Calf Prices In 2013

Farmersrus

What Are Calf Prices Going To Be Like In 2013?>>

grange mac

At a guess steady till end jan, surge to april then fall off till autumn same as this year me thinks.

Good loser

Surely they will be down 33.3% on 2012?

maxxuumman

Good loser wrote: »

Surely they will be down 33.3% on 2012?

Every bit of it. No quota issues so dairy farmers wont want them. And this spring is the start of the "2015 expansion" so dairy farmers will be moving the males on to make room for the extra heifers in the place. IMO

farmerjack

IMO what dairy farmers do with calves is only half of it, the real driver will be store prices in the mart and whether the price will drive lads into buying calves rather than weanlings/small stores. On the other hand maybe these lads might have been stung bad enough this year and might steer clear of calves. Jesus the prices given for continental suck calves last spring was bananas, it just mad no sense. But then again when did the prices paid for cattle In the spring time ever make sense.

Grecco

The cost of rearing the calves has gone up by over 33% in the last 2 years alone. Over €40 for a bag of milk replacer then another €10 for calf nuts ration it doesn't add up what ever way you do your sums. You would need to be getting the friesian bull calves for less than €50 and continentals for less than €170 to justify buying them in the first place.

HillFarmer

Calves will be as dear as ever i reckon.

People don't learn, they'll be as dear this year

milkprofit

Depends on export market

bob charles

what is the current price of cartilages? Lead has gotten expensive recently hasnt it

ootbitb

yes Bob

Hopefully a lot of the first time buyers from last year won't come back for more after realizing there is a lot of work involved.

theaceofspies

ootbitb wrote: »

yes Bob

Hopefully a lot of the first time buyers from last year won't come back for more after realizing there is a lot of work involved.

There is a few burnt fingers around alright from inflated 2012 calf prices:o
Fellas buying calves in the New Year are like the traditional Irish voter who wakes up on on election day promising himself he'll fix the country. By the time he leaves the ballot box he has voted for the same fella again that he voted for all his life - Groundhog Day beckons this January and some empty pockets come December 2013! That's what's great about us Irish; we always learn from history:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

mahoney_j

Reckon calves and all levels of cattle will be very saucy this spring and summer,The major thing holding back the cattle trade in praticular at the moment is crap and very scarce fodder.The veal exporters will have another poor year again and be able to pick up very little sub 100 euro calves bar jersey runts which they dont really want.

delaval

mahoney_j wrote: »

Reckon calves and all levels of cattle will be very saucy this spring and summer,The major thing holding back the cattle trade in praticular at the moment is crap and very scarce fodder.The veal exporters will have another poor year again and be able to pick up very little sub 100 euro calves bar jersey runts which they dont really want.

Did you get a kick from a Jersey when you were a kid?

mahoney_j

Funny you should say that de laval i actually did and she cracked a bone in my lower leg!!

whelan1

anyone buy or sell yet in 2013?

moy83

Bought two calves off a farmer . A nice square fr bull three weeks old 80 euro and a limo heifer just a week old 200 euro
I dont think he was too hard on me

bbam

moy83 wrote: »

Bought two calves off a farmer . A nice square fr bull three weeks old 80 euro and a limo heifer just a week old 200 euro
I dont think he was too hard on me

I'd say you did well there moy.
Just a quick question. Have the BVD results come back yet or is the sale based on a positive result coming ?

whelan1

bbam wrote: »

I'd say you did well there moy.
Just a quick question. Have the BVD results come back yet or is the sale based on a positive result coming ?

you will not be issued with a movement permit til the bvd results are back

moy83

bbam wrote: »

I'd say you did well there moy.
Just a quick question. Have the BVD results come back yet or is the sale based on a positive result coming ?

He had them back , they were fairly quick with the heifer .
At that money Im going to chance ten fr bulls off him surley they will leave a few pound ???

Timmaay

Sold 6 december fr bulls during the week in Enniscorthy, 180 for the best I got, 120 for the youngest. I'd say it was 80% dairy bulls for sale there.

aristo

Anyone know what week old rotbunt friesian cross bulls are working into?
Came across simmental cross bulls at €275, seemed suacy enough to me:(

mauser77

See the price of calfs on done deal over the last week or so are they really makin that money or are they just chanceing there arm is it goin to be another year like last year where prices are just crazy

bob charles

Market on fire so far, why one has to wonder

mf240

bob charles wrote: »

Market on fire so far, why one has to wonder

When did the calf trade ever make sense.

Plenty of lads seem to make it work though.

A lot easier than suckling if your part time.