Stabiliser Cattle

Farm365

Has anyone any first hand experience of Stabiliser cattle and finishing them? Are they hard to source in the South East? They seem popular in NI. They seem to be ideal for U16mth Bull beef and have lots of positives such as easy calving, low maintenance etc

Farm365

Thanks for the detailed reply. I am similar nearly all my cows are dairy cross and very hard to keep condition on them and get them back in calf. At present I sell as weanlings but Thinking of moving to finishing my own to maximise (any) profit. What kind of lad do you run yours on? My land is good but wouldn’t be considered fattening land. Stabilisers seem to do well on marginal land. Would it be common to get the bulls to 650kgs at 13mths? How much stabiliser was in him?

Cattlepen

Had them. They’re grand. No different than a red angus as a beast but there is a bonus on angus…… none on stabiliser! Stabilisers wont save the beef industry no matter what spin leachman or the man in Antrim tells you. He would sell ice to eskimos and would have you mesmerised with stats and figures. Had two bulls from him and both went bad on the feet genetically

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If they were that good then why aren’t they everywhere? They have been around since the 70s. On investigation you see that they don’t grade that well, can be a mix of any breeds and early finish is overhyped.

A lot to be said for a good quality Angus or easy calving continental like a limo.

You can even get polled Charlaois if the disbudding is annoying.

Farm365

Thanks Barktastic what kind of land do you run yours on and what kind of system do you aim for? Is there information available re poor grading or was that your personal experience with them?

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I found a report online and I remember seeing the typical grade. I never had one of them but from what I saw they aren’t the magic bullet