beef price tracker

Bass Reeves

tommy5678 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/beefcattle-for-sale/freisin-bullock/11225639 is he worth it

Somebody thinks he is he was sold yesterday before midday. Was going to head with the small box behind the van after work. You can't win them all.

tanko

Any ideas what could be got for a couple of 34 month old non QA R grade LimX heifers approx 330kgs DW?

epfff

tanko wrote: »

Any ideas what could be got for a couple of 34 month old non QA R grade LimX heifers approx 330kgs DW?

Very insulted
Is first answer I can think of

Week after Xmas I heard of aax heifers 27 months getting 360
Heard same price for u grade bullocks about 34 months (not as reliable)
Very hard round here to get anywhere to entertain you with them

Bass Reeves

tanko wrote: »

Any ideas what could be got for a couple of 34 month old non QA R grade LimX heifers approx 330kgs DW?

epfff wrote: »

Very insulted
Is first answer I can think of

Week after Xmas I heard of aax heifers 27 months getting 360
Heard same price for u grade bullocks about 34 months (not as reliable)
Very hard round here to get anywhere to entertain you with them

No issue down my way base price paid on all cattle under 36 months. It is a ABP plant. Moved a few before Christmas got the base of 3.9/kg. All on the load were over 30 months and under 36. They have stopped the 3 euro QA that you were getting

epfff

Bass Reeves wrote: »

No issue down my way base price paid on all cattle under 36 months. It is a ABP plant. Moved a few before Christmas got the base of 3.9/kg. All on the load were over 30 months and under 36. They have stopped the 3 euro QA that you were getting

Sorry I was thinking from non QA herd

No problems here either once herd is qa

Bass Reeves

Sorry I see they are not QA most factory's want only QA stock when there are plenty around.

Mart might be worth a gamble in 4-6 weeks time some lad might take a punt on them for grass. If they were mine I let them to grass as early as possible and sell In July off grass if they will carry the weight and get QA sorted in the meantime.

Jb1989

Tho on a side note, is there a cut off limit of 30 months on heifers that's going to a butcher? Something to do with the back bone over 30 months affecting the meat in someway,?

I kill Bulls mostly so rarely affected with overage heifers

bogman_bass

Jb1989 wrote: »

Tho on a side note, is there a cut off limit of 30 months on heifers that's going to a butcher? Something to do with the back bone over 30 months affecting the meat in someway,?

I kill Bulls mostly so rarely affected with overage heifers

Butchers dont want them that age because of size more than anything. Local butcher kills his own and aims for 280-300kg dead

Bass Reeves

bogman_bass wrote: »

Butchers dont want them that age because of size more than anything. Local butcher kills his own and aims for 280-300kg dead

Most butchers want heifers in the 220-240kg range, they would prefer a 200kg DW animal rather than a 250 kg one. Some abbatoirs near large towns or city's will take heavier cattle and even smaller framed bullocks.

Miname

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Most butchers want heifers in the 220-240kg range, they would prefer a 200kg DW animal rather than a 250 kg one. Some abbatoirs near large towns or city's will take heavier cattle and even smaller framed bullocks.

Around me the butchers want them around 300.

Kovu

R cows- 330/340 quoted by agent this morning. Sound about right?

tanko

Kovu wrote: »

R cows- 330/340 quoted by agent this morning. Sound about right?

I heard 335 for R grade cows during the week, hopefully they'll rise a bit soon.
Roscrea mart looks like a good place for heavy U grade cows according to the Journal.
Are yours ready to go?

Kovu

tanko wrote: »

I heard 335 for R grade cows during the week, hopefully they'll rise a bit soon.
Roscrea mart looks like a good place for heavy U grade cows according to the Journal.
Are yours ready to go?

Yea, won't put more on without running to fat. One cow is hard as a rock with muscle, not a quiver of fat to be seen. I'll get a pic of them before they go and see if yiz are good at guessing how they KO.

Roscrea cows were young though, 13 and 11 were they not? Cow-heifers really.

tanko

Kovu wrote: »

Yea, won't put more on without running to fat. One cow is hard as a rock with muscle, not a quiver of fat to be seen. I'll get a pic of them before they go and see if yiz are good at guessing how they KO.

Roscrea cows were young though, 13 and 11 were they not? Cow-heifers really.

True, those cows are young but they're still cows. It shows what cows can make tho. The right mart on a good day is still probably better than the factory.
I remember bringing an AA x HE cow to the factory years ago, she was 5+ for fat. I didn't think that was possible, she looked more like a hippo than a cow.

blue5000

Kovu wrote: »

R cows- 330/340 quoted by agent this morning. Sound about right?

What would it drop to for O grade?

Kovu

blue5000 wrote: »

What would it drop to for O grade?

I think around 3.20, he won't be taking them til Tues/Wed so I'll know for sure then.

Tanko I know what you mean but I prefer letting them off to die quick than be beat round a mart and up a lorry and round a shed for another while.
Looking at them this evening and the R one will KO well, about 55% at a guess, the other will be less than 50.

Cassidy2

Kovu wrote: »

I think around 3.20, he won't be taking them til Tues/Wed so I'll know for sure then.

Tanko I know what you mean but I prefer letting them off to die quick than be beat round a mart and up a lorry and round a shed for another while.
Looking at them this evening and the R one will KO well, about 55% at a guess, the other will be less than 50.

Not a hope of a r grade cow killing out at 55%.

Kovu

Cassidy2 wrote: »

Not a hope of a r grade cow killing out at 55%.

Well prob not 55% but the higher end of the dry cow KO scale for sure!

Base price

Kovu wrote: »

R cows- 330/340 quoted by agent this morning. Sound about right?

Was talking to a friend New Years Eve, who specialises in feeding cows and he was getting 3.40 for a double of R's and he was not a happy camper. He reckoned that he needed 3.60 to cover his costs before any penny profit.
I always prefer to send cattle to the factory and take my chances. In a way it affirms my judgement of stock be it good or bad - you learn by your mistakes.
Also the fact that most marts are now inundated and taken over by dealers who put the hand in for their turn at my expense :mad:

Willfarman

The are bringing a rob in comparison to plain friesian bullocks.. A tweak of the machine has the majority grading p+ @ 3.50 to 3.60 a kilo.

Cassidy2

Base price wrote: »

Was talking to a friend New Years Eve, who specialises in feeding cows and he was getting 3.40 for a double of R's and he was not a happy camper. He reckoned that he needed 3.60 to cover his costs before any penny profit.
I always prefer to send cattle to the factory and take my chances. In a way it affirms my judgement of stock be it good or bad - you learn by your mistakes.
Also the fact that most marts are now inundated and taken over by dealers who put the hand in for their turn at my expense :mad:

Cows are losing a fortune and still not a bad trade in the mart

Kovu

Have kept an eye on their feeding, both are fed for €35ish per week and dropped to half that for four weeks when lowered feeding after it was decided to kill after Xmas. I suppose I'll never know what they'd have gotten in the mart back then so it's half guessing as to whether the right choice was made or not.

darragh_haven

Bullocks & Heifers going to the factory next week. Bullocks €3.95/kg and heifers €4.05/kg

Cassidy2

Kovu wrote: »

Have kept an eye on their feeding, both are fed for €35ish per week and dropped to half that for four weeks when lowered feeding after it was decided to kill after Xmas. I suppose I'll never know what they'd have gotten in the mart back then so it's half guessing as to whether the right choice was made or not.

I showed 5 fit fr cows in a mart a year ago and I took 1 home though I wasn't getting enough I lost 60 euro on her.

Kovu

Cassidy2 wrote: »

I showed 5 fit fr cows in a mart a year ago and I took 1 home though I wasn't getting enough I lost 60 euro on her.

You'd wonder how some of the men at the ringside can afford to keep going if the prices on the IFJ page this week are anything to go by :pac:

whelan2

sold 2 animals to a local dealer during the week, played him at his own game and he bid me 100 euro more than I was thinking was my best price

Cassidy2

darragh_haven wrote: »

Bullocks & Heifers going to the factory next week. Bullocks €3.95/kg and heifers €4.05/kg

Are you travelling far for that price

epfff

darragh_haven wrote: »

Bullocks & Heifers going to the factory next week. Bullocks €3.95/kg and heifers €4.05/kg

5c more than I can get

darragh_haven

Cassidy2 wrote: »

Are you travelling far for that price

Second nearest factory to us. Don't deal with the closest factory to us for nearly 8 years. Transport half and half.

primary 2

any sign of a rise in the steers this week?