Beef price tracker 2

The trap a lot of lad's fall into is being too predictable when it comes to buying stock. Some lad's pride themselves on buying everything they bid for and that's a fatal mistake imo, you were as well to carry a sign saying polling booth open. I'd say I buy about 10% of what I'd bid for on an average day.

Also having a set limit for stock is also a recipe for being polled if you make it obvious and the other lad's get to know about it from watching you. I'd bid for a range of colours and weights if they suited at the money and could fall off something in a heartbeat especially if I thought either the auctioneer or someone else was doing me. Granted with the online it's a bit harder to know if there's someone genuinely going for them or whether you're just being pushed on but it's no harm to pull the handbrake occasionally either. That way no one knows exactly what you're going to do and there more cautious about taking you on.

I've a few friends that are auctioneers and they often tell me that you'd get to know what different lad's are like over time and who's a sure bet to poll on when needed. There's certain men you could drive on and on and they'll still be there at the fall of the hammer and more you could take out with 1 bid if they smelt a rat. If you're trying to put together a bundle of stock you'd be better to have an average price in mind for whatever group you're looking to assemble. That way if you got 1 bought a bit less you could give a bit more for the next one and it would even itself out over the day without looking really obvious that you had a line in the sand.

I'm probably too cautious if anything and can pull up short at times but dear cattle are poison imo and I'd rather be sorry for not buying something as opposed to being sorry for buying it. Having said that I don't take much heed of stopping at a set figure either bar I thought some lad was pushing me on then it's grand to pull up at for example €680 and him come €690 fully expecting to stick you with them at €700. However I always say it's a good man that will value a beast to the last €10 or €20 so I'd often chance one more bid over what I had initially expected if everything seemed above board.

He was fortunate that the last bid always seemed to be the winning bid for some reason. I don't generally bother going against lad's like that as when there finished with something it's of little use to anyone and they always get lots of help to get there stock bought. The same goes for certain lad's selling if I seen them numbering stock or there name on the board I'd steer clear. There always out to get a klondike for whatever there selling and you're wasting you're time bidding for them if you want something resembling value.

He didn't sell any of them. He wasn't really getting enough for the heavier ones to be fair and they'd probably make another €100-€150 more apiece atm but that was a month ago and it wasn't easy to know it then either.