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simmental x sale

  • 01-10-2011 2:44pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 367 ✭✭


    any one at the sale of the incalf simmental x's today in ballymote ? they were making some money you'd hardly get one for less than 2000. most were making round 2500 mark and more :eek:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,220 ✭✭✭adne


    polod wrote: »
    any one at the sale of the incalf simmental x's today in ballymote ? they were making some money you'd hardly get one for less than 2000. most were making round 2500 mark and more :eek:


    What trade were the weanling making


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 Donegal09


    I was at it... Prices were high but there was some great quality there, there were 6/7 month old weanlings going for 12 and 1300 !!


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


    Donegal09 wrote: »
    I was at it... Prices were high but there was some great quality there, there were 6/7 month old weanlings going for 12 and 1300 !!

    Enough to make a man chance a few Sim straws on the cows!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭limo_100


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Enough to make a man chance a few Sim straws on the cows!

    i did this year hopefully i get a few heifers.. have 1sim maiden heifer she calved last spring a serious ch heifer calf so it got me thinking i need more cows that can feed calves.. use is4 great bull can still b got


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


    limo_100 wrote: »
    i did this year hopefully i get a few heifers.. have 1sim maiden heifer she calved last spring a serious ch heifer calf so it got me thinking i need more cows that can feed calves.. use is4 great bull can still b got

    I've been doing the same this couple of year, using KFY Newry, and I think I've VIO on a cow this year too.
    That's the real beauty of using some AI.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    I used Hillcrest King (HKG) and Seepa Tee Jay (IS4). IS4 isnt as beefy as HKG but produces lovely quiet cattle, heifers are very feminine too.
    Hard to get to a stage where you would be selling a lot of breeding heifers unless you go with all simmental straws. You then have to take a bit of a hit with the bulls, as they dont sell as well as the char or lims.

    Hillcrest Joan - Dam of IS4

    hillcrest%20joan%20copy.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭limo_100


    pakalasa wrote: »
    I used Hillcrest King (HKG) and Seepa Tee Jay (IS4). IS4 isnt as beefy as HKG but produces lovely quiet cattle, heifers are very feminine too.
    Hard to get to a stage where you would be selling a lot of breeding heifers unless you go with all simmental straws. You then have to take a bit of a hit with the bulls, as they dont sell as well as the char or lims.

    Hillcrest Joan - Dam of IS4

    hillcrest%20joan%20copy.jpg

    she was all-ireland champion several times we could all do with a few cows like her. nut for the purpose of getting good heifers is4 is better but our heifer is breed of hkg and she is gona make a great cow. that new bull curaheen apostle like one for the future i was planning on using him on heifers this xmas


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    If you were going to use APZ I'd use him on cows with a bit of length. he's a little butty but has savage muscle


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 105 ✭✭jimmy2pens


    polod wrote: »
    any one at the sale of the incalf simmental x's today in ballymote ? they were making some money you'd hardly get one for less than 2000. most were making round 2500 mark and more :eek:


    I was there, some nice incalf heifers sold between 1500-2000,
    I got one for 1700, weanlings were mad money, but great if ya were selling.
    some great heifers there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭limo_100


    If you were going to use APZ I'd use him on cows with a bit of length. he's a little butty but has savage muscle

    are you planning on using him? hes a classy looking bull.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    If you were going to use APZ I'd use him on cows with a bit of length. he's a little butty but has savage muscle

    Bogman,
    How do you know this? Have you calves from him on the ground?
    He's a new bull, isn't he?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Tora Bora


    So is it possible to get AZP through Dovea, I wonder.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    From their catalogue, Dovea always seem to have better Simmentals than NCBC.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭Tora Bora


    pakalasa wrote: »
    From their catalogue, Dovea always seem to have better Simmentals than NCBC.

    It seems you are correct. I used ROE from Dovea on three char cross heifers this year. Very good calving difficulty figures.

    I have two cows just calved, that I plan giving DRU to. Looks a lovely bull, with top class milk and fertility numbers.
    [FONT=Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif][SIZE=-1]Derrough_Samuel.jpg[/SIZE][/FONT]


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


    Tora Bora wrote: »
    So is it possible to get AZP through Dovea, I wonder.

    Who is AZP? I can't find him?

    I've bought straws off several AI stations/sellers over the years and never had a problem getting them transferred to my local AI man.


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


    Bizzum wrote: »
    I've been doing the same this couple of year, using KFY Newry, and I think I've VIO on a cow this year too.
    That's the real beauty of using some AI.

    I see I made a mistake here. VIO is a CH bull (Vern Indigo). The Simm bull I meant is CQA (Curaheen Vio).:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    pakalasa wrote: »
    Bogman,
    How do you know this? Have you calves from him on the ground?
    He's a new bull, isn't he?

    No I've seen the bull in the flesh. He has no calves on the ground yet


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


    I've seen the bull in the flesh.

    Great position to be in!
    I miss the open days in Enfield, when the bull parade was outside.
    You get a far different perspective on a bull when you see him in the flesh as opposed to a photo.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Great position to be in!
    I miss the open days in Enfield, when the bull parade was outside.
    You get a far different perspective on a bull when you see him in the flesh as opposed to a photo.

    i think dovea do an open day


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


    i think dovea do an open day

    They sure do. I was never at one though. I wonder for biosecurity reasons are you allowed walk through them or is it a closed viewing like the last one I went to in Enfield?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    This is an IS4 heifer I have, born March 2010. Hopefully she is in calf to FL22.


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


    pakalasa wrote: »
    This is an IS4 heifer I have, born March 2010. Hopefully she is in calf to FL22.

    Lovely heifer. Lim dam?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭pakalasa


    Bizzum wrote: »
    Lovely heifer. Lim dam?
    Dam - She's a yellow charolais, though her card says she is from a Lim bull. I bought her in so don't know. She's my best cow though ,so I'm hoping her heifer is as good.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    Bizzum wrote: »
    They sure do. I was never at one though. I wonder for biosecurity reasons are you allowed walk through them or is it a closed viewing like the last one I went to in Enfield?

    dont know either Bizzum, would be interesting to see the bulls, must keep an eye out for open day next year


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,087 ✭✭✭vanderbadger


    pakalasa wrote: »
    This is an IS4 heifer I have, born March 2010. Hopefully she is in calf to FL22.

    nice one indeed


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    pakalasa wrote: »
    This is an IS4 heifer I have, born March 2010. Hopefully she is in calf to FL22.

    I wouldn't know much about simmentals, but she looks a nice one. Good level top.

    An uncle of mine is into them. He bought 2 heifers in ballymote. For some reason he likes heifers to have the red circles around the eyes.


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