Consignments need to be there by 2 and livestock before 3 on Sat. if you want it advertised on Facebook. We take consignments till 3 only and livestock till 5 or after until the sale is over.

If you are planning on bringing stock let us know so we can advertise it on the web page as coming and maybe we can get some extra buyers for your livestock ...but we post everything on the web page by noon Fri. so get that info to us by then.  Help yourself by letting us advertise what you are bringing. Pictures are posted on Facebook after livestock is received Fri. night or Sat. morning.

Have a lady looking for Kinko/Spanish nanny or nanny kids goats.  Have a guy wanting a llama.   if you have that to bring let us know so we can let them know.   We have people wanting hay.  If you have any to sell let us know so we can advertise it.

Have a guy bringing 2 bills and a nanny and nanny kid Sat. Have had a couple other calls bringing stuff but didn’t say how many,

Notice if you have a check that you have not cashed on the Consignment sale printed on or before 8/31/2021 please get it cashed.  We have changed banks and will close the current account soon.  If you have an old check that the bank will not cash because anymore they want it cashed in 6 mo or less or they can refuse to cash it even though the money is in the bank please bring it to us for a replacement.  We want to get this account current.  Please cash all checks in a timely manner.  It’s your money- use it. 

If you are holding a check on the livestock sale please cash it also.  We will sometime after the first of year change that bank account also.  Our  bank charged fees for the custodial accounts.  Some banks do not.  For that reason we are changing banks.  But those checks are expensive and as soon as we get close to running out we will change banks.

I’d like to give a shout out to Bill Lowe of Lowe Heating and Air.  We had an AC go down Fri. at the meat market and our AC man was out of town on vacation.  Called one guy here in town that our AC man suggested, he was booked up, called another, he was supposed to be here Sat. didn’t, didnt come Mon, came early Tues morning.  Wanted $900 to fix it. Can’t afford that on a new unit still under warranty- know he didn’t install it but.  Said he needed to take all freon out, test for leak, reinstall freon.  Jennifer said her Dad was starting up his AC business after moving here.  Called him to see if he was available.  Said he’d be here in about an hr or little over which was 2:30. He arrived about 2:15 and by 2:40 had the unit running for $105. He took one look and said this is where it’s leaking, I’ll put in Freon and that should take care of it. I will not ever call that other AC place for anything.  I am expecting to put in 2 more units and they won’t get a chance to bid either one.  I do not like companies like that.  Business are entitled to make a profit for their investments and what they know but not to rip you off.  I never refused a mower regardless of where it was bought if I handled the parts to repair it.  Nor did I charge extra for fixing one I hadn’t sold. If 2 mowers came in at the same time and one I sold and not the other the one I sold got repaired first.  But I’d recommended Bill Lowe anytime.  He’s at Tryon- services Chandler, Tryon, Agra, Carney 580-380-9677

 We do have the credit card processor set up.  All sales are final and no recourse just as it is at the sale if you pay cash or check. You see the animal, you bid on the animal, and once you get the high bid it is yours. An auction bid is the only verbal contract to stand up in court. We will accept credit cards or debit cards.  There is a fee of 4% added on to your invoice by the processing co.  If you do not want to pay this fee bring cash or approved check.  You can use your card at the consignment sale, livestock sale, or in the concession stand. Our computer conflict has been resolved and the credit card machine worked fine last sale.  Now it’s me learning how to navigate the thing and what information has to be entered. 

Questions?????

Wayne 405   615  7065- Do not text! Call only.

Josh - Stock manager - Is recovering from a bout with covid.  He is out of hospital as of Fri Sept 24.  Thanks for all your calls about his condition.  The rest of the family and crew that all had covid at about the same time have recovered, those exposed didn’t come down with it although they quarantined. Wayne and I do not have any idea who we came in contact with.  We were not in contact with the others that had it, we had been avoiding people for that reason.  But we have been vaccinated and our recovery was fast.

Phone service is not the best. Call back if no answer or if we do not return your missed call shortly.  We have had voice messages show up a day later.

Beware of buying stations and buyers who come to the farm to buy.  Goats and sheep are in short supply and bringing good prices.  Don’t sell yourself short. Know what they are bringing at the sale and KNOW your weights.   Know what you have and what it should bring or if buying know what you are getting.

It’s dried out some but parasites are still working.  Be sure and watch for them. Do not feed on the ground and rotate pastures if you can.  Don’t let parasites rob you of profits.   And if they hit don’t just worm once do it every 5-7 days for 3 or 4 times to clean them up. Wormy or sick goats or sheep don’t bring much money and dead ones sure don’t.  Watch them closely in wet weather.

Occasionally we have someone who wants to sell a Llama or Pyrenees or Anatolia or crossed Pyr/Ana guard dogs and we will sell them.  We do not sell other breeds of dogs.   The other common used guard animal is a donkey and we do not sell those.

We get extra Goat and Sheep magazine and Ranch and Rural Living magazines and you are welcome to pick up either one or both. They have some really good articles.  We lay these out on the tables and you can take one if you like.