will stop simply because Farmers are dangerous people in an auction/mart they don’t have a handbrake and get over excited. i have purchased animals for my self in marts a lot easier than the farmer standing beside me because he/she has been waiting all day for that one animal. (Obviously more can be expanded on)

Yes there are auctioneers who are good, bad and ****!! But you watch them and follow how they work, you can figure it out how to work with them.
We as farmer sell some of our own breed animals at the mart and knowing knowledge like that helps a lot. Don't be shy with the auctioneer.

There are dealers out there who I wouldn’t touch but there are some just trying to make ends meet at the end of their doc sheet.

Mart Employees i think there are some lads that could do with some training and some facilities upgraded. I don't personal think you see as much badness out there as years ago but training for the new lads could be a good option as I've seen a few bad techniques.

bob charles

fullup wrote: »

Hi all I’d like to make a note;

Am from a farming background and also I have a father who was a cattle dealer in the earlier days of us kids growing up.
There is a number of things that I have inadvertently been thought from following my father from mart to mart, fair days and house calling.

It’s a difficult life that the dealer of yesteryear had but my parents made sure we all received an education and wanted us to keep away from that life.

I have insight that I taught might help.
There is no Margin and a dealer be very lucky to have a weeks wage (Very lucky)
The fancy dressed dealers and the chatter boxes don’t have money there fronting for someone else.

A dealer can ruin another dealer very easy and sometimes they will burn each other.
You have too in order to show that your not being walked over today.

Days can be long and nights even longer just to make a few quid.

Dealer friendship is far and between I’ve seen fights over a 100 punt calf’s and lorries damaged. If you are purchasing animals you are there early to inspect you write your numbers down and you chat and let some of the others know what you’re after your only trying to pay what you think the animal is worth and hope to make a profit later but this is hard because there are so many probabilities and you can't cover all bases.
Work it out what a dealer can make, it’s not a lot after you take everything into account.

If a farmer starts to bid the dealer will stop simply because Farmers are dangerous people in an auction/mart they don’t have a handbrake and get over excited. i have purchased animals for my self in marts a lot easier than the farmer standing beside me because he/she has been waiting all day for that one animal. (Obviously more can be expanded on)

Yes there are auctioneers who are good, bad and ****!! But you watch them and follow how they work, you can figure it out how to work with them.
We as farmer sell some of our own breed animals at the mart and knowing knowledge like that helps a lot. Don't be shy with the auctioneer.

There are dealers out there who I wouldn’t touch but there are some just trying to make ends meet at the end of their doc sheet.

Mart Employees i think there are some lads that could do with some training and some facilities upgraded. I don't personal think you see as much badness out there as years ago but training for the new lads could be a good option as I've seen a few bad techniques.

Thats a very accurate post. Always think its funny the way most on here think the regular guys buying the cattle are best of buddies