Mart Price Tracker

tanko

Some CHX cows that were sold in Ballyjamesduff today, not mine unfortunately.
880 kgs €1970
825 1930
700 1560
610 1400

Lime Tree Farm

Is this unusual - tractor swap for cattle ?


https://www.donedeal.ie/beefcattle?words=beef%20cattle&campaign=14&sort=publishdate%20desc

Bleating Lamb

tanko wrote: »

Some CHX cows that were sold in Ballyjamesduff today, not mine unfortunately.
880 kgs €1970
825 1930
700 1560
610 1400

Good to see the farmer rewarded for having good culls,hopefully if encourages him to buy replacements.

DukeCaboom

A buddy had 13 fr bulls at the boat today,they weighted 180kg last back end and cost €190. They wer waving with the hunger, but he minded them well. Never ate ration sold them off grass today €660 the average weight was about 415kg. Great to see if your eyes are open money can be made from beef.

straight

DukeCaboom wrote: »

A buddy had 13 fr bulls at the boat today,they weighted 180kg last back end and cost €190. They wer waving with the hunger, but he minded them well. Never ate ration sold them off grass today €660 the average weight was about 415kg. Great to see if your eyes are open money can be made from beef.

I had a fr bull calf 18 months ago that I brought home from the mart because I was only getting 10 euro for him. Sold him last week in the mart for 750 euro. Alot more money to be made in beef than selling fr bull calves....

DukeCaboom

straight wrote: »

I had a fr bull calf 18 months ago that I brought home from the mart because I was only getting 10 euro for him. Sold him last week in the mart for 750 euro. Alot more money to be made in beef than selling fr bull calves....

It's great to see it.

wrangler

straight wrote: »

I had a fr bull calf 18 months ago that I brought home from the mart because I was only getting 10 euro for him. Sold him last week in the mart for 750 euro. Alot more money to be made in beef than selling fr bull calves....

That never seems to happen when you'd have a hundred of them

DukeCaboom

Crap picture, but 350kg €1490. Nice Square roan heifer. Not overly muscly. I'd around €900 with a gun to my head!!

Water John

Bought similar males last Nov for €800/850 organic. Does somebody know something, the rest of us don't? Hope they're right.

dodo mommy

I've a good quality ch dry cow round 800kg to go. Am I better to factory her or sell in mart?

Water John

The general consensus on the Boards threads seems to be mart, no question.

tanko

It would definitely be the mart around here. Two weeks ago a neighbour of mine sold CHX cows in the mart between 600-880 kgs, they made €2.20-2.30/kg.
He’d have gotten €1.70/kg in the factory a mile up the road.
Once you know what they’re worth and keep an eye on what the auctioneer might be up to i’d go to the mart.

Bass Reeves

dodo mommy wrote: »

I've a good quality ch dry cow round 800kg to go. Am I better to factory her or sell in mart?

It's simple enough a Ch cow will generally kill from50-54%. Find out from an agent what they are pay for R/U cows of that is what she is. Watch weight on scales and calculate factory price.

Agent tell you cows are 3.3/kg
Cow weights 820kgs

820X0.52=426kgs
426X3.3=1405 euro.

After 1380 you can chance her on the market

Albert Johnson

Bass Reeves wrote: »

It's simple enough a Ch cow will generally kill from50-54%. Find out from an agent what they are pay for R/U cows of that is what she is. Watch weight on scales and calculate factory price.

Agent tell you cows are 3.3/kg
Cow weights 820kgs

820X0.52=426kgs
426X3.3=1405 euro.

After 1380 you can chance her on the market

I'd be quoting the auctioneer €1600 or €2 a kilo for the cow in question currently if she's a good R grade and middle aged. If she's younger or a better shaped cow then I'd be adding another €100 to the quote. I sold an 06 R grade store cow Friday night 620kg @ €1140, I was happy enough considering she calved every year for the last 11 year's and reared a good calf. However seeing as she was only a good store there's no way in hell I'd be taking €250 more for a similar cow 200kg heavier.

Albert Johnson

Bass Reeves wrote: »

It's simple enough a Ch cow will generally kill from50-54%. Find out from an agent what they are pay for R/U cows of that is what she is. Watch weight on scales and calculate factory price.

Agent tell you cows are 3.3/kg
Cow weights 820kgs

820X0.52=426kgs
426X3.3=1405 euro.

After 1380 you can chance her on the market

I'd be quoting the auctioneer €1600 or €2 a kilo for the cow in question currently if she's a good R grade and middle aged. If she's younger or a better shaped cow then I'd be adding another €100 to the quote. I sold an 06 R grade store cow Friday night 620kg @ €1140, I was happy enough considering she calved every year for the last 11 year's and reared a good calf. However seeing as she was only a good store there's no way in hell I'd be taking €250 more for a similar cow 200kg heavier.

ruwithme

Seen a 38 month old ch heifer sold today in bjd mart. 820kg €1800

Base price

ruwithme wrote: »

Seen a 38 month old ch heifer sold today in bjd mart. 820kg €1800

She will be killed as a heifer irrespective of her age.

patsy_mccabe

Isn't it amazing. When cattle get scarce, over 30 months is no problem.

DukeCaboom

There was a dinger of a store cow in gortatlea Friday. 600kg €1380. Its a no brainer.

50HX

DukeCaboom wrote: »

There was a dinger of a store cow in gortatlea Friday. 600kg €1380. Its a no brainer.

Heard twas crazy there last friday

Over 400 cows nevermind the rest

patsy_mccabe

Why is Gortatlea so successful?
(I was there once)

50HX

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Why is Gortalea so successfull?
(I was there once)

In fairness to him he will call and look at your stock unlike other marts

Transport to the mart for sale is provided...at a cost obviously

Good contacts with northern buyers

Must be doing something right....seen cattle from cork and east imerick there

DukeCaboom

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Why is Gortatlea so successful?
(I was there once)

Because he will usually guarantee you a price. If you want he'll come out to your farm call what the cattle are worth and pull out his cheque book and give you a cheque. He takes the uncertainty out of it.

He is a charasmatic man too which also helps.

Cavanjack

DukeCaboom wrote: »

Because he will usually guarantee you a price. If you want he'll come out to your farm call what the cattle are worth and pull out his cheque book and give you a cheque. He takes the uncertainty out of it.

He is a charasmatic man too which also helps.

How can any auctioneer guarantee a price?

Danzy

Cavanjack wrote: »

How can any auctioneer guarantee a price?

Maybe he agrees to make up the shortfall.

That said, he'd know the market inside out and wouldn't have to.

Dozer1

To me it's a shame him and castleisland don't join up. His mart is too small for the numbers he's bringing in. Ideally they'd flatten gortalea use castleisland until a modern mart would be built in his site.

As for his success I've spoken to many who swear by him and many who have the polar opposite opinion he travels the country for cattle but is it sustainable I don't know.

Cavanjack

Danzy wrote: »

Maybe he agrees to make up the shortfall.

That said, he'd know the market inside out and wouldn't have to.

Sure if he is only getting €18 a head commission he wouldn’t be long going broke at that rate.

Albert Johnson

Cavanjack wrote: »

Sure if he is only getting €18 a head commission he wouldn’t be long going broke at that rate.

I suppose you'd be hoping the occasion of a shortfall would be limited and there'd be some profit if you were a judge of your business most of the time. It's just cattle dealing really but you'd be interested in the seller doing well out of the equation as well as you and the eventual final buyer. Mart managers buying cattle off lads won't be that uncommon in the marts I frequent, the man in question might buy them before hand but I know other's who'd buy unsold lots after the sale. A manager is basically a referee between all parties and it's not that envious of a job imo. Anyone I ever saw doing that well out of it put in huge effort and it's as much a way of life as a job tbh.

DukeCaboom

Cavanjack wrote: »

How can any auctioneer guarantee a price?

He owns the mart. Feeds alot of cattle himself, has no fear of taking them back to his own place. You've know idea how able this man is.

straight

DukeCaboom wrote: »

He owns the mart. Feeds alot of cattle himself, has no fear of taking them back to his own place. You've know idea how able this man is.

He is good but likewise there's alot of mart managers that couldn't be bothered. Our local mart manager is all for the buyer.

dodo mommy

dodo mommy wrote: »

I've a good quality ch dry cow round 800kg to go. Am I better to factory her or sell in mart?

Well I sold her in the mart ended up getting 2.17/kg for her wouldn't have gotten within an asses roar of that in the factory for her.

memorystick

What are 300-350kgs Hr bullocks making?

DukeCaboom

dodo mommy wrote: »

Well I sold her in the mart ended up getting 2.17/kg for her wouldn't have gotten within an asses roar of that in the factory for her.

That's some price.

tanko

I’ve seen cows making up to €2.30/kg lately.

DukeCaboom

tanko wrote: »

I’ve seen cows making up to €2.30/kg lately.

Northern lads can get the young tight ones away as heifers above.

tanko

DukeCaboom wrote: »

Northern lads can get the young tight ones away as heifers above.

If that’s what they’re doing then there’s nothing to stop the factories in the price fixing cartel down here doing the same.
They had no problem passing horse meat off as beef recently.

DukeCaboom

tanko wrote: »

If that’s what they’re doing then there’s nothing to stop the factories in the price fixing cartel down here doing the same.
They had no problem passing horse meat off as beef recently.

The uk dept can't see if there's a calf registered to the Irish heifer or not.
More power to them lads.

Welding Rod

tanko wrote: »

I’ve seen cows making up to €2.30/kg lately.

Ya. I sold a char cow five year old. 825kg €1865!!
660kg lim five year old €1290. That was two weeks ago. They seem to be back a bit last week though. The virus in meat plants not helping I’d say.

kollegeknight

limo bullock off of a spx photo in livestock thread- 330kg- €770 made €40 more than his black equivalent that was sold a few weeks ago.

DukeCaboom

I see there on livestock live now, you can actually download a clip of any of the cattle that went through the ring. Some flaming heifers in gortatlea tonight.

Anto_Meath

Sold this lad in Carnaross last week, 700kgs, €1,610, I hear he was killed in NI this week, he would surely blow money, guessing he would be an R grade.

Bass Reeves

Anto_Meath wrote: »

Sold this lad in Carnaross last week, 700kgs, €1,610, I hear he was killed in NI this week, he would surely blow money, guessing he would be an R grade.

Depending on the base he make about 1500-1550 in the factory here at present. I expect he be an R+

patsy_mccabe

DukeCaboom wrote: »

I see there on livestock live now, you can actually download a clip of any of the cattle that went through the ring. Some flaming heifers in gortatlea tonight.

Ya, that must be new. I see Ennis Mart have it now too. Just look down through the 'Catalogue'.

DukeCaboom

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Ya, that must be new. I see Ennis Mart have it now too. Just look down through the 'Catalogue'.

Buddy sold heifers 390kg 1000. Pt cows dovea lm sires.

patsy_mccabe

Some weight
2010 Char Bull 1250Kg - €2170


https://www.livestock-live.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=ENNIS&SearchPhysicalRing=2&MartAccount=O%20H135&op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=137038

50HX

Gortatlea told me that the sellers name should not be displayed due to gdpr

They are not displaying for a different reason tho

DukeCaboom

50HX wrote: »

Gortatlea told me that the sellers name should not be displayed due to gdpr

They are not displaying for a different reason tho

Haha gas outfit

DukeCaboom

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Some weight
2010 Char Bull 1250Kg - €2170


https://www.livestock-live.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=ENNIS&SearchPhysicalRing=2&MartAccount=O%20H135&op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=137038

I presume that's good land out by the sea? Poor cows having him mounting them.

Micheal H

DukeCaboom wrote: »

I presume that's good land out by the sea? Poor cows having him mounting them.

Poor cows is right. I had to get rid of a bull like that a few years ago because he ended up hurting 3 cows. He killed out at 709kg!

patsy_mccabe

DukeCaboom wrote: »

I presume that's good land out by the sea? Poor cows having him mounting them.

I wouldn't consider it the best, to be honest. Good and bad, I suppose. Not as good as further north.