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jomoloney

no

herd test next week so if they couldn't take them this week . no point

epfff

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With calf registration in place is this the key factor for why factorys are paying such low prices for continental bulls and allowed get away with it[/quote]

I don't understand
Visit the access to cmms your on about

Sligoronan

Have been fatting old cow for the last 7 weeks and she a bit lame don't her feet will let her put much more on. She is about 650kg what she worth.

ellewood

Sligoronan wrote: »

Have been fatting old cow for the last 7 weeks and she a bit lame don't her feet will let her put much more on. She is about 650kg what she worth.

E800.00 dead!!!

Sligoronan

Suppose it's better than what she was worth before she went in. Might try and hold her till feb 1.

severeoversteer

all those shaggin cull cows have the deadstock price fcuk'd

Sligoronan

severeoversteer wrote: »

all those shaggin cull cows have the deadstock price fcuk'd

Well mine more like retired than a cull she 16.

severeoversteer

Sligoronan wrote: »

Well mine more like retired than a cull she 16.

well then ill call them stripper cows

simx

Sligoronan wrote: »

Well mine more like retired than a cull she 16.

She doesn't owe ya much ha

simx

severeoversteer wrote: »

all those shaggin cull cows have the deadstock price fcuk'd

Imagine how many cull cows will be on the market in another couple of years after all these lads expand and more new entrants

Sligoronan

simx wrote: »

She doesn't owe ya much ha

No not much finally got the heifer off her. Nice angus GJB at last.
Can't beat the shorthorn lim cross 13 calfs always in the month of April.

blue5000

saranac1 wrote: »

Yes 3.70 for O grade dairy bulls and looks to be the same for all of jan

No bulls wanted till mon 6th

Factorys really turning the screw on ordinary farmers in dec/jan for continental bulls

With calf registration in place is this the key factor for why factorys are paying such low prices for continental bulls and allowed get away with it

Would agree, bulls have been let stack up before christmas. €3.90/kg for U bulls this week, 10 cents less for over 440kg cw. Lads we knew this was on the cards. But will the new ifa president do or say anything?

saranac1

blue5000 wrote: »

Would agree, bulls have been let stack up before christmas. €3.90/kg for U bulls this week, 10 cents less for over 440kg cw. Lads we knew this was on the cards. But will the new ifa president do or say anything?

I totally agree, not much options out there across the board

Im looking at a spring market of buying less stock because of the way the factorys done us up to xmas

Not a good thing to do either with CAP coming in 2015.

bob charles

not good lads and lassies

anyone care to share how much animals are loosing per head

Hershall

bob charles wrote: »

not good lads and lassies

anyone care to share how much animals are loosing per head

Talking to a man today who bought bulls last spring. I saw them at the time they were a fine price! They nearly ready to go now he reckons they fit to loose €200 apiece! !!

blue5000

Did anybody get any bulls away this week, or even book them in, what are prices like?

Brown Podzol

blue5000 wrote: »

Did anybody get any bulls away this week, or even book them in, what are prices like?

Neighbour sold fr/hol bulls. O2 3.40.:eek:

topgeas

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Neighbour sold fr/hol bulls. O2 3.40.:eek:

oh jesus:eek:

freedominacup

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Neighbour sold fr/hol bulls. O2 3.40.:eek:

Did they all grade O? Pretty poor result if they did.

Brown Podzol

freedominacup wrote: »

Did they all grade O? Pretty poor result if they did.

Yup.

freedominacup

Brown Podzol wrote: »

Yup.

Sorry got confused, O's wouldn't be too bad for HOX's. 3.40 and I felt hard done by a month ago @ 3.65.:eek:

topgeas

all the fr calves that were kept two years that should have being exported are now coming to kill age.

epfff

topgeas wrote: »

all the fr calves that were kept two years that should have being exported are now coming to kill age.

You mean all the dear on Day One fr calves are coming of age
It was madness from the start
Sad to say I didnt escape the madness

topgeas

epfff wrote: »

You mean all the dear on Day One fr calves are coming of age
It was madness from the start
Sad to say I didnt escape the madness

me too kept calves to drink milk. oh the madness.

Farmer Pudsey

It is not just bulls under pressure. There is a few farmers around that specialise in super heavyweights. Bullocks killing in excess of 450kgsDW. One of these at present has a load, finding it impossible to move was quoted cow price for them, They be heading for 48 months if some not over it. I was told they were heavier than usual.

Bodacious

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

It is not just bulls under pressure. There is a few farmers around that specialise in super heavyweights. Bullocks killing in excess of 450kgsDW. One of these at present has a load, finding it impossible to move was quoted cow price for them, They be heading for 48 months if some not over it. I was told they were heavier than usual.

I know a fella that does that.. keeps them til they as big as elephants, 4 year olds, will buy ch bulls if he gets them 2-2.5yrs and cuts them clean and generally as you say keeps superheavy weights and ignores the 30 mts.


writing was on the wall for this crack as systems and markets change

locha

Got some steers away mainly over age - did a flat deal. 4 for r's 3.90 for O's. They were top notch stock. Sold same week last year 4.18... its pretty simple between now and June they have us where they want us. Still have quite a few left...

mahoney_j

From knowing a few beef boys aroubd here and reading on here I have a lot of sympathy for ye beef lads.what I can't understand is what the fook is our so called Union the ifa doing,sitting on their asses is the answer.the factory's should be on 24 hour pickets with nothing allowed in or out and a consorted national effort to supply nothing to them for a week to 10 days.get in the competition authority etc as well as this whole thing stinks especially the situation with bulls.

Farmer Pudsey

mahoney_j wrote: »

From knowing a few beef boys aroubd here and reading on here I have a lot of sympathy for ye beef lads.what I can't understand is what the fook is our so called Union the ifa doing,sitting on their asses is the answer.the factory's should be on 24 hour pickets with nothing allowed in or out and a consorted national effort to supply nothing to them for a week to 10 days.get in the competition authority etc as well as this whole thing stinks especially the situation with bulls.

TBF and I am not an admirer of the IFA the minute the factory's are blockaded the Competition Authority would be down in the IFA office sizing Phone records and diary's to examine anti-compeditive behaviour.

However this is the same body that allowed Topaz to own 75% of fuel stations back in the mid noughties. It has never take action against any organisation that supplies or buys from farmers or looked into any cartel type behaviour going on in the beef sector.

Pre Christmas I posted that I suspected that factory's were using stock bought in September to control market prices the FJ has confirmed as much today in the paper how come it 2-3 weeks to print/relise this. They will now use contracted cattle to further control/collspse the market.

It is not just the factory's that are doing this the British supermarkets must have been chomping at the bit all year long they were paying above Irish prices to factory's for inspec to support cattle prices thatr were going to Europe. It is obivous that they have exerted pressure to force down Irish prices. This will force down UK prices.

However as beef farmers we need to understand this and maybe the time has come to scale back numbers again for a year or two.

Cavanjack

mahoney_j wrote: »

From knowing a few beef boys aroubd here and reading on here I have a lot of sympathy for ye beef lads.what I can't understand is what the fook is our so called Union the ifa doing,sitting on their asses is the answer.the factory's should be on 24 hour pickets with nothing allowed in or out and a consorted national effort to supply nothing to them for a week to 10 days.get in the competition authority etc as well as this whole thing stinks especially the situation with bulls.

I think John bryne was too busy thinking about his future career for the last few months and hadn't time to be worrying about the farmers he was supposed to be representing. There is no IFA any more afaics