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good bullocks

  • 31-08-2011 10:57pm
    #1
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,292 ✭✭✭✭


    hi all . have a few acres and fodder for the winter so could anyone reconmend a good breed to go for when getting a few bullocks . wanted to get lights ones (250+kgs) , easy on the ground, to rear to factory. what kind of prices am i lookin at for good ones .? cheers c


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  • #2
    Bizzum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,034 ✭✭✭Bizzum


    I wouldn't get hung up too much on breed. It depends on what you want to sell at the end of the day! (The day you buy is the day you sell and all that!). Suppose it's hard to look beyond Charolais or Lim for availability if nothing else.
    I dunno what 'a few acres' is but I always found that bullocks like bit more ground under them than heifers and take longer to finish generally. If ground was a limiting factor I'd consider a few heifers.


  • #3
    Tipp Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,025 ✭✭✭Tipp Man


    When do you plan on finishing them by?

    If you buy a 250kg bullock now then he is a very long way from being finished i.e. you'd be doing very well and have spent a fortune to have him finished before the second winter


  • #4
    cj maxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,292 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    planned on keeping them close to the 30 mth mark so im expecting to winter them twice but have a herd no. i want to keep and hopefully add a few more next spring . my shed isnt the best so wanted to winter them as long as possible hence the 250ish size so they wont cut up the land so bad . had a few before and always liked the charlois.


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