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What mart to buy reared calves?

  • 20-06-2016 6:09pm
    #1
    ford4610
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    Hi Guys, I am wondering what is the best to buy reared calves at the moment? Thanks


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  • #2
    Miname
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    ford4610 wrote: »
    Hi Guys, I am wondering what is the best to buy reared calves at the moment? Thanks

    What are you looking for? Breed and age wise and what part of the country are you in?


  • #3
    ford4610
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭ford4610


    Miname wrote: »
    What are you looking for? Breed and age wise and what part of the country are you in?

    Any Breed once they are reared. County clare but will travel.


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    Skerries Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭Skerries Steve


    Kilmallock mart 400 -500 calves this time of year head down every spring and up to 1200 calves there every monday


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    whelan2
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    Miname wrote: »
    What are you looking for? Breed and age wise and what part of the country are you in?
    How did the fr calves you bought do?


  • #6
    ford4610
    Closed Accounts Posts: 153 ✭✭ford4610


    Skerries Steve wrote: »
    Kilmallock mart 400 -500 calves this time of year head down every spring and up to 1200 calves there every monday

    Ya I was thinking Kilmallock. Is there any value this time of the year?


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    Miname
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    How did the fr calves you bought do?

    Some done exceptionally well and I've two or three just never really took off properly, I'm tired looking at them now but I'd say they'll end up lying there a long while yet, I'm half contemplating to just forget they are there for a year or so and stuff them then . It would be a nice little bonus and shouldn't cost too much to keep.


  • #8
    20silkcut
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    What's the best mart to buy calves in at this time of year??


  • #9
    Icelandicseige
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 452 ✭✭Icelandicseige


    20silkcut wrote: »
    What's the best mart to buy calves in at this time of year??

    Probably some were around Cork would have the most dairy farmers so probably a few autumn calving herds around there.


  • #10
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    How much are friesian heifer calves making this time of year?


  • #11
    blue5000
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    20silkcut wrote: »
    What's the best mart to buy calves in at this time of year??

    I think there's better value in fresian weanling bulls (runners), a few weeks ago they were 3 for a thousand, now you'd buy 3 for 900. Easier to judge them at this age too compared to sucks. Strong dairy areas best place to look.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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  • #12
    Sam Kade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,313 ✭✭✭✭Sam Kade


    blue5000 wrote: »
    I think there's better value in fresian weanling bulls (runners), a few weeks ago they were 3 for a thousand, now you'd buy 3 for 900. Easier to judge them at this age too compared to sucks. Strong dairy areas best place to look.
    Plenty dreamers on donedeal €450 for plain fr bull weanlings.


  • #13
    Mooooo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,611 ✭✭✭Mooooo


    Bandon probably has calves altho numbers in winter milk dropping all the time even in last few years. Haulier calls here to take calves to mart every few weeks in Nov Dec and the lorry would be farely full a couple of years ago last year it was never full


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