Roma Qld July 16 2015
Roma Qld. July 16, 2015 Up early and down to the cattle saleyards to see the country folk at work. Thursday is 'Prime' day, what that means is that these cattle are all heading to the meat works. It was a slow day, only 1600 head going through, but boy do they make some action. It's just so fast and so slick. The cattle are penned into smaller lots - maybe 20 at most in each pen. The Auctioner and circus walk along the high walkway between the pens, the buyers are at cow level on the other side of the pen. You have to listen really close to understand what's going on, but basically, they rattle of the lot number, the type of cattle and the price - in cents per kilo. The buyer is buying the pen lot at a given price per kilo, a weight that is measured later. The sellers. Cattle stockyards. Roma Qld The first bloke is the auctioneer, the next two are the recorders, the bloke with the pole is the 'paint', who makes each beast with the brand of the buyer - ...