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Who2 · 06-01-2022 09:39PM

Is she a full red and white roan or a lot of white with a touch of fleck, most of the real big money ones are u grade easily. 1000 is easy got for a decent 300 kg roan, regardless of grade at the moment.

epfff · 06-01-2022 09:42PM

1600

minerleague · 06-01-2022 09:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118430084#Comment_118430084

Mostly red with white along the back and speckled hind quarters, great grand dam shorthorn, granddam AI sim ( hillcrest king?) dam by lim stock bull, herself by present lim stock bull. Seemed the colour is what he wanted as I was pointing out animals that I thought would make nicer cows but no interest

tanko · 06-01-2022 09:47PM

Stick her on Donedeal for five grand and look very disappointed when when you end up taking three.

Who2 · 06-01-2022 09:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118430137#Comment_118430137

Sounds around the twelve hundred mark, the bit of shorthorn and si breeding should help.

Bass Reeves · 06-01-2022 10:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118429711#Comment_118429711

Ask anywhere from 12-1400 euro. If he baulks ask him to bid you. If it makes sense let her off.

Easten · 07-01-2022 11:01AM

https://thatsfarming.com/farming-news/clare-suckler-farmer/

Some money for non-pedigree stock. idk why lads like them heifers with muscle back ends, any stockman worth his salt would run a mile. Maybe they are giving away a free calving jack with them!

Base price · 07-01-2022 06:30PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118430137#Comment_118430137

I saw one selling (online) in Carrigallen or maybe Granard a few weeks before Christmas in the normal sale. She was a SHx and on the laptop looked like a R grade. She was well marked/roan and from memory was 305kgs and sold for around €1350.

Dunedin · 08-01-2022 09:34AM

Any update OP? Or are you gone to Lanzarotte with the cash in the suitcase.....??

minerleague · 08-01-2022 02:02PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118437924#Comment_118437924

Only texted him today that i might sell ( Wouldn't be one for anything rash 😁 )

SuperTortoise · 08-01-2022 04:58PM

I think Bass and Who2 are about right as posted above, ask him 1400.

Having said that you'd really want to see her in the flesh to make a right call.

Albert Johnson · 27-01-2022 10:19PM

@DukeCaboom Did you venture to Gortalea today?

28-01-2022 08:02AM

It's the most boring cattle sale of the year for me , very little of my stock there.

I don't think there's any panic yet with cattle grass. I'm terrified of a wet spring the way it's shaping up.

Bass Reeves · 28-01-2022 09:50AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118543765#Comment_118543765

Was looking at the prices in Kenmare yesterday evening. Small sale. There was good value in long keep cattle.

Albert Johnson · 28-01-2022 10:15AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118543765#Comment_118543765

From the bits of it I watched there seemed to be little value of any colour in it. There was an orange CHx type cow near the end before the bulls announced as coming to the BA bull at €1480. She wasn't dirt cheap at it but she'd have made as much dry imo. I thought the general run of the FRx cow's were a serious trade, getting into €700-€850 for a middling store. There must have been a serious amount of lad's around the ring to keep that up all day.

kollegeknight · 28-01-2022 03:01PM

So I sold some decent looking yearlings last feb off the yard and they were for sale today in Ennis and I’m wondering what would it have taken me to get to that point. Or did I under price them or was I on target. all red Limo castrated bullocks and had nuts got.

1yo approx weight feb- 350kg-380kh-€900 off the yard.- weight today-600kg- sold for €1710

1yo approx weight 350kg-360kg- €900 off the yard-approx weight today:555kg sold for €1510

10month old- approx weight 330kg off yard price €800- weighed today 525kg- sold for €1410

its curiosity for learning. Am I better holding less cows and keeping calves for another year. I know it’s a mart price checker and this probably should be

Albert Johnson · 28-01-2022 03:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546083#Comment_118546083

The prices you received last Feb seemed decent enough at the time. This is a totally different year and heavy cattle are a better trade than average atm. If you had the equivalent yearlings to sell today I'd be expecting a bit more for them.

I seem to remember you're working with average type land. Would they have went to a better quality place with the purchaser? Holding them another 12 months is great if you can keep them thriving without lorrying meal into them. Otherwise you'd be better letting them off as before. The first bullock was the exception as he gained nearer 300kg where as the others only gained 200kg. In a different price year and with a lesser thrive the difference might not be as striking.

kollegeknight · 28-01-2022 03:43PM

He would have better land near the shannon. Our land is very heavy and middling to poor alright.

I'm glad he got a good price. It more cemented the idea of selling at mart as a lad that was very poor and I wouldn’t sell for €650 ended up making €1060 8 weeks later.

but all guess work at times

Bass Reeves · 28-01-2022 03:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118544282#Comment_118544282

Lads down in the Southern part of the country have a bit of grass at the moment. If you had a dry farm and you threw a few cows out on grass at present they've finished the end of May, early June, or she be a serious cow early August. Hard to beat grass with cows. A Friesian cow with a bit of growth could make 1300-1450 hundred euro depending on which senario you went for. And it could be all grass.

SuperTortoise · 28-01-2022 08:48PM

I want to look up prices i got last spring for cattle, i posted weights and prices here at the time, how do i do that on this site??

SuperTortoise · 28-01-2022 08:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118546083#Comment_118546083

I think the only way of maximising sale value is to finish yourself, it's something i'm thinking of doing myself, cutting cows finish everything myself.

Your cattle might have made a touch more if you kept them for another few weeks, how much nuts were they on and for how long?

I sold before Paddy's day last year and as above, i would have made €100 a head if i kept them for another 2 weeks, but it is what it is.

Hard Knocks · 28-01-2022 08:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118547738#Comment_118547738

Demand really kicks off when grass is growing, but space and finance can dictate

Anto_Meath · 28-01-2022 09:29PM

Was looking through the bullocks sales in Roscommon on line there, nice run of good quality lmx & chx cattle in 500 - 600 kg, some good prices too. Many were around €2.80 / kg. But anything black or with a whitehead face was €100 or more back on similar reds.. I can never understand that. You are paid in the factory on weight & quality, not hide colour.

SuperTortoise · 28-01-2022 09:41PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118547919#Comment_118547919

Mousey gray colour is also another to take a hit in price, have one or two every year here and they are back in price on their comrades.

Albert Johnson · 29-01-2022 01:39AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118547919#Comment_118547919

Roscommon is a town for top quality continental cattle, same with Elphin. There's no shortage of customers in either for the right sort of animal but anything outside of that always takes a hammering imo. Castlerea would be the best mart in Co. Roscommon for anything lesser quality, off colour ect. There'd be plenty of AA nd HE in Castlerea and therefore it gets the buyer's for those stock. That's not to say that there isn't plenty of quality stock of all colours on offer but it hasn't the same monopoly on real good cattle as the other 2 marts.

kollegeknight · 29-01-2022 08:28AM

I definitely couldn’t finish myself. The silage probably isn’t good enough nor the land.

I had been giving them about 2kg/day having built up to it over the winter. I did reckon at the time, to keep them for a few weeks as they were about to be turned out to grass. but Mam was anxious to get rid of some.

Its a different story this year as I’m in the middle of the transfer so final decision is mine.

I reckon the big lad was worth around the €1000 mark in the yard but I took into account paying to bring them to mart, mart fees etc.

Easten · 02-02-2022 04:10PM

Watching the calf sales this week I noticed a lot of Fr bull calves only making €10 and struggling at times too. These weren't the dreebs or narrow type but good square calves (for Frisians). Same day any beef type Calf be it WhX or Angus were making up on €300. Makes you wonder which ones are going to leave the most money to the farmer after

cute geoge · 02-02-2022 06:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118571554#Comment_118571554

They reckon the early wh/aa should be gone before the 2nd winter while the fr will be lucky to be gone before the 3rd winter.The same lads are buying the wh/aa every year so there no hope for them if they are not making money at this stage

Bass Reeves · 02-02-2022 09:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118571554#Comment_118571554

If you are taking to finish there will be very little between them. If they are good type Friesians and you were good to do them you would expect them to be hanging 360-420kgs at sub 30 months. If I was doing from calves I expect most to grade O-/O= at that weight. Cheap way to get into cattle as long as you could finance as you go along.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118572179#Comment_118572179

You would want to be very good to buy AA and HE as calves now. You could end up with a sprinkling of low weight gain calves especially with the AA.Bwhile the better ones will be gone at 20 months you will be left with a core of them that will not. As well what will the ones killed at sub 20 months be weighing. Some will be back at 250kgs DW best will be 290kgs DW. The AA will be 10-15kgs back off that. Amy weight put it N inside in a shed at finishing will be break even at best.

The FR might be there longer but if you were hanging them in June at sub 30months at 370/380 DW, you would be making money.

There was a lad on here last summer that did it he was very happy with them. Cattle killed in June ate at the price peak, cattle November/December are at the bottom of the market.

HE bullock 275 kgs DW @4 euro base grading O=/+ 1140 euro

FR bullock 375 kgs DW @ 4.2 euro base grading O- 1530 euro

I know which I would prefer. I know if killing at 20 month compared to 30 months you will carry a few more but the Friesians would be my choice

Good loser · 03-02-2022 12:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118572970#Comment_118572970

From my experience Bass would consider your weights for FRs sub 30 months of 370/380 kgs DW wildly optimistic. My figures for run of the mill FRs would be more like 325 kgs through and through. In 2021 a sample of 22FRs - nearly all 29 months - seven were sub 300 kgs (just), heaviest was 372 kg, only five were over 350 kgs.

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