Southern Lights Angus Dispersal

[Doc]

I was looking at the catalog for this dispersal. It will be held at the stockyard 4 miles from my house. I noticed that there was a bunch of lots that said "potential carrier". I decided that I would count how many. There are 162 lots that are listed as potential carriers out of 306 total lots. There is 35 bulls in the sale & 20 of them are listed as potential carriers. Why would you not go ahead and test them instead of just listing them as "potential carriers"? How much will this hurt their value? Just curious?

 

[sue]

They are sending the lab bill to you Doc  did you read the small print?

I bet it wont hurt the value at all.

 

[aandtcattle]

From what I have seen, it really doesnt matter if they are tested with mediocre to good quality cattle.  They bring what they are worth regardless.  But if you have a bigtime individual that is a potential carrier, you better test it because a negative test will dramatically increase the value of that animal. <cowboy>

 

[Doc]

They are sending the lab bill to you Doc  did you read the small print?

I bet it wont hurt the value at all.

Yea, that would be a pretty decent chunk. Just didn't know how big a deal that made of it in the Angus breed.

 

[lightnin4]

I noticed they had some potential carriers selling too.  In most Angus sales I've seen the animals are tested.  The only individuals that I've seen sell that were carriers were usually recips.  I think I'd bite the bullet and pay for the tests.