Your Cattle Auction is Still Running on Software From 2009
If you're running a livestock auction house watching DVAuction take 8% of every hammer price, you've already paid for a custom platform three times over.
Custom livestock auction platforms with simulcast video, weight-based pricing, and real-time multi-channel bidding. A modern DVAuction alternative built on your terms.
Your auctioneer calls a lot. The bid fires from the ring, from a buyer's phone in a pasture three states away, and from a tablet in the clerk's booth -- all within the same second. A livestock auction platform synchronizes cattle sales across in-person, online, phone, and mobile bidding channels in real time. It streams live video of the animal, calculates weight-based pricing on the fly, manages your consignment catalog, and handles settlements without spreadsheets. These systems replace legacy vendors like DVAuction -- platforms that charge you per-head fees for technology you never own. Your sale ends, their invoice arrives, and you're left with nothing but a receipt. A custom platform means your tech stack belongs to your auction house, your brand stays front and center, and every sale builds equity instead of burning margin.
What is holding your current website back?
Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.
What Your Website Could Look Like
Custom-designed for your industry. No templates. No stock photos.
How We Build This Right
Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.
Simulcast Video Engine
Sub-second live video from the auction ring via Mux or Agora, synced with the bid ticker. Adaptive bitrate keeps playback smooth on rural connections where your buyers actually are.
Weight-Based Pricing Engine
Automated $/cwt and $/head calculations with slide scales, sort loss adjustments, and draft weight integrations. Clerks confirm numbers instead of computing them.
Multi-Channel Bid Sync
WebSocket infrastructure synchronizes ring, online, phone, and absentee bids within 200ms. Every channel sees the same current bid at the same time.
Digital Consignment & Catalog
Sellers submit lot details, health certificates, breed data, photos, and videos through a self-service portal. Catalog generation is automatic.
Secure Buyer Registration & KYC
Bidder approval workflows with credit checks, deposit holds via Stripe, and brand inspection verification before bid numbers are issued.
Settlement & Reporting
Automated settlement statements for consignors and buyers with commission splits, insurance, freight deductions, and brand inspection fees calculated per lot.
What We Build
Purpose-built features for your industry.
Paying DVAuction or similar vendors thousands per event in per-head fees that vanish after every sale
Own your platform outright -- no recurring per-head fees, no vendor lock-in, and your brand on every screen
Watching ring bids and online bids drift out of sync during fast cattle sales while disputes pile up
Sync auctioneer console, clerk station, ring monitors, and online bids in real time with zero drift or disputes
Losing remote bidders when video feeds lag or drop at the exact moment an animal enters the ring
Stream live video with adaptive bitrate tuning so remote buyers see every animal clearly even on rural LTE
Handling weight-based $/cwt pricing manually through clerk spreadsheets that trigger settlement errors
Calculate weight-based pricing automatically and display $/cwt, total bid, and lot details across all channels
Missing active buyers who are on-ranch during sale day because your platform has no real mobile experience
Give buyers a progressive web app that queues bids offline and submits them the instant connectivity returns
Running consignment intake on paper forms and phone calls that create catalog errors and last-minute chaos
Digitize consignment intake with seller portals, health certificate uploads, and live catalog updates before sale day
Built on a Modern, Secure Stack
Our Development Process
From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.
Auction Workflow Mapping
Week 1-2We shadow your sale day operations -- ring, clerk desk, office, and loading chute -- and document every decision point and data handoff. Your platform gets built around how your team actually works.
Core Platform Build
Week 3-8Bid engine, WebSocket infrastructure, consignment management, and buyer registration. We integrate Mux or Agora for simulcast video and Stripe Connect for payment processing.
Weight Pricing & Settlement
Week 9-11We build the $/cwt pricing engine with slide scales, sort loss rules, and automated settlement statement generation -- connected directly to your scale house data feed.
Load Testing & Mock Sales
Week 12-13We simulate 500+ concurrent bidders across all channels with realistic bid velocity. Video latency, bid sync, and failover scenarios all get stress-tested before a real animal enters the ring.
Live Sale Launch & Support
Week 14+On-site support for your first live simulcast sale. Real-time monitoring of bid infrastructure, video feeds, and settlement accuracy, plus 30 days of post-launch support.
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