Buyer Information
Butte County Steer Auction

How to Register

• Registration is available now and all the way through the auction.
• Below is a video on how to register.
• If you want your company's name to be visible while bidding.  Your username should be your company's name and you must uncheck that you want to hide your username.  See picture below video.

How the Auction Works

• Lots are available to view anytime on the website.  Bidding will open on August 27th. 
• The auction is live for bidding August 27th - 29th. 
• On the 29th the first lot is set to close at a 2 PM.  After that the lots are set to close in a stagger by lot order. 
• This auction has a soft close, which means that within the last 2 minutes of the lot, if there continues to be bidding activity on that lot, the time of close will extend by 2 minutes until all bidding activity is done with that lot.  
• Bids are being placed by the head,  what that means is if you place a bid for $1,000, it is for the whole animal, not $1,000 per pound.  
• Bids will be fixed amounts (not traditional BidCal Max bidding)  What does this mean? If the bid is at $500 & you bid $1,000, the computer will automatically put you in at $1,000.
• There is no buyer's premium on this auction. 
• After you have won a lot you will receive an email Docusign document to indicate whether you want your lot to be a custom harvest or consigned to resale.  Those emails must be returned no later that 5 pm on Saturday, August 29th. Otherwise the animal will be consigned to resale.  
• Multiple Buyers: If you have multiple buyers you can indicate so on the emailed dispensation form or call the office to add buyers.

THIS IS A TERMINAL SALE!

All animals must be designated "Resale" or "Custom  Process". No live animal pick-up of  auction animals allowed.

Payment

• Payment is being handled by the Butte County Fair.

• Payments past 30 days of purchase will be assessed late fees. 

Add On's

• If you don't want to buy a seller's animal but still wish to add on an amount to a seller's final price, you can pledge an add on.  
  
  Click Here to fill out the add on form or call the office at (530) 345-0840.

Resale & Custom

Locker

Chico Locker & Sausage  - 343-7370
Wagon Wheel Market - 589-1824

You must make arrangements with the locker for cut & wrap  instructions & pay the locker directly for those charges.

Custom Harvest Fees
Beef - $230

Resale: 

The animal is consigned back to the processor for Resale. The buyer pays the difference between bid & resale  price and receives no meat in this disposition.

• Example: Steer weighs 1100 lbs., Resale price (market rate) = $.90  ($990), bid = $3000; difference= $2,010 (your share). 

Custom Cut & Wrap Processing

Buyer Informational Example

Questions