Do you look at the board when buying at the mart?

NewBeefFarmer

Hi all,

i always have questions on a daily basis, then im on the laptop and i forget them,

heres one,

the board with the details for the animal at the mart, do you look at it? i do, sometimes i think others dont, or from where i am, do they even see it,

reason been, for example, 2 animals around say 350/380 kgs, and one animal could be born Mar 2012, and the other May 2011, yet they would go very similar prices?

am i missing something, id be thinking, well bullock A has got to 350 in 12 months, while it took Bullock B 20-21 months to get to the same weight?

must not be just the DOB that matters?

what's an average bullock chx/lmx etc killed at? .. 30 months?

ive only bought and sold in the mart, knowing that there going on to be further fattened. . .

just wondering about all this. .

NBF

DMAXMAN

i always look at the board as i am trying to buy with a view to selling under 30 months. not a big player by any means though.qa bonus gone up to 12c/kg now so makes it more worthwhile to me.read somewhere that a good % of cattle being killed are over 30 months by only a week or two

pakalasa

If you are buying a while, you get to know the dealers names too.

Bizzum

The routine with me would be. View the lots I liked outside. Check the sheet on the notice board before the sale. Check dob, owner, test etc. Bid then in full knowledge of what your lookin at. The only extra info on the board will be weight. And we all know that anyway! :-)

adne

Bizzum wrote: »

The routine with me would be. View the lots I liked outside. Check the sheet on the notice board before the sale. Check dob, owner, test etc. Bid then in full knowledge of what your lookin at. The only extra info on the board will be weight. And we all know that anyway! :-)

Not all marts have the notice board, seems like great idea

RoscommonTom

I scripple down details from the notice board into a note book before hand,

bbam

Never seen a notice board with lots on it??

Bizzum

bbam wrote: »

Never seen a notice board with lots on it??

Yeah, a printout from the office computer. It would give all the info on the scales except the weight.
I don't go to marts much these days so can't say if it's still the norm.

Before the printouts, I used to look at the cards in the office before the sale. Probably not feasible if you're buying a lot of stock. But I never would be after big numbers.

Muckit

pakalasa wrote: »

If you are buying a while, you get to know the dealers names too.

Do you buy in Pak???

NewBeefFarmer

well first off, over the last 2 yrs i was always thinking, why dont they put up the breed of the animal on the board. (its electronic) so as the details are in the computer why not. . . and then went up this year and same thing, but yesterday, now breed is coming up. .

when i arrive to the mart, first thing i do is ask how many bullocks checked in.

no list or notice board etc. .

then its pick by eye, but im fairly handy at picking a yearling at 350kgs. . .

whats annoying then is , i like to see the animals out side before he comes in. . . but with 10-15 animals in a pin, there isnt much moving around. . . .


a 350kg bullock might not even be seen if hes in with 7 or 10 550kg animals.

NewBeefFarmer

Actually, what I started to do the last 2 weeks is run around the pins, write down what i think and before mart starts, go down and sit at the chutes and keep an eye on the incoming animals. . . . . least then i can see them in the runner .. i like to see an animal doing a few 360s.. and check him out all round. . .