northern ireland calves

macflea

hi guys ,

i was going to buy some freisian bull calves , but the local meat plant doesnt take them when they are finished , what do ye guys do with them , rang some of ads on donedeal and theys guys say they are busy dropping calves down south. do they go to designated plants that kill imported animals or what ? .
thanks for your replies

cheers

charityboy

with any luck these calves will have to go back over the border to be killed ,solution to your problem is buy irish

flatout11

charityboy wrote: »

solution to your problem is buy irish

they are irish!
i thought that crack of not killing imported animals was gone?

Grecco

I wouldn`t bother with them. Looks like there's going to be a glut of Weanlens next year anyway, with all these imported calves and the extra 15% increase in the suckler herd.
Guess what way the prices go when there's a over supply ?

macflea

rang meat factories in south , none will take them when finished , roscrea only factory, so would be at their mercy for prices, thats the idea scuppered.
cheers

charityboy

flatout11 wrote: »

they are irish!
i thought that crack of not killing imported animals was gone?

theyare northern irish and only a few factories will kill them and all they are doing is adding to the major glut of cattle that will b around in 18 months

rancher

macflea wrote: »

rang meat factories in south , none will take them when finished , roscrea only factory, so would be at their mercy for prices, thats the idea scuppered.
cheers

Probably more because they're friesians than they're northern. Ireland would be in big trouble if Italian processors discriminated against Irish bred cattle.

Grecco

The Italians only process Italian Cattle.
To do that they
buy Irish cattle
Feed them a bucket of nuts and a bale of Hay
Then presto!! Italian cattle
Easy

funny man

macflea wrote: »

hi guys ,

i was going to buy some freisian bull calves , but the local meat plant doesnt take them when they are finished , what do ye guys do with them , rang some of ads on donedeal and theys guys say they are busy dropping calves down south. do they go to designated plants that kill imported animals or what ? .
thanks for your replies

cheers

Best way is to take them back across the border, but be careful as some northern plants won't take them either. A word of advice don't believe all those Northern guys would tell ya (especially surname begining with C). Reputable company took in heifers from Romania and the same problem has arisen, it will be hard to get rid of them.

flatout11

charityboy wrote: »

theyare northern irish and only a few factories will kill them and all they are doing is adding to the major glut of cattle that will b around in 18 months

funny thing that we are happy to sell our cattle up north to farmers but we dont like to see any trade coming south fair is fair lads they are farmers too, i was at a fatstock where factory men were bidding away at cattle bred in the north, i cant see the problem

jocotty

flatout11 wrote: »

funny thing that we are happy to sell our cattle up north to farmers but we dont like to see any trade coming south fair is fair lads they are farmers too, i was at a fatstock where factory men were bidding away at cattle bred in the north, i cant see the problem

well iv just bought 20 Friesian bull calves - there on the way down from north now as I write. Hope your right flatout11!! Have you any more words of encouragement and optimism like above that you can share?!!

Jo

lakill Farm

Any indication on price etc?

jocotty wrote: »

well iv just bought 20 Friesian bull calves - there on the way down from north now as I write. Hope your right flatout11!! Have you any more words of encouragement and optimism like above that you can share?!!

Jo

jocotty

lakill Farm wrote: »

Any indication on price etc?

130 euro per head - price includes deliv to galway. all 2 week old bull calves.

lakill Farm

Bank holiday monday in carnaross in meath, bull calves were making €140 - €190 per head all most were from Monaghan

jocotty wrote: »

130 euro per head - price includes deliv to galway. all 2 week old bull calves.

charityboy

flatout11 wrote: »

funny thing that we are happy to sell our cattle up north to farmers but we dont like to see any trade coming south fair is fair lads they are farmers too, i was at a fatstock where factory men were bidding away at cattle bred in the north, i cant see the problem

the problem arises when the cattle with northern passports cant be killed on the same line as irish cattle ,if there are enough coming in then there is a chance they will kill ,big factories dont want to know about them but there are smaller factories killing them when they can get enough booked in

Grecco

jocotty wrote: »

130 euro per head - price includes deliv to galway. all 2 week old bull calves.

Cant see much profit here I`m afraid

cattlejobber

factorys on the uk main land will not kill irish cattle even though the factorys are owned by a certin irish man.. its a way of controling markets. if price is bad here and good in england. we cant send across a few doubles and sort the problem.... he'll take us for all he can

jocotty

Grecco wrote: »

Cant see much profit here I`m afraid

ahh shur bit by bit!! Wouldnt like to put too much of a lump under the matress!

flatout11

cattlejobber wrote: »

factorys on the uk main land will not kill irish cattle even though the factorys are owned by a certin irish man.. its a way of controling markets. if price is bad here and good in england. we cant send across a few doubles and sort the problem.... he'll take us for all he can

eh they do there is feedlots in scotland that buy up cattle some from ireland aswell!