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locha wrote: »

Anyone getting better then 3.65 base for steers

Got 3.70 last week

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Just heard down here that there not quoting for the rest of the week.

Sheep breeder

Bass Reeves wrote: »

It hard to know what way food consumption will go. Fishing fleets are in port as at last auction fish were making less than the diesel cost to catch. All the talk is burger consumption will decline McD's closing and no burger after the Saturday soccer match. No steaks because restaurants closed.
Question is what will replace all these proteins. Chicken??. There is s lot of that sold by fast food joints and ready cooked out of Chinese and deli's in shops/supermarket's. However most of that comes from Thailand.
I think beef will hold its own. Supermarkets will not replace chicken on shelves sourced from EU farms with Asian product. Chinese demand for pork and chicken will raise again as crisis seems to be over there at present. If fish remains scarce beef should at least hold it own. Steaks are no longer expensive in shops. Pubs closed. Bolanaise on Tuesday, a couple of steaks on Thursday, Roast on Sunday as no trip to the shops or Grandparents, and leftover's on Monday or for sannies during the week. There might even be s bit for the dog or cat.

Was in Lidl this morning and a 1.2kg chicken 2 euro and very hard to beat that for value.

Water John

Did I see Moy Park were looking for workers?

In terms of protein, fish is not being harvested, so various meats will be filling that gap.

lab man

look at flight radar youll get a fair shock my man

jntsnk

Sheep breeder wrote: »

Was in Lidl this morning and a 1.2kg chicken 2 euro and very hard to beat that for value.

I noticed that packs of beef and chickens slice now weighs a lot less. It’s the old trick to fool the consumer, no price increase but cut the weight.

Do the factories ever make mistakes that benefit the farmer !!
Killed 2 HEx last week 34 months not overdone.
Always have a stab at weight and grade of the animals just to see if I'm becoming a better judge ! So my guess was
Bullock 1 355kg O+3+ (the better in my opinion)
Bullock 2 340kg O-3=

Killed out as follows
Bullock 1 362kg O+4=
Bullock 2 405kg O=4=

So leaving aside the grading, I either had bullock 1 almost spot on the weight and bullock 2 was a cock up by the factory or else I was just totally out and screwed on bullock 1.
In any case I'm not complaining. Expected to be done for clipping also but wasn't.

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Do the factories ever make mistakes that benefit the farmer !!
Killed 2 HEx last week 34 months not overdone.
Always have a stab at weight and grade of the animals just to see if I'm becoming a better judge ! So my guess was
Bullock 1 355kg O+3+ (the better in my opinion)
Bullock 2 340kg O-3=

Killed out as follows
Bullock 1 362kg O+4=
Bullock 2 405kg O=4=

So leaving aside the grading, I either had bullock 1 almost spot on the weight and bullock 2 was a cock up by the factory or else I was just totally out and screwed on bullock 1.
In any case I'm not complaining. Expected to be done for clipping also but wasn't.

There’s nothing between o- and o=

Bass Reeves

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Do the factories ever make mistakes that benefit the farmer !!
Killed 2 HEx last week 34 months not overdone.
Always have a stab at weight and grade of the animals just to see if I'm becoming a better judge ! So my guess was
Bullock 1 355kg O+3+ (the better in my opinion)
Bullock 2 340kg O-3=

Killed out as follows
Bullock 1 362kg O+4=
Bullock 2 405kg O=4=

So leaving aside the grading, I either had bullock 1 almost spot on the weight and bullock 2 was a cock up by the factory or else I was just totally out and screwed on bullock 1.
In any case I'm not complaining. Expected to be done for clipping also but wasn't.

The only way the factory made a mistake is if they mixed your and another animals tags up during the slaughter process. This is very unlikely and if it happened there is some farmer out there wondering why a bullock preformed so badly.

However plain bullocks can surprise you at times they can really weigh.however that is a big difference to be wrong about. I had two bullocks this year one s plain all black Friesian bullock 34 months killed 407 kgs he was bought in August And I has a BA bullock that I had 18months kill 410. The grades were R+ and O=, I taught the plain fella was nearer a P but he was fierce long. The plain fellow was killed 4weeks before the good one I taught the good lad would be 450kgs I could not understand it. But the plain fella was gobbling out through the barrier any time I was there

mf240

Any delay in getting in cattle.

Bass Reeves

mf240 wrote: »

Any delay in getting in cattle.

I say there is no issue with U36 month cattle however heavy bulls, cows etc could be a different matter

Panch18

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Do the factories ever make mistakes that benefit the farmer !!
Killed 2 HEx last week 34 months not overdone.
Always have a stab at weight and grade of the animals just to see if I'm becoming a better judge ! So my guess was
Bullock 1 355kg O+3+ (the better in my opinion)
Bullock 2 340kg O-3=

Killed out as follows
Bullock 1 362kg O+4=
Bullock 2 405kg O=4=

So leaving aside the grading, I either had bullock 1 almost spot on the weight and bullock 2 was a cock up by the factory or else I was just totally out and screwed on bullock 1.
In any case I'm not complaining. Expected to be done for clipping also but wasn't.

At that age it would be very difficult to have a Hereford as a 3. By their nature they carry a lot of fat cover and would normally be on the higher side when it comes to fat

Jjameson wrote: »

Did they leave a twist?

As it turns out yes but not huge. At what I was expecting would have broke even. Cost €1000 a piece end of April last year probably €30/€40 too much for em. Averaged at €1354.
Had been with a batch I finished last December getting 4kg of 16% but for 4weeks. When I knew they wouldn't be ready at 30mts I left em with bunch of stores so were getting just over 2kg of ration a day since late December. A mix of rolled barley and 16% nut.

Bass Reeves wrote: »

The only way the factory made a mistake is if they mixed your and another animals tags up during the slaughter process. This is very unlikely and if it happened there is some farmer out there wondering why a bullock preformed so badly.

However plain bullocks can surprise you at times they can really weigh.however that is a big difference to be wrong about. I had two bullocks this year one s plain all black Friesian bullock 34 months killed 407 kgs he was bought in August And I has a BA bullock that I had 18months kill 410. The grades were R+ and O=, I taught the plain fella was nearer a P but he was fierce long. The plain fellow was killed 4weeks before the good one I taught the good lad would be 450kgs I could not understand it. But the plain fella was gobbling out through the barrier any time I was there

In fairness they were big rangey animals for a finish.
Surprising thing is to look at them no way would I have said there was such a difference.
Even at only 50% killout difference would have been about 90kg live weight.

cute geoge

CHOPS01 wrote: »

In fairness they were big rangey animals for a finish.
Surprising thing is to look at them no way would I have said there was such a difference.
Even at only 50% killout difference would have been about 90kg live weight.

If the second bullock was not squeezed properly he would have bull tendecy's and he would weigh like lead

cute geoge wrote: »

If the second bullock was not squeezed properly he would have bull tendecy's and he would weigh like lead

That's interesting. Had no bullish traits in his appearance and bag was tight but he was a bit of a flighty fcuker.

Bass Reeves

cute geoge wrote: »

If the second bullock was not squeezed properly he would have bull tendecy's and he would weigh like lead

If he had bull tendency's you see it in his grade he be anO+/R grade. Some of them plain bullocks that do not weight when young if you can get finish on them.will weight very heavy. They are the sort of bullocks that crucify you as they fail to weight or grade but if you hold them and and they come up onto O= they really weight.

As the saying goes ''age weights'' especially in big plain bullocks that get into FS4

dryan

Anyone any updates for this week?

Quoted 3.55 base for steers up to 420kg for tomorrow. East midlands.
Anything over 420kg will get a flat rate payment of 3.55/kg.

From talking to the agent, sounds like they are doing me a favor taking them as they just dont want heavy continentals now due to limited export.

This is some punishment to take!

dryan wrote: »

Anyone any updates for this week?

Quoted 3.55 base for steers up to 420kg for tomorrow. East midlands.
Anything over 420kg will get a flat rate payment of 3.55/kg.

From talking to the agent, sounds like they are doing me a favor taking them as they just dont want heavy continentals now due to limited export.

This is some punishment to take!

That’s a fair drop in a week. Worse yet to come probably

CHOPS01 wrote: »

Do the factories ever make mistakes that benefit the farmer !!
Killed 2 HEx last week 34 months not overdone.
Always have a stab at weight and grade of the animals just to see if I'm becoming a better judge ! So my guess was
Bullock 1 355kg O+3+ (the better in my opinion)
Bullock 2 340kg O-3=

Killed out as follows
Bullock 1 362kg O+4=
Bullock 2 405kg O=4=

So leaving aside the grading, I either had bullock 1 almost spot on the weight and bullock 2 was a cock up by the factory or else I was just totally out and screwed on bullock 1.
In any case I'm not complaining. Expected to be done for clipping also but wasn't.

Yeah they made mistakes in My favour. I could never get through to them when I rang to tell them though

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Sometimes sending mixed loads of bulls and bullocks there might be an overage bull that they’d put down as a bullock. So instead of getting cut on them we’d get all the bonuses going on them and they’d usually weigh very heavy as bulls at 26 or 27 months old
Saying that the factories are like the bookies. They always win.

Hard Knocks

What’s u18 month bulls making?

Hard Knocks wrote: »

What’s u18 month bulls making?

3.60 for u grades last week

Jjameson wrote: »

There is a bit of turbulence coming but after the weather woes 2018, and then the Brexit profiteering last year beef finishing farmers have shown they are independently wealthy! Store cattle never showed the market reality and there’s no talk of much unpaid bills.

Don’t where you get that idea from I still owe 6 k for 2018
I think If you asked the merchants you’d get a different view lots of ppl still haven’t paid there bills in full since 18
The only saving was store could be bought for feck all in October November last year

Heard Monday’s quotes €3:50