Belgian Blue

Pidae.m · 24-09-2018 06:45AM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Took this fella for a walk today, as he was getting lazy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUDNnBkGufY&list=PL56C4B64B4D98EFF6&index=3&t=0s

Nice shed patsy

cacs · 24-09-2018 07:25AM

Great thread. Keep it going. Some super cattle. I am part time farming and I breed stores and the only option I can see is red lim. I would love to breed charolais but not possible in my situation. Nothing else will get you a fair price in the mart the west

charolais0153 · 24-09-2018 08:17AM

cathal irwin wrote: »

Great thread. Keep it going. Some super cattle. I am part time farming and I breed stores and the only option I can see is red lim. I would love to breed charolais but not possible in my situation. Nothing else will get you a fair price in the mart the west

Yellow charolais cow with lim bull will give you golden calf ,could register as ch then

RobinBanks · 24-09-2018 03:07PM

BB bull calf went 3.88 per kg and a heifer 3.37 per kg in Ballina today. I got out at the wrong time!!

charolais0153 · 24-09-2018 03:13PM

RobinBanks wrote: »

BB bull calf went 3.88 per kg and a heifer 3.37 per kg in Ballina today. I got out at the wrong time!!

Weights? Great money

RobinBanks · 24-09-2018 03:24PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Weights? Great money

Bull was 250 heifer 340. Nice CH bull 390kg made 1165. Just under €3

Grueller · 26-09-2018 09:44PM

Grueller wrote: »

Titanium, sorry about the slow reply. Was at a wedding yesterday and sure you know the rest.

First photo is a blue heifer off a lim x blue cow. Photo does nothing for her. She is possibly my best ever heifer even if she could do with a little more length.

2nd photo is a pair of blues off a pair of limo cows. The two dams are actually twins.

3rd photo is a 3/4 bred limo mother and a blue bull calf.

Heifer number 1 now sold.
€3.81 per kilo.

RobinBanks · 01-10-2018 09:32PM

Seen a BB bull 330kg make 1165€ in Ballina today. Just 2 blue bulls for sale.

I sold some lim bulls and part bulls. Best price was 2.85 for a lim bull. Worst was 2.4 for a part. Got very bad money for the part bulls but they were poor quality. Very bare, lanky and mental. They had muscle but not enough to paper over the obvious cracks.

The blues are still a good trade by the looks of things but Char is king around here. Today confirmed that for me. Some crazy prices for yellow char bulls.

sonnybill · 01-10-2018 10:29PM

RobinBanks wrote: »

Seen a BB bull 330kg make 1165€ in Ballina today. Just 2 blue bulls for sale.

I sold some lim bulls and part bulls. Best price was 2.85 for a lim bull. Worst was 2.4 for a part. Got very bad money for the part bulls but they were poor quality. Very bare, lanky and mental. They had muscle but not enough to paper over the obvious cracks.

The blues are still a good trade by the looks of things but Char is king around here. Today confirmed that for me. Some crazy prices for yellow char bulls.

Hi robin ,
What kind of prices did the yellows go?

Tyson Lannister · 01-10-2018 10:40PM

I'll have to try fly the flag for the parthenaise! 2 pedigree heifers I bought last year. They will be 2 years old in April

RobinBanks · 01-10-2018 10:54PM

sonnybill wrote: »

Hi robin ,
What kind of prices did the yellows go?

Around 3.20kg average.calves were anywhere from 350 to 420kg

Cavanjack · 01-10-2018 11:13PM

RobinBanks wrote: »

Around 3.20kg average.calves were anywhere from 350 to 420kg

The best of luck to the buyer to try and make a few bob on them.

charolais0153 · 13-10-2018 07:40PM

Going to try this lad during the week. Expectations arent that high though...

Icelandicseige · 13-10-2018 08:39PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Going to try this lad during the week. Expectations arent that high though...

Fine animal. What age and weight would you think he would be..?

charolais0153 · 13-10-2018 08:40PM

Icelandicseige wrote: »

Fine animal. What age and weight would you think he would be..?

8 months 400kg

valtra2 · 13-10-2018 09:42PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Going to try this lad during the week. Expectations arent that high though...

1185

charolais0153 · 13-10-2018 09:49PM

valtra2 wrote: »

1185

Think your 150 off but what do i know

TITANIUM. · 13-10-2018 09:54PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Think your 150 off but what do i know

The calfs worth the bones of 12hundred alright. He's only 8months. If he doesn't make close to it I'd be hanging onto him. What's he off by the way

valtra2 · 13-10-2018 09:57PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Think your 150 off but what do i know

He is but going by this year you just never know.

charolais0153 · 13-10-2018 10:16PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

The calfs worth the bones of 12hundred alright. He's only 8months. If he doesn't make close to it I'd be hanging onto him. What's he off by the way

Bbq x shapey limo 2nd calver

charolais0153 · 15-10-2018 06:41PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

Going to try this lad during the week. Expectations arent that high though...

400kg 1100. As good as what was got i suppose

TITANIUM. · 15-10-2018 08:07PM

charolais0153 wrote: »

400kg 1100. As good as what was got i suppose

He was a cracking calf to be fair to you. 400kgs at 8 months. Good going by the cow. He still came into 2.75 a kilo.

TITANIUM. · 15-10-2018 08:10PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

He was a cracking calf to be fair to you. 400kgs at 8 months. Good going by the cow. He still came into 2.75 a kilo.

Plus I meant to say, he's gone now and not coming back so don't be tormenting yourself thinking you let him go to easy. You never know he could have turned his 4legs up to the sky on you in a months time.

charolais0153 · 15-10-2018 09:02PM

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Plus I meant to say, he's gone now and not coming back so don't be tormenting yourself thinking you let him go to easy. You never know he could have turned his 4legs up to the sky on you in a months time.

I dont really think about them in that regard tbh. 1100 is a good price for a calf in general.

Suckler farmer · 03-02-2021 01:02PM

I was thinking of buying a few Belgian blue dairy cross heifers and letting our Aubrac bull run with them in June. Is their pelvis smaller that other breeds or is this just a myth?

Grueller · 03-02-2021 09:58PM

Suckler farmer wrote: »

I was thinking of buying a few Belgian blue dairy cross heifers and letting our Aubrac bull run with them in June. Is their pelvis smaller that other breeds or is this just a myth?

I have blue cows here off limousin mothers. I then bull these to a blue from their 2nd calf on. No problem calving them.

TooOldBoots · 04-02-2021 02:28PM

Is it worth using the small BB that the dairymen use on heifers? I've been putting the Saler AI to the heifers at the moment. Afaik hasn't the market for those BB disappeared when they stopped exporting to Italy?

tanko · 04-02-2021 02:55PM

The easy calving BB bulls that are used on dairy cows aren't suitable for suckler heifers imo, unless you want plenty of bother calving them.
You could use an easy calving Lim on them if you want a change from the Salers.
LM 2014 is the best Lim bull for heifers i think.

Grueller · 04-02-2021 10:41PM

TooOldBoots wrote: »

Is it worth using the small BB that the dairymen use on heifers? I've been putting the Saler AI to the heifers at the moment. Afaik hasn't the market for those BB disappeared when they stopped exporting to Italy?

Absolutely not. I got €1190 for 292 kgs last September. 350kgs for €1350 and they were twins.
The blue is king of the ring at the weanling sales around here anyhow.

Farm365 · 05-02-2021 08:23AM

tanko wrote: »

The easy calving BB bulls that are used on dairy cows aren't suitable for suckler heifers imo, unless you want plenty of bother calving them.
You could use an easy calving Lim on them if you want a change from the Salers.
LM 2014 is the best Lim bull for heifers i think.

Why isn’t the easy calving BB suitable for suckler heifers?

Belgian Blue

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