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huey1975 wrote: »

70 days at 5kg is 350kg. At €250/1000kg that works out at €87

€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.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Was hard enough to put a finish on them.

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.

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.

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?

Went to Nenagh. It was either take the two overage or take the hit for being slightly overweight!! 3.70 on grid got 12c on 12 and highest one got to 4.06 and lowest 3.82 incl two overage.

Cavanjack wrote: »

Did you get docked for their weight? More importantly did they leave any money behind them?

They left me nothing. Last of FILs stock. Prob made 200 a head on them.

Cavanjack wrote: »

Bought as weanlings? Ye done them well.

They were between 8-13mts at the time and all bought together. youd have been a long trying to get the likes together in mart. God bless done deal ☺. They got no special treatment really. Would have been block grazed 8acres at a time. Remember when we bought them. The FIL used to love going for a spin back the fields for a look at them. A bit of a spark for him and kept him going i think. Pity he didnt have the chance to see them go. He'd have been 8feet tall all weekend.☺

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.

Hopefully they will. I will tell ya one thing. Anyone who called over last few months and looking over gate at them like they were new born babies!! Ya wont have lads looking at frx like that.☺. They were on grass and silage. Last two weeks only a pick but adlib silage. Had two fresh fields put aside for them until then. Poxed lucky with weather. They have one field ready for light harrow and reseed in spring. Ya couldnt have cattle 800kg plus out in bad weather no matter how trafficable the land. Ages have to be watched alright but big changes around here so they were left together and that was that.

Willfarman wrote: »

A bit of fair grading makes all the difference.

It does. But could also have been caught badly for being over weight.

An ounce of breeding and a ton of feeding. No.3

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.

Ya great finish for 24 month bullocks with only 5 kg feeding. Much easier to have continental heifers finished at 22 -24 months

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.

April what yr...😂...

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?

Unfortunately not. Word on the street is that they will pull them a bit

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

Was in factory dropping off culls yesterday and worker telling me plenty of cows/stock bulls but very small numbers of younger stock this week