Calf prices 2022

I wouldn't have jerseys inside the gate here. The smallest guy was off a heifer so he just needs time. Surely there isn't too many lads renting land for calves.

I don't agree with that at all. I've seen plenty of calves from JEX and they turned into Savage animals

I know a fella here that got AA out of JEX. Barely got meal and we're sold at 22months old for nearly 1200 just after Christmas. They just got grass and barely any at that. Didn't get alot of loving. In my experience it's the way the bull calves are treated in the first few weeks. Many farmers just give them enough to keep them alive and only concentrate on the heifers. This reflects on them further on in thier lives.

I kinda agree. Have a pretty good Jer/Her cross nearing two years - a good shape; didn't spot he was a Jer until he was in the place for a year.

Quite a few Jersey calves might be only 15% or 20% Jersey.

I think they were comparing it to Wednesday night which was atrocious. A neighbor no saled his fr bulls at 35 Wednesday night got 85 today. There was a local lad here who buys 200 calves every year in about 4 sales landed and only bought 22 calves.

Again an awful lot of young calves.

There was two new northern lads upset the whole thing. One lad just sat up the back bought out every thing he bid on. Must have bought 200 calved between them.

What about Roan heifers? 😀

Calves on the absolute floor yesterday in macroom. A friend had 12 hex,aa and six bulls around 70kg at 180. There was cracking fr bulls at 40 quid. He put it well to me when he said there actually not that cheap.... When last du check the price of milk powder?

I think it's just lads find it easier to pay about 6 or 700 euro for them at 12 months. It looks like alot of people don't have the ability to rear calves.

Reports from Cootehill were same.

No, just no farmer s turned up just two dealers had it to themselves. The week before they a lad from Sligo and one from Donegal to upset things.

Had a friend in Carnew on Saturday said it was the worst calf sale for quality in the last 2 years and full of small jex calves by Hereford, speckled parks, Angus, out of something like 360 lots a total of 25 calves made over 250 euro. At the middle of the sale there was only 5 dealers left at the ring with none of the exporters present.

If they are JEx then its more than enough for them. I bought 3 hex together last year, 1 of them has 10% jex and he is a nice bit smaller than the other two now. I am guessing he ll be doing well to make a 300kg dw, where as his 2 buddies will cross 350kgs dw, @ €4.50 / kg that's €225 for d same investment. Without anything for the better grading of the 2 good lads.

That's a big difference in the value of two animals, both of which I presume landed on the farm at the same time and for similar money

A sharp lad that could pick calves would make money so as the Good and the bad can be got for €5 to €50 now

A jobber will pick out the good calf at the mart and stop him then ,Last week watching online one jobber numbers on his hand showed on the screen when he used start waving them around and sure enough when the calves came in for sale with them numbers ,they were bought bought at a knocked down price at least 60 euro less then poorer calves then them