Cattle price reporting

K.G.

Why do they continue to report cattle prices in euros with a kg .in this day and age when everyone has a calculater on a phone it makes no sense and it tells you nothing about prices.there could be 200 kilos in the diffence in whats classed as store bullock

Muckit

Smart phone how are ya. You have to remember there's a lot of old farmers still out there that would only be able to use this as their guide.

Bass Reeves

The only ones that report like this now are marts and some farmers selling. most lads now work in price/kg. Marts tend to sdell a lot of lighter cattle so price with there weight is an easy way to fool some buyers and attracts some sellers. It is also easier to fool a seller with heavy cattle that he is getting a great price when selling fancy cattle at 500+there weigh when they are at over 500kgs than him think of a price/kg.

Muckit

Bass Reeves wrote: »

It is also easier to fool a seller with heavy cattle that he is getting a great price when selling fancy cattle at 500+there weigh when they are at over 500kgs than him think of a price/kg.

Twud want to be nearer 800-1000 with the weight Bass!

Pidae.m

Today's mart report

Strong demand for good cattle, plain ones harder to sell.

Personally I think mart reports are pointless. They are so vague & general. If you rang the mart here and asked how did store cows go today answer would be "oh nothing made less than €150 with the weight".
What does that mean. Was the cow square, frx, narrow, tall , small, bellyish, old , young, indoor, outdoors , what type of land she come from. What good been told 150 with the weight??

mf240

Midtippmart.com give every lot in price per kg.

Pidae.m

mf240 wrote: »

Midtippmart.com give every lot in price per kg.

Saw that. Good idea.

patsy_mccabe

I know lads that still talk in hundred weights (cwts) . If you said a cow was 700kg, for example, they would ask you " Whats that in hundredweights".
Usually types raised on a farm, but long gone from it now.

Pidae.m

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I know lads that still talk in hundred weights (cwts) . If you said a cow was 700kg, for example, they would ask you " Whats that in hundredweights".
Usually types raised on a farm, but long gone from it now.

One clown here in his mid forties refuses to use the word Euro. If it cost €700 he calls it 700 pound

charolais0153

https://www.farmersforum.ie/reports/Headford-Calves_Cattle_Sheep_Weanling-mart-report/2018_04_14-2223/

Robson99

Would still make up a guide price in my head with kgs +€x when I would be ring side buying. Easier than working out ppkg

Base price

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I know lads that still talk in hundred weights (cwts) . If you said a cow was 700kg, for example, they would ask you " Whats that in hundredweights".
Usually types raised on a farm, but long gone from it now.

I know a woman who still does
It doesn't matter what unit you use be it imperial or metric but imo most people can't accurately judge the weight of an animal in the field/yard. It's awfully easy to read the weight off the board in a mart.