Selling Cattle direct to a feedlot

I used to show cattle years ago and the only way to keep their gut full before travelling to a show (or in this case a mart) is to feed them hay for two to three days before travelling. They don't empty out as fast on hay as they do on silage or grass.

Ring the dept they'll have the list. Not many in cork now only 4 I can think off the top of my head. The dept got rid of about a dozen of them I think the paper work on their side was just too much. It was micky mouse after micky mouse excuse they gave lads when they took then off them.

You'd to have all your land in one block, you'd to have a certain amount of reactors every year. You couldn't have cull cows that were calving all absolute rubbish stuff made up by pen pushers.

having to feed them until almost May at the best outcome and having to squeeze them as well as having all the cows calving…. Being able to shift them for some money feels like a weight off my shoulders to be honest. I didn’t think of talking to my mart manager so that’s worth a shot.

Ya mauty is the only feedlot left on kerry AFAIK but that's a good idea to ring him after Christmas he'd help you out no bother.

Mauty actually send cattle up to one of those feedlots in laois so handy get out.

I'd say the next time he'd need a load for that job he'd tell u land on with yours and agree a price. He'd be fair enough but the next time your not locked up and selling stock n a mart I'd give him a twist.

It will be interesting to know how you will get on. Its a disgrace that the factory's are getting reactors at 1.50euro/kg, and the tax payer has to subsidise this.

Out of interest, I got the reactors check from the department, my check was 105 short of the valuation and it took the gross on the factory check which there was another 100 deducted. Thats 205.

Ah the cheque from the factory is some annoyance. They even grade the disgracefully. I had a Smx suckler bred bullock killed out 280kgs and they graded him a P1 €420.. like he was no P closer to an R and ok he wasn't fit properly a 2-. It's just so insulting as the Department were after valuing him at €1,600.

I hope you get on fairly with whatever feedlot you deal with @Sugarbowl, I know nothing about any of them but I did here Goodman one in Kildare is good to deal with , but that was from a guy that wasn't restricted.

What's the story with the price per kg on reactors? How is it calculated? Or where does the meat end up? I got 1e/kg for a heifer and 2.60e/kg for heavy suckler cows. The grades were also unrealistic though not as off the mark as yours…

How do people get on with the valuations ?
Are people happy enough with what the total compensation per individual animal is ?
Compensation should be the cost of landing the exact same animal in your yard as the replacement .
Also how are the DOAFM deciding on how much and when they pay out by way of hardship grant ?They seem to pay whatever they want ! Is their process documented anywhere ?

Ya, when you get locked up, you get sent out a pack on what you have to do, and it gives you prices on what animals are worth, on a range of 1 to 5. Dairy cattle differ, due to ebi and pedigree. Then some one rings to ask which valuer do want from a list of local valuers. You should have asked around to have found out a fair one. Then they call out and grades the animal and give you a price. You can accept or reject through ag food or post. Then you could be left with the reactors for a few weeks, or days, they should be kept separate and milk discarded.

When they go you have to power wash and sanitise the houses, crush, parlour ect. with a approved detergent. Send in a form that it's done, get inspected, and hopefully get paid.

I'm getting the hardship grant, I don't have a clue how they calculate it, or when is started or will finish. I don't bother ringing anymore.

The valuer is fair, 1st calvers 1950 ,bull 2.5 years old 3200, ect. I found but the value of milk this year has meant I'm at a loss and it will be next year that il feel the loss of 2nd and 3rd calvers not peaking.

Fingers crossed I will get free for spring

Thought the hardship grant was primarily depending on winter months

There's the hardship grant and the income supplement.

There can be no off farm income for the qhardship grant but there could for the income supplement.

The hardship grant is only paid for the winter months.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://assets.gov.ie/230767/0f0b5e7f-d9c1-4e48-873e-809d7b516560.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjRnNWz9sCKAxUuUkEAHRwUGAsQFnoECDoQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3NaQFr6KXVAwcr4vTO2pDE

did you get any offers from the feed lots? I can’t see you getting anywhere close to their value of them.

I was caught a few times like you and I built them onto ad-lib and finished as quick as I could. If moneys tight and you deal with any of the bigger meal merchants they will allow you the couple of months credit to get stock finished once you’re upfront with them. I’d most of my bulls gone in September and October this year and I half regret not pushing for an early finish but that’s the option I took.