west country good value store heifers

countygorey

what marts in the west would be best to buy store heifers for feeding -would want a good number 2 cover lorry cost -south east thanks~

Charlie Charolais

Hi Gorey,

What kind of stock are you looking for - breed, weight, age etc?
Plenty of good marts with good stock in the West (i am biased );
Headford, Tuam, Athenry, Gort, Balla, Ballinrobe etc
Would it pay you to travel that distance - stock are not cheap here?
What benefit do you see in west stock?

CC

redzerologhlen

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

Hi Gorey,

What kind of stock are you looking for - breed, weight, age etc?
Plenty of good marts with good stock in the West (i am biased );
Headford, Tuam, Athenry, Gort, Balla, Ballinrobe etc
Would it pay you to travel that distance - stock are not cheap here?
What benefit do you see in west stock?

CC

You forgot Ennis. Probably one of the biggest marts in the country with mainly suckler bred stock.

Charlie Charolais

redzerologhlen wrote: »

You forgot Ennis. Probably one of the biggest marts in the country with mainly suckler bred stock.

Hey Red;

That’s not u being biased is it?
I did say I was biased;
all listed would be local to me; support local farmers etc!

are stock still trading well your side?

pakalasa

I find it hard to believe that there is any great difference in price across the country, not when you factor in transport costs etc. If there was, there's plenty of dealers out there, willing to jump in and take advantage of any price gap.

countygorey

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

Hi Gorey,

What kind of stock are you looking for - breed, weight, age etc?
Plenty of good marts with good stock in the West (i am biased );
Headford, Tuam, Athenry, Gort, Balla, Ballinrobe etc
Would it pay you to travel that distance - stock are not cheap here?
What benefit do you see in west stock?

CC

500kg + , might not pay just wondering stock seem to be dear all over

johngalway

Ring up Maam Cross mart and see what they've got booked in, Clifden I think is winding down at the moment, but there was two trucks there last week, one with a trailer. They're never mentioned on the Journal etc. The cattle sale in Maam Cross is usually on a Monday (evening I think) and Clifden is on Friday.

countygorey

thanks

countygorey

hard frost in wexford to night 12 ha of potatoes in the ground

1chippy

been to maam a few times when i lived in galway. thought they were sorriest looking cattle i ever seen. clifden brings in some decent enough animals. bought there a few times and they always thrived well when you put them on any sort of half reasonable ground.

countygorey

when you put them on any sort of half reasonable ground.is wat i am after

red bull

Tuam mart on Mondays usually has a good supply of forward store heifers. ring mart manager Marion 093 24353 to check whats booked in

mallethead

I buy in the Elphin
They are dearer down the west , but i think the quality of the animal is better not the place to buy cheap store heifers
i would be buying mostly springers or maiden heifers and
I travel from wicklow
If i'm going that far i buy as good an animal as i can
There are a lot more blues there than up our way
But you will get some great charolais cross heifers

redzerologhlen

Charlie Charolais wrote: »

Hey Red;

That’s not u being biased is it?
I did say I was biased;
all listed would be local to me; support local farmers etc!

are stock still trading well your side?

If anything they have gone up again the last fortnight. Went to gort last week with the intention of buying a few heifers and came home with nothing. You couldnt get a finger in. Kilfenora was crazy aswell last week. Hopefully it will hold up though. Its about time people are making a resonable margin out of their stock. Of course im biased, Sure who wouldnt be:D. I think value is in the buyers eyes. I was talking to a man who spent years jobbing in cattle there a week ago and he was down around waterford or wexford and he just went into one of the marts down there for the look. Nearly all friesen bred stock he said. I was talking to him in the mart in ennis and similar type cattle came in and he reckoned they would have made a hundred quid more easy in the mart he was in down the country.

reilig

mallethead wrote: »

I buy in the Elphin
They are dearer down the west , but i think the quality of the animal is better not the place to buy cheap store heifers
i would be buying mostly springers or maiden heifers and
I travel from wicklow
If i'm going that far i buy as good an animal as i can
There are a lot more blues there than up our way
But you will get some great charolais cross heifers

You pick a good place. Around here, the best of your cattle are sold in Elphin, the rest are brought to the other marts. Its a good mart which is renouned for quality animals.

Grecco

Ennis mart for sure, massive sale on again today.
Good Guaranteed supply, plenty of buyers and its within a mile of the M7 motorway
Easy

mallethead

Also meant to say
the people working there couldn't be more helpfull especaily when
they hear two head the balls have travelled from wicklow to buy there .
Even when we bought more than we could bring home the night of the sale they looked after them in the livery for a few days until we went back for them

countygorey

thanks