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| I am wondering if I will have a better time selling a weanling now or wait to market him in the spring as a yearling. Do yearlings bring a higher price? He already knows how to stand tied, trailer, have his feet trimmed, etc. Right now is he getting lots of ground work and is learning how to lunge, respect your space, yield front and back, and soften in the face both directions. He has FDD, Special Effort, BA75, Beduino on his papers and both parents won money on the track.
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 Guys Just Wanna Have Fun
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Location: OH | I PREFER to sell them as weanlings, if they do not sell as weanlings it seems like I will have them till the following fall. Rarely do I get a yearling sold in the spring--why ??? I have no idea, but it seems like that is how it works. |
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| Interesting! I figured it would be easier to sell as a yearling since ppl would not have to wait that long to start them under saddle. Especially if they futurity. |
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Location: South Georgia | In my opinion, yearlings are often in a funky growth stage and its harder to get a picture of how they'll look as full grown horses. Whereas, I think weanlings are a bit more balanced and representative of their future self, if that makes any sense.
You'd think yearlings would sell easier because of the reasons you stated, but other than registered sales, I dont see them selling as easily as weanlings do. |
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| That makes a lot of sense. What price are weanlings goign for these days? |
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Location: OH | Laugh_Out_Loud - 2015-12-16 11:34 AM Interesting! I figured it would be easier to sell as a yearling since ppl would not have to wait that long to start them under saddle. Especially if they futurity.
Maybe that is why they wait till fall, they can go right to saddling them as long yearlings and get on them shortly after that. I have also had people come to look at yearlings in the spring but then want to wait to see what is in that years crop hitting the ground. |
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Location: OH | Laugh_Out_Loud - 2015-12-16 11:46 AM That makes a lot of sense. What price are weanlings goign for these days?
Whole bunch of factors play into that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Yeah, I figured. Any averages out there? |
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| Laugh_Out_Loud - 2015-12-16 11:00 AM
Yeah, I figured. Any averages out there?
Depends on breeding.
A no name registered weanling around here is going for 50-300 |
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