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severeoversteer

if they are the yellow type charolais there are a lot of buyers for them especially if they will make a u grade, you could get anything between €2.10-2.40 a kilo for them depending on the mart and competition.

wouldn't know much about Herefords,

CHOPS01

353kg when bought last may and i'd be confident enough they have 50-70kg put on since then.Tempted to feed em til next March

Willfarman

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Lads that have been to a few marts lately would ye give me an idea of what ye think the following might make

2 chx 18 months 400-420kg square but not overly big frame
3 hex 18 months 400kg rangey type but not leggy

Bought em earlier this year but not sure whether to hold or sell

Cattle that weight range are making the most per kilo but yours wouldn't be hectic weights for their age so I'd say 2.00 to 2.20 a kg for char and 1.90 to 2.10 for whiteheads. They are cattle for grazing next year really. Would you be able to keep them til next July?

CHOPS01

Willfarman wrote: »

Cattle that weight range are making the most per kilo but yours wouldn't be hectic weights for their age so I'd say 2.00 to 2.20 a kg for char and 1.90 to 2.10 for whiteheads. They are cattle for grazing next year really. Would you be able to keep them til next July?

Could do. Would you suggest pushing them a bit with nuts or just plenty of silage over the winter and then grass for 4 months

Mad4simmental

severeoversteer wrote: »

if they are the yellow type charolais there are a lot of buyers for them especially if they will make a u grade, you could get anything between €2.10-2.40 a kilo for them depending on the mart and competition.

wouldn't know much about Herefords,

In Roscrea today and that's spot on to today's mart anyway. But they would have to be very nice ch.

The Herefords today went for around 400 with the waight.

A few really nice u grade limmo heifers 500kg went for €1200 €1400

A hell of allot of finished cattle in the mart. Heifers and bullocks and overage.

A few of these monsters to I couldn't get over the size of these. Easily 6 foot tall!! Sorry for bad pic.

Willfarman

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Could do. Would you suggest pushing them a bit with nuts or just plenty of silage over the winter and then grass for 4 months

A couple or 3 kgs of meal with silage is what I do with these type stores. I would sell now or sell them finished next summer. If you take their value now and add a winters keep to it its unlikely that you'd get much of a turn outa them in march. The kilos off grazed grass are where your turn is.

Farmer Pudsey

Mad4simmental wrote: »

In Roscrea today and that's spot on to today's mart anyway. But they would have to be very nice ch.

The Herefords today went for around 400 with the waight.

A few really nice u grade limmo heifers 500kg went for €1200 €1400

A hell of allot of finished cattle in the mart. Heifers and bullocks and overage.

A few of these monsters to I couldn't get over the size of these. Easily 6 foot tall!! Sorry for bad pic.

Hard to see any finisher make money out of these heifers. Take it that you put 150kgs on them and kill them at 650 LW. Will they they kill 57% if so they will be 370DW. At 4.5/kg they make about 1650 euro. The prices paid for them are stupidity.

larrymiller

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Hard to see any finisher make money out of these heifers. Take it that you put 150kgs on them and kill them at 650 LW. Will they they kill 57% if so they will be 370DW. At 4.5/kg they make about 1650 euro. The prices paid for them are stupidity.

Have to agree the prices paid for some animal round that weight is mad

Mad4simmental

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Hard to see any finisher make money out of these heifers. Take it that you put 150kgs on them and kill them at 650 LW. Will they they kill 57% if so they will be 370DW. At 4.5/kg they make about 1650 euro. The prices paid for them are stupidity.

Think these girls were for the bull. I was watching the farmer buying them. Still payed big money for them.

Crazy amount of factory fit cattle in it. Allot of lads mad after cull cows to. €1.50kg for good big square girls. These seemed like not bad value. Would you turn €100 on a good one?

simx

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Think these girls were for the bull. I was watching the farmer buying them. Still payed big money for them.

Crazy amount of factory fit cattle in it. Allot of lads mad after cull cows to. €1.50kg for good big square girls. These seemed like not bad value. Would you turn €100 on a good one?

youd be tightening things giving 1.50/kg, suppose it depends on the cow but theyd want to be decent r grade cows

Mad4simmental

simx wrote: »

youd be tightening things giving 1.50/kg, suppose it depends on the cow but theyd want to be decent r grade cows

Good cows allright but a bit of a row between a few buyers I think no you'll have this one and I'll get that one yesterday.

simx

Mad4simmental wrote: »

Good cows allright but a bit of a row between a few buyers I think no you'll have this one and I'll get that one yesterday.

very few cows ready to kill immeadiatly or in following week rarely any value, the one that has a bit of cover and needs to maybe 5/6 weeks can do an ok turn at times, those types making enough at the minute too

Helpmefarm

790kg simm cow made 1620 in Cavan mart on Friday!

restive

Still €3.65 base in Kepak. Turning 30 Months on Saturday so had to sell.

simx

3.25 o&p cows flat for next week

Cavanjack

simx wrote: »

3.25 o&p cows flat for next week

Where this Kildare?

simx

Cavanjack wrote: »

Where this Kildare?

yes, slaney 3.25 os and 3.15 ps

just do it

simx wrote: »

3.25 o&p cows flat for next week

What do you mean by flat?

simx

just do it wrote: »

What do you mean by flat?

Just basically no matter if I have cows grade p=2+ or o+4+ I'll be getting 3.25

Cavanjack

Any prices for heifers this week or is everybody going to hold onto them for two weeks till the price goes through the roof?

Nettleman

simx wrote: »

Just basically no matter if I have cows grade p=2+ or o+4+ I'll be getting 3.25

Same happened me, as I posted three weeks ago, told them to stick it, and I took cows to the mart. done better, agents must think we're ejjets:mad:

simx

Nettleman wrote: »

Same happened me, as I posted three weeks ago, told them to stick it, and I took cows to the mart. done better, agents must think we're ejjets:mad:

What do you mean the same happened you?

Willfarman

Nettleman wrote: »

Same happened me, as I posted three weeks ago, told them to stick it, and I took cows to the mart. done better, agents must think we're ejjets:mad:

??? I suspect your not used to killing cattle? This is a good quote. Big improvement.

Midlandsman80

Just off the phone to agent in Kilbeggan, €3.75 base for heifers and will take them today or any day this week we can drop them in...they are finished and don't want them to get over fat, other than that would wait a few weeks...

Sami23

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

Just off the phone to agent in Kilbeggan, €3.75 base for heifers and will take them today or any day this week we can drop them in...they are finished and don't want them to get over fat, other than that would wait a few weeks...

Sold 2 red Lmx bullocks at mart. 575 kg made 1150 and 550 kg made 1090. Disappointed not to get more for dem. Both round 27 months

severeoversteer

Sami23 wrote: »

Sold 2 red Lmx bullocks at mart. 575 kg made 1150 and 550 kg made 1090. Disappointed not to get more for dem. Both round 27 months

you got on well considering what I bought similar stock for

AP2014

Sami23 wrote: »

Sold 2 red Lmx bullocks at mart. 575 kg made 1150 and 550 kg made 1090. Disappointed not to get more for dem. Both round 27 months

They seem very light for their age? I have lmx and chx to go soon to mart. They will be 500kg approx and are 17/18 months. Will be hoping to clear the €1000 mark anyway.

rangler1

Midlandsman80 wrote: »

Just off the phone to agent in Kilbeggan, €3.75 base for heifers and will take them today or any day this week we can drop them in...they are finished and don't want them to get over fat, other than that would wait a few weeks...

if you've good supermarket spec heifers, they definitely won't be turning them away, another 10c might stop this f'ing protest

Sami23

AP2014 wrote: »

They seem very light for their weight? I have lmx and chx to go soon to mart. They will be 500kg approx and are 17/18 months. Will be hoping to clear the €1000 mark anyway.

Agree as had another lad 18 months and he was 500kgs so thought the other 2 would have been heavier.

Sami23

severeoversteer wrote: »

you got on well considering what I bought similar stock for

Why, what ya get them for ?

AP2014

Sami23 wrote: »

Agree as had another lad 18 months and he was 500kgs so thought the other 2 would have been heavier.

Did they just not thrive? Or was sickness or something the problem? I know ya had only 3 months left on them but hard to tell if you fed them would ya have got on better killing them yourself.

Sami23

AP2014 wrote: »

Did they just not thrive? Or was sickness or something the problem? I know ya had only 3 months left on them but hard to tell if you fed them would ya have got on better killing them yourself.

Ya hard to know alrit. No sickness or other problem with them. Had lots grass all year and getting nuts last few months

Farmer Pudsey

Factory's being flooded with cattle as farmers with cattle outside try to unload them before protest late this week or early next week. They are axinousfor heifers under age paying 3.75/kg but not budging. Steers 3.65 under age, 3.6 over 30 months and 3.55 over 36 months.

Muckit

AP2014 wrote: »

They seem very light for their weight?

You were very young when you were born

I said

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Factory's being flooded with cattle as farmers with cattle outside try to unload them before protest late this week or early next week. They are axinousfor heifers under age paying 3.75/kg but not budging. Steers 3.65 under age, 3.6 over 30 months and 3.55 over 36 months.

Nothing but trailers heading for kilbeggan this am

Farmer Pudsey

I said wrote: »

Nothing but trailers heading for kilbeggan this am

Farmers voting with there feet............sorry trailers

rangler1

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Farmers voting with there feet............sorry trailers

I'm keeping well out of it

severeoversteer

Sami23 wrote: »

Why, what ya get them for ?

dearest was 1080 and none lighter than 610 kg, they were mix of qa and non qa

this type stock are very heavy on land at the moment

Muckit

I wish you well with them. Hopefully you get a good turn out of them that eases your other headaches

severeoversteer

Muckit wrote: »

I wish you well with them. Hopefully you get a good turn out of them that eases your other headaches

swore id get out of finishing but the older type stock are hardy and are good value at the minute due to change in weather

Good loser

€3.70 the base for u/a in Cahir this week and €3.60 for o/a.

nhg

Got a base of €3.70 for bullocks under 30 mths in Dawn in Grannagh last Monday, would have been overage next Monday

poor farmer

There's a move on at the minute, factories ringing around looking for cattle.
Quoted 3.50 for Os bulls.

Anyone hear a price for Os

Nettleman

I noticed from the Dept price app that the steer price at one factory fell last week lower than its been for last 4 weeks (R3grade). factory based NE way.
wonder if mix of QA and non QA is distorting the figures, what I mean is, if they pay bonus on 10% of cattle this week and 20% of cattle next week, will the app report a price rise for steers, and equally a price drop if QA % falls?

sandydan

Nettleman wrote: »

I noticed from the Dept price app that the steer price at one factory fell last week lower than its been for last 4 weeks (R3grade). factory based NE way.
wonder if mix of QA and non QA is distorting the figures, what I mean is, if they pay bonus on 10% of cattle this week and 20% of cattle next week, will the app report a price rise for steers, and equally a price drop if QA % falls?

if that's happening it could be used to distort quote prices ,as if they haven't ammo enough,no pun intended, but then ive just remember he is minister for tanks :eek: and tractors

blue5000

poor farmer wrote: »

There's a move on at the minute, factories ringing around looking for cattle.
Quoted 3.50 for Os bulls.

Anyone hear a price for Os

Trying to fill up for next Monday and Tuesday would be my guess.

just do it

Is there QA bonus for cows?

FYM

just do it wrote: »

Is there QA bonus for cows?

no - well not for us farmers. however the factory sell the carcase as quality assured.

great system

simx

just do it wrote: »

Is there QA bonus for cows?

ive heard dawn in waterford give a 4c bonus on anything better than a p+3 cow and probably the 70 days in herd, anyone know how true this is?

ellewood

simx wrote: »

ive heard dawn in waterford give a 4c bonus on anything better than a p+3 cow and probably the 70 days in herd, anyone know how true this is?

Correct - but its 5 c/kg