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pakalasa

Seaba wrote: »

....... but would calf anything....

You really can't beat that box shape in a cows hips for an easy calver.
As in PIC.063 above.

Muckit

Manoffeeling wrote: »

Super money. Well done

The red limousin bullock walking off in front of her (in the link I posted) was 720kg and made €1590, the white CH heifer 650kg made €1430

bob charles

Muckit wrote: »

The red limousin bullock walking off in front of her (in the link I posted) was 720kg and made €1590, the white CH heifer 650kg made €1430

over beef price if they are the same as the heifer shown. super prices which or whether.

Kovu

1chippy wrote: »

great muscling for a friesan there kovo:D

Maybe his mammy was playing away.

He weighed in at 440kg- €1230
Second blue bull was 370kg - €1200
Heifer was 375kg - €980

Got myself a big burger and chips after work as a celebration:P

Muckit

bob charles wrote: »

over beef price if they are the same as the heifer shown. super prices which or whether.

Had one more that made €1510 (I think she was 620kg), then two others around the 550kg and 580kg made €1200 and €1220, so not all made mad prices

Light heifers were a very bad trade. I had two in the 350/400kg bracket that I had bought about 10mths ago that didn't leave much money after them. But I still wanted rid of them.

blue5000

You did well there Kovu, 2nd bull is a great price, how old were they? Was it a macdonalds?:D

Kovu

blue5000 wrote: »

You did well there Kovu, 2nd bull is a great price, how old were they? Was it a macdonalds?:D

Don't know the exact ages but the first bull was jan and was put up to our 'heifer grass' (dry ground:p) all summer with the dam.

Second calf was born 2nd March and was shown here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=77406758&postcount=1123

He needed to make up for his section fee!

redzerologhlen

A few traditional cross calves.

Lim heifer out of an angus x hereford cow



Lim heifer out of a black whitehead cow, didnt really grow that much and is a ball of flesh.



Lim bull out of a hereford cow, Nice growthy calf.

Hay_man

Muckit wrote: »

Had one more that made €1510 (I think she was 620kg), then two others around the 550kg and 580kg made €1200 and €1220, so not all made mad prices

Light heifers were a very bad trade. I had two in the 350/400kg bracket that I had bought about 10mths ago that didn't leave much money after them. But I still wanted rid of them.

Super prices Muckit

What is your system, do you buy them in as weanlings?
or Keep on your Weanlings?

Thanks

bob charles

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Maybe his mammy was playing away.

He weighed in at 440kg- €1230
Second blue bull was 370kg - €1200
Heifer was 375kg - €980

Got myself a big burger and chips after work as a celebration:P

super prices again, I saw some very poor prices for weanlings in a few marts last week. Nothing making over €2 a kilo, but still all sold as they probably had nothing to go home to. I think this maybe the sign of things to come in our area for most cattle but probably not the weanlings. Only bought one good R grade rough bull weanling (the way I like them) 410 kilos for €700

Muckit

bob charles wrote: »

Only bought one good R grade rough bull weanling (the way I like them) 410 kilos for €700

What breed was he? Are you a goldy ch kind of a guy, or is it everything and anything with potential to pack it on?

Kovu

bob charles wrote: »

super prices again, I saw some very poor prices for weanlings in a few marts last week. Nothing making over €2 a kilo, but still all sold as they probably had nothing to go home to. I think this maybe the sign of things to come in our area for most cattle but probably not the weanlings. Only bought one good R grade rough bull weanling (the way I like them) 410 kilos for €700

Very true. I was tempted myself for a couple of unfed young bulls at the sale but didn't go on them. I was going to bring home the heifer as she was unsold the first time but re-ran her through the bulls and sold her at €100 more than she was going. Sometimes it's all about luck i'm afraid.

just do it

bob charles wrote: »

super prices again, I saw some very poor prices for weanlings in a few marts last week. Nothing making over €2 a kilo, but still all sold as they probably had nothing to go home to. I think this maybe the sign of things to come in our area for most cattle but probably not the weanlings. Only bought one good R grade rough bull weanling (the way I like them) 410 kilos for €700

Certainly lighter weanlings can be picked up no bother. A lad with plenty fodder and space in the shed could do well this winter.

just do it

redzerologhlen wrote: »

A few traditional cross calves.

2 nice replacements there in the making ideally suited to lunar landscape of the Burren;):D.

1chippy

called into a mart today and seen a 320kg limo heifer make just shy of the e3 a kilo mark. sweet heifer lenghty with a nice amount of muscling not overly tall though. seen other plainer heifers finding it hard to make over e1.60 a kilo.

Tipp Man

redzerologhlen wrote: »

A few traditional cross calves.

Lim heifer out of an angus x hereford cow

Have to say Redzer - i love the stock that you produce - if i was suckling myself i'd be going your route of black baldie cows with limo calves

Bodacious

Hi Redzer,

Since we looking at traditional lads.. sold this fella today May 2010.. Hereford X 660kg- E1465. he got a red rosette too:)

Seaba

pakalasa wrote: »

You really can't beat that box shape in a cows hips for an easy calver.
As in PIC.063 above.

Yep, and the tail head sitting between her pins also - she would throw out anything. She had a massive DEZ bull last year. Her mother, nothing to look at either but brought great calves, was the same. You can't beat breeding either. Going to try for a heifer next year (should have tried earlier) - Limousin or maybe a black.

Bodacious

Bodacious wrote: »

Hi Redzer,

Since we looking at traditional lads.. sold this fella today May 2010.. Hereford X 660kg- E1465. he got a red rosette too:)

We were hoping for a heifer.. she bulled to same bull again this year so fingers crossed she will throw a heifer as good as this fella and similar markings

limo_100

Bodacious wrote: »

We were hoping for a heifer.. she bulled to same bull again this year so fingers crossed she will throw a heifer as good as this fella and similar markings

what bull is he off bod if you dont mind me askin??

Bodacious

limo_100 wrote: »

what bull is he off bod if you dont mind me askin??

Mas Du Clo Lim stock bull and a red white head Hereford X Lim X Shorthorn cow

limo_100

http://issuu.com/laurencefeeney/docs/pgbeef2012-13
new beef book up on the web some nice new bulls there

Muckit

Cleaning out a few old IFJ's and came across these pics in the 2011 charolais society yearbook. Some nice stock I thought

redzerologhlen

The must have big plates in France Muckit :rolleyes: A few weeks ago we were being told if the Carcass goes over 420kg I think that the premium cuts get too big on it.

Kovu

Bullock on the left is missing his tag:P

Manoffeeling

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Bullock on the left is missing his tag:P

You're like my father- find fault with everything

Muckit

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Bullock on the left is missing his tag:P

all goes in the skip at the factory Kovu

Kovu

Manoffeeling wrote: »

You're like my father- find fault with everything

Too many years in the job! You can't export with one tag and it costs to keep them in feed till it arrives!

Seaba

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Bullock on the left is missing his tag:P

That's nothing - Bullock on the right is missing an ear!

bob charles

Kovu Murr wrote: »

Bullock on the left is missing his tag:P

only one tag needed for killing