buying cattle red id card

jd06

hi, was purchasing heifers for breeding
just had them bought when he told me they were from another country and had red cards
could i run into trouble with these
he said he had these since calves and reared them
can i sell in the mart or factory with the red card, i didnt see the card????

epfff

jd06 wrote: »

hi, was purchasing heifers for breeding
just had them bought when he told me they were from another country and had red cards
could i run into trouble with these
he said he had these since calves and reared them
can i sell in the mart or factory with the red card, i didnt see the card????

Depends at the minute you would have to send them home to get price of them
If beef gets a little scarcer no probs here at stripper price

simx

jd06 wrote: »

hi, was purchasing heifers for breeding
just had them bought when he told me they were from another country and had red cards
could i run into trouble with these
he said he had these since calves and reared them
can i sell in the mart or factory with the red card, i didnt see the card????

They are uk cattle, can sell in mart but have to be declared as imports and a lot of potential buyers will lose interest imeadiatly, only a couple of factories take imports too

buffalobilly

You can sell them in mart but there will not be many takers not sure about factory but I would think seeing they are from another country they would not give you too much for them. Cute hoor not telling you before you bought them
If I was you I would leave them back and cancel cheque

simx

buffalobilly wrote: »

You can sell them in mart but there will not be many takers not sure about factory but I would think seeing they are from another country they would not give you too much for them. Cute hoor not telling you before you bought them
If I was you I would leave them back and cancel cheque

+1, leave them behind ya, being a smart pr@&k IMO, be a smart lad back

jd06

buffalobilly wrote: »

You can sell them in mart but there will not be many takers not sure about factory but I would think seeing they are from another country they would not give you too much for them. Cute hoor not telling you before you bought them
If I was you I would leave them back and cancel cheque

its grand i told him id have to think about it
no money or cattle passed hands

Willfarman

Leave them. He should of told you very early in play it he was a anyway descant.

jd06

Willfarman wrote: »

Leave them. He should of told you very early in play it he was a anyway descant.

was gonna buy this eve but when i heard bout the cards i stalled
wont be headin back, cheers

bogman_bass

If they're for breeding I wouldnt be overly worried as you can get imported cows killed easily enough. Prime cattle are a different story

simx

bogman_bass wrote: »

If they're for breeding I wouldnt be overly worried as you can get imported cows killed easily enough. Prime cattle are a different story

I only know of two factories killing import cows, so they don't have much competition to buy against

Sheep breeder

surly when you looked at the cattle you would have noticed the different ear tags as not irish.

Bullocks

Sheep breeder wrote: »

surly when you looked at the cattle you would have noticed the different ear tags as not irish.

I sent three cows off to the factory a few years ago and it was only when they saw the cards in the factory did they realise they were imports and couldn't kill them . I think they had to send them to Kildare . Myself or the truck driver never noticed the tags and the father had put the cards in an envelope and we didn't look at them before we left .
I can't remember was there much of a difference in the tags

Willfarman

Sheep breeder wrote: »

surly when you looked at the cattle you would have noticed the different ear tags as not irish.

I seen a hardened dealer get caught with a few friesian bulls in the mart before now he didn't hear the "red card" . He refused to bring them after though. The tags are yellow as well. I'd say the op might be a novice with regard to bovines