Kallion Farms Trinity Cattle Foundation (Scholarships) Sale

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Dear Brahman Breeders:

We want to welcome you to the first of many Kallion Farms & Trinity Cattle Foundation Online Sales.  For the past 20 years you have become familiar with Kallion Farms and their pursuit of excellence in the Brahman breed.  Since day one we have focused on producing functional cattle for the industry with an emphasis on carcass quality, feed efficiency, docility, fertility, structural soundness and overall efficient production.  Although this sale consists of the cattle that you would expect from Kallion Farms we are embarking on a new front where we are providing young people an opportunity to show an animal, learn responsibility,and most importantly an appreciation for production agriculture.  In 2018 we started the Trinity Cattle Foundation to be able to provide this opportunity.  With little exposure we received unbelievable response by other participating partners who will help us support this effort.  This sale includes four heifers that have been raised by students from Still Creek Ranch in Bryan, Texas.  These students received a weaned heifer calf and have halter broken it, cared for it, and shown it.  These animals are now being sold in this sale with the proceeds being placed in a scholarship fund for these students to continue their education.

The Trinity Cattle Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides high caliber calves to deserving youth throughout our communities.  We are striving to present a new approach to the show ring.  While the show ring provides an amazing platform for a student to work hard through an agricultural process, one glaring flaw remains.  Many deserving students cannot afford to purchase a high caliber calf to even begin this process.  Trinity Cattle Foundation aims to fix this. 

●       Trinity identifies and works with organizations where these needs are clearly quantified and students are residing in an environment that will be supportive of their efforts.

●       Donated funds purchase 3rd party calves that are registered to and become the responsibility of deserving students.

●       Trinity staff works with these organizations to mentor students through the process and provide educational opportunities along the way.

●       At the conclusion of the show season the heifers are sold at an auction hosted by a 3rd party where the proceeds are awarded to and earmarked for future education of the participating student.

To learn more about the Foundation go to www.trinitycattlefoundation.org - changing lives one calf at a time.

To further assist these young people in this sale add ons can be pledged in any dollar amount and can be made in general or attached to a specific Lot.  Please contact us directly at 409-651-5507 or through our website at www.trinitycattlefoundation.org.

We greatly appreciate your interest in this sale and the Trinity Cattle Foundation.  If we can answer any questions or provide additional information please let us know.

Grant Vassberg

Owner

Terms & Conditions of this online sale:

Once a bid is made and confirmed, it cannot be retracted. Once a bidder places a bid, and if the bid is the high/winning bid, the bidder is obligated to purchase the lot at the bid price. Any winning bidder who refuses to pay for a lot may be banned from all future online auctions.

Placing a high/winning bid is a binding contract between the bidder and the owner/seller.

The cattle are located at Kallion Farms. An invoice with payment instructions will be sent to each buyer’s registered e-mail address at the close of bidding. If you do not receive an invoice via your e-mail in 24 hours after the close of the auction please contact our office immediately at  409-651-5507 or pattydavis.kallion@gmail.com.  It will be the buyer’s responsibility to contact the seller to arrange pick-up which should occur within 7 days of the sale unless otherwise negotiated with the seller.  It is expected that any animals not picked up within seven days after the sale without pre-arrangement with the seller will be charged $5/day.

The specifics of the genetic lots is outlined in the description of the lot. Embryos and Semen will be sold at "X" times the money depending on the number in the respective lot.

Once payment is received, the registration certificates will be transferred to the buyer and genetic lots released to the name of the buyer.

The sale will be conducted through the All in All Done Format that is described below.  This is an internet sale which means that things can potentially go wrong. Please refresh your page frequently especially if all of a sudden the timer indicates that the sale has “Expired”.  Many times if you refresh you will see that the sale is still ongoing.

Close Out Process

This Sale will feature the Cattle In Motion All In - All Done Sale Close Out Format.
With this close out, as the time counts down No Bidding can happen within 5 minutes of the close of ALL Lots. So if the Lots are set to close at 7PM and with four minutes left (6:56PM), some one bids on lot 4, then enough time is added back to the clock to allow ALL lots to have 5 minutes (new close time is 7:01PM on ALL Lots), and the countdown resumes. Then if someone bids on Lot 8 at 6:59PM, then ALL lots are extended until 7:04PM. this process will go on until no one bids for a period of 5 minutes on ANY Lot.
 

Process to Bid Online

To be able to Bid Online for this sale, You will have to have completed the Following 3 Steps:

1. Create an Account

2. Complete Lifetime Verification

3. Sign Up for this Sale