Duke92 wrote: » P and o fr bulls today 18 months old €3:70 today in Waterford 339 average weight
Good loser wrote: » Do they do a flat price for Fr bullocks do you know?
Bass Reeves wrote: » Sometimes, there is rumours that at present if you have Friersians that some plants are flat pricing them at the base or at 4-6 cent less. This would be for Friesian under 30 months. Looking at official steer prices in this weeks journal(for week ending 3/11) it is interesting to see that both Jennings in Ballinrobe and Donegal meats both have high O prices and are virtually flat from O+ to O- in Jennings case. dawn In Dawn Ballyhaunis have a high O-/P price which suggests some flat pricing as well there.
Cavanjack wrote: » I don't pass much remarks of them tables in the back of the journal. It doesn't take into account aa, hf or quality bonus. Often killed steers for example, rang a few plants and went with the highest quote, the next week my plant could be bottom of the list. Next week all will be either 3.75 or 3.80 for steers yet the plants killimg most u30 month or paying the most bonuses will be higher up. What I'm saying is the charts don't say who is paying the highest base price (I understand what You mean though).
charolais0153 wrote: » Ballyhaunis always getting artics of friesians and dairy crosses from up the country
poor farmer wrote: » good weight for 18 months
Snowfire wrote: » If bullock at base € 3.75 grades R+ 2- what should it's price be...?
tanko wrote: » A bullock needs to be 2+ to 4= for fat to get on the grid.
Bass Reeves wrote: » It up to the factory. An R+ 2- should not have gone to the factory. As no QA it would be at less than 3.7/kg. How much did you get.
Snowfire wrote: » €3.45,I know shouldn't have let him off also had a U- 2= that just got base price 3.75
Bass Reeves wrote: » 3.45 was a bit harsh I have said 3.50/kg. However very lean carcasses are hard to move. The R should have gone to the Mart. The U great bullock more than likely made as much in the factory as in the mart.
Cavanjack wrote: » Chanced a lad a few months ago that was coming up to 30 months. Knew he was a bit lean but had feeding in him and there was a load going. He graded u- 2= Which falls out of the spec for quality payment. The base price was €3.85 and got 3.91 for him. He was 440kg. He was a mighty animal and was only getting a bit of meal for 6 weeks. In hindsight I should have fed him on another month and forget about the 12 cent.
Bass Reeves wrote: » Maybe maybe not if he had scraped into a 2+ you be 18c/kg better off. If the base price dropped you were at nothing. I tend to start feeding anything hitting 30 month 10 weeks before if they are good enough. Nothing wrong with feeding 3kgs to a 600+ kg bullock in April or May to make sure he is out sub 30 months. He still hit 1700 euro you would never see that kind of money in a mart for an 800kg bullock.
Willfarman wrote: » Good u grade mart weight bullock (empty belly) is worth that to kill.
Willfarman wrote: » If bullock was a very good sort, and after standing all day belly was empty I'd be assuming a kill out of 58%. (55 or 56 full belly) be a 485 kg carcass. And I'm being conservative!
kk.man wrote: » I'd say 430 kgs dead weight would be generous and would ya get 4.05 for a u atm?....he be under serious pressure to make that money in the factory.
