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are looking to fill up their trailers, making the trip worthwhile. The local farmer who has 10 to 100 calves may find that the big buyers don’t want to bother with buying a few' here, a few there.”
Owings said that the state graders will match up cattle from many breeders so that the buyers will have a large pen to choose from. So if a livestock buyer wants, say, 40 Angus steers, graded M, weighing 400-450 lbs. he can easily find a pen, selected and grouped by the state graders from several sellers.
Owings said that buyers also tend to have more confidence in a livestock sale that is well-managed and has strict health requirements.
Why does a buyer come from the Midwest to buy Virginia cattle, with acres and acres of good crop land back home? "It just doesn't make sense for big growers to keep pasture land,” Owings said. “Their land is worth more in corn, which they grow and then use to ‘finish’ their cattle."
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