huey1975 wrote: » 70 days at 5kg is 350kg. At €250/1000kg that works out at €87
CloughCasey1 wrote: » Was hard enough to put a finish on them.
CloughCasey1 wrote: » €82.50☺ you are on the ball. They needed every ounce of it. They just kept flippin growing. Was hard enough to put a finish on them.
Robson99 wrote: » Serious weights considering they were only getting 5kg. Must be good proof in that ration
Muckit wrote: » Great grades by the way. But small things like that are annoying. I wonder if you mentioned it to the agent/procure manager when you booking them would he have left you off? Where did you send them, Liffey meats?
Muckit wrote: » Bullocks? Noticed they weren't overfat. Would you not have left them go nearer the 30mths? Continentals need every bit of the time I find, even with heifers.
Cavanjack wrote: » Did you get docked for their weight? More importantly did they leave any money behind them?
CloughCasey1 wrote: » They left me nothing. Last of FILs stock. Prob made 200 a head on them.
Cavanjack wrote: » Bought as weanlings? Ye done them well.
Bass Reeves wrote: » It is all right your B&W will leave a profit:D. Serious though I see it if you have QA quality stock you really have to watch the ages and shift them before 30 months. It a pain as you have to separate them earlier to feed them. Were they on silage as well or had you grass for them Cattle that size would need a lot of grass and you were lucky with the month of November.
Willfarman wrote: » A bit of fair grading makes all the difference.
Cavanjack wrote: » Often hear lads say you can't get a finish on continental's till they are over 30 months. Yours would have been well overweight at that age and You have sufficient fat cover on them.
blue5000 wrote: » Bit slow with the paperwork are we ch?:D
charolais0153 wrote: » blue5000 wrote: » Bit slow with the paperwork are we ch?:D I was only in senior infants when he was registered.:D she was well capable of putting weight on calves. the 2010 lad was definitely born in April and he done 1.8 kg/day.
dryan wrote: » 3:70 base seems to be the best on offer in the midlands for steers this week. Can anyone cheer me up with better news?
Robson99 wrote: » Unfortunately not. Word on the street is that they will pull them a bit
Bass Reeves wrote: » Quite possible after this week anything killed from now to Christmas week will be going to the table against white meat. In general factory's are easy about cattle for these 10-14 days they will be ticking over. If it continues like this any lad killing cattle will be getting a bit of a roasting. Hard to see money being made with the price of stores
Willfarman wrote: » The plainer stores have adjusted almost to where they need to be but as we were saying it now has to go back the line to the suck calf.. I suppose the only good news is that the sustained high weekly kill now might reduce the glut a little in January Feb.
Bass Reeves wrote: » Not sure if it will a 100K+ extra cattle is a lot to kill over next 12 months. Steer kill is nearly 2K/week less than last year, cow are 2K/week extra, backlog of steers building up I am afraid
charolais0153 wrote: » An ounce of breeding and a ton of feeding. No.3
Willfarman wrote: » Theres a little chink of light appearing I think. Agents and procurement managers cold calling wanting cattle for 2 day kill next week and week after.
