simm heifers

leoch

i amlooking for a dozen simm heifers around the 250-260kg mark give or take .must be from clear herd and near donegal can anyone out there help, they are scarce inthe marts

pakalasa

Mind asking, what do you want them for?
250 Kg is light for this time of year, if you want to breed from them. Maybe better to get growthier ones.

leoch

i dont want them for bredding not this year anyway, i want to keep them for 12 months and just like thesimms got on well wit them last year

reilig

leoch wrote: »

i dont want them for bredding not this year anyway, i want to keep them for 12 months and just like thesimms got on well wit them last year

They're as scarce as hen's teeth around here in the North West. Any oone that comes up is usually well saught after and it takes a deep pocket to get her. I believe there's a better selection of them in the Midlands. The last time I was in Tullamore Mart, there was noticably more of them than in the marts around us.

I get texts all the time from the Limousin Soc about people looking to buy cows/heifers/bullocks etc. Maybe you could contact the Simmental Society to see if they could contact their members. Societies love doing things like that cause it makes them look good that people are interested in them.

http://www.irishsimmental.com/contact_us.html

pakalasa

I have a few 18 month Simm heifers that i'm breeding as replacements. They're out of my best cows, red limousins. They're was a lot of work even to get them to this pt, and I dont know if they'll go in calf yet.
You'd want to be breeding 40% of your cows to cover replacements. When you consider that weanling Simm bulls dont sell as well as or Continental breeds,you can really see where the cost is.

I often wonder if it would be worth going 100% simmental. But I'd say it would be better to sell all cattle at 18 months, the males as growthy stores and the heifers as in-calf.

Shauny2010

They make great cows, that cross well with BB and Ch.They have that extra milk to pump into the calf.One thing about them I find is there a bit susceptible to grass tetnay around this time of the year especially if they've got a calf as big as themselves sucking them!

thetangler

Hi
Special Simmental x sale in Ballymote mart Bank Holiday Monday 25th Oct.
I will know the offical numbers later in week but there will prob be 80 springers, 80 Maiden and 100 Weanling Heifers all Simmental x.
The weanlings will all be over 300 kg.
Springers all in calf to Simmental.

leoch

thanks for that tangler keep me posted of numbers they are expecting ,do the weanlings have to be over 300kgs or what

pakalasa

Leoch,

One of these sales might be nearer to you;

Commercial Simmental Suckler Heifer Sales
Fermoy – Friday Oct 1st
Kilkenny – Thursday Oct 14th
Ballymote – Monday Oct 25th
Gort- Thursday Nov 4th

From;
http://www.irishsimmental.com/sales_2010.html

I'd say most of the upcoming sales will be advertised here.

thetangler

Hi
Yes rules
Weanlings over 300 kg
Maiden over 450 kg
Springers over 600 kg

thetangler

Hi
Numbers for the Ballymote Simmental x sale 25th Oct Ballymote Mart 10.30 am.

Springers 67 (all in calf to Simmental)
Maiden Heifers 89
Weanling Heifers 62

leoch

thanks tangler any idea wat the weanlings make roughly

thetangler

If the last few years are anything to go by from €600 to €2200

jmurf100

Do they hold another one of these sales in the spring?

thetangler

Hi

No the Western Club only hold one sale for simmental x breeding cattle in Ballymote every year.

adne

thetangler wrote: »

Hi

No the Western Club only hold one sale for simmental x breeding cattle in Ballymote every year.

And its v expensive :D

thetangler

Might seem so on paper but repeat buyers every year and the quality is exceptional.
Red and white simmentals scarce enough so to get over 200 in the one mart gives a great choice.

essgee268

did you buy your heifers? i have few quality weanlings left for sale

leoch

were abouts are u and wat age and weight and how much are they could u post photos of them on here

essgee268

Mayo, they were born in march / april, they are quality red and white heifers one in particular bet a pedigree bull without getting any nuts, they are 300-400kg, 2 of them are still outwintered, i have to be talkin 650 to 750. Email me at essgee268@yahoo.com for photos