Cull cows

mahoney_j

mahoney_j wrote: »

Right funny bunch ye are!!

Had a local dealer in the yard offered me 600 and then 650 ,think I'll hold tuff till next Tuesday .heard from a few sources that culls have been a good trade so far

mahoney_j

mahoney_j wrote: »

Right funny bunch ye are!!

Had a local dealer in the yard offered me 600 and then 650 ,think I'll hold tuff till next Tuesday .heard from a few sources that culls have been a good trade so far

mahoney_j

mahoney_j wrote: »

Right funny bunch ye are!!

Had a local dealer in the yard offered me 600 and then 650 ,think I'll hold tuff till next Tuesday .heard from a few sources that culls have been a good trade so far

mahoney_j

mahoney_j wrote: »

Right funny bunch ye are!!

Had a local dealer in the yard offered me 600 and then 650 ,think I'll hold tuff till next Tuesday .heard from a few sources that culls have been a good trade so far

mahoney_j

mahoney_j wrote: »

Right funny bunch ye are!!

Had a local dealer in the yard offered me 600 and then 650 ,think I'll hold tuff till next Tuesday .heard from a few sources that culls have been a good trade so far

biddy2013

mahoney_j wrote: »

Had a local dealer in the yard offered me 600 and then 650 ,think I'll hold tuff till next Tuesday .heard from a few sources that culls have been a good trade so far

I wonder what local dealer is offering

mf240

biddy2013 wrote: »

I wonder what local dealer is offering

Think he offered it to him four times before he gave up and left.

maxxuumman

Maybe he had 4 dealers offering 600 then 650

...maybe you should hold tuff till next Tuesday... Trade is supposed to be good for cull cows or so I've heard

mahoney_j

maxxuumman wrote: »

Mahoney, what are you trying to say... You had 4 dealers in your yard offering 600 then 650 or the one dealer offer 600 then 650 four times.

Jaysus had to go back a bit to figure out what the lot of ye were been so feckin smart about!!!.anywY no just one dealer from local mart offered 600 ,not a hope ,then 650.im holding out for 750 or they're off to mart next Tuesday.im blaming my i phone for the duplicate posts,not the whizz kid using it!!!

jomoloney

biddy2013 wrote: »

sent 3 to factory this morning, 2 that where dry and being fed a while and 1 extremely slow milker that was doing my head in straight out of the parlour, should have cheque by friday and will let ye know the price

how did you fare out?

clear herd test yesterday, must do a of a clear out when I get the cards back,

simx

Was at couple of marts during the week, thought cull cow trade was strongish, a lot more fighting for them than before Xmas anyway

C4d78

How's cull cow trade going now? 600 kg Hol fr. Condition prob about 2.5 -3. Few to sell. Anyone any guide price. Hoping to sell from the yard to dealer

loveta

Had a few at a dry cow sale last week was a good trade for firm straight feeder cows well fleshed ones were not as good imo accordingly one
695 kg 920 euros
755 kg 900
815 kg 980 "she was still milking"
Dont know what sort of cows ya have C4d78 but if they are HO i doubt they are only 600kgs "did you weigh them?"

biddy2013

C4d78 wrote: »

How's cull cow trade going now? 600 kg Hol fr. Condition prob about 2.5 -3. Few to sell. Anyone any guide price. Hoping to sell from the yard to dealer

bringing 1 tomorrow will report back, shes dry a while turned out not in calf

C4d78

loveta wrote: »

Had a few at a dry cow sale last week was a good trade for firm straight feeder cows well fleshed ones were not as good imo accordingly one
695 kg 920 euros
755 kg 900
815 kg 980 "she was still milking"
Dont know what sort of cows ya have C4d78 but if they are HO i doubt they are only 600kgs "did you weigh them?"

These are a few that went wrong after calving and were dried off in last few weeks. Not weighed but I'd be thinking not much more than 600kgs and not much condition on them after calving

biddy2013

640 kg 850 Euro

kevthegaff

How do ye dry off cows this time of the year, i need to reduce numbers and theyre a month calved??

jt65

taking 5 to factory to morrow

mf240

kevthegaff wrote: »

How do ye dry off cows this time of the year, i need to reduce numbers and theyre a month calved??

What's wrong with them Kev?

Very bare paddock and milk out and tube after a couple of days.

Don't be like me and too stingy too tube them and end up bolloxing with starts, lesson learned.

biddy2013

kevthegaff wrote: »

How do ye dry off cows this time of the year, i need to reduce numbers and theyre a month calved??

would you not be better selling them as milkers or are they culls?

oooge1

I've a chance to cull selectively for the first time ever, I've old cows ,three titters high cell count ones , is it best to dry of first or straight out the gate? They wouldn't be great for factory need a bit of bulkin up

simx

oooge1 wrote: »

I've a chance to cull selectively for the first time ever, I've old cows ,three titters high cell count ones , is it best to dry of first or straight out the gate? They wouldn't be great for factory need a bit of bulkin up

It's more appealing to buyers if dried up some bit

Timmaay

Have a decent few 3 teat ladies here, its not a reason I can warrant culling for however ha, had 2 of them who still put out 7500l milk recorded last year. What about the rest of yas, do yas keep them? Like if those two had the 4 teats would they have put much more milk out?

I got offered about 450 each for 2 old big HO cows today from a dealer, straight out of the parlour. Mostly belly and tits I'll admit, but probably pushing 700kg! Will I do much better anywhere else?

loveta

Timmaay wrote: »

Have a decent few 3 teat ladies here, its not a reason I can warrant culling for however ha, had 2 of them who still put out 7500l milk recorded last year. What about the rest of yas, do yas keep them? Like if those two had the 4 teats would they have put much more milk out?

I got offered about 450 each for 2 old big HO cows today from a dealer, straight out of the parlour. Mostly belly and tits I'll admit, but probably pushing 700kg! Will I do much better anywhere else?

If you went to a mart and there was only one guy buying the chances are you would not get a fair price, unless you knew exactly what they were worth, the same applies to a dealer in your yard its there biz to under pay. Bring them to the mart, they are a lively trade at the moment you wil find out there exact weight to and take the guess work out of it.

Milked out

Timmaay wrote: »

Have a decent few 3 teat ladies here, its not a reason I can warrant culling for however ha, had 2 of them who still put out 7500l milk recorded last year. What about the rest of yas, do yas keep them? Like if those two had the 4 teats would they have put much more milk out?

I got offered about 450 each for 2 old big HO cows today from a dealer, straight out of the parlour. Mostly belly and tits I'll admit, but probably pushing 700kg! Will I do much better anywhere else?

IF they were 3 teat ladies from the get go as heifers i find production doesn't seem to be back much on their peers, if it was a quarter dried off due to cell count or a bad case of mastitis, prod can be back a small bit sepending the cows recovery, but it is most def the lesser of two evils. I'd cull those on the same basis as any other cow really, fert, scc, yield-solids, etc. If they are doing ok and you don't want replacements from them just put them in calf to a beef breed