Dosing Stores

Mart or factory?

Any obvious signs of needing to be dosed & what's theyre adg

If you are concerned you could go with something like Albex or Endospec which also cover lungworm and adult fluke. They have a withdrawal of 14 days for cattle. They are oral doses and may not suit you to use.

Dung sampling is a good idea. If you dose, don't move them onto new grass for 48 hours. Otherwise you'll infect the new ground.

Every cost has to be justified.

Unless grass is tight stores shouldn’t need any meal. Let them grow a frame on the grass first and then meal them for 60-90 days for finishing.

Draft out the AA,HE and SH cattle. Depending on grass type will determine what you feed them. From late July on the risk is lungworm IMO. If I was dosing them I would use an ivermectin pour on. Its has a 30 day withdrawal. Issue is while they may be ok now in 3-4 weeks time lungworm could be an issue.

Cost if ration if buying in bags is an issue. Any decent hi maize ration is 450+/ton. I be inclined to see if you can source barley and maize. I would say both can be got in bags for less than 400/ton. Its not ideal because you have no fibre source a small bit of hay or straw in a ring feeder or throw along a hedge or ditch would solve that if cattle are going onto good after grass.

If those traditional breed cattle are 575+ you should do better in the factory if they are approaching 30 months.

That is good value provided it's a low Protein and high fibre nut/ ration.

Buying barley/maize/hulls with mins and molasses blown into bin @340/ton

I am buying a 4T load blown into a bin. With the TAMS out there any YF where they are buying even 6-8T a year should consider one.