Idea of price

KatyMac

A young neighbour seen this heifer in my field and wants to buy her when she is weaned.
I've never sold anything farm to farm and don't have a clue what to ask for her.
She was born on 1st April, is out of a Lim cow. Hillcrest King is the bull.
I have 2 sisters of her in my herd and they are fine animals, one is in calf and the other will be to calve hopefully next autumn.
Any ideas of what I could ask for her? The red cow in the background is her mother.

RaggyDays

At the moment about €600 max would be a great price for her. Give her another two months on the cow and if she`s up on 300kg then she`d be worth €700 - €800 Max
(Having said that, I see good continetal heifers around 200kg struggling to make €500 in the mart at the moment)

Bodacious

RaggyDays wrote: »

At the moment about €600 max would be a great price for her. Give her another two months on the cow and if she`s up on 300kg then she`d be worth €700 - €800 Max
(Having said that, I see good continetal heifers around 200kg struggling to make €500 in the mart at the moment)

+1, Raggy is on the money !! Hard to tell what weight she is from a picture though

1chippy

Those sort of heifer always sell well. if you could keep her till shes fit to bull lads would scrap it out for the likes of her.

Dampintheattic

Bought a pair of golden char X heifers at mart last week. 290 kgs. Born February. Straight off cows. Never got meal. Very nice quality. €650.

Butcher Boy

in skibbereen Friday anything like her 200 kgs from 450 to 500

bbam

Nice heifer but the lads are in the money there.
I thought heifer trade was getting stronger from reading the journal. But was in weaning sales on Saturday and prices were disappointing. Anything under 380kg was poor money.
First 30 lots sold Ok and then 30-40 lots went through with about 25 unsold. Decent bright CH heifers 290-320kg unsold @€;550-650
Anything not CH wasn't at the races.

Seaba

Wouldn't dream of selling her unless you have enough cows.
She'll have milk going by her mother, nice colour, looks quiet - a keeper!

KatyMac

Thanks for the replies. I haven't decided what to do with her yet - it's just when the lad asked it set me thinking.
One of her full sisters isn't as quiet as she should be and the other is grand, and she seems to be fine.
Her mother is a nuisance at calving, we have to be sure she is in a pen well before the calf arrives and there she stays for at least 5 days and nobody to go near her, then she turns completely calm and is grand for the rest of the year.

yellow50HX

KatyMac wrote: »

A young neighbour seen this heifer in my field and wants to buy her when she is weaned.
I've never sold anything farm to farm and don't have a clue what to ask for her.
She was born on 1st April, is out of a Lim cow. Hillcrest King is the bull.
I have 2 sisters of her in my herd and they are fine animals, one is in calf and the other will be to calve hopefully next autumn.
Any ideas of what I could ask for her? The red cow in the background is her mother.

she has lim colouring but the face looks like there is a bit of simmental in her too

vanderbadger

KatyMac wrote: »

Thanks for the replies. I haven't decided what to do with her yet - it's just when the lad asked it set me thinking.
One of her full sisters isn't as quiet as she should be and the other is grand, and she seems to be fine.
Her mother is a nuisance at calving, we have to be sure she is in a pen well before the calf arrives and there she stays for at least 5 days and nobody to go near her, then she turns completely calm and is grand for the rest of the year.

your neighbor prob fancies her as one for breeding, you could keep her on and put her in calf, probably be worth decent money then

just do it

Agree with posts thus far. She'll leave you best return being sold as either a heifer ready for the bull or as a springer. Selling her now and she'll just about cover costs, if even that.

KatyMac

You know, the more I think of it the less inclined I am to sell her! I may yet end up with the 3 full sisters. The mother is again in calf to the same bull. They are simmental. I used to go for Ch but the cow throws very mucky dirty coloured Ch calves, nothing wrong with them shape wise, but an absolutely horrible colour.
Oh, you're right Vander, the lad is trying to build up a shorthorn and simmental herd. He was eyeing up a blue/grey shorthorn heifer I've got as well, but I'm definitely keeping her!!!! You can just about see her in the background of one of the pics with her angus mother.
Thanks for all the help.