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Bleating Lamb · 25-10-2020 01:16PM

K.G. wrote: »

Wife works in local hospital and they put on the local mart on a screen for a few lads and they love it.might be an idea if you have a couple cocooning neighbour s to try sort it that they can watch it too

My Dad tunes into a few different marts each week....passes a few hours for him.

Bass Reeves · 25-10-2020 03:34PM

K.G. wrote: »

Wife works in local hospital and they put on the local mart on a screen for a few lads and they love it.might be an idea if you have a couple cocooning neighbour s to try sort it that they can watch it too

In a way this is why systems crash. Everybody watching is taking up bandwidth. Marts have to adapt fast. Anybody now can log onto any mart anywhere in the country to buy cattle. You can buy bunches of cattle on marts 60-70 miles away. Marts on a Friday and Saturday's will have a terrific advantage. I think Gortnalea is great you can spin down Saturday morning to collect you purchases.

patsy_mccabe · 25-10-2020 04:19PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

In a way this is why systems crash. Everybody watching is taking up bandwidth. Marts have to adapt fast. Anybody now can log onto any mart anywhere in the country to buy cattle. You can buy bunches of cattle on marts 60-70 miles away. Marts on a Friday and Saturday's will have a terrific advantage. I think Gortnalea is great you can spin down Saturday morning to collect you purchases.

You can bring the man out Kerry, but not Kerry out of the man.

forgottenhills · 25-10-2020 04:49PM

K.G. wrote: »

Wife works in local hospital and they put on the local mart on a screen for a few lads and they love it.might be an idea if you have a couple cocooning neighbour s to try sort it that they can watch it too

Somebody should release recordings of these as box sets. Sure the auld lads wouldn't mind what years sales they were looking at. Reminds me of my grandfather and his friends of the same vintage. They used to be fascinated watching the old Hollywood westerns that had these big cattle drives. Used to always comment on the quality, or lack of it, of the cattle in the drives.

K.G. · 25-10-2020 07:05PM

forgottenhills wrote: »

Somebody should release recordings of these as box sets. Sure the auld lads wouldn't mind what years sales they were looking at. Reminds me of my grandfather and his friends of the same vintage. They used to be fascinated watching the old Hollywood westerns that had these big cattle drives. Used to always comment on the quality, or lack of it, of the cattle in the drives.

Yeah but when a fellas cattle that they know come up for sale they get fierce interested.

Robson99 · 25-10-2020 07:25PM

Hopefully the the complete **** show yesterday with modern technology will force the Govt to allow marts have a certain amount of buyers around the ring. Let the lads who are happy to take there chance buying off the telly buy on line and those that prefer to see them in the flesh get in ringside. Yesterday was a disaster for sellers and animal welfare for those that had to go home and come back again next week

patsy_mccabe · 25-10-2020 08:39PM

Robson99 wrote: »

Hopefully the the complete **** show yesterday with modern technology will force the Govt to allow marts have a certain amount of buyers around the ring. Let the lads who are happy to take there chance buying off the telly buy on line and those that prefer to see them in the flesh get in ringside. Yesterday was a disaster for sellers and animal welfare for those that had to go home and come back again next week

Talking to someone who buys a good few cattle and he said being allowed in ringside doesn't work either. You have to stay in your place and you can't go in and out to look at the cattle during the mart. Looking down from the top of the steps, you might as well be at home on the computer.

25-10-2020 08:48PM

I was bought a load of cattle at a mart Fri . Went in and wrote down the numbers of what I wanted, I bid away outside but my phone kept buffering & freezing.
Bought a load at the start of the week ringside & there's no comparison whatsoever. Think I'll wait till ringside is back in action.

ruwithme · 25-10-2020 08:51PM

DukeCaboom wrote: »

I was bought a load of cattle at a mart Fri . Went in and wrote down the numbers of what I wanted, I bid away outside but my phone kept buffering & freezing.
Bought a load at the start of the week ringside & there's no comparison whatsoever. Think I'll wait till ringside is back in action.

Sounds like buyers remorse! Sickening

Bass Reeves · 25-10-2020 08:51PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Talking to someone who buys a good few cattle and he said being allowed in ringside doesn't work either. You have to stay in your place and you can't go in and out to look at the cattle during the mart. Looking down from the top of the steps, you might as well be at home on the computer.

That is why probably I am comfortable buying online. You could never squeeze in around the ring in most marts. Some are actually grand from not too bad seats( Kilmallock and Castleislandfor instance)however more you need to be standing up as the seats are separated from the ring by a large walk way and seating is not steep enough or stars to low relative to ring(Listowel and Gortnalea).

It matters more buying forward stores rather than lighters stores. I finished buying this year anyway

Bass Reeves · 25-10-2020 08:55PM

DukeCaboom wrote: »

I was bought a load of cattle at a mart Fri . Went in and wrote down the numbers of what I wanted, I bid away outside but my phone kept buffering & freezing.
Bought a load at the start of the week ringside & there's no comparison whatsoever. Think I'll wait till ringside is back in action.

You adapt to but it costs money. It took me a while to judge cattle up high from the seats but your eye will train to it. It the same with the online staying at home and judging online is more accurste. With lighter stores anyway

25-10-2020 09:00PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

You adapt to but it costs money. It took me a while to judge cattle up high from the seats but your eye will train to it. It the same with the online staying at home and judging online is more accurste. With lighter stores anyway

It's all cows I buy. It's can't be done without seeing them first.

Jb1989 · 25-10-2020 09:01PM

News just said, no change to restrictions, online only, staying.

Bass Reeves · 25-10-2020 09:25PM

DukeCaboom wrote: »

It's all cows I buy. It's can't be done without seeing them first.

You be surprised your eye trains itself in fast. If you overpaid someone pushed you to within 10 euro of them so he made a miscalculation as well. Never saw the benefit of looking at cattle in pens. Bunched in like that they are hard to judge. An animal that costs a hundred euro more has to hang 25kgs heavier and grade a notch higher to break even.

Then again I buy a store with time. You just work on an average over a summer. You are trying to get so many out in June/July, kill a bunch in August/Sept and manage the rest efficiency over the rest of the year.

I taught you couldn't lose money on cows

Dunedin · 25-10-2020 09:28PM

Even allowing for pre sale inspection, whatever about the weight as most farmers will have a fair idea but you won’t know the age of the cattle.

Age is a big factor for me if I were buying as I’d need them to fit in the rest at home on a 30 month system. So essentially you will have to mark your lots and then be vigilant on the age and weight when they come into the ring (from online)

ruwithme · 25-10-2020 09:35PM

Would help if marts had a paper sheet with lot no.s , age,movement's,tb test date and breed if aa or he available in the pre sale viewing time.

Save wasting time watching out online for the lad only buying a small number and would also mean quicker viewing ,suiting all.

FeelTheBern · 25-10-2020 09:36PM

Quick question. I’ve a few good quality Ch year and a half heifers. Out on grass, no meal, reckon weigh about average 550kg at moment. Debating selling them now or holding them on until Jan/Feb. Plenty of shed space and fodder. Just wondering what sort of daily weight gain would you expect out of them over the winter on silage with a 2/3 kilo of ration. Or would they need more than that to keep them going? Thanks

25-10-2020 09:39PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

You be surprised your eye trains itself in fast. If you overpaid someone pushed you to within 10 euro of them so he made a miscalculation as well. Never saw the benefit of looking at cattle in pens. Bunched in like that they are hard to judge. An animal that costs a hundred euro more has to hang 25kgs heavier and grade a notch higher to break even.

Then again I buy a store with time. You just work on an average over a summer. You are trying to get so many out in June/July, kill a bunch in August/Sept and manage the rest efficiency over the rest of the year.

I taught you couldn't lose money on cows

Ha ha, try them for a year & see yourself,
I can write a book as thick as the bible of hard luck stories & cows dying, mastitis, incalf etc etc
I'd some run for 2 weeks last Aug, you think you'd be clear that time of year from misfortune.

ruwithme · 25-10-2020 09:44PM

I'd be thinking bass had his tongue firmly in his cheek when he typed that last line.

25-10-2020 09:50PM

ruwithme wrote: »

I'd be thinking bass had his tongue firmly in his cheek when he typed that last line.

Ha ha thank god for that. Their harder to keep alive than snotty weanlings from a dealer

Robson99 · 25-10-2020 09:56PM

Big problem I find is as Bass said is trying to judge them packed into a pen. When buying Contenintal cattle it can be hard to tell if they are full of meal or not when you only see them in a packed pen and then on the telly. Lads buying to finish off grass could end up with ones that will have to be finished out of the shed. Might no be as big a problem with dairy bred stores

morphy87 · 25-10-2020 10:31PM

ruwithme wrote: »

Would help if marts had a paper sheet with lot no.s , age,movement's,tb test date and breed if aa or he available in the pre sale viewing time.

Save wasting time watching out online for the lad only buying a small number and would also mean quicker viewing ,suiting all.

The local mart gives out a list before the sale, it gives every lot and includes the age,breed and who owns the cattle so you know everything about the lot before they enter the ring except the weight, it’s very handy

Base price · 25-10-2020 11:07PM

ruwithme wrote: »

Would help if marts had a paper sheet with lot no.s , age,movement's,tb test date and breed if aa or he available in the pre sale viewing time.

Save wasting time watching out online for the lad only buying a small number and would also mean quicker viewing ,suiting all.

Most but not all LSL marts offer a online catalogue which can be viewed prior and during the sale. Afaik it updates as cattle arrive are uploaded into the system.

Limestone Cowboy · 26-10-2020 03:16PM

Sold 4 yellow whitehead charolais heifers today 296kg 780
2 red lims 305kg 760
And another charolais heifer 375kg 840.
Thought the last one would make 900 but happy enough overall. Was a great touch for the 4 together.

26-10-2020 03:23PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Sold 4 yellow whitehead charolais heifers today 296kg 780
2 red lims 305kg 760
And another charolais heifer 375kg 840.
Thought the last one would make 900 but happy enough overall. Was a great touch for the 4 together.

The online in Bandon was pretty crap today. Camera not showing picture but sound working away in parts.

Panch18 · 26-10-2020 03:42PM

DukeCaboom wrote: »

The online in Bandon was pretty crap today. Camera not showing picture but sound working away in parts.

The sooner the marts are back in real action the better

For me the online is only a means to an end in desperate times - i hope to god they do away with it as soon as this Carona thing is passed

Hard Knocks · 26-10-2020 04:11PM

Panch18 wrote: »

The sooner the marts are back in real action the better

For me the online is only a means to an end in desperate times - i hope to god they do away with it as soon as this Carona thing is passed

I’d like it to stay
Lots of times I’d be out to buy some cattle but have to leave for some reason
For days like that I could go see all and leave before the sale and get someone at home to bid on the chosen lot numbers and save me going another day

jfh · 26-10-2020 04:40PM

Panch18 wrote: »

The sooner the marts are back in real action the better

For me the online is only a means to an end in desperate times - i hope to god they do away with it as soon as this Carona thing is passed

I wonder what the outlay is for setting up the online functionality? Anyone know what the marts are paying

Bass Reeves · 26-10-2020 04:51PM

Panch18 wrote: »

The sooner the marts are back in real action the better

For me the online is only a means to an end in desperate times - i hope to god they do away with it as soon as this Carona thing is passed

I can guarantee you thing it will not be done away with. It impossible to get the genie back in the bottle. If anything I expect marts to adapt to it. It will be really interesting to watch calf marts when the glut arrives next year. I expect that it will put a floor under calves in places like Brandon. If you can buy a batch of calves you can head away and collect them. You could even buy at two marts that are in a direct line from you

Bass Reeves · 26-10-2020 05:11PM

jfh wrote: »

I wonder what the outlay is for setting up the online functionality? Anyone know what the marts are paying

It would all depend on what you spec it at. You pay for how many can log on to your mart at any one time. I cannot imagine it would be expensive in the overall run of mart costs.

Another reason it will stay is it allow lads to.watch and see what stock are making.

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