Buying cheap yearlings

Waternotsoda

I have decided rather than spending a large amount of money on replacements this year. I usually buy 18 month old bullocks in autumn. I will buy in cattle born last spring mainly to limit my liability if things go really bad for the beef sector.

I want to keep it cheap, Fr aa that sort of thing. I usually out winter.

I have a full time job and it come first. What will I have to do differently with bullocks under 12 months than the 18 month old I normally buy!?

cute geoge

the funny thing is weanling fr or aa are sort of holding their price ,it seems alot of lads have the same idea as yourself

Waternotsoda

cute geoge wrote: »

the funny thing is weanling fr or aa are sort of holding their price ,it seems alot of lads have the same idea as yourself

Is it OK to castrate them at 6 months and then outwinter them?
Do the require supplemental feed, nuts or crunch?
It seems a bad time to inject a lot of money into stock.

Bass Reeves

First off all will be bulls not bullocks. So you will have to castrate,some may have horns. In general weanlings are easily fed but they are more susceptible worms and fluke. If you intend out wintering you will need to rise regularly. If you silage is good quality they will do ok but you need dryish silage rather than low DM silage. I feed minerals to them. In the form of powdered minerals on top of the silage.

If it was me I be looking for lighter Fr stores in the 300kg+ region. In general they can be bought cheap enough. Another option would be Autumn born Fr which are hitting 9-11 months of age now they be super cattle in June 2021