Pay the man, get your cattle and call it a learning lesson, you agreed to the trucking bill like it or not when the consultant told you he'd get them on a truck. The way I always get over the feeling of getting hosed by trucking, is to put it in perspective piece by peice, if you left your driveway today to pick your 3 hd up, what's your truck worth, trailer worth, diesel isn't 89 cents anymore, how much time would it take you miles etc., whats your time worth, time is money, in our society no one wants to work for free.....(high school part time hired hands now ask for a raise after 3 months wtf!)
I know your thinking you could have caught a back haul or grouped more cattle up headed you way to cheapen it up, but it wouldn't have probably been that much cheaper. Nebraska to Ohio isn't just next door, and moving small groups is costly...been there many times, 375 a hd they may not have done you any favors but i've seen worse. hope it worked out for you.
