small weanlings.

ordinary farmer

we all have had then bbut last year i had 3 butts of weanlings they are not tall at all but wud be around 265-300kg all there born last december in the space of 3 weeks and all are of poor enough quality 2 angus bullocks and a lmx heifer. what sort of money would a man expect or woud i be better to feed over the winter ill have plenty of silage for them but would like to buy a springer with the price of them

simx

ordinary farmer wrote: »

we all have had then bbut last year i had 3 butts of weanlings they are not tall at all but wud be around 265-300kg all there born last december in the space of 3 weeks and all are of poor enough quality 2 angus bullocks and a lmx heifer. what sort of money would a man expect or woud i be better to feed over the winter ill have plenty of silage for them but would like to buy a springer with the price of them

Depends how butty they are, €450 rough price, ya should be able to.buy.a springer out of the three anyway, a butty animal will always be.a.runt, if getting a reasonable price let them on

ordinary farmer

simx wrote: »

Depends how butty they are, €450 rough price, ya should be able to.buy.a springer out of the three anyway, a butty animal will always be.a.runt, if getting a reasonable price let them on

yeah i was thinking around the 500 mark all ryt.

Bizzum

I'd be looking at the reason I was left with calves like that.
Is it substandard cow quality? Is it the bull? Is it some other issue?
From a cow point of view I'd be looking at the couple of worse performers and moving them on. You'll be amazed with the progress you can make to the quality of your calves in a few years.

I'm aware we all breed calves we're not too happy with, but if ya stick at looking at the few poorest cows you will get there.

KatyMac

I ended up with a butty animal in 2011. Bought him in a bunch of 8 and while the rest made nice animals, mostly heifers to be put in calf, he stayed small. He started to grow this year and is now huge. He earned his keep by showing me bulling cows/heifers and now is being fed nuts and is heading to factory in a couple of weeks. I have no idea why he didn't grow. Two others were from the same herd so presumably the same bull and they were perfect/ It's not always easy to put your finger on why an animal doesn't 'do' as it should. I kept him on simply because I'd have got nothing for him if I were to bring him to the mart.

Sam Kade

I bought dairy heifers last year for breeding one of them was a bit on the small side 275 kg. She wasn't big enough for breeding and only gained 0.3 kg/day last summer. This year she is almost 500kg without any extra feeding.