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finishing bullocks

  • 13-07-2010 6:19pm
    #1
    max12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭


    i plan to finish bullocks off in sept/oct off grass but with 12lbs approx of bull nuts.

    however, I notice that there are about 4 or 5 which I reeckon are fit now.

    question is, would it still pay me to feed these on for another 2 months or best to sell now.

    they are the kinda bullocks that woudl still carry more weight without getting too fat.

    appreciate advice


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  • #2
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,757 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Hard to say without seeing them, if they are whiteheads they could be slaughtered now, charolais or blue could take more weight. Could you get a factory agent to look at them?

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • #3
    max12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭max12


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Hard to say without seeing them, if they are whiteheads they could be slaughtered now, charolais or blue could take more weight. Could you get a factory agent to look at them?


    They will carry more weight, as there that sort of bullock

    I guess what I asking is would it pay me much more to keep them. Allowing for the fact that if I feed them 12lbs day over 7 weeks, it will cost me approx €70. consider that they would prob put on another 60 kilos or so, would the extra kill out due to nuts make much of a difference to the bottom line........... i.e. is the kill out from nuts much better than the grass finished animal if at all.


  • #4
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    max12 wrote: »
    They will carry more weight, as there that sort of bullock

    I guess what I asking is would it pay me much more to keep them. Allowing for the fact that if I feed them 12lbs day over 7 weeks, it will cost me approx €70. consider that they would prob put on another 60 kilos or so, would the extra kill out due to nuts make much of a difference to the bottom line........... i.e. is the kill out from nuts much better than the grass finished animal if at all.

    nuts costing €230 per ton ? fairly expensive for finishing cattle. I 'd be looking at a ration or mix somewhere around €170


  • #5
    max12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭max12


    snowman707 wrote: »
    nuts costing €230 per ton ? fairly expensive for finishing cattle. I 'd be looking at a ration or mix somewhere around €170


    I would have always used Bull nuts to finish cattle as they got the results.
    what kind of ration or mix would you recommend. don't have a meal bin or anything as I'm really only a small enough enterprise. need it to be handy also as working full time


  • #6
    dryan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 505 ✭✭✭dryan


    max12 wrote: »
    I would have always used Bull nuts to finish cattle as they got the results.
    what kind of ration or mix would you recommend. don't have a meal bin or anything as I'm really only a small enough enterprise. need it to be handy also as working full time

    im in the same situation myself. would be interested to see if there is a ration/mix that i can use instead of the nut.

    I have a dry storage room that i can get a few tonne blown in at a time.


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  • #7
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    max12 wrote: »
    I would have always used Bull nuts to finish cattle as they got the results.
    what kind of ration or mix would you recommend. don't have a meal bin or anything as I'm really only a small enough enterprise. need it to be handy also as working full time

    getting the ingredients bagged and cubed into nut form is most likely going to cost 30 40 € in any case


    we use a basic 14/15 % ration basically a fair amount of barley with citrus and/or beet pulp, distillers, rape, and we add in some maize for the last month or so.


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