Seems to be little more suited to the smaller finisher with less than 100 cattle. A means of getting close to feedlot monies. Price is set for the week. Bullocks and heifers are that same price on it.
Ya looks totally diuffrom the rear. Needs 6-8+ weeks. He will probably go over 36 months. You have not a lotbof money put into him yet. I would consider pulling the meal to 2kg, do that for a month and pull it completely and put him to grass. Kill him in laye May early June.
Price will probably not rise much over the next 8 weeks. However it depends if you can get him to grass in early March
The catch is you need sire details on the card. A lot of cattle seem to be missing this detail so you will not get the bonus. Have about ten cattle tgat would fulfill the conditions but no sire detail
Can you get their sire details on ICBF when they are in your herd.
Generally the herd of origin didn’t give the sires details, just his breed. That’s why it’s not shown
I don't understand - surely they aren't putting down sire tag unknown when they are registering their calves.
Sadly some are
That is exactly it, it exactly tge same as not dehorning within a couplweksvof birth or castration when appropriate
Not an issue when you breed your own and buy from a source which does the same. Its going to move to where they will want genotyped stock
It wouldn’t have been considered is some had to be more honest. Sadly
The way the job is going and this is my opinion...that will be a poor price in the coming weeks.
As we stand at the moment, but the agree re the coming weeks
Any quote updates for the week?
Neighbour bachelor in his 70 ies had a mad heifer he couldn't get in from the field back in November. Left 2 others with her. He asked if I would give him a hand over Christmas to get them in. With moving the trough and back fencing with white tape we got into a shed last week. She had gone over 30 months. This man feeds good U grade Ch heifers. He rang the factory this morning at 9 am to see about getting her in this week maybe. Reply was if you can have the 3 heifers here by 11, you will get €5.10 on the grid and your 20 cent qa on all 3 heifers. He rang me there 5 minutes ago to say he was on his way back up the road with his cheque and he was a very happy man.
I’d say the roads this morning upset the supply too. A lot of back roads were impassable around the country until late morning.
@Cavanjack probably didn't do factories any favours. Quick look through the Carnaross there and there was over 200 bullocks in it and price's for heave cattle appeared strong. Its interesting to see what they can give if they are pushed.
They're pushed but can guarantee there still making a healthy profit.
Show's how much we were being rode during the summer.
An example of a nicely finished Hex
bullock at 30 mth who had access to good grassland & finished on 180kg nuts over 60 days,sold mid October 2023.It would be great if people included some pictures of there animals & grade/weight information.
Cod is the ballsack.
just a nicer way of saying it.
think of Shakespeare and the codpieces the men wore back then
The doolap is between the front legs. If this is full, they’re ready for road!
Or the Brisket ( between the front Legs )
Cod is the bag alright.
Hands up my bad. 🤦♂️🤦♂️
What's the story with ABP deducting money for 'Aberdeen Angus' and 'AA Prod Grp'? See the image below. They took €31 per animal for these.
If it makes any difference, the two AA bullocks I sent graded as O= 3- and O+ 2+. The LM bullock I sent was O+ 2+ and there was no AA related deductions for him.
I signed up for their Advantage scheme before Christmas but there was no mention of extra deductions then.
I haven't rang ABP yet as I wanted to see if anyone on here could shed any light on it first.
There is a once off fee for membership of the AA producer group. Its 100 euro. They have take 50% as you only had two animals they will collect the rest down the line. Hereford prime have the same fee.
The 6 euro charge per head is recurring. As a matter of interest what was the bonus paid 15 0r 20 c/kg
Thanks for that - it's my first time sending cattle to ABP.
It was 20c bonus - breakdown below
Angus
LM
What is the weight Var. I see it was worth 20 cent/kg to you.
For the factories around the midlands you don’t need to be a member of any of the schemes to get the bonus. Depending on demand you’d get 10-20cent on whiteheads and 20-30 cent on Angus without being in any scheme.
No idea what that is. It also says 0c for the sustainability bonus which is what I thought I was signing up to get.
Yeah, there’s no sense or meaning to it. They pay what they like and use bonuses, deductions, breed, and god knows what else to make the maths work for them.
Old lad always said If The cod is full the bullock is fat.
i look at tail head and cod.
What Angus bonus is currently paid in other parts of the country.is abp still only 20 cent ?
