2010 National Milking Shorthorn Sale

Welcome to the online sale catalogue for the 2010 Canadian Milking Shorthorn Society National Sale. This sale will feature live animal and embryo consigments from some of the deepest cow families and most progressive breeders in Canada.

Bidding will take place on September 11th, 2010. Bidding will open at 12 pm EDT and all bids will close at 8 pm EDT. Contending bidders will be given a chance of refusal at the end bidding, but no first bids will be taken after 8 pm. It may take some time after the official closing time to finalize all sales.

Bids will be accepted by email (milking.shorthorn@gmail.com), or telephone (519-824-2119).Bidders will be informed after their bid whether they are the highest bidder, and whether they wish to exceed the highest current bid if they are not currently the highest bidder. If you have not previous done business with the CMSS, please contact the sale staff at least 24 hours before the sale to confirm financial arrangements.

Links to each of the sale consignments is below. On each page, you can click on any of the photos to see a larger version of that photo.

Terms and Conditions

Transportation will be arranged with successful bidders after the sale, and the CMSS will help to make arrangements if necessary. Consignors will pay 50% of transportation costs for live animals up to a maximum of $150, with buyer paying the remainder costs. For embryo consignments, the buyer agrees to pay all necessary transportation (and/or movement permits if applicable).

(a) Unless otherwise noted, every animal is sold as physically sound without noticeable blemish.

(b) Any female pregnant when sold or that has freshened within 90 days prior to the date of sale is by these facts considered a breeder. Should any female not pregnant when sold fail to conceive within six months of the sale date, or if less than 15 months old when sold by the time she reached the age of 21 months, that matter should be reported to the Seller in writing. The Seller will then have the priviledge of 6 months of time in which to prove the animal a breeder before refunding full purchase price.

(c) Females bred when sold are presumed to be pregnant, but pregnancy is not guaranteed. The Seller makes no warranty that a female noted as safe in calf in the sale catalogue will deliver a live calf or that she will carry her calf to full term, nor is there any guarantee that the calf will not be mummifed. Embryo transfer pregnancies as the same status as natural pregnancies

(d) The highest bidder will be the buyer. In case of dispute, the animal will again be put up for bids. If there is no further bidding, the animal will be sold to the person from whom the last bid was accepted. The consignor has the option of putting a reserve bid on a consignment. Bidding will take place as normal until 8 pm EDT. If the reserve has not yet been reached, the highest bidder will be asked if they would like to meet the reserve. If they decline, the next highest bidder will be contacted. If no bidder reaches the reserve by the end of the bidding period, the animal is not sold, and the consignor will pay a set fee for cataloguing and advertising instead of the customary commission.

(e) The consignor is responsible for submitting registration papers for transfer, and then sending the transferred paper to the new buyer upon receipt of payment.

(f) Payment is due by check to the Canadian Milking Shorthorn Society within 7 days of the sale. After payment is received, the animal is free to be transported to the new buyer. The CMSS will then pay the consignor minus commission fees. All prices are in Canadian dollars. Potential buyers who have not before done business with the CMSS should contact sale staff at least 24 hours before the sale to confirm financial arrangements.

(g) Arrangements should be made for transportation within 2 weeks between the buyer and consignor, unless both parties agree to an extension of this time frame. For animals purchased by American buyers, they are free to discuss housing options with the consignor until transportation can be arranged.