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Calf Prices 2015 *** DISCUSSION THREAD

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    #332
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,284 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    Sheep breeder wrote: »
    i must have being in a different enniscorthy mart yesterday than larry miller,a serious trade for all types bar the small very soft calf and the the jersey cross,
    the dealers bought most of the calves out of it yesterday, heifers calves were a crazy trade with any type of a heifer 350 to 450 and the same calves bought last year for 220 to 320.
    :eek: think i may up my prices


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    #333
    larrymiller
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    Sheep breeder wrote: »
    i must have being in a different enniscorthy mart yesterday than larry miller,a serious trade for all types bar the small very soft calf and the the jersey cross,
    the dealers bought most of the calves out of it yesterday, heifers calves were a crazy trade with any type of a heifer 350 to 450 and the same calves bought last year for 220 to 320.
    I seen one go For 560 trade eased off as the day went on. Last few batches were very cheap. But the crowd left and price eased


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    #334
    Reggie.
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    larrymiller wrote: »
    I seen one go For 560 trade eased off as the day went on. Last few batches were very cheap. But the crowd left and price eased

    Its always the way. The couple of high prices always get quoted and remembered. Just like the back of the comic


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    #335
    Gman1987
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    The arse has fallen out if the young fr market. This is the first time that there was only 1 bidder.

    We will only have a few more bull calves at this stage so my weekly visit to the mart is over for this year. A place I hate.

    Will keep all male calves till Sept and sell off land for €400 in Sept. did it last yr and was happy

    What mart was that at? What were prices like?


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    #336
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭High bike


    Wasn't there myself but heard calves were back a good bit in my local mart on monday,maybe was because of paddys day and lads were away or whatever


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    #337
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    frazzledhome wrote: »
    The arse has fallen out if the young fr market. This is the first time that there was only 1 bidder.

    We will only have a few more bull calves at this stage so my weekly visit to the mart is over for this year. A place I hate.

    Will keep all male calves till Sept and sell off land for €400 in Sept. did it last yr and was happy

    Had an exporter on to me yesterday looking for fr bull calves, reckons they're getting scarce and he won't be able to get any nxt wk!


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    #338
    frazzledhome
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,278 ✭✭✭frazzledhome


    Deepsouthwest wrote: »
    Had an exporter on to me yesterday looking for fr bull calves, reckons they're getting scarce and he won't be able to get any nxt wk!

    Had one here €60 3-4 wks old, he can go shyte. What your guy offerin?


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    #339
    Mad4simmental
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    frazzledhome wrote: »
    Had one here €60 3-4 wks old, he can go shyte. What your guy offerin?

    The lad with the red truck? He hasn't dug to deep into the pocket this year yet. Took a load of je bulls 3 weeks old for €20 they should have been shot at birth.


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    #340
    High bike
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    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    The lad with the red truck? He hasn't dug to deep into the pocket this year yet. Took a load of je bulls 3 weeks old for €20 they should have been shot at birth.
    They'r lucky they weren't born in Australia or that's exactly what would have happened :pac:


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    #341
    I said
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    High bike wrote: »
    They'r lucky they weren't born in Australia or that's exactly what would have happened :pac:

    Anything born in Australia should be shot


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    #342
    Greengrass1
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    Deepsouthwest wrote: »
    Had an exporter on to me yesterday looking for fr bull calves, reckons they're getting scarce and he won't be able to get any nxt wk!

    We must be starting to get known around here now 2 dealers in yard this week and I wasn't at home at the time.
    and where do they go straight to? The bloody calf shed.
    Go and fcukin knock on the house door and don't go walking around my yard


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    #343
    Reggie.
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    We must be starting to get known around here now 2 dealers in yard this week and I wasn't at home at the time.
    and where do they go straight to? The bloody calf shed.
    Go and fcukin knock on the house door and don't go walking around my yard

    That's not a good thing


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    #344
    Dawggone
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    We must be starting to get known around here now 2 dealers in yard this week and I wasn't at home at the time.
    and where do they go straight to? The bloody calf shed.
    Go and fcukin knock on the house door and don't go walking around my yard

    Put up a sign directing all visitors to the office. Standard practice.


    Interestingly I've noticed that Irish visitors here are the only ones with the "cheek" to go a wandering...


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    #345
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    frazzledhome wrote: »
    Had one here €60 3-4 wks old, he can go shyte. What your guy offerin?

    €120 for the strong bulls, €80/€100 for two wks old. This guys an agent for an exporting crowd from the southeast. I sell all my calves to another lad who will take everything, and had done for the last few yrs, will continue with him.


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    #346
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    Mad4simmental wrote: »
    The lad with the red truck? He hasn't dug to deep into the pocket this year yet. Took a load of je bulls 3 weeks old for €20 they should have been shot at birth.

    Not sure who the lad with the red truck is, my guy has a white truck with red trim, I think, and his initials are TC. Which doesn't stand for Top Cat!


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    #347
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    whelan2 wrote: »
    :eek: think i may up my prices

    The most I'm getting for herefords and Angus' is €250, which I think is ok. Dropped off bvd samples in Skibbereen mart last wk and watched calves for a bit, didn't see too many making more than €250, with a lot of them bought at €200ish


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    #348
    einn32
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    Mad4simmental wrote:
    The lad with the red truck? He hasn't dug to deep into the pocket this year yet. Took a load of je bulls 3 weeks old for €20 they should have been shot at birth.


    Do fellas buy them jerseys to feed dogs or something? It costs money to shoot an animal now.


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    #349
    Greengrass1
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    einn32 wrote: »
    Do fellas buy them jerseys to feed dogs or something? It costs money to shoot an animal now.

    Same price as you pay for a dead calf


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    #350
    trixi2011
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    Greengrass1 wrote: »
    Same price as you pay for a dead calf

    how much is that?


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    #351
    High bike
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    I said wrote: »
    Anything born in Australia should be shot
    Very harsh shiela:eek:


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    #352
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,389 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    High bike wrote: »
    Very harsh shiela:eek:

    If your from Australia ya may start running :D


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    #353
    mf240
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    einn32 wrote: »
    Do fellas buy them jerseys to feed dogs or something? It costs money to shoot an animal now.

    Sad to see calves being shot when your doing your best to keep your own few alive but i suppose some lads dont mind. It would take the good out of the job for me if i had to do it.


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    #354
    I said
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    High bike wrote: »
    Very harsh shiela:eek:

    I like shielas


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    #355
    Farmer Pudsey
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    einn32 wrote: »
    Do fellas buy them jerseys to feed dogs or something? It costs money to shoot an animal now.


    I would consider some of them JEX's better value than some AA calves, have had some bad experiences with AA's that come off easy calving bulls.

    However at present FRX are better value to buy if finishing as bullocks. On the other hand you could stock a farm with JEx's for 1K. It is all relative. If you do them right they will kill about 280DW averaging O- at 26-27 months. Disadvantage is that you cann finish out of a shed.

    If I need to stock a farm in the morning I would not turn my nose up at them. Also they are supposed to be more profitable than friesians to finish as bulls under 16 months.


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    #356
    einn32
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    mf240 wrote: »
    Sad to see calves being shot when your doing your best to keep your own few alive but i suppose some lads dont mind. It would take the good out of the job for me if i had to do it.

    A kiwi farmer told the father last year that the Irish farmer goes around mourning for a few days if a calf dies! We sold a jersey bull for a fiver last week, it was hard to know what to do with him. Another week you might get nothing for him. I felt like Tony Soprano for a while discussing what to do with him!!


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    #357
    mf240
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    einn32 wrote: »
    A kiwi farmer told the father last year!!

    Does he farm a lot of kiwis? Or does he grow other fruits. ?


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    #358
    Deepsouthwest
    Registered Users Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Deepsouthwest


    mf240 wrote: »
    Sad to see calves being shot when your doing your best to keep your own few alive but i suppose some lads dont mind. It would take the good out of the job for me if i had to do it.

    Every calf treated the same here, be it a jx bull or bb bull, all fed beastings and penned together until sale. Got €70 each 3/4 bred jex bulls this morning, €90 for friesan Bulls, €200 for hereford heifers and €260 for Hereford Bulls, all under 2 wks old bar 3 Hereford Bulls(3 wks old). Starving or ill treating any calves is not my style, and I have given away jx Bulls in the past for free, but that's life.


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    #359
    einn32
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    mf240 wrote:
    Does he farm a lot of kiwis? Or does he grow other fruits. ?

    No milking cows.


    I couldn't shoot a perfectly healthy calf anyway but I just wondered how the je is treated after being sold.. All animals here are treated the same to the best of our ability.


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    #360
    Reggie.
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    einn32 wrote: »
    No milking cows.


    I couldn't shoot a perfectly healthy calf anyway but I just wondered how the je is treated after being sold.. All animals here are treated the same to the best of our ability.

    Can't understand why any animal is abused or starved in any way at this day and age but you'll always have the bad apples


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    #361
    Base price
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    Can't understand why any animal is abused or starved in any way at this day and age but you'll always have the bad apples
    In my experience the bigger the operation (not in all cases) the worse they treat the by product :mad:


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