Price of a PB Limousin calf?

wclarke20

Could anybody give me a ball park price for a PB Limousin heifer calf? Aged anything under a year.

i'd like to start entering a few shows for the craic!

reilig

wclarke20 wrote: »

Could anybody give me a ball park price for a PB Limousin heifer calf? Aged anything under a year.

i'd like to start entering a few shows for the craic!

I bought mine at 12 months old for €1200 each. Felt it was close enough to a commercial price so that even if i didn't register pedigree calves, i would still have good quality non registered ones that would make €1000 weinlings.

snowman707

how long is a piece of string?

my neighbour gave €7500 for one a couple of weeks ago, my daughter followed a stylish previously unshown one to €3900 at roscrea and was outbid

for a show heifer reckon you would be giving at least €2500 upwards

5live

How much you are willing to spend really determines it.A neighbour bought pedigree holsteins for over 6k average for showing( but he puts them in when rain threathens. Whats that about?). The bottom line, for me anyway, is you have to like the animals yourself and be happy looking at them when at home whether thats 1200 or 12000. I would imagine you can get very good stock for 3000 privately or a few hundred more at a society sale

Shauny2010

I`d steer clear of the limousines, Pedigrees only make commercial prices and don't justify registering them with the society
Charolais are easier to handle, nicer cattle you`ll find they sell for more money after .

Bitten & Hisses

Shauny2010 wrote: »

I`d steer clear of the limousines, Pedigrees only make commercial prices and don't justify registering them with the society
Charolais are easier to handle, nicer cattle you`ll find they sell for more money after .

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Shauny2010

The good thing about Boards is that you can choose to ignore the weirdos like you so needless to say I don't have to read your

Bitten & Hisses

snowman707 wrote: »

how long is a piece of string?

my neighbour gave €7500 for one a couple of weeks ago, my daughter followed a stylish previously unshown one to €3900 at roscrea and was outbid

for a show heifer reckon you would be giving at least €2500 upwards

Indeed, it's very much a piece of string question. OP, it would be well worth your while going to the Premier sale in Roscrea on October 25th. It mightn't be the place to buy what you're looking for, but you'll get a chance to meet the breeders, who are a friendly lot for the most part. Maybe you'll meet someone whose type of cattle you fancy and you'll be better informed as to what the better pedigrees are making at present.

reilig

Shauny2010 wrote: »

I`d steer clear of the limousines, Pedigrees only make commercial prices and don't justify registering them with the society
Charolais are easier to handle, nicer cattle you`ll find they sell for more money after .

That's not true. If you have a pedigree limousin bull and he is sold and slaughtered, then the Limousin Society will refund your registration fees. How easy an animal is to handle depends on how much human contact the animal has had be it a Chaorlais, limousin or any other breed. As for sale prices, well they depend on the animal. There's no proof that a Chaorlais will sell better than a Limousin. It will depend on the size and quality of the animal.

blue5000

I think this year prices for pedigree bulls are back a good bit(unless of course you're lucky enough to be selling bulls to the derrypatrick herd). One of the reasons for this is a lot of smaller suckler herds mainly in the west have gone (dis area cut, su cow welfare cut etc). It might be a good time to get into them as breeders are probably pissed off at the prices they got for pedigree bulls, and might be inclined to sell females to recoup some money in the back end.

My advice would be to buy from the very best bloodlines, get the best quality heifers (preferably in-calf) that you can afford, don't rule out buying embryos either, it takes longer but if you get lucky, 5 yrs down the road you could be very well set up.

Most important buy a breed that you like the look of, because that is probably what you will be doing most, just fekin looking at them...

Good luck, cos like horses you need a bit of luck with these.:cool:

wclarke20

Well the reason I would like some Limousin heifers is that we have a pretty decent Lim bull.
I was looking at Charlolais and man they are big! They would knock every shed in the place:D

Thanks for the feedback on prices. didnt think they could reach prices of that level for a year old. Might go for a good eifer, not necesarily purebred..