How Auction Barns Quietly Skim 10% of Your Cattle

追加: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]Most ranchers walk into a cattle auction and lose 10% of their value before the gavel drops. They don't know they're losing it. Three numbers decide your day at the barn. One, commission, usually 2 to 4% of sale price. Two, yardage, the per head fee for using the facilities, $2 to $8 per cow. Three, shrink, cattle lose up to 4% of body weight during transport, sorting, and waiting. Stack them and a 10-head sale loses $3,500 before the gavel drops. Know the math.

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