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350-400kg heifers

  • 25-07-2013 9:50pm
    #1
    1chippy
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    whats the best option to move on heifers 350-400 kg. i want a fastish turn around. could i push them on as butchers heifers for christmas or would i be better stick another 50-80 kg on them and flog em?


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  • #2
    locky76
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    1chippy wrote: »
    whats the best option to move on heifers 350-400 kg. i want a fastish turn around. could i push them on as butchers heifers for christmas or would i be better stick another 50-80 kg on them and flog em?
    Finish them for the Xmas market- I have 12 whiteheads aroung the 430kg mark, I'm going to introduce meal around the middle of September, house them mid October when they're on 4kgs of meal and the best silage I have (I'll be testing silage this year for the first time) and finish them around the start of December... That's approximately 130 days so I would expect them to do over 100kgs in that time


  • #3
    Farmer Pudsey
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    What breeds are they traditional AA/Hex or Contenintal. At 350-400 traditional are within 100kgs of slaughter. Contenintal would be a bit more. Is the reason that you want to finish/sell that you are short of fodder.

    You could target the butcher but there will be a lot available from september.What price will they be in 3-5 months time 4/kg or a bit less. I often find that the two weeks pre Xmas and the four after are the best. Yours may need that amount of time.

    However if I could get them out to grass in Late february I would consider over wintering cheaply. Had one last year for freezer she was 370 kgs in early sept and killed 290 kgs in early June. Only silage and a smell of molasses over the winter and about 2.5kgs nuts for six weeks before slaughter


  • #4
    RaggyDays
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    Farmer Pudsey wrote: »
    she was 370 kgs in early sept and killed 290 kgs in early June. Only silage and a smell of molasses over the winter and about 2.5kgs nuts for six weeks before slaughter

    Don’t you mean 590kg in early june?


  • #5
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    RaggyDays wrote: »
    Don’t you mean 590kg in early june?

    No I mean she killed out 290 kgs she was for the Freezer. Not sure what she was live weight. She would have made about 1400 euro in the factory @4.8/kg. She was a red WH I think that she was about 560kgs LW.


  • #6
    1chippy
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    1 Whitehead, 1 polly and the rest limo and charlaoiss.. housing is my main issue. I need more sheds but budgetss dont allow for whats needed. im starting into a 3 bay with creep area which will take some pressure off but i just need to get money in and try and run this place a bit better. Im trying to get a shed to rent fairly local but its not being very successsful. .I dont really want them around for another grazing as i am bringing in more cows and i need to get organised.


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