1. Create and verify your account
Provide your legal and billing information, verify email and telephone, accept the platform terms, and save a Stripe-secured payment method. Platinum does not charge for individual bids.
2. Apply for bidder approval
Platform staff may approve, deny, suspend, or revoke bidding privileges. Approved buyers receive a bidder number.
3. Register for each auction
Review the auction-specific terms and fee schedule, then explicitly authorize applicable winning-bid fees. Registration may require a second approval.
4. Place a binding bid
The server validates official time, bid increments, permissions, and competing proxy bids under a database lock. A bid in the published final window extends only that lot.
5. Complete payment and pickup
Winners receive an invoice and choose an enabled payment method. Cattle cannot be released until every required online payment and platform fee is confirmed.