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<blockquote data-quote="Anymulewilldo" data-source="post: 7904483" data-attributes="member: 144597"><p>I think the only difference is where the labour is required. We used too queue for ages too get onto the docks at Chelford, but everything was graded, weighed and penned before sale. Granted if they’d had more competent staff it would have helped. Was alright when there were 2 graders on. Main thing that slowed it down was farmers stood talking in the grading area!! Ours weren’t that bad as I’d grade and sort ours then Roger would cast his eye over them and tweak any id missed. But they never liked more than 20 in a pen. Which started too get tedious if 3/4 of us all turned up with 200+. It used too throw the whole place into chaos when one feeder used too turn up with 350 a week from March through too mid April! Through fallouts with the main man there we tried Bentham and you unload much faster, but then either you spend time grading them in the pens or as they go up the alley too the ring. Or the auctioneers run them through the shedder (this is easiest and usually he makes a tip top job of grading th out. But if you end up the wrong side of 3/4 artics you’re stuffed for a while!! </p><p>And it was always bloody difficult too hide a lean lamb at Chelford!!</p><p>So on the finished side I think it’s 6 of 1 and half a dozen of another. </p><p>Stores/breeders wise, always better in the ring talking as a buyer. Too many issues can be hidden in a full pen!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anymulewilldo, post: 7904483, member: 144597"] I think the only difference is where the labour is required. We used too queue for ages too get onto the docks at Chelford, but everything was graded, weighed and penned before sale. Granted if they’d had more competent staff it would have helped. Was alright when there were 2 graders on. Main thing that slowed it down was farmers stood talking in the grading area!! Ours weren’t that bad as I’d grade and sort ours then Roger would cast his eye over them and tweak any id missed. But they never liked more than 20 in a pen. Which started too get tedious if 3/4 of us all turned up with 200+. It used too throw the whole place into chaos when one feeder used too turn up with 350 a week from March through too mid April! Through fallouts with the main man there we tried Bentham and you unload much faster, but then either you spend time grading them in the pens or as they go up the alley too the ring. Or the auctioneers run them through the shedder (this is easiest and usually he makes a tip top job of grading th out. But if you end up the wrong side of 3/4 artics you’re stuffed for a while!! And it was always bloody difficult too hide a lean lamb at Chelford!! So on the finished side I think it’s 6 of 1 and half a dozen of another. Stores/breeders wise, always better in the ring talking as a buyer. Too many issues can be hidden in a full pen! [/QUOTE]
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