Michael W. Smith said:
Ended up taking home 4 peeps @ $.25 each and 3 hens @ $.50 each. I was bidding on a buck goat so my does could get pregnant, but it sold for over $50.00 and was very scared of people.
The one thing I should have bid on but didn't was a horse. There were 2 horses there lastnight, and the first one was a male probably around 15 years old that sold for $125.00. I think it sold so cheap because when they talked about looking in it's mouth to see how old it was, a guy reached from outside the ring and grabbed it's halter which scared the horse and made it rear up. The other horse sold for over $400.00 and wasn't in as good as shape or as big. Kick me for passing this up. Of course, I could have bid and the other person would have kept going too, but we will never know. I just hope it wasn't bought buy a horse meat person.
~~~~~ anytime youre going to an auction , for animals,~~~~~
watch the couple of guys that hang right at the edge of the ring, whenever a horse/animal isnt being bid on , you will see the auctioneer look at them ,
they are 1 of 2 things, either , the meat animal man , and/OR working for the auction ,
these guys do one of two things ,
1 they drive interest in bidding on an animal otherwise noone would want,
2 they buy animals for meat,
dont pay attention to the prices, these guys have a deal worked with the auction house and never pay what the animal is sold for and if hes working for the auction , its the auctioneer whos buying the animal , and it will be resold at the next auction
if an animal is selling for dirt cheap , its a thought to buy it , and resell it at the next auction too... ive doen this, with some success---- why should the auction house be the oneholding all the money?
ive taken horses who were "un healthy" looking, took them home, fed them vet checked them , trimmed hooves, helped heal small wounds, put in training time on them , and then listed them in the paper and made a nice profit , but im a trainer, so theres a difference, the average person probobly wouldnt be able to train a horse for barrells or roping, but you certainly could handle an animal and help heal cuts .... if it doesnt sell in the paper, take it to the auction, now granted this isnt a "fast money" thing, it takes from 4-6 months to turn your investemnt, but its such a better thought than an otherwise healthy animal going to meat, cause no one wants to train it ,
personally i find the best sucess in this buying 3-4 year old ungelded grade horses, i have them gelded, and put time in on them , i have yet to make less than 300-500.00 in clear profit ( after vet and other expenses)
just a thought, and wow, this is more long winded than i thought .....
oh well !
Beth