Bought 40 milking cows out of Gisburn back in the day , luck was a shilling in the pound , walked away with a right wad ..... needed it mind some were right shite .
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Exactly , the runners get the luck so a couple of extra bids soon adds up
Hilly
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A nice little tradition that should be given and received in a gentlemanly fashion .
borderterribles
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So,does anyone ever slip the underbidder a few quid if something sells really well?
Pistonbroke
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In foot and mouth year,before the tup sales up north the livestock auctioneer's association put a statement in the farmer's guardian asking vendors,out of respect for the rest of the commercial producers whose trade was on its arse,to voluntarily restrict the luck money to 50% of the sale price 
Hilly
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50% is a joke, 1% is more like it.In foot and mouth year,before the tup sales up north the livestock auctioneer's association put a statement in the farmer's guardian asking vendors,out of respect for the rest of the commercial producers whose trade was on its arse,to voluntarily restrict the luck money to 50% of the sale price
Twice in the last 12 months I have been given luck for being the underbidder
Pistonbroke
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Sold a Lim bull in Carlisle once. Bloke wanted to buy him privately the night before for 5000 then run him to 10000 in the ring and have 5000 luck
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That’s how you know you big time breeder
I work on/hope the same...
Sounds like some sort of tax fiddle. Mates buying bulls/tups for massive money to get the breeders name in the papers so he can charge more from home etc isnt in keeping with the spirit of the job imo but it happens
Pistonbroke
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Very much small time! I'd never heard of such a deal so said no,bid on him in the ring. He walked off in a huff and said " you're bloody green,you don't realize how these things work"
Wolds Beef
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We bought an Case IH Maxxum 5150 many moons ago when my daughter was wee. We also was given a pedal version which is still here!! Wouldn't pull much but Hay!!
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Netherfield
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Dad would always get some luck money from Hull market, it always got passed on though, a few bob to the drovers at the market and the same to the guys at the slaughter house, made them look after your cattle, mainly though the hauliers driver, drop him a quid tax free and ask him to drop some off at the slaughterhouse and bring the rest back to the farm, for a man earning £15 a week it was a godsend.
As to giving luck to someone who's just bought a bull, give him a huge lump of beef to take home with him.
You had to work the system though, one chap used to come buying a few pullets always wanted a 'bit of luck' soon learned to add a bit on to knock it off later.
As to giving luck to someone who's just bought a bull, give him a huge lump of beef to take home with him.
You had to work the system though, one chap used to come buying a few pullets always wanted a 'bit of luck' soon learned to add a bit on to knock it off later.
Thats often what happens when you see incredible prices reached in auctions , illegal I believe.
I'd never paid it much heed til a few years ago when I probably mistakenly flogged a few steels from a dismantled shed to a portly gentleman from the Celtic Isle, in a transit tipper, and a singlet. He handed over three hundred quid then stood there with his grubby hand out, looking expectant. We established that he expected twenty quid back "for luck." He didn't get it. Enraged doesn't cover it. I might have done it if he'd asked nicely but he was a fat little pr*ck.
Reading some threads on here, that won’t be until he’s in his 50s
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