The Rural Voice, 1999-09, Page 20FALL CATTLE SALES
AT KEADY LIVESTOCK
Tuesdays Sept. 7 to Dec. 14
10:00 a.m.
1000 - 1200 local calves and
stockers each day
Friday, Sept. 24 to Oct. 15
10:00 a.m. 1200 - 1500 yearling
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ONS
Friday, Oct. 22 @ 10:00 a.m.
1200-1500 vaccinated presorted
Charolais calves ONS
Friday, Oct. 29 @ 10:00 a.m.
1200-1500 vaccinated presorted
calves featuring Limousin,
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Angus, including Bluewater Angus.
selling ONS
Friday, Nov. 5 @ 10:00 a.m.
1200 - 1500 vaccinated presorted
Charolais calves ONS
Friday, Nov. 12 ® 10:00 a m.
1000 - 1500 yearling steers and
heifers selling OW;
Friday, Nov. 19 @10:00 a.m.
1200 - 1500 vaccinated preweaned
presorted calves ONS
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16 THE RURAL VOICE
greater distances. Someone driving
three or four hours wants to make
sure it's worth their while to go and
wants to get their business done
quickly and get home, not sit through
an all -day auction to pick and choose
the animals he wants.
To allow large and small buyers to
both benefit from the sales, pens
sizes are kept to 35-40 calves at a
time. That way a buyer who wants a
whole pot -load can buy two pens but
a smaller buyer can still compete for
individual pens. It helps keep more
competition in the auction, hopefully
producing better prices for the
sellers.
Cow -calf producers have
recognized those results and have
been getting on the bandwagon.
Consignments for the presort sale
results
have led to
a 30%
increate In
consignments
have increased 30 per cent, says
McNabb from the 5,000 calves sold
the first year.
Typically, a farmer can gain $40-
$100 per calf for the small amount of
additional work 'involved in
preparing the calves properly. It
means an additional expenditure of
$10 a calf for vaccinations and
boosters plus rounding up the calves
and putting them'through a handling
crate twice for the shots. There can
also be added benefits of giving more
attention to the cows because they're
right near the handling facilities,
solving problems before they get
worse.
Producers have also grown to trust
the system, Ron says. The first year
they brought their calves in and hung
around to try to see what happened.
By the second year they were likely
to drop off their calves and leave.
The success of the better quality
calves at the presorted sales has
spilled over into the regular Tuesday
sales. Now, using their computer
software, they produce a catalogue
for each sale, listing the vaccinations
each animal has been given and other
information such as neutering and
dehorning. Most cattle now are as