Calf prices 2016

Miname · 28-02-2016 12:38pm

70 a calf for the pick of Holstein friesan is what a friend was offered. I think your man was ran.

weatherbyfoxer · 28-02-2016 12:39pm

What are good 2-3 week old br fr bulls making lads? Looking to pick up 25-30 over the next month

Good loser · 29-02-2016 1:29am

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

What are good 2-3 week old br fr bulls making lads? Looking to pick up 25-30 over the next month

Good/average about €100.

Sheep breeder · 29-02-2016 1:37am

anybody in newross on saturday and what was trade like.

red bull · 29-02-2016 1:46am

Sold 2 limx (eby) heifers €300 each, buyer very happy, so am I .

weatherbyfoxer · 29-02-2016 11:46am

Good loser wrote: »

Good/average about €100.

Thanks for that...thats the figure i had in my head

whelan2 · 04-03-2016 1:44pm

any fr bull prices? Also hereford heifer out of br/fr cow, big calf wil sell at 10 days what price?

weatherbyfoxer · 04-03-2016 3:06pm

whelan2 wrote: »

any fr bull prices? Also hereford heifer out of br/fr cow, big calf wil sell at 10 days what price?

Local farmers selling br fr bull collected of farm for €100

Reggie. · 04-03-2016 5:36pm

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

Local farmers selling br fr bull collected of farm for €100

Sounds about right

weatherbyfoxer · 04-03-2016 7:51pm

Booked 30 br fr bulls today from a local dairy man €120 each at 1 month old on feeders and eating meal...

JeffKenna · 04-03-2016 7:58pm

I'm not sure if I'm living in a parallel universe but judging by what I saw at Fermoy mart last Tuesday no way would I be paying 100-120 for FR bulls!

weatherbyfoxer · 04-03-2016 8:39pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

I'm not sure if I'm living in a parallel universe but judging by what I saw at Fermoy mart last Tuesday no way would I be paying 100-120 for FR bulls!

Your dead right when you cant see cows and bull they come from,cant be sure how much beestings they got,dont know if there on feeders, dont know if they are coming from a healthy herd...plus not having to compete with dealers and having haulage all of 1 mile from you yard...

Im happy paying 120 for what im getting

JeffKenna · 04-03-2016 9:22pm

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

Your dead right when you cant see cows and bull they come from,cant be sure how much beestings they got,dont know if there on feeders, dont know if they are coming from a healthy herd...plus not having to compete with dealers and having haulage all of 1 mile from you yard...

Im happy paying 120 for what im getting

Walk into any farm and you can get all that for 60-80 euro.

Bullocks · 04-03-2016 9:24pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

Walk into any farm and you can get all that for 60-80 euro.

At a month old and eating meal ? I'll take them at €60/€80 any day

welton john · 04-03-2016 9:39pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

Walk into any farm and you can get all that for 60-80 euro.[/QUOTE

walk into our yard and offer 60 for month old fr bull and you'd end up running out;)

Reggie. · 04-03-2016 9:41pm

welton john wrote: »

JeffKenna wrote: »

Walk into any farm and you can get all that for 60-80 euro.[/QUOTE

walk into our yard and offer 60 for month old fr bull and you'd end up running out;)

JeffKenna · 04-03-2016 9:47pm

welton john wrote: »

JeffKenna wrote: »

Walk into any farm and you can get all that for 60-80 euro.[/QUOTE

walk into our yard and offer 60 for month old fr bull and you'd end up running out;)

Well in fairness you'd be looking towards the 80 euro as opposed to the 60.

weatherbyfoxer · 04-03-2016 10:08pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

welton john wrote: »

Well in fairness you'd be looking towards the 80 euro as opposed to the 60.

You must be talking about a diffrent type of friesan than me...what im getting are 100% british fr..holsteins would be a bit cheaper to be fair

theaceofspies · 04-03-2016 10:18pm

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

JeffKenna wrote: »

You must be talking about a diffrent type of friesan than me...what im getting are 100% british fr..holsteins would be a bit cheaper to be fair

with weatherbyfoxer on this one.
Marts are becoming a lottery from experience. As someone qouted lately they are becoming more like a dumping ground.

farmerjj · 04-03-2016 10:21pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

I'm not sure if I'm living in a parallel universe but judging by what I saw at Fermoy mart last Tuesday no way would I be paying 100-120 for FR bulls!

Fermoy,s not a great mart for selling calves, would never go by there prices. In saying that E120 is a bit steep.

JeffKenna · 05-03-2016 12:24pm

Just with regard to marts I would agree they are becoming a dumping ground. Speaking to lads in the mart they are saying that calves 3 days old are going through but registered as 3 weeks...not sure what kind of scam is going on but obviously lads are preregistering their birth and sending them off as soon as the BVD comes back.

Unfortunately in this end of the country there's no other option as even the usual export guys are refusing to take them now. It's coming down to an oversupply in Ireland but also Eastern Europe is flooding the European veal market and it's tumbled. I know Fermoy on Tuesday was an extreme example as the ships weren't sailing due to the storm but if anyone was there the idea of getting 120 for a FR bull would have been laughable. If you're paying that kind of money better to hold off and see where the AA bull market goes in the next few weeks.

weatherbyfoxer · 05-03-2016 12:39pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

Just with regard to marts I would agree they are becoming a dumping ground. Speaking to lads in the mart they are saying that calves 3 days old are going through but registered as 3 weeks...not sure what kind of scam is going on but obviously lads are preregistering their birth and sending them off as soon as the BVD comes back.

Unfortunately in this end of the country there's no other option as even the usual export guys are refusing to take them now. It's coming down to an oversupply in Ireland but also Eastern Europe is flooding the European veal market and it's tumbled. I know Fermoy on Tuesday was an extreme example as the ships weren't sailing due to the storm but if anyone was there the idea of getting 120 for a FR bull would have been laughable. If you're paying that kind of money better to hold off and see where the AA bull market goes in the next few weeks.

How much were 4-5 week old very good quality br fr bulls making?..

whelan2 · 05-03-2016 12:56pm

85 cash here this morning for fr bulls 7-10 days old.

JeffKenna · 05-03-2016 12:58pm

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

How much were 4-5 week old very good quality br fr bulls making?..

Those kind of calves weren't selling at the prices offered. 2-3 week old calves, good quality, not jerseys - were going for a euro.

Scary really - that's due to the fact the mart couldn't buy as they were full storage wise with the boats not going.

leg wax · 05-03-2016 1:48pm

just back from new ross best price for a fr bull 4 weeks old 170. plenty of calves been given away at 70 , aa bulls up to 260 average price 230 for them.

primary 2 · 05-03-2016 3:02pm

leg wax wrote: »

just back from new ross best price for a fr bull 4 weeks old 170. plenty of calves been given away at 70 , aa bulls up to 260 average price 230 for them.

many calfs in it? what were the calfs like for 70?

primary 2 · 05-03-2016 3:05pm

JeffKenna wrote: »

Those kind of calves weren't selling at the prices offered. 2-3 week old calves, good quality, not jerseys - were going for a euro.

Scary really - that's due to the fact the mart couldn't buy as they were full storage wise with the boats not going.

was there many calfs in it? what type of calfs were making a euro?

mahoney_j · 05-03-2016 3:07pm

At prices been quoted here it may make more sense to keep them and sell it October if fragmented land and not at heavy Sr with cows .they ain't half the work some make them out to be ,what will 5/70 euro buy??

20silkcut · 05-03-2016 3:26pm

What price will these calves make as yearlings?? Jaysus

20silkcut · 05-03-2016 3:28pm

Bring back milk quotas. The biggest fu*k up in farming since they decided to get rid of sugar beet.

mahoney_j · 05-03-2016 3:31pm

20silkcut wrote: »

What price will these calves make as yearlings?? Jaysus

Sold some last November made 500 ,minimal meal ,good grass and done well for first 10 weeks

mahoney_j · 05-03-2016 3:32pm

20silkcut wrote: »

Bring back milk quotas. The biggest fu*k up in farming since they decided to get rid of sugar beet.

Way off the mark ,good riddance glad to see back of quotas

JeffKenna · 05-03-2016 4:08pm

mahoney_j wrote: »

Way off the mark ,good riddance glad to see back of quotas

Well the issue is have we managed the consequences of removing quotas...600 calves at Dungarvan mart last Monday is a huge number. Add to it the calving pattern in Eastern Europe herds has run later and there's a massive oversupply saturating the veal market.

In fairness the mart are doing their part by buying the majority of calves on mart days and exporting them. Is that sustainable though...dungarvan mart are employing two people full time to look after the animals. Seems to be a sticky plaster solution to me.

Timmaay · 05-03-2016 4:16pm

90 to 110 for good strong well fed 4wk old frs, but only 10e for another weak one I shouldn't have sent but under pressure for space. 170 to 260 for AAs, 170 one outa a small heifer.

orm0nd · 05-03-2016 4:20pm

mahoney_j wrote: »

At prices been quoted here it may make more sense to keep them and sell it October if fragmented land and not at heavy Sr with cows .they ain't half the work some make them out to be ,what will 5/70 euro buy??

was in SMB earlier & saw about 10 calves selling all young but lively and healthy

JEX bulls 12 to 30 E
FR bulls 35 to 65 E
small narrow AAX bull 40E

last year is history MJ and don't expect a repeat this back end,

fr bulls didn't pay for wintering this year, & there will be a glut of fr jex for next couple of years at least

20silkcut · 05-03-2016 4:29pm

mahoney_j wrote: »

Way off the mark ,good riddance glad to see back of quotas

Of course anyone who has invested in expansion is going to say that.

Now It's going to pull down what was left of the beef industry.

A disastrous decision .

mahoney_j · 05-03-2016 4:40pm

20silkcut wrote: »

Of course anyone who has invested in expansion is going to say that.

Don't mean to derail this thread ,I suggest moving to dairy general .so because I've invested in expansion I'm in favour of quotas staying ,some statement what was I meant to do sit at what nos I was at and stay leasing and buying quota which a lot of bigger lads would of been able to blow me away on financially quotas didn't protect us in 09 and won't protect us this year it just face kiwis a wider goal post to hammer us with

RightTurnClyde · 05-03-2016 4:40pm

20silkcut wrote: »

Of course anyone who has invested in expansion is going to say that.

Tell me, what will the return of quotas solve

patsy_mccabe · 05-03-2016 4:42pm

RightTurnClyde wrote: »

Tell me, what will the return of quotas solve

It would cap production and return milk to being the one profitable sector in Irish agriculture.:rolleyes

20silkcut · 05-03-2016 4:51pm

Yes not derailing this thread should be a new one started on the merits and de merits of quota abolition as we near the 1st anniversary.

Yes good riddance to quotas.

Hello desperate milk prices and tons of cheap calves.

There will be arguments now for shooting them.

mahoney_j · 05-03-2016 4:58pm

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

It would cap production and return milk to being the one profitable sector in Irish agriculture.:rolleyes:
(And I'm chilling today and don't want to argue with anyone on the calf price thread.)

And play right back into the hands of New Zealand

mahoney_j · 05-03-2016 4:59pm

20silkcut wrote: »

Yes not derailing this thread should be a new one started on the merits and de merits of quota abolition as we near the 1st anniversary.

Yes good riddance to quotas.

Hello desperate milk prices and tons of cheap calves.

There will be arguments now for shooting them.

Shooting cslves absolutely not

20silkcut · 05-03-2016 5:00pm

mahoney_j wrote: »

Shooting cslves absolutely not

Don't they do much worse than that in New Zealand?

JeffKenna · 05-03-2016 5:01pm

20silkcut wrote: »

Yes not derailing this thread should be a new one started on the merits and de merits of quota abolition as we near the 1st anniversary.

Yes good riddance to quotas.

Hello desperate milk prices and tons of cheap calves.

There will be arguments now for shooting them.

What's the difference between shooting them and sending them for dog meat at a few days old?

20silkcut · 05-03-2016 5:02pm

mahoney_j wrote: »

And play right back into the hands of New Zealand

A return to the status quo of the last 15 years or so is preferable to the current situation.

mahoney_j · 05-03-2016 5:08pm

20silkcut wrote: »

A return to the status quo of the last 15 years or so is preferable to the current situation.

The last 15 years where kiwis could expand as they wished and we farmed with one hand behind our back ???

blue5000 · 05-03-2016 5:29pm

mahoney_j wrote: »

The last 15 30 years where kiwis could expand as they wished and we farmed with one hand behind our back ???

Fixed that for you, a whole generation of farmers in Ireland were castrated by quotas while NZ surged ahead.

farmerjj · 05-03-2016 5:35pm

Silkcut those fags are gone to your head, shot calves..... this is my best year for calves for a good few years. Its time to let the quota thing go, its gone and good luck to it.

20silkcut · 05-03-2016 5:47pm

mahoney_j wrote: »

The last 15 years where kiwis could expand as they wished and we farmed with one hand behind our back ???

Now your farming with your balls in a bacon slicer.

Mulumpy · 05-03-2016 8:08pm

Gave 200 apiece for 2 three week angus heifers today.

Calf prices 2016

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