Did anyone go to simx ballymoate sale

cacs

Just wondering did anyone go to sim x heifer sale in ballymoate.

Never wrestle with pigs

Ya had a few in it. Trade was very poor. Bar the odd one the rest were fairly depressing. Quality incalf from point of calving making 1500,1800. These were 2300/2500 other years. The very odd one broke the 2k.

Maiden Heifers 500 kg roughly making 1000/1200. Usually 1500/1800. Again the odd one braking this.

Weanlings 350/400 kg making from 700/1200. Generally 900/1000. I had a few of these in it and made some of the lowest prices and some of the top prices.

Some of the worst cattle in it went for the highest priced and the best for Notting. Strange day.
Fairly pissed off last night but over it now. Trade is ****+ed and so is farming to be honest.

tanko

Was there any fifty cent or frosty king heifers there?

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tanko wrote: »

Was there any fifty cent or frosty king heifers there?

I'll dig out the sales sheet tomorrow and look. To many to remember. If I saw a few really nice ones from certain bulls I put a mark beside them. I just remembered the one gunshot I saw was a cracker.

Simmental.

I brought 2 maiden heifers to the Simmental sale in Gort last night. There was a big crowed at it. Sold my mine for €1100(435kg) and €1250(420kg)

anthony500_1

Simmental. wrote:

I brought 2 maiden heifers to the Simmental sale in Gort last night. There was a big crowed at it. Sold my mine for €1100(435kg) and €1250(420kg)

Was it a good sale??? What age were your 2 heifers were they in calf???

charolais0153

anthony500_1 wrote: »

Was it a good sale??? What age were your 2 heifers were they in calf???

I wouldnt like a 420 kilo heifer to be in calf!

Simmental.

anthony500_1 wrote: »

Was it a good sale??? What age were your 2 heifers were they in calf???

No they are not in calf. They would be 16 months old.
500kg maiden heifers roughly making 1200-1500.
In-calf heifers were making 1700-1900 with a few getting over 2000
I did not watch the weanlings.

Muckit

Sim/ch x maiden heifer 535kg made €1700 yest in Roscommon!! Now she was very well put together, but still !

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Muckit wrote: »

Sim/ch x maiden heifer 535kg made €1700 yest in Roscommon!! Now she was very well put together, but still !

Was that a show sale or a normal sale? Wouldn't mind a few of them. IV a nice son of cxy coming through for next spring. Hoping for a nice cross with my cows.

I tipped down to gort for a look. I was suppose to have a few in it but I got sh1t numbers again so I left them at home. Thank god, trade was poor enough. I didn't stick around for the weanlings. Biggest issue I see is to many Heifers in it. Heifers went through the ring last night with 3/4 movements on them. Pissed me right off. It should only be for breeders.

What about the lad breeding especially for these sales? The customer doesn't want to buy Heifers like this either. I guarantee that lads forgot about looking at movements last night in the sale and would be well pissed off when they look at the cards. I'm not breeding for them anymore. This year's calves are in the oven and that's it. Ch off the SIM cows after that.

Muckit

It was a normal sale.

On your point about movements, do cows qualify for QA? If not, movements wouldnt make a blind bit of difference when they be culling them. If they threw good calves it wouldn't bother them either way.

The only person worried about movements is the finisher. And even then there's certain lads have their sums well made up and so long as they buy right they have an acceptable margin regardless of QA.

Never wrestle with pigs

Muckit wrote: »

It was a normal sale.

On your point about movements, do cows qualify for QA? If not, movements wouldnt make a blind bit of difference when they be culling them. If they threw good calves it wouldn't bother them either way.

The only person worried about movements is the finisher. And even then there's certain lads have their sums well made up and so long as they buy right they have an acceptable margin regardless of QA.

Don't really mean QA, that sale was set up for breeders a few years ago. So when a lad went to the sale he know that he was always bidding on a Heifer that was never in a mart before and wasn't in a few dealers yards. The sale had half the amount of animals in it so the sellers/breeders were getting a better price also.

patsy_mccabe

Sounds like it is a victim of it's own success.

Muckit

A good heifer is a good heifer regardless of how you come upon her.

If some lad can spot potential, buy right and turn a few pound at a special sale, why not?

I think you are underestimating buyers. Caveat emptor. Most will have their glasses on and well able to read the board!

Muckit

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Don't really mean QA, that sale was set up for breeders a few years ago.

If it was set up for breeders, the Sinmental Society or whoever runs it, should stick religiously to 1 movement max.

Never wrestle with pigs

Muckit wrote: »

If it was set up for breeders, the Sinmental Society or whoever runs it, should stick religiously to 1 movement max.

That's what I'm getting at. I and plenty of others were happy to take the hit on SIM bulls to hopefully be rewarded for Heifers. For commercials and the bad year that was in it, one thing that was proved in any mart around the country was that the Ch is king in the weanling sales.

Never wrestle with pigs

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Sounds like it is a victim of it's own success.

Exactly.

charolais0153

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Exactly.

How long did it tale you. Are u not in kilkenny?

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charolais0153 wrote: »

How long did it tale you. Are u not in kilkenny?

No Laois/North tipp. I only bet down with the car. Handy run with the moterway a bit along with an hour. Lucky around here, I can be in cork, Limerick, Waterford, Dublin, tullamore/kells in an hour with all the new roads. The only part of the country I dread driving to is to Athlone and up.

Pidae.m

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Was that a show sale or a normal sale? Wouldn't mind a few of them. IV a nice son of cxy coming through for next spring. Hoping for a nice cross with my cows.

I tipped down to gort for a look. I was suppose to have a few in it but I got sh1t numbers again so I left them at home. Thank god, trade was poor enough. I didn't stick around for the weanlings. Biggest issue I see is to many Heifers in it. Heifers went through the ring last night with 3/4 movements on them. Pissed me right off. It should only be for breeders.

What about the lad breeding especially for these sales? The customer doesn't want to buy Heifers like this either. I guarantee that lads forgot about looking at movements last night in the sale and would be well pissed off when they look at the cards. I'm not breeding for them anymore. This year's calves are in the oven and that's it. Ch off the SIM cows after that.

Sure that's stupid if it's dealers showing heifers there.

Pidae.m

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

No Laois/North tipp. I only bet down with the car. Handy run with the moterway a bit along with an hour. Lucky around here, I can be in cork, Limerick, Waterford, Dublin, tullamore/kells in an hour with all the new roads. The only part of the country I dread driving to is to Athlone and up.

Ha I've college friends from rathdowney, they think its the best place in Ireland to live "sur were only 2 hrs from everywhere"