Selling Bullocks

MagicManCan

Hey looking for some of ye're wisdom regarding weights as i'm hopeless at guessing :rolleyes:

I've got 5 bullocks that i'm intending to sell around late October or early November and was hoping ye could give me your best guess to their current weights

The bullocks are currently;

Two 17 month old Friesians
https://imageshack.com/i/ewTdFXkxj
https://imageshack.com/i/ewaUAQKGj

One 16 month old SHX
https://imageshack.com/i/p437bNlXj
https://imageshack.com/i/p9No6ksPj

One 16 month old SIMX
https://imageshack.com/i/p6lHyqydj
https://imageshack.com/i/ewwDz2BCj

One 13 Month old LIMX
https://imageshack.com/i/ew4CPtX5j
https://imageshack.com/i/pa1dZNrrj

Any ideas at what weight gain I should expect to see until November? Oh and sorry about the quality of some photos!

agriman27

Well magicman hard to tell by the photos really but I'd say the friesians are around 480kgs, the shorthorn 410kg, simx 420kgs, limx 450kgs. I reckon they should put on 50-75kgs from now till November. I might be way out, some lad will probly disagree totally with me but hope it helps ya bit:pac:

MagicManCan

agriman27 wrote: »

Well magicman hard to tell by the photos really but I'd say the friesians are around 480kgs, the shorthorn 410kg, simx 420kgs, limx 450kgs. I reckon they should put on 50-75kgs from now till November. I might be way out, some lad will probly disagree totally with me but hope it helps ya bit:pac:

Ah thats grand, cheers for the help! I'll agree, not the best photos alright!

agriman27

MagicManCan wrote: »

Ah thats grand, cheers for the help! I'll agree, not the best photos alright!

The photos are fine it's just it's hard to tell the size of cattle by pics

Farmer Pudsey

Impossible to guess there weights from photos. But looking at the Friesian I doubt if he is much with 400kgs. A 480kg friesian would be a serious bullock. He looks a square enough bullock and I expect a bit more cover on him if he was around that weight. Mind you as I said it is impossible to guess from a photo.

From now until November it will depend on grass and if getting a bit of hand feeding from now to then. There appears to be a lot of clover in the sward. if they have loads of grass the FR, SIX and Lim could do 100kgs, if it tight the SH might be lucky to put up 30kgs.

MagicManCan

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Impossible to guess there weights from photos. But looking at the Friesian I doubt if he is much with 400kgs. A 480kg friesian would be a serious bullock. He looks a square enough bullock and I expect a bit more cover on him if he was around that weight. Mind you as I said it is impossible to guess from a photo.

From now until November it will depend on grass and if getting a bit of hand feeding from now to then. There appears to be a lot of clover in the sward. if they have loads of grass the FR, SIX and Lim could do 100kgs, if it tight the SH might be lucky to put up 30kgs.

Ok thanks for the input! yeah there's alot of clover but they do have plenty of grass too.

td5man

How much are friesian bullocks <400 kg making?

simx

td5man wrote: »

How much are friesian bullocks <400 kg making?

seen a few circa 330/350kgs in kk a fortnight ago making circa 1.80/kg, very nice bf

Farmer Pudsey

simx wrote: »

seen a few circa 330/350kgs in kk a fortnight ago making circa 1.80/kg, very nice bf

last few weeks Fr bullocks 400 kgs 550 euro was the general run. Heavier bullocks were making a bit more but general run of FR bullocks up to 450-470kgs was 150 with the weight. I conside them value at that

simx

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

last few weeks Fr bullocks 400 kgs 550 euro was the general run. Heavier bullocks were making a bit more but general run of FR bullocks up to 450-470kgs was 150 with the weight. I conside them value at that

So would I, bought nice br fr blks about 5/6weeks ago 400kg, €620, enough but still reckon not too bad, reckon the same blks would cost €80/€90 more in Kk the last couple of weeks