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charolais0153 · 13-11-2016 01:28PM

valtra2 wrote: »

Last of bulls gone this week. Jan Feb March bulls. Avg weight 460kg .216 ton of meal each. 56 euro. Haven't worked out all daily gain but best was 1.8kg per day. Adv probably about 1.5 or 1.6. Adv price was 1005.

Were you happy with that

wats the craic · 13-11-2016 04:21PM

any one know dairy culls are making at the moment . 550kgs to 650 kgs

valtra2 · 13-11-2016 07:11PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Were you happy with that

100 to 150 back on what it should be. But happy with performance. Had a bad start to year. First year to use Bolas so will be continued to give it to them

tismesoitis · 13-11-2016 10:08PM

What bolus did u use Val?

valtra2 · 13-11-2016 10:17PM

tismesoitis wrote: »

What bolus did u use Val?

Alsure bolus. Had grass tested last year and in high moluidum area so it's locking up copper. It's trial and error at the moment. Will hopefully do cows next year.

tismesoitis · 13-11-2016 10:21PM

We have to bolus for copper. How much per head does the alsure cost? You got great gains there!!

valtra2 · 13-11-2016 10:29PM

tismesoitis wrote: »

We have to bolus for copper. How much per head does the alsure cost? You got great gains there!!

Not sure off hand but think about 10 euro . Best year so far but improving on breeding at the moment. Starting to Ai for replacement.

charolais0153 · 13-11-2016 11:25PM

We use all sure too. We used coseicure one year and the results were disastrous. We give 8ml of vitesel 7 weeks before calving . a pre Calvert dust for 8 weeks also. We had terrible problems with calves slow to suck and not standing and having bad knees before but none since.

whelan2 · 14-11-2016 10:49AM

wats the craic wrote: »

any one know dairy culls are making at the moment . 550kgs to 650 kgs

Was talking to agent there, very little bidding on culls at the minute. He said the main buyer bought none at last weeks mart here. Also commented that there's a serious amount of in calf cows going through the factory at the minute. Factory are not happy.

wats the craic · 14-11-2016 01:15PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Was talking to agent there, very little bidding on culls at the minute. He said the main buyer bought none at last weeks mart here. Also commented that there's a serious amount of in calf cows going through the factory at the minute. Factory are not happy.

be better of holding on to the them den i suppose

whelan2 · 14-11-2016 01:16PM

wats the craic wrote: »

be better of holding on to the them den i suppose

Sending a couple of mine to the factory this evening

Bass Reeves · 14-11-2016 02:22PM

wats the craic wrote: »

be better of holding on to the them den i suppose

I do not think so if we get a price rise it will alst only until February. 120K more cattle to be killed next year. If kill is tight until February( and there was a strong kill from November on last year all through the winter) kill will be very high next year, That could translate into 3.5-4K/week extra on average from February on.

orm0nd · 14-11-2016 03:17PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Sending a couple of mine to the factory this evening

is it easy to get them in ?

regular factory here humming & hawing about cows, I know their agents are quite in the marts as well

whelan2 · 14-11-2016 03:21PM

orm0nd wrote: »

is it easy to get them in ?

regular factory here humming & hawing about cows, I know their agents are quite in the marts as well

no problem.

Never wrestle with pigs · 14-11-2016 10:13PM

valtra2 wrote: »

Last of bulls gone this week. Jan Feb March bulls. Avg weight 460kg .216 ton of meal each. 56 euro. Haven't worked out all daily gain but best was 1.8kg per day. Adv probably about 1.5 or 1.6. Adv price was 1005.

Is it really worth feeding them If you are not going to take them all the way to the hook? I had jan/feb calves no meal just milk and grass. Sold a few weeks ago 400/440kg €950/€1090

valtra2 · 14-11-2016 10:57PM

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Is it really worth feeding them If you are not going to take them all the way to the hook? I had jan/feb calves no meal just milk and grass. Sold a few weeks ago 400/440kg €950/€1090

Will start finishing some maybe next year. Have no room and in the middle of expanding sheds at the moment and have a full time job so it easier manage sell as weanlings

Who2 · 15-11-2016 12:02AM

Never wrestle with pigs wrote: »

Is it really worth feeding them If you are not going to take them all the way to the hook? I had jan/feb calves no meal just milk and grass. Sold a few weeks ago 400/440kg €950/€1090

It's not worth feeding a plain calf but if you've a bit of muscle in one it is the best way to give them that extra shine. It's hard to have all your calves 420 kg average at 10 months so you must be operating a fair bull and cows.

Limestone Cowboy · 15-11-2016 01:55PM

Sold this lady last night. 4 star 350kg 950e.

tellmeabit · 15-11-2016 02:29PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Sold this lady last night. 4 star 350kg 950e.

nice looking lady, good price for her too, how old? are lads paying more when stars are 4-5? is this declared in sale?

Limestone Cowboy · 15-11-2016 03:54PM

tellmeabit wrote: »

nice looking lady, good price for her too, how old? are lads paying more when stars are 4-5? is this declared in sale?

February calf, no meal fed either. I announced her as 4 star alright.

Dozer1 · 15-11-2016 04:04PM

I see some of the marts with the new boards now so 4 or 5 stars should show up there.
From what I've seen it seems to add a few euros to them

patsy_mccabe · 15-11-2016 06:35PM

Dropped into Ennis Mart today.

2 nice Belted Galloway heifers, Feb 2016, 290Kg, €515
5 spring 2014 Simm heifers, springing to calve, around 650kgs, avg around €1650
3 white char heifers, feb 2016, 348kg, €890
5 Star saler heifers, feb 2016, 265kg, €550
Nice red lim heifer, feb 2016, 380kg, €900

Ones that stood out for me anyway.

tismesoitis · 15-11-2016 10:37PM

Can't figure out what people see in Saler cattle. Rarely have I seen them sell well!!

tellmeabit · 15-11-2016 10:45PM

I saw bit of Roscommon mart streaming tonight. Mixed prices. I noticed that the board declared wether suitable for export of not. What are the criteria for export?

blue5000 · 15-11-2016 11:24PM

tellmeabit wrote: »

I saw bit of Roscommon mart streaming tonight. Mixed prices. I noticed that the board declared wether suitable for export of not. What are the criteria for export?

Open to correction on this but I think TB test has a stricter reading and they have to be within 60 days of test.

patsy_mccabe · 16-11-2016 10:02AM

tismesoitis wrote: »

Can't figure out what people see in Saler cattle. Rarely have I seen them sell well!!

These were very nervous types too. Nice enough shape but a bit too light for their age.

Danzy · 16-11-2016 01:37PM

What about killing out, with Saler heifers.

Danzy · 16-11-2016 01:39PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

These were very nervous types too. Nice enough shape but a bit too light for their age.

I got a couple on a spur of madness, they were priced ok, first time I have them, doing well, and they are quite enough, which I was concerned about.

How are they for the kill out.

tanko · 16-11-2016 02:01PM

tismesoitis wrote: »

Can't figure out what people see in Saler cattle. Rarely have I seen them sell well!!

The Bulls seem to be poor sellers alrite but nice quality breeding heifers go big money in my local mart, my neighbour has Saler cows and they cross really well with his Charolais bull and sell well.
I've started putting easy calving Saler Bulls on the heifers here, it's hard to find out and out easy calving lim Bulls now. I'm going to try some of them for cows.
Salers have a reputation for being hard finished whether it's true or not i don't know. They're so hairy it's hard to know whats underneath it :pac:

Bass Reeves · 16-11-2016 02:32PM

tanko wrote: »

The Bulls seem to be poor sellers alrite but nice quality breeding heifers go big money in my local mart, my neighbour has Saler cows and they cross really well with his Charolais bull and sell well.
I've started putting easy calving Saler Bulls on the heifers here, it's hard to find out and out easy calving lim Bulls now. I'm going to try some of them for cows.
Salers have a reputation for being hard finished whether it's true or not i don't know. They're so hairy it's hard to know whats underneath it :pac:

Killed a couple nearly 10 years ago as bulls. Huge frames but hard to get them to fill out and not great to weight. If they came at the right price I chance them.

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