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Thinking of buying cattle

  • 03-07-2013 8:52pm
    #1
    supersean1999
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    Hey there, iv been thinking of buying a few cattle for a while, I currently have sheep 75% are hill ewes at home for 2-3months and 25% crossbreed kept at home all year, like everyone else grass is tight in early spring, but once may comes , I'm finding it harder to maintain fields the more i improve them, basically I'm properly stocked for 6 months and under stocked for 6, I decided to save a small field to cut silage ,
    3 1/2 acres, I'd probably get 35 bales, so it's to late to go mad buying cattle this winter as I won't have enough silage, I'd have a perfect spot on dry sandy ground, with great shelter to out winter them on around 2 acres and it won't cut up, would I be better buy young heifers, older heifers, older cows in calf, next year with proper planning of fields a lot more bales could be saved, so any advice would be appreciated thanks.


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  • #2
    Bodacious
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,274 ✭✭✭Bodacious


    supersean1999 wrote: »
    Hey there, iv been thinking of buying a few cattle for a while, I currently have sheep 75% are hill ewes at home for 2-3months and 25% crossbreed kept at home all year, like everyone else grass is tight in early spring, but once may comes , I'm finding it harder to maintain fields the more i improve them, basically I'm properly stocked for 6 months and under stocked for 6, I decided to save a small field to cut silage ,
    3 1/2 acres, I'd probably get 35 bales, so it's to late to go mad buying cattle this winter as I won't have enough silage, I'd have a perfect spot on dry sandy ground, with great shelter to out winter them on around 2 acres and it won't cut up, would I be better buy young heifers, older heifers, older cows in calf, next year with proper planning of fields a lot more bales could be saved, so any advice would be appreciated thanks.

    to build up numbers fast and get a some return id be buying a mix of I)good quality local milky maternal yearlings to bull yourself next year II) wait until nov/dec and pick up older middle of the road good value springers that will give you a calf to sell in first year and fill the gap for 1-2 years until better quality heifers are coming through to replace them. just imo good luck them


  • #3
    supersean1999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,465 ✭✭✭supersean1999


    Bodacious wrote: »
    to build up numbers fast and get a some return id be buying a mix of I)good quality local milky maternal yearlings to bull yourself next year II) wait until nov/dec and pick up older middle of the road good value springers that will give you a calf to sell in first year and fill the gap for 1-2 years until better quality heifers are coming through to replace them. just imo good luck them

    Cheers good ideas, hard to know how to set up,


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