Weanling Bull Prices

jocotty

Hello,

I have about 25 Weanling bulls for sale (actually , there between 1 and 2 years).

there are from a dairy herd. All Friesans, weigh about 300-350kg.

nice cattle, from a Dairy Herd, however, they are not castrated.

I brought them to the mart (Mid West), and they were making very bad money.

Can anyone tell me, would they make better money if i castrated them?

Not quiet sure what to do with them now!!

thanks,
Jo

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jocotty wrote: »

Hello,

I have about 25 Weanling bulls for sale (actually , there between 1 and 2 years).

there are from a dairy herd. All Friesans, weigh about 300-350kg.

nice cattle, from a Dairy Herd, however, they are not castrated.

I brought them to the mart (Mid West), and they were making very bad money.

Can anyone tell me, would they make better money if i castrated them?

Not quiet sure what to do with them now!!

thanks,
Jo

Put em in feed them get their weights up hopefully the weather will recover and trade will strenghten. After a few weeks, factories will be anxious for stock again.

Farmer Pudsey

What was bad money for them.

If you casterate them in two months time they will still be around the same weight and at present these type of bullocks struggle to make beyind 400 euro's
Due to feed cost this winter there will be no crock of gold at end of the rainbow

bob charles

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

What was bad money for them.

If you casterate them in two months time they will still be around the same weight and at present these type of bullocks struggle to make beyind 400 euro's
Due to feed cost this winter there will be no crock of gold at end of the rainbow

how much were you getting for them? impossible to say without seeing them but you could be looking at a worse price if weather didn't pick up. To finish them guy will take months of expensive fed.

epfff

jocotty wrote: »

Hello,

I have about 25 Weanling bulls for sale (actually , there between 1 and 2 years).

there are from a dairy herd. All Friesans, weigh about 300-350kg.

nice cattle, from a Dairy Herd, however, they are not castrated.

I brought them to the mart (Mid West), and they were making very bad money.

Can anyone tell me, would they make better money if i castrated them?

Not quiet sure what to do with them now!!

thanks,
Jo

Firstly its too late to panic si rule that out.
Your weight is against you so my advice is take the pain leave as bulls and feed a nice touch of simple barley + mixer for abt 4months then try and find finisher for them

Farmer Pudsey

epfff wrote: »

Firstly its too late to panic si rule that out.
Your weight is against you so my advice is take the pain leave as bulls and feed a nice touch of simple barley + mixer for abt 4months then try and find finisher for them

outside on grass and 2-3kg's/day by 120 days if you are paying 280/ton it will cost 70-95 euro/head in ration alone ( around 2K for the lot) they will then be between 390-430kgs Weight and time is against you a finisher wants these bulls near 500kgs idealy. He may buy at lower weights but will discount

What are 450 kg fresian bulls making at present jocotty's will not be that weight until christmass or after. I think October/November will be a bloodbath at the marts unless somthing changes.