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orm0nd

sold 3 fr heifers ( announced not for breeding ) 490 kgs €935

showed them last april they were 360 kgs and making €600 ,

no meal & 1 cheap white dose last July , thought they paid their way , would have liked to finish them but shed space is limited

CloughCasey1

orm0nd wrote: »

sold 3 fr heifers ( announced not for breeding ) 490 kgs €935

showed them last april they were 360 kgs and making €600 ,

no meal & 1 cheap white dose last July , thought they paid their way , would have liked to finish them but shed space is limited

They did well for ya. Had a weanling in last March nice shaped lmx and only got bid 900 385kg made 1390 505kg the sat before races. As one of posters here said a few days ago two lads just kept on bidding.

saranac1

To Finish or Sell that's the question

I have 20 CH heifers ranging in weights from 450kg to 500 kg (age 16-18 mths)

Not sure what's best option
Sell them or finish on high energy beef ration for over 100 days and kill in Feb 2016

Any suggestions
(On Grass since March 2015 till now)

limo_100

saranac1 wrote: »

To Finish or Sell that's the question

I have 20 CH heifers ranging in weights from 450kg to 500 kg (age 16-18 mths)

Not sure what's best option
Sell them or finish on high energy beef ration for over 100 days and kill in Feb 2016

Any suggestions
(On Grass since March 2015 till now)

Id dought you'd get them heifers into factory weight by February, U'd prob get the best ones into it

Muckit

Let them back out to grass in spring and put weight on them.

saranac1

Muckit wrote: »

Let them back out to grass in spring and put weight on them.

silAge and high energy beef meal over winter or just silage

CloughCasey1

Muckit wrote: »

Let them back out to grass in spring and put weight on them.

Don't over push them for winter as they will get a burst of weight from the fresh grass when they go out. July would be better time to finish as prices uaually at their strongest.

Cassidy2

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Don't over push them for winter as they will get a burst of weight from the fresh grass when they go out. July would be better time to finish as prices uaually at their strongest.

What price would that be.finish in the shed but don't rush them

CloughCasey1

Cassidy2 wrote: »

What price would that be.finish in the shed but don't rush them

We'll know that next July.

Muckit

saranac1 wrote: »

silAge and high energy beef meal over winter or just silage

Good quality silage only. But make sure you have good silage. Then meal them at grass for 2 months and as clough said get them going before June if you could. All depends on the type cattle they are.

Cassidy2

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

We'll know that next July.

You normally can tell the future.when I look back through your post's I wonder where you get your information or do you just dream it up

bogman_bass

Ah here! both of ye give over!

Robson99

Muckit wrote: »

Good quality silage only. But make sure you have good silage. Then meal them at grass for 2 months and as clough said get them going before June if you could. All depends on the type cattle they are.

Would give them 2kg rolled barley with ad lib silage. Barley good value at 185 - 190 TN

limo_100

Muckit wrote: »

Good quality silage only. But make sure you have good silage. Then meal them at grass for 2 months and as clough said get them going before June if you could. All depends on the type cattle they are.

What level DMD would you consider good silage at?? I no 75dmd top quility but is 50+ consider good. I never got silage tested before thinking of doing it this year

Muckit

Robson99 wrote: »

Would give them 2kg rolled barley with ad lib silage. Barley good value at 185 - 190 TN

Do you buy it rolled? Would it be treated or is there fear of it heating? Never bought it loose only in the bags

CloughCasey1

bogman_bass wrote: »

Ah here! both of ye give over!

I didn't open my mouth

CloughCasey1

Robson99 wrote: »

Would give them 2kg rolled barley with ad lib silage. Barley good value at 185 - 190 TN

I'd add some form of protein to the barley. Barley would be ok for finishing from May onwards and swap the protien for a maize finishing meal.

Robson99

Muckit wrote: »

Do you buy it rolled? Would it be treated or is there fear of it heating? Never bought it loose only in the bags

Buy it treated and rolled muckit. Ton or half tonne bags. Far better value than rations for storing cattle.
Use it in a mix with maize and beef nut here for finishing.

Robson99

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

I'd add some form of protein to the barley. Barley would be ok for finishing from May onwards and swap the protien for a maize finishing meal.

Wouldn't be overly worried about the protein myself when such a small quantity of barley but it would be no harm

Cassidy2

Aim to have them ready for Easter

Robson99

Cassidy2 wrote: »

Aim to have them ready for Easter

With a carcass weight if about 330kg??? Waste of time with such light weights imo

CloughCasey1

Robson99 wrote: »

With a carcass weight if about 330kg??? Waste of time with such light weights imo

Start of July finish would probably leave another 40kg-60kg DW on mainly grass assuming you'd be using the same meal quantities to finish them.

Robson99

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Start of July finish would probably leave another 40kg-60kg DW on mainly grass assuming you'd be using the same meal quantities to finish them.

ID agree

Muckit

Robson99 wrote: »

Buy it treated and rolled muckit. Ton or half tonne bags. Far better value than rations for storing cattle.
Use it in a mix with maize and beef nut here for finishing.

find rolled barley excellent to fatten. Got lazy using the bags. Easy throw one on the back and no measuring or scooping But l will look into getting loose for 2016.

Robson99

Muckit wrote: »

find rolled barley excellent to fatten. Got lazy using the bags. Easy throw one on the back and no measuring or scooping But l will look into getting loose for 2016.

Ya muckit very hard to beat good rolled barley for fattening

Cassidy2

Robson99 wrote: »

With a carcass weight if about 330kg??? Waste of time with such light weights imo

Everyone is entitled to there opinion.but I know price will be a problem the further you go into next year.you can quote me on that

Robson99

Cassidy2 wrote: »

Everyone is entitled to there opinion.but I know price will be a problem the further you go into next year.you can quote me on that

I'm not making little of your opinion I just feel that for contenintal cattle to leave a profit you have to get them to as high a Weight as possible in the shortest time on concentrates

Robson99

Cassidy2 wrote: »

Everyone is entitled to there opinion.but I know price will be a problem the further you go into next year.you can quote me on that

What base price do you see us at this time next year???

Cassidy2

Robson99 wrote: »

I'm not making little of your opinion I just feel that for contenintal cattle to leave a profit you have to get them to as high a Weight as possible in the shortest time on concentrates

No continental cattle need meal native breed's need grass

Cavanjack

saranac1 wrote: »

To Finish or Sell that's the question

I have 20 CH heifers ranging in weights from 450kg to 500 kg (age 16-18 mths)

Not sure what's best option
Sell them or finish on high energy beef ration for over 100 days and kill in Feb 2016

Any suggestions
(On Grass since March 2015 till now)

I'd store them on silage only and let them back to grass next year to finish at the end of the summer unless you've no land to keep them next year. In that case you could give them 4-5 kg of meal and silage until finished or give 2kg of meal with silage and sell as forward stores in spring when the madness will begin again.