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bogman_bass · 20-06-2016 05:57PM

Cows could be the way to go lads! http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/jun/20/high-steaks-the-new-craze-for-old-cow?CMP=fb_gu

darragh_haven · 20-06-2016 06:23PM

A double going on Wednesday. €4.15/kg for bullocks and €4.25 heifers. Was told by agent that price will be pulled by Friday. Wether that's true or not we are loading up.

Miname · 20-06-2016 07:03PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

A double going on Wednesday. €4.15/kg for bullocks and €4.25 heifers. Was told by agent that price will be pulled by Friday. Wether that's true or not we are loading up.

A lad I know was offered 4.35 for heifers from some place down the country, I told him to be careful.

kk.man · 21-06-2016 12:18AM

Bro in law got 4.30 (all in) heifers and 4.25 bullocks all HE cattle.

blue5000 · 21-06-2016 11:05AM

Bit of sunshine now along with the Euro '16 on tv will keep the bbqs fired up. Nothing like a juicy angus burger and a few bottles of carlsberg. Probably.:cool:

MfMan · 21-06-2016 11:10AM

darragh_haven wrote: »

A double going on Wednesday. €4.15/kg for bullocks and €4.25 heifers. Was told by agent that price will be pulled by Friday. Wether that's true or not we are loading up.

Any harm to ask where this is?

blue5000 · 23-06-2016 12:20PM

If anybody has bulls u24 mths now is a great time to get them away. Last of mine went last week, happy enough this year. I'm not expecting miracles next year, but the aim is to get them all gone u16 mths.

CloughCasey1 · 23-06-2016 02:12PM

blue5000 wrote: »

If anybody has bulls u24 mths now is a great time to get them away. Last of mine went last week, happy enough this year. I'm not expecting miracles next year, but the aim is to get them all gone u16 mths.

What sort of prices did you make Blue?

darragh_haven · 23-06-2016 05:06PM

kk.man wrote: »

Bro in law got 4.30 (all in) heifers and 4.25 bullocks all HE cattle.

Will he get the HE bonus on top of this price?

darragh_haven · 24-06-2016 11:17AM

MfMan wrote: »

Any harm to ask where this is?

Dawn Charleville - quite a few prerequisites to get this price tho.

blue5000 · 24-06-2016 02:02PM

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

What sort of prices did you make Blue?

PM sent, between 390-405 this month, 3.80 earlier on for a light, lame bull.

darragh_haven · 24-06-2016 02:27PM

Prices and weights of cattle sent off. All cattle only feed grass or grass silage while on this farm.

mahoney_j · 24-06-2016 02:40PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Prices and weights of cattle sent off. All cattle only feed grass or grass silage while on this farm.

Do u need a drinking buddy for the weekend ???,id say they left a nice margin reared as u described above

darragh_haven · 24-06-2016 02:45PM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Do u need a drinking buddy for the weekend ???,id say they left a nice margin reared as u described above

Come on Mahoney. Off to France with us for the Ireland game. My treat. ..... and back to the real world now.
Yeah, they left a good-ish margin, but replacement cattle were crazy price so far this year. Feed the beef animal the same type of grass as a milking cow and they'll finish off grass..... No meal.

mahoney_j · 24-06-2016 03:44PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Come on Mahoney. Off to France with us for the Ireland game. My treat. ..... and back to the real world now.
Yeah, they left a good-ish margin, but replacement cattle were crazy price so far this year. Feed the beef animal the same type of grass as a milking cow and they'll finish off grass..... No meal.

Sure I'm only a poor dairy farmer with the Arse falling out of my trousers ,I'll hardly have the price of the TVs licence to watch the soccer on the telly ..........

CHOPS01 · 24-06-2016 04:12PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Prices and weights of cattle sent off. All cattle only feed grass or grass silage while on this farm.

What age were they

White Clover · 24-06-2016 04:22PM

Darragh, Will u follow up on the price cut on the second heifer that had fat score 5?
Great cattle you had.

darragh_haven · 24-06-2016 05:11PM

White Clover wrote: »

Darragh, Will u follow up on the price cut on the second heifer that had fat score 5?
Great cattle you had.

I won't follow up. But my dad will, he has a better way about him when dealing with the f****rs in the factory. There are 3 to be followed up on and I'd expect some recourse

darragh_haven · 24-06-2016 05:12PM

CHOPS01 wrote: »

What age were they

Under 30 months

blue5000 · 24-06-2016 07:09PM

Thanks for sharing dara, don't mind them dairy begrudgers:pac: Any idea why the ch were picked out? I reckon you did well, great prices. Are you getting angus bonus?

darragh_haven · 24-06-2016 09:47PM

blue5000 wrote: »

Thanks for sharing dara, don't mind them dairy begrudgers:pac: Any idea why the ch were picked out? I reckon you did well, great prices. Are you getting angus bonus?

We were lucky. Right place at the right time and with cattle ready (well most of them anyway). Have no idea why the CH were marked

Yeah, angus bonus. Agent asked if we had any more ready, had to be a minimum of 10..... but €4.00. Don't really have that amout fit so we passed. He said they'll be back to €3.90 - if that true, price if ****ed for a while

Bass Reeves · 24-06-2016 10:06PM

Heard on the grapevine agents are actively looking for cattle this afternoon. Quoting lower price and not moving off it......at present. Middle/end of next week will tell a story. Agents are saying not a lot of cattle out there but procurement managers trying to hold lower quote's. There was a flush of cattle for last two weeks last of shed cattle and cows that were culled. Next week will tell a story I think.

blue5000 · 24-06-2016 10:13PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Heard on the grapevine agents are actively looking for cattle this afternoon. Quoting lower price and not moving off it......at present. Middle/end of next week will tell a story. Agents are saying not a lot of cattle out there but procurement managers trying to hold lower quote's. There was a flush of cattle for last two weeks last of shed cattle and cows that were culled. Next week will tell a story I think.

Mart prices are fairly strong, feedlots have emptied out. My guess is lg wants to buy cheaper cattle in the marts, best way to knock down the mart price is to drop the slaughter price, just my 2 15 cents.

Bass Reeves · 24-06-2016 10:21PM

blue5000 wrote: »

Mart prices are fairly strong, feedlots have emptied out. My guess is lg wants to buy cheaper cattle in the marts, best way to knock down the mart price is to drop the slaughter price, just my 2 15 cents.

I think you may be right. This may be a play to fill feedlots with heavier young (2015) cattle to fill a gap in Sept/Oct. They would allow them to control the market from now to Christmas and after than the flush of cattle will be there for 2017/2018. In a way they could play into exporter's hands who may looking for late 2015 and early 2016 cattle for Turkey.

Irish Beef · 25-06-2016 01:23PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Come on Mahoney. Off to France with us for the Ireland game. My treat. ..... and back to the real world now.
Yeah, they left a good-ish margin, but replacement cattle were crazy price so far this year. Feed the beef animal the same type of grass as a milking cow and they'll finish off grass..... No meal.

I just wanted to touch on your point about feeding dairy cow quality grass to beef animals, do you find you have a big fertilizer bill to keep this quality of grass or does it work out a lot cheaper than meal feeding on average grass, also does it require a lot of grassland management and topping to keep this level of quality and do you find they get very spoiled wanting grass every time you walk into the field. Do a lot of people here with suckler herds keep grass of this quality in front of their cows. I know people who do sucklers and dairy and their sucklers follow around after the milking cows. Always felt myself in order to achieve good weanling you needed to keep good quality grass in front of them at all times but it’s also important to graze fields don’t tight in order to maintain quality, so it’s a bit of a balancing act. What do people think.

darragh_haven · 26-06-2016 12:04AM

Irish Beef wrote: »

I just wanted to touch on your point about feeding dairy cow quality grass to beef animals, do you find you have a big fertilizer bill to keep this quality of grass or does it work out a lot cheaper than meal feeding on average grass, also does it require a lot of grassland management and topping to keep this level of quality and do you find they get very spoiled wanting grass every time you walk into the field. Do a lot of people here with suckler herds keep grass of this quality in front of their cows. I know people who do sucklers and dairy and their sucklers follow around after the milking cows. Always felt myself in order to achieve good weanling you needed to keep good quality grass in front of them at all times but it’s also important to graze fields don’t tight in order to maintain quality, so it’s a bit of a balancing act. What do people think.

In our system, the mower is probably the most important implement we have. If grass goes stemmy or strong, it has to be taken out for bales. If grass is going to be in tight supply, we sometimes have to feed grass that isnt perfect, but it has to be topped after. Usually each group of bullock only gets 3 to 4 days grass at a time. Reels and pig tails are in constant use.
It takes good grassland management and time. But I'll admit, my dad does most of it. Fertiliser usage is down (around 60% to 65%) once we changed to baling suplus paddocks.

locha · 26-06-2016 09:16PM

Darragh, what kind of kill out % did you get off grass only. Did you weigh the cattle before hand? I have a load to go this week and have two agents on 4 even. Numbers are still tight so I will see tomorrow.

darragh_haven · 26-06-2016 09:57PM

locha wrote: »

Darragh, what kind of kill out % did you get off grass only. Did you weigh the cattle before hand? I have a load to go this week and have two agents on 4 even. Numbers are still tight so I will see tomorrow.

Our agent was asking had we any more ready that would be rounded up by tomorrow morning, he was offering €4.00 with the advise that they'd be €3.90 by the end of the week. (Hard to know what to believe)
We didn't have anything really ready so had to pass.
My dad would weight 5 or 6 of them (1 or 2 from each breed). I'll have to ask him about kill out %

dryan · 29-06-2016 09:23AM

Factory agent on the phone to me last night quoting 3:90 base for steers that i have ready to go.
Guess the effects of the Brexit vote are starting to hit home.

Bass Reeves · 29-06-2016 10:01AM

dryan wrote: »

Factory agent on the phone to me last night quoting 3:90 base for steers that i have ready to go.
Guess the effects of the Brexit vote are starting to hit home.

Factory's are trying to pull prices and paying through the nose in the marts for heavy cattle. It is using Brexit as an excuse If enough hold prices will go up if poo many sell prices will go down. TBH it is up to ourselves.

Did he ring out of the blue or had you contacted him. If he rang out of the blue I have hung up on him.

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