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kk.man

Albert Johnson wrote: »

That seems to be the case and from watching the online marts suckler bred stock always seem cheaper the further south you go. I know of a few lad's that used to bring coloured heifers and springers out of the south up here to sell on so there must have been something out of it. Most of the more high profile suckler breeding sale's are either here in the West or advertise as WOI (West of Ireland) bred stock.

Good continental bullocks and heifers harder to come by around kilkenny for the last while. I know of at least one lad bringing in loads every week to mart from West.

Albert Johnson

kk.man wrote: »

Good continental bullocks and heifers harder to come by around kilkenny for the last while. I know of at least one lad bringing in loads every week to mart from West.

It's strange what goes on but it must be working out when they keep at it. I used to see a Kilkenny based dealer who's name escapes me showing dry cow's in Elphin pre Covid. It was a fair spin with a jeep and trailer and 5 or 6 cow's.

When the organic sale's first started in Drumshanbo there was a man from either Wexford or Waterford (I've forgotten as it was a good few year's ago) used to send weanlings up to the sales a few times a year. I can't remember if it was Slaney meats or where was killing the organic cattle at the time but they used to end up nearly back beside there farm of origin when eventually going for slaughter.

Grueller

Really good U grade 3/4 bred limo bulls circa 450kgs. Neighbour has 12 of them. What are they worth per kg, he has a lad looking at them in the morning.

jd_12345

a lot of lads probably know this exists but for all the LSL Live marts you can look back on the last sale held and the prices. Its on a very handy interface of price weight breed age. Take this for example in Tipp mart today.

https://www.livestock-live.com/OnlineCatalogue-TIPPE?op=list

You can then click on the individual lots to see them actually selling. Savage feture for keeping up with prices.
You can do it for any of the marts on LSL by coming to the homepage, selecting a mart and then picking catalgue and timed

Grueller

Grueller wrote: »

Really good U grade 3/4 bred limo bulls circa 450kgs. Neighbour has 12 of them. What are they worth per kg, he has a lad looking at them in the morning.

How much feeding have they got

DukeCaboom

DukeCaboom wrote: »

https://www.livestock-live.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?op=detail&Mart=CASTL&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=765754

480kg 1070 in CastleIsland ,I was there myself thought they were nice tight bulls.

Albert Johnson

DukeCaboom wrote: »

480kg 1070 in CastleIsland ,I was there myself thought they were nice tight bulls.

There right sorts of cattle surely, pity he didn't put the burdizzo and the dehorning wire on them and they'd be worth another €100. The lad with his arse to the camera seems to be a friendly sort of a beast.

Grueller

DukeCaboom wrote: »

How much feeding have they got

2kgs per day all winter

Albert Johnson

Albert Johnson wrote: »

There right sorts of cattle surely, pity he didn't put the burdizzo and the dehorning wire on them and they'd be worth another €100. The lad with his arse to the camera seems to be a friendly sort of a beast.

He had heifers there too.......reindeer!

Albert Johnson

DukeCaboom wrote: »

He had heifers there too.......reindeer!

It wouldn't bother me and I'd say your the same especially at this time of year if they were going to grass,. However a lot of the 7 month's grazer's aren't as easy pleased. I know lot's of lad's and it didn't matter if you brought a horned beast €200 cheap they'd say it was a pity you didn't buy something without horns.

Bass Reeves

DukeCaboom wrote: »

480kg 1070 in CastleIsland ,I was there myself thought they were nice tight bulls.

Video is gone down but I saw them last night. While they might not seem bad value they are still bulls. They made a tad with 2.25/kg. As Albert said if the owner had squeezed them and a tad dehorned them as calves they have made a tad more. Lads that bought them may finish them as bulls.

However if you squeezed, dehorned them and finished them next Christmas would they hang 390k DW after 70-80 days feeding?? 3.85 base would mean they would net 1600 each. How much would actually be yours

In Gortnalea last night I saw a bunch of sh!try Kerry bulls 210 kgs bought for 220 euro. There is only one way they will go when they see grass. If you carried them over next winter and killed them at a base of 3.85 next late May/early June I expect they would just hit about 1100 euro. The only ration I feed them would be for last 8 weeks before slaughter. 3 kgs @ 30 cent/ kg for 8 weeks would be 50 euro

Grueller wrote: »

2kgs per day all winter

Silage is more important than ration. Decent silage dry silage will compensate for that much ration. An open shed helps as well.

Grueller

Neighbour sold them this morning. Local enough feed lot bought them. Averaged 456kg, €1125. Works out €2.46/kg. All April and May born.

Welding Rod

Lad from Rathdowney selling dry cows in Ennis today. It’s a long haul. They will have to go back in the same direction to get slaughtered possibly.

DBK1

Grueller wrote: »

Neighbour sold them this morning. Local enough feed lot bought them. Averaged 456kg, €1125. Works out €2.46/kg. All April and May born.

A good price, I’d say he was happy?

Grueller

DBK1 wrote: »

A good price, I’d say he was happy?

He is happy out. Fair play to him he would have excellent stock

DBK1

Grueller wrote: »

He is happy out. Fair play to him he would have excellent stock

The 2kgs of meal they got all winter, while it doesn’t sound a lot, would have really stood to them.

I know Bass might not agree, but in my opinion, and it’s based on weighing stock over a number of years with different feeding methods, the 2kgs they get as weanlings during their first winter is the most important meal feeding they can get. As a store animal it’s possible to get away without meal but as a weanling it’s non negotiable to me, it has to be done.

Anto_Meath

DBK1 I would agree with you, gave my weanlings about 1.5 kgs of Grennan's super weanling meal per day for the winter, I was seriously impress when I took them out of the pen to go to grass a few weeks ago and they have carried on the thrive on the grass for the last few weeks to.

lab man

There was a BBx heifer in ennis on Tuesday 410 kg 1790 euro think she was 9 mts old

Welding Rod

DBK1 wrote: »

The 2kgs of meal they got all winter, while it doesn’t sound a lot, would have really stood to them.

I know Bass might not agree, but in my opinion, and it’s based on weighing stock over a number of years with different feeding methods, the 2kgs they get as weanlings during their first winter is the most important meal feeding they can get. As a store animal it’s possible to get away without meal but as a weanling it’s non negotiable to me, it has to be done.

200% agree with that. Silage saved by pretty much all suckler farmers, is well below what is needed to keep weanlings growing frame, and ready to power on when they go to grass.
I’ve four lim heifers out to grass with three weeks now. April 2019. Got a couple of kgs beef grower nuts plus a handful of soya their first year in the shed. Silage alone this winter. They are 575kgs avg going out this year. I believe if they were on silage alone first winter, I wouldn’t have half the animal for grass now.
They should perform well now on grass alone up to end July. I’ll let them off then for a finishing man.

K.G.

Am i right in saying that there was only 2 bulls sold in bandon today

Dunedin

DBK1 wrote: »

The 2kgs of meal they got all winter, while it doesn’t sound a lot, would have really stood to them.

I know Bass might not agree, but in my opinion, and it’s based on weighing stock over a number of years with different feeding methods, the 2kgs they get as weanlings during their first winter is the most important meal feeding they can get. As a store animal it’s possible to get away without meal but as a weanling it’s non negotiable to me, it has to be done.

I agree fully also. Stopped meal on store cattle last few years but still weanlings. I only give them less than 3lb.

K.G.

K.G. wrote: »

Am i right in saying that there was only 2 bulls sold in bandon today

6 sold 12 went home.

lab man

Dunedin wrote: »

I agree fully also. Stopped meal on store cattle last few years but still weanlings. I only give them less than 3lb.

I'm after letting off 12 mth old bucket cslvesvthere to grass there yday they were getting a light shake of barley and crunch mixed over the winter weighed them when weighing for beep scheme they are at 300 kg an odd one is 320 kg should I keep feeding nuts for a good bit longer I'd hope to be selling at 24 mts

50HX

DBK1 wrote: »

The 2kgs of meal they got all winter, while it doesn’t sound a lot, would have really stood to them.

I know Bass might not agree, but in my opinion, and it’s based on weighing stock over a number of years with different feeding methods, the 2kgs they get as weanlings during their first winter is the most important meal feeding they can get. As a store animal it’s possible to get away without meal but as a weanling it’s non negotiable to me, it has to be done.

Would agree to a point, top quality silage plus minerals would drive em on over the winter, my silage wasn't top class so I supplemented it with soya bean....to me soya bean is super stuff to put a frame on an animal, grass does the rest then

Dunedin

lab man wrote: »

I'm after letting off 12 mth old bucket cslvesvthere to grass there yday they were getting a light shake of barley and crunch mixed over the winter weighed them when weighing for beep scheme they are at 300 kg an odd one is 320 kg should I keep feeding nuts for a good bit longer I'd hope to be selling at 24 mts

If they have good grass, just let them off. No need for anything

Dunedin

50HX wrote: »

Would agree to a point, top quality silage plus minerals would drive em on over the winter, my silage wasn't top class so I supplemented it with soya bean....to me soya bean is super stuff to put a frame on an animal, grass does the rest then

How is the soya bean fed. Never used or saw it.

50HX

Dunedin wrote: »

How is the soya bean fed. Never used or saw it.

Looks like maize meal, can be fed straight, I use a cheap nut as a carrier, to get emails going on it

Robson99

50HX wrote: »

Would agree to a point, top quality silage plus minerals would drive em on over the winter, my silage wasn't top class so I supplemented it with soya bean....to me soya bean is super stuff to put a frame on an animal, grass does the rest then

Stores here get good silage and a kg of a barley soya and mineral mix for approx 100 days after housing. More a case of getting soya and minerals into them. Fully agree re soya bean...best thing you can give growing cattle

Dunedin

50HX wrote: »

Looks like maize meal, can be fed straight, I use a cheap nut as a carrier, to get emails going on it

How much a ton and how much per head a day

orm0nd

Welding Rod wrote: »

Lad from Rathdowney selling dry cows in Ennis today. It’s a long haul. They will have to go back in the same direction to get slaughtered possibly.

good road all the way,

I done a drop to newport and ennis to day through bye roads, tbh i rather hit kildare on the motorway