Calf Prices 2015 *** DISCUSSION THREAD

larrymiller

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

Seriously kanturk mart is on Tuesday.

Where's that? Mart here is on Monday instead

farmerjj

larrymiller wrote: »

Where's that? Mart here is on Monday instead

Agh seriouly google it

larrymiller

farmerjj wrote: »

Agh seriouly google it

Bit far from me. Would pass about 5 marts on the way

sh1tstirrer

larrymiller wrote: »

Bit far from me. Would pass about 5 marts on the way

I haven't a clue whether it is a good idea to take them or not there might be extra buyers there with no other mart on and there could also be less buyers saying feck the mart it's Patricks day.

larrymiller

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

I haven't a clue whether it is a good idea to take them or not there might be extra buyers there with no other mart on and there could also be less buyers saying feck the mart it's Patricks day.

Or maybe they'll be a load if lads in thinking they'll get cheap cattle cause it's paddy's weekend

farmerjj

Cant see it been busy,who would wanna hall calves around that day.

Feckthis

Father was in the mart last week having a look. The same type of FR bull calfs we bought last year for 30-50 euro are going for 70-100 this year. They be average enough ones.

TUBBY

What sort of money are whitehead or angus runners going?

The Mrs was thinking of buying few calves but i think something a bit stronger that can mind itself better job.

ps what ye consider runners wrt age and weight?

joejobrien

Feckthis wrote: »

Father was in the mart last week having a look. The same type of FR bull calfs we bought last year for 30-50 euro are going for 70-100 this year. They be average enough ones.

You can the rest of mine for the 100 euro:D

Feckthis

joejobrien wrote: »

You can the rest of mine for the 100 euro:D

Ye can keep em . Not buying anymore of them things. Father likes rearing FR bulls I can't stand them. Although I'll probably come home someday and he will have a few in the corner of a shed. There's not one tap to be made out of them I think.

marathon

any marts for weanling sale in wexford/wicklow/carlow area tomorow wedsday or thursday? have four weanlings ready to go

marathon

and just one more q what way does mart pay is it cheque on the day or into bank account?

Kovu

marathon wrote: »

and just one more q what way does mart pay is it cheque on the day or into bank account?

Depends on the mart. Most will send on the cheque within a week but there are some who can print it for you at the end of the day or the next morning. Or you could pick up a bit of sellers cash in the office if you're stuck.

whelan2

Kovu wrote: »

Depends on the mart. Most will send on the cheque within a week but there are some who can print it for you at the end of the day or the next morning. Or you could pick up a bit of sellers cash in the office if you're stuck.

our mart-ardee- give you a cheque on the day, very handy as you can lodge it on the way home

Milked out

Do ye all take yer calves in? I haven't been to a mart in years, local haulier takes calves every Mon

farmerjj

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

I'm taking calves to the mart Tuesday, Patricks day

Well what was prices like?

larrymiller

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/8925415
Yearlings for sale
Better value than buying calves

sh1tstirrer

farmerjj wrote: »

Well what was prices like?

€155-€270 they averaged €190. Not many sellers there.

farmerjj

sh1tstirrer wrote: »

€155-€270 they averaged €190. Not many sellers there.

What breed?

_Brian

larrymiller wrote: »

http://www.donedeal.ie/view/8925415
Yearlings for sale
Better value than buying calves

Are them barriers VERY BIG or the cattle had a tough year !

sh1tstirrer

farmerjj wrote: »

What breed?

All aa mostly bulls.

Farmer Pudsey

_Brian wrote: »

Are them barriers VERY BIG or the cattle had a tough year !

The slats are two foot below the feed barrier.

sh1tstirrer

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

The slats are two foot below the feed barrier.

it isn't half obvious that he is a dealer with about 3-4 batches fed and managed differently. It's hard to say but it looks like a place I visited a few years ago to buy cattle the owner claimed that he reared them all even though some were half hungry and others fed on. What he didn't know is that I was talking to him the year before in his local mart and I knew he was a dealer.

larrymiller

Calf sales are strange.in enniscorthy today. Bought a few fr bulls for 80. Few wh and Angus through and everyone got wet for them. I went for dinner and a walk up to the shops and came back all those lads were gone and loading up and I picked up some aa. Wh and lmx bulls and hfrs and didn't pay more than 200 for any of them.
Then the dealers were arguing between themselves and I picked up a smasher of a bb heifer for 250.
Calfs are only dear if ya want them dear.
Have some patience and be cute and they ain't so bad

marathon

must keep me eye on your posts larry sensible talk

just do it

larrymiller wrote: »

Calf sales are strange.in enniscorthy today. Bought a few fr bulls for 80. Few wh and Angus through and everyone got wet for them. I went for dinner and a walk up to the shops and came back all those lads were gone and loading up and I picked up some aa. Wh and lmx bulls and hfrs and didn't pay more than 200 for any of them.
Then the dealers were arguing between themselves and I picked up a smasher of a bb heifer for 250.
Calfs are only dear if ya want them dear.
Have some patience and be cute and they ain't so bad

And also spend loads of time in the mart!

freedominacup

just do it wrote: »

And also spend loads of time in the mart!

Can be time very well spent.

Farmer Pudsey

larrymiller wrote: »

Calf sales are strange.in enniscorthy today. Bought a few fr bulls for 80. Few wh and Angus through and everyone got wet for them. I went for dinner and a walk up to the shops and came back all those lads were gone and loading up and I picked up some aa. Wh and lmx bulls and hfrs and didn't pay more than 200 for any of them.
Then the dealers were arguing between themselves and I picked up a smasher of a bb heifer for 250.
Calfs are only dear if ya want them dear.
Have some patience and be cute and they ain't so bad

freedominacup wrote: »

Can be time very well spent.

Too many lads are in a rush in a mart. Thanks be to God. Patience is the name of the game. There is more money made around a ring, or buying farm to farm than by most farm efficiency. If they do not come in at the right price they cannot go out at the right price.

What did Larry with a lorry save today if he bought 10 calves and by the sound of it he bought more than that he saved 500 on ten. Not a bad days work.

frazzledhome

The arse has fallen out if the young fr market. This is the first time that there was only 1 bidder.

We will only have a few more bull calves at this stage so my weekly visit to the mart is over for this year. A place I hate.

Will keep all male calves till Sept and sell off land for €400 in Sept. did it last yr and was happy

Sheep breeder

i must have being in a different enniscorthy mart yesterday than larry miller,a serious trade for all types bar the small very soft calf and the the jersey cross,
the dealers bought most of the calves out of it yesterday, heifers calves were a crazy trade with any type of a heifer 350 to 450 and the same calves bought last year for 220 to 320.

whelan2

Sheep breeder wrote: »

i must have being in a different enniscorthy mart yesterday than larry miller,a serious trade for all types bar the small very soft calf and the the jersey cross,
the dealers bought most of the calves out of it yesterday, heifers calves were a crazy trade with any type of a heifer 350 to 450 and the same calves bought last year for 220 to 320.

:eek: think i may up my prices

larrymiller

Sheep breeder wrote: »

i must have being in a different enniscorthy mart yesterday than larry miller,a serious trade for all types bar the small very soft calf and the the jersey cross,
the dealers bought most of the calves out of it yesterday, heifers calves were a crazy trade with any type of a heifer 350 to 450 and the same calves bought last year for 220 to 320.

I seen one go For 560 trade eased off as the day went on. Last few batches were very cheap. But the crowd left and price eased

Reggie.

larrymiller wrote: »

I seen one go For 560 trade eased off as the day went on. Last few batches were very cheap. But the crowd left and price eased

Its always the way. The couple of high prices always get quoted and remembered. Just like the back of the comic

Gman1987

frazzledhome wrote: »

The arse has fallen out if the young fr market. This is the first time that there was only 1 bidder.

We will only have a few more bull calves at this stage so my weekly visit to the mart is over for this year. A place I hate.

Will keep all male calves till Sept and sell off land for €400 in Sept. did it last yr and was happy

What mart was that at? What were prices like?

High bike

Wasn't there myself but heard calves were back a good bit in my local mart on monday,maybe was because of paddys day and lads were away or whatever

Deepsouthwest

frazzledhome wrote: »

The arse has fallen out if the young fr market. This is the first time that there was only 1 bidder.

We will only have a few more bull calves at this stage so my weekly visit to the mart is over for this year. A place I hate.

Will keep all male calves till Sept and sell off land for €400 in Sept. did it last yr and was happy

Had an exporter on to me yesterday looking for fr bull calves, reckons they're getting scarce and he won't be able to get any nxt wk!

frazzledhome

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Had an exporter on to me yesterday looking for fr bull calves, reckons they're getting scarce and he won't be able to get any nxt wk!

Had one here €60 3-4 wks old, he can go shyte. What your guy offerin?

Mad4simmental

frazzledhome wrote: »

Had one here €60 3-4 wks old, he can go shyte. What your guy offerin?

The lad with the red truck? He hasn't dug to deep into the pocket this year yet. Took a load of je bulls 3 weeks old for €20 they should have been shot at birth.

High bike

Mad4simmental wrote: »

The lad with the red truck? He hasn't dug to deep into the pocket this year yet. Took a load of je bulls 3 weeks old for €20 they should have been shot at birth.

They'r lucky they weren't born in Australia or that's exactly what would have happened :pac:

I said

High bike wrote: »

They'r lucky they weren't born in Australia or that's exactly what would have happened :pac:

Anything born in Australia should be shot

Greengrass1

Deepsouthwest wrote: »

Had an exporter on to me yesterday looking for fr bull calves, reckons they're getting scarce and he won't be able to get any nxt wk!

We must be starting to get known around here now 2 dealers in yard this week and I wasn't at home at the time.
and where do they go straight to? The bloody calf shed.
Go and fcukin knock on the house door and don't go walking around my yard

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

We must be starting to get known around here now 2 dealers in yard this week and I wasn't at home at the time.
and where do they go straight to? The bloody calf shed.
Go and fcukin knock on the house door and don't go walking around my yard

That's not a good thing

Dawggone

Greengrass1 wrote: »

We must be starting to get known around here now 2 dealers in yard this week and I wasn't at home at the time.
and where do they go straight to? The bloody calf shed.
Go and fcukin knock on the house door and don't go walking around my yard

Put up a sign directing all visitors to the office. Standard practice.


Interestingly I've noticed that Irish visitors here are the only ones with the "cheek" to go a wandering...

Deepsouthwest

frazzledhome wrote: »

Had one here €60 3-4 wks old, he can go shyte. What your guy offerin?

€120 for the strong bulls, €80/€100 for two wks old. This guys an agent for an exporting crowd from the southeast. I sell all my calves to another lad who will take everything, and had done for the last few yrs, will continue with him.

Deepsouthwest

Mad4simmental wrote: »

The lad with the red truck? He hasn't dug to deep into the pocket this year yet. Took a load of je bulls 3 weeks old for €20 they should have been shot at birth.

Not sure who the lad with the red truck is, my guy has a white truck with red trim, I think, and his initials are TC. Which doesn't stand for Top Cat!

Deepsouthwest

whelan2 wrote: »

:eek: think i may up my prices

The most I'm getting for herefords and Angus' is €250, which I think is ok. Dropped off bvd samples in Skibbereen mart last wk and watched calves for a bit, didn't see too many making more than €250, with a lot of them bought at €200ish

einn32

Mad4simmental wrote:

The lad with the red truck? He hasn't dug to deep into the pocket this year yet. Took a load of je bulls 3 weeks old for €20 they should have been shot at birth.

Do fellas buy them jerseys to feed dogs or something? It costs money to shoot an animal now.

Greengrass1

einn32 wrote: »

Do fellas buy them jerseys to feed dogs or something? It costs money to shoot an animal now.

Same price as you pay for a dead calf

trixi2011

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Same price as you pay for a dead calf

how much is that?

High bike

I said wrote: »

Anything born in Australia should be shot

Very harsh shiela:eek: