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noob here
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RockyToggRanch
Overrun with beasties
I ended up with a calf at my first auction too. (and only auction). I went to sell roosters and brought home a turkey, calf and peacock.... Not at all productiuve:/ I do still have the peacock, but the calf and turkey are history.
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SDGsoap&dairy
Loving the herd life
10 bucks for a cow??? I'm not interested in owning a cow any time soon so I never looked- but is this typical? 
I had no idea.
I had no idea.
Roll farms
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Was it COWS or bull calves...?
Those are generally sold hours to days old, having gotten little or no colostrum, with a high mortality rate...but yeah, they're cheap.
In fact, MOST animals from auctions have a much higher mortality rate than from a breeder.
Heifer calves tend to be free martins...so if you got a heifer calf for cheap, you may not have gotten such a 'bargain'.
If you really want goats, get them from a breeder.
Goats at auction are there for a reason...generally NOT a good one.
Those are generally sold hours to days old, having gotten little or no colostrum, with a high mortality rate...but yeah, they're cheap.
In fact, MOST animals from auctions have a much higher mortality rate than from a breeder.
Heifer calves tend to be free martins...so if you got a heifer calf for cheap, you may not have gotten such a 'bargain'.
If you really want goats, get them from a breeder.
Goats at auction are there for a reason...generally NOT a good one.
RockyToggRanch
Overrun with beasties
Bull calf, $35.00 here. Very healthy I sold him a month later fo $100. Bought him thinking we'd eat him, but he charmed us out of it. :/ I swear not to go to another auction....ever.
