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: Create NVDs and nominate vendors
    1. Stockyard - NVD data entry
    2. Stockyard Mobile - NVD data entry
  2. Stock are drafted into selling lots: Create sale lots
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Booking
  3. Stock are balanced against NVD's -- Drafting
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Vendor Summary
    2. Stockyard - Balancing Vendors
  4. Stock are scanned into their lots -- Scanning RFIDs
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Scanning
    2. Stockyard Mobile - balancing scans
  5. Perform remaining pre sale checks and processes -- Retagging RFIDs in Stockyard
    1. Stockyard - Identify and resolve any outstanding retags
    2. Stockyard - Print pre sale reports
  6. Perform NLIS actions (Saleyard In/Take Possession) -- Performing NLIS in Stockyard
    1. Stockyard - NLIS processing

Sale

This phase of the sale process occurs from the time the sale commences
  1. Stock are sold at auction -- Clerking
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Clerking
    2. Stockyard Mobile - Performing splits
  2. Stock are checked -- Stock Checking Phase
    1. Stockyard Mobile - Checking
  3. Stock are weighed -- Weighing Cattle 
    1. Stockyard - Weighing
  4. Stock are moved to delivery pens -- Delivery of Stock
    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 -- Buyer Checking Phase
    1. Stockyard - Post sale reports (Purchasers) 
  2. Sale balancing -- Balance Sale
    1. Stockyard - Post sale reports (Agents)
  3. Perform NLIS actions (Saleyard Out/Transfer) -- Performing NLIS in Stockyard
    1. Stockyard - NLIS processing
    2. Stockyard  - NLIS rollbacks
  4. Sale Reporting -- Overview of Livestock Reports
    1. Stockyard - Report overview
    2. Stockyard - Sending emails