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beef price tracker

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any interest in having a factory beef price tracker on here?

got 4 hiefers to go, 3rs and 1o

got the following quotes for base price on Mon 23 Jan

4.10e/kg aibp bandon
4.15e/kg aibp cahir

quotes including bord bia
am holding tough as hoping for 4.25e/kg

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Hershall

Willfarman wrote: »

I worked off a budget of 3.80 last October November but didn’t account for a 7 month winter. And then after 12th may turnout and great initial thrive the land turned into a hairy cracked brick so feeding again from mid July.
Nothing made out of them.
Stores need to be very cheap or i won’t be bothering this autumn.

Finished killing here now first batch at 4.10 and last batch at 3.90. €80 blew in a couple of weeks. Plain stores are cheap in the marts but the good store is a good trade. Always finished some over the winter but changing this year will tick them over and let them out next spring.
The nut im buying has gone up €40 a tonne and rising....... Grass still the cheapest option or should i say the lesser of two evils........

Willfarman

I worked off a budget of 3.80 last October November but didn’t account for a 7 month winter. And then after 12th may turnout and great initial thrive the land turned into a hairy cracked brick so feeding again from mid July.
Nothing made out of them.
Stores need to be very cheap or i won’t be bothering this autumn.

Cavanjack

Willfarman wrote: »

I got it wrong. 3.85 for next week.

I hope lads remember this is the price they should be budgeting for when they start bidding on cattle this coming autumn and next spring and not the 4.20 that does be available every may/june for two weeks.

Willfarman

I got it wrong. 3.85 for next week.

restive

Danzy wrote: »

What about rolling over the money.

Talk to your accountant, It does not necessarily follow that if you sell all your stock in December that you wind up with a big tax bill the following November.

Danzy

Pidae.m wrote: »

If you can get to 4 or 5 sales a week in the spring , wintering is brainless

What about rolling over the money.

Pidae.m

If you can get to 4 or 5 sales a week in the spring , wintering is brainless

gerryirl

kk.man wrote: »

Wintering cattle simply does not pay and let everthing be right. You want to buy very cheap stores to justify it.

Very True. Could be as far on becoming a summer farmer. Buy to keep the SFP. I hear there looking at that too though

kk.man

gerryirl wrote: »

restive wrote: »

Just got quoted 3.85 base underage Angus Bullock's. Kepak athleague.

went to the mart today at lunch from work. Store cattle have taken a hammering. only right when you see the way factory prices are going. Ive been buying weanlings for a good few years in the back end but if they are not cheaper this year Im gonna call it off. A store would make more sense. Even wintering cattle is getting hard to justify.

Wintering cattle simply does not pay and let everthing be right. You want to buy very cheap stores to justify it.

Hard Knocks

gerryirl wrote: »

went to the mart today at lunch from work. Store cattle have taken a hammering. only right when you see the way factory prices are going. Ive been buying weanlings for a good few years in the back end but if they are not cheaper this year Im gonna call it off. A store would make more sense. Even wintering cattle is getting hard to justify.

Store & weanling producers have bills too.
Appears cost of living goes up & farm produce prices come down

gerryirl

restive wrote: »

Just got quoted 3.85 base underage Angus Bullock's. Kepak athleague.

went to the mart today at lunch from work. Store cattle have taken a hammering. only right when you see the way factory prices are going. Ive been buying weanlings for a good few years in the back end but if they are not cheaper this year Im gonna call it off. A store would make more sense. Even wintering cattle is getting hard to justify.

restive

Just got quoted 3.85 base underage Angus Bullock's. Kepak athleague.

Cavanjack

Willfarman wrote: »

Factory beef price isn’t theoretical?

I’m well aware of the lack of turn from the job but my memory was playing tricks with me regarding quotes as I think it is with a lot of fellows.

Also prices rose as we moved into November and December last year. We pushed to kill cattle under 30 months in September last year. The lads that didn't make the 30 months weren't killed till November/December (mostly over 30 months) killed 50kg heavier with a higher price. They made the 12cent bonus look like a joke.

Willfarman

Factory beef price isn’t theoretical?

I’m well aware of the lack of turn from the job but my memory was playing tricks with me regarding quotes as I think it is with a lot of fellows.

Bass Reeves

Willfarman wrote: »

https://www.bordbia.ie/industry/farmers/pricetracking/cattle/pages/default.aspx

Interesting that we are not that much behind last year on price..

In theory yes. But cattle are coming 20-30kgs DW lighter That is 100 euro on an animal. Gardes are back a bit as well costing another 3-4 cent or 8-10 euro. Costs are up after the winter and cattle have eaten naerly twice the meal before slaughter and ration are 20-30/ton more erxpensive all this adds another 35 euro/head.

Add it all togeather and it is costing 150/head. The big killer will be the fodder situation it will be uneconomic to buy cattle you do not have fodder for.

Willfarman

https://www.bordbia.ie/industry/farmers/pricetracking/cattle/pages/default.aspx

Interesting that we are not that much behind last year on price..

Willfarman

It was taking nearly that to get prime cattle killed too.. until today. They were boasting of another pull for Monday midweek but they ain’t getting the cattle. Possibly a bounce back coming. The milk men are throwing underfleshed cow at them devil may care attitude but good cows are a better trade.

Buford T. Justice XIX

cute geoge wrote: »

o/p cows quoted at only €2.90 flat in munster ,although local lad with a few loads got €3.10 flat earlier this week

Taking to a lad in Wexford yesterday and he was saying there is a two week wait to kill a cow in the SE.

Willfarman

The glut of prime cattle has passed.
And it will be steady as she goes for a good while now.

cute geoge

o/p cows quoted at only €2.90 flat in munster ,although local lad with a few loads got €3.10 flat earlier this week

sonnybill

What R+ Cull cows making in factory ?

Pidae.m

Was in fermoy yesterday at the boat , thought 170/180 per kilo live was a great price for bad cattle plenty of Frx there .

sonnybill

whelan2 wrote: »

Got bales of hay yesterday for €25 each

That’s v good, Out west you can add a E10 transport cost

Hard Knocks

grassroot1 wrote: »

Well you might be right but around here we cut the same or more but did not get what we need for winter.
I would think there might be a lot of suckler cows for sale but not too many willing to buy them if they are incalf

It was discussed recently
If they’re goo sort bring up this way, later on
A good one will make a good price, but strong dairy influenced not as good
Heard could be lots of dry cows as Problems getting incalf due to last year

whelan2

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Straw was expensive last year.

I'd say he meant the stuff that couldn't be baled until ages after it was cut

grassroot1

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Most suckler farmers (up this way anyway) won’t be too badly effected as they keep same amount of cows, cut same amount

Well you might be right but around here we cut the same or more but did not get what we need for winter.
I would think there might be a lot of suckler cows for sale but not too many willing to buy them if they are incalf

Cavanjack

mayota wrote: »

Any issues with killing cattle that are only in the herd for a week or so?

None at all but You won't get the 12cent quality bonus

mayota

Any issues with killing cattle that are only in the herd for a week or so?

tanko

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Straw was expensive last year.

Got round bales of straw delivered for €18 in August last year, it got expensive after that.

TITANIUM.

whelan2 wrote: »

Was talking to my straw man last night. He said its crazy the amount t of lads ringing looking for straw and last year ya couldn't give it away

Straw was expensive last year.