Angus/Hereford calves 2015

farmers101

What are Angus & Hereford calves making?
Male & female?
Are they worth rearing???

Reggie.

Should be around 200 euro mark.

It depends on what you think is worth your while for rearing them.
I rear the calves to 16 months and it roughly costs me 600 euro so anything over that in the mart is profit. You have to take in machinery, diesel, sheds after that.

simx

Reggie. wrote: »

Should be around 200 euro mark.

It depends on what you think is worth your while for rearing them.
I rear the calves to 16 months and it roughly costs me 600 euro so anything over that in the mart is profit. You have to take in machinery, diesel, sheds after that.

600e+200(calf purchase) or including?

farmers101

Reggie. wrote: »

Should be around 200 euro mark.

It depends on what you think is worth your while for rearing them.
I rear the calves to 16 months and it roughly costs me 600 euro so anything over that in the mart is profit. You have to take in machinery, diesel, sheds after that.

Could you indicate and show me how ya got 600. What weight do you achieve at 16months old??

larrymiller

See in the rag white head bull calf made 500 in enniscorthy . Madness.
But the bulk of calfs yet to arrive

welton john

I kept most calves two years ago and sold off grass last sep/oct.AA and HE bullocks and heifers.Avg weight AA 495. HE 478.They would have made e230+ easily as calves.Kept them 17 months longer and they left e60 more than what they would have left as calves

Reggie.

simx wrote: »

600e+200(calf purchase) or including?

Including

Reggie.

farmers101 wrote: »

Could you indicate and show me how ya got 600. What weight do you achieve at 16months old??

Last year roughly 450kg to 550kg

The figures are in another thread (can't remember which one) and I don't have them to hand here atm

mahoney_j

larrymiller wrote: »

See in the rag white head bull calf made 500 in enniscorthy . Madness.
But the bulk of calfs yet to arrive

Sure something has to drink super levy milk!!!.think calves could be saucy enough till april

Greengrass1

larrymiller wrote: »

See in the rag white head bull calf made 500 in enniscorthy . Madness.
But the bulk of calfs yet to arrive

I'll be going to enniscorthy so.
I'll have some beer money built up come aprik

Reggie.

farmers101 wrote: »

Could you indicate and show me how ya got 600. What weight do you achieve at 16months old??

Here ya are

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057150307/7

larrymiller

Greengrass1 wrote: »

I'll be going to enniscorthy so.
I'll have some beer money built up come aprik

Won't hold always scarce and dear this early

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Should be around 200 euro mark.

It depends on what you think is worth your while for rearing them.
I rear the calves to 16 months and it roughly costs me 600 euro so anything over that in the mart is profit. You have to take in machinery, diesel, sheds after that.

is 200 not a bit steep? what age?

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

is 200 not a bit steep? what age?

Good Hex calves at €200 would be OK.
But its impossible to get any number at that.
Local dairy farmers here were starting at €275 for heifers and €325 for bulls all last spring. Mart prices I saw were mostly supporting this too.

lakill Farm

whelan2 wrote: »

is 200 not a bit steep? what age?

im giving 120/130 for heifer and 180/190 for angus bull calves off farm

as they drop so once the BVD result is back I collect. can be 1 one week, 4 the next.

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

is 200 not a bit steep? what age?

Around 3 to 4 weeks old

limo_100

lakill Farm wrote: »

im giving 120/130 for heifer and 180/190 for angus bull calves off farm

as they drop so once the BVD result is back I collect. can be 1 one week, 4 the next.

how many did you buy in last year and are you gonna increase your number this year?

lakill Farm

limo_100 wrote: »

how many did you buy in last year and are you gonna increase your number this year?

going to try to buy all the aax calves off the 2 farmers this year

limo_100

lakill Farm wrote: »

going to try to buy all the aax calves off the 2 farmers this year

very good have you many bought in already? how many did you get last year? will you bother with the marts at tall??

lakill Farm

limo_100 wrote: »

very good have you many bought in already? how many did you get last year? will you bother with the marts at tall??

the first one arrived before Christmas. probably be another 50

I bought 28 last year

Ill buy all this year and sell 20 in mart before xmass

limo_100

lakill Farm wrote: »

the first one arrived before Christmas. probably be another 50

I bought 28 last year

Ill buy all this year and sell 20 in mart before xmass

ul have your hands full this spring so best of luck with them