yearling heifers what to do?

oldsmokey

Hi, we've a bunch of 24, 13 -14 month old heifers, weighing 400-450kg - out of a maternal bull, but with a fair bit of shape - we plan on holding onto 8 of the best , do you reckon their will be a fair trade for them in the marts in March /April? Out of interest what do you consider to be the best mart in North / west Cork, South Kerry for this type of stock?
Ta..

on the river

oldsmokey wrote: »

Hi, we've a bunch of 24, 13 -14 month old heifers, weighing 400-450kg - out of a maternal bull, but with a fair bit of shape - we plan on holding onto 8 of the best , do you reckon their will be a fair trade for them in the marts in March /April? Out of interest what do you consider to be the best mart in North / west Cork, South Kerry for this type of stock?
Ta..

firstly what breeds are they ?

secondly every mart has own unique selling point

thirdly would it not be better to sell to factory

oldsmokey

Hi, they're Lim x heifers..you reckon it would be better to hold onto them and factory them as say 18 month-olds?

Genghis Cant

Heifers with quality about them are flying at the moment in the marts.

on the river

if your local mark is given good prices then majbe you should go ahead and sell them

Bodacious

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Heifers with quality about them are flying at the moment in the marts.

ive two nice black lim bulling heifers round 450-480kg june and august 2012


family friend wants to buy them before I let the bull to them, id aim to have them calving in dec/jan for selling.. he wants to come and do a deal I wonder what they worth!?


they out the mountain on silage growing frames at the minute but id nearly rather bull them and sell on point of calving as they making good heifers

Genghis Cant

Bodacious wrote: »

ive two nice black lim bulling heifers round 450-480kg june and august 2012


family friend wants to buy them before I let the bull to them, id aim to have them calving in dec/jan for selling.. he wants to come and do a deal I wonder what they worth!?


they out the mountain on silage growing frames at the minute but id nearly rather bull them and sell on point of calving as they making good heifers

I'd be afraid to predict what they'll make, but nice Black Lims good R grades at that weight, you're goin into 4 figures.

Bodacious

Genghis Cant wrote: »

I'd be afraid to predict what they'll make, but nice Black Lims good R grades at that weight, you're goin into 4 figures.

I might borrow a scales and weigh them and do it by the kg if we both happy!


go with whatever the top 1/4 of 400-500kg heifers in the farming indo that week

Genghis Cant

Is it for the bull your friend wants them?

Bodacious

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Is it for the bull your friend wants them?

yep


he down on numbers and these pair are out of a very good maternal icbf rated stockbull


id have preferred if he bought them off of me last October.. I will bull the 7 of them to calve early jan.. he'd rather hold off on his to calve march time

oldsmokey

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Heifers with quality about them are flying at the moment in the marts.

Is there any site which gives up-to-date mart prices?

jt65

oldsmokey wrote: »

Is there any site which gives up-to-date mart prices?

http://www.farmersforum.ie/marts/

oldsmokey

jt65 wrote: »

http://www.farmersforum.ie/marts/

Now thats handy, thanks