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Price of friesian heifer calves

  • 29-08-2011 2:14pm
    #1
    Miller80
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭


    Im considering selling some late calving heifer calves. have 10, 5 born in april, 2 in may, 3 in july.
    For the bunch what should i be looking for?
    they are out of a stock bull and from full pedigree.


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  • #2
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    assuming that is your ad on donedeal, i would say you are round about right... also i had br/fr bulls at the mart last week that where 2 weeks old and the best made 275 , so maybe ask 400 for the month old ones


  • #3
    Miller80
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Miller80


    no i didnt put ad on donedeal. €400 for younger ones and €450 for older ones. is that about right?


  • #4
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    theres an ad in the wanted section of done deal of a guy from tipperary looking for calves like yours, no harm to ring and see what he's willing to pay


  • #5
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭stanflt


    Miller80 wrote: »
    Im considering selling some late calving heifer calves. have 10, 5 born in april, 2 in may, 3 in july.
    For the bunch what should i be looking for?
    they are out of a stock bull and from full pedigree.

    what kind of EBI have they-what are their kg milk fat and proteins- what are their %like- how do they score on fertility


  • #6
    Miller80
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Miller80


    they are out of an oman stock bull. average ebi for 10 of them is 122.Will have to check kgs milk and %'s. Fertility wouldnt be the best as these are the later calving cows.


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  • #7
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭stanflt


    Miller80 wrote: »
    they are out of an oman stock bull. average ebi for 10 of them is 122.Will have to check kgs milk and %'s. Fertility wouldnt be the best as these are the later calving cows.


    what had that got to do with the animals fertility:eek:


  • #8
    Miller80
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Miller80


    a few of the cows are minus in fertility sub index and these are the cows with average calving interval of around 400 days.


  • #9
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭stanflt


    Miller80 wrote: »
    a few of the cows are minus in fertility sub index and these are the cows with average calving interval of around 400 days.

    winter men would be very happy with that


  • #10
    Miller80
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Miller80


    are you in winter or are you 100% spring?


  • #11
    stanflt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭stanflt


    Miller80 wrote: »
    are you in winter or are you 100% spring?


    40% winter calving


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  • #12
    Bactidiaryl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭Bactidiaryl


    i bought a few pedigree calves this year.all about a month old and priced from 180--300. some of yours are older so should do better but whats a july calf going to look like in nov. at housing. that backward weaning may need to be penned under straw away from older weanings. calves after may are a hard sell. my guess would be 3400 the lot.


  • #13
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    whelan1 wrote: »
    theres an ad in the wanted section of done deal of a guy from tipperary looking for calves like yours, no harm to ring and see what he's willing to pay
    There was a fella looking for dairy heifers on donedeal in July I rang him to see what he would give for incalf heifers ai'd in May he offered €600 each over the phone :rolleyes:


  • #14
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭whelan1


    sh1tstirrer wrote: »
    There was a fella looking for dairy heifers on donedeal in July I rang him to see what he would give for incalf heifers ai'd in May he offered €600 each over the phone :rolleyes:
    now he is a time waster:rolleyes:


  • #15
    sh1tstirrer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    whelan1 wrote: »
    now he is a time waster:rolleyes:
    I would call him more of a chancer than a time waster ;)


  • #16
    red bull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭red bull


    I sold 5 mox heifer calves 10 to 15 days old got €260 to €315 in mart last week Loads of inquires for more :D


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