Stockyard Sale Process - Best Practice

Stockyard Sale Process - Best Practice

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This article will describe the best practice saleyard process at a high level, with links to the corresponding article for each sub-section. Some of the sub-sections are still being written.

Stockyard Sale Process

Pre Sale 

This phase of the sale process occurs 12-24 hours before the sale commences
  1. Stock arrive: NVDs are created to nominate vendors
    1. Stockyard Mobile - NVD data entry
    2. Stockyard Mobile - Shell NVD data entry (Shell NVD's are a simplified version of of NVD's used to save time. the remaining NVD data must be entered later)
    3. Stockyard - NVD data entry
  2. Stock are drafted into selling lots: Lots are booked up.
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Booking
  3. Stock are balanced against NVD's
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Vendor Summary
    2. Stockyard - Balancing Vendors
  4. Stock are scanned into their lots
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Scanning
    2. Stockyard Mobile - balancing scans
  5. Perform remaining pre sale checks and processes
    1. Stockyard - Identify and resolve any outstanding retags
    2. Stockyard - Print pre sale reports
  6. Perform NLIS actions (Saleyard In/Take Possession)
    1. Stockyard - NLIS processing

Sale

This phase of the sale process occurs from the time the sale commences
  1. Stock are sold at auction
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Clerking
    2. Stockyard Mobile - Performing splits
  2. Stock are checked
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Checking
  3. Stock are weighed
    1. Stockyard - Weighing
  4. Stock are moved to delivery pens
    1. Stockyard - Delivery displays
    2. Stockyard - Delivery reporting

Post Sale

This phase of the sale process occurs after the first lots of the sale have been sold, checked, weighed, and moved to delivery pens
  1. Buyer check-off
    1. Stockyard - Post sale reports (Purchasers) 
  2. Sale balancing
    1. Stockyard - Post sale reports (Agents)
  3. Perform NLIS actions (Saleyard Out/Transfer)
    1. Stockyard - NLIS processing
    2. Stockyard  - NLIS rollbacks
  4. Sale Reporting
    1. Stockyard - Report overview
    2. Stockyard - Sending emails


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