Around 50 plus a few cull cows.
@westlander you would probably be best get a cert / letter from your vet stating that the animal is fit to travel, is suitable for the food chain & his withdrawal periods have been adhered to. Maybe talk to someone as well that brings cattle to the factory you intend going to as some vets are more difficult than others.
Thanks lads for that info didn’t know that at all. Yes he is fit to travel alright
Also when you drop him to the lairage( preferably one you regularly deal with) let the staff know about it and they pen him separately and get him put up the chute when it is quite..
Just ring the factory and tell them you’ve a bullock to kill that’s a bit lame. They’ll not dock you as long as he is fat.
No need for vet cert. As long as he can walk off the trailer and up the shoot he’s grand. I could have several of these a year. It’s no big deal.
Any quotes for next week?
Is it 4.60 for bullocks?
Any opinion on should I sell my Friesian cull cows or buy the meal and finish them myself or maybe dry them off now and just leave them on silage and let them flesh up a bit and sell in the new year??
I finish them nearly every year anyway. I swore last year was the last time I would do that. Mart prices at the moment look to be very poor for the seller anyway at moment.
What would the outlook be for them in term's of mart price or factory price at the start of next year price wise or are we talking crystal ball stuff ??
Crystal Ball.
I think it's a question of how are you for space, nitrates and silage.
I wouldn't even consider it if feed or nitrates was an issue
Have a load going at 4.65 for bullocks next week.
Heavy cattle seem to be back a fair bit were as lighter types especially bulls are absolutely flying
Where abouts?
This makes interesting reading. With so many cows being offloaded, despite the best efforts of factories trying to only deal with dry cows and eliminate the dealers of our of the parlour cows, they have flooded into the lairages. Couple this with the drop of over 1000 bullocks in the weekly kill, numbers are going to tighten really quickly. Add in the rise in exports of cattle and the northern buyers, prices are resting on a cigarette paper
The rise that happened in the run up to Christmas last year, I feel will happen earlier and sharper. Cattle are lighter going into sheds, tight fodder supplies
The crystal ball of beef farming has taken a sharp but interesting turn
The great unknown is how much the processors have committed to the supermarkets for the next 6 months.
Numbers were forecast to be very tight in April-June this year. Lads bought stores at ridiculous prices in Dec-Mar last hoping they'd have Larry ringing them on a Saturday evening in May 'desperate' for cattle. That never happened. Larry knew supplies would be tight and reduced the quantities promised to supermarkets, reduced factories to a 3/4 day week during the period and tipped along at a sub 30k kill. Nobody could have seen prices being cut from April on. Well played Larry.
I hope you're right but we are dealing with a cartel that will do anything to keep the price paid to the farmer low.
Hopefully you're right and there will be a squeeze.
I'm trying to hold back cattle as long as I can in the hope of a rise.
Was quoted 4.60 for this week.
There was another factor at play last spring. A wet March prevented turnout so lads that had cattle in sheds started to feed them therefore they finished earlier in May. Yes Larry and Conrad not over committed to contracts but part of the reason for the glut was lads continuing to feed instead of putting cattle to grass
Christmas contracts would probably be entered into late summer, the poor autumn may have thrown any assumptions off course.
The autumn has as well thrown the cull cow trade into disarray as the number and quality. They will not be there after Christmas or out next May to provide kill numbers
There is something going on alright..mart prices are creeping up from a fortnight ago.
Our local has gave all Thursday and Friday ringing around looking for cattle. The previous 3 weeks if you rang them they wouldn't answer u back. Funny how fast it turned.
With the chinese exports suspended is there likely to be a drop in beef price?
The heavy cattle don't seem to be in the marts etc so it shouldn't matter too much?
Heavy cattle certainly not around...I don't think China made up the factories much between a closed kill and the cost of transport around the world. The offal will be a big loss. If cattle are plentiful then China helps.
I got 4.60 from larry today for 5 HEX bullocks.
10c breed bonus
Where was this?
If you kill a lot of HEX bullocks and the factory you go to runs the scheme you should join the Hereford society.
It increases the bonus from 10c to 20c.
True!
What are R grade cows making in the factory?
4 I'd imagine.
I say they are probably a tad with that. If well fleshed and R=/+ grading
The beef plan is giving €4.20 for r grade cows. €4.70 for bullocks.
Anyone hanging cattle this week?
What's the price like, still 4.60?
Do you know where they get those cattle killed? Have you got cattle killed through them?
I’d imagine a lot of them go to Foyle in Donegal because they want them under 400kg but I hear they also kill in ballyjamesduff.
Never killed cattle through them.
Word on the ground is heavy cattle aren’t there factories going to be very short heading into Xmas
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