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Mart Price Tracker

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  • #8792
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    FFS, I give up. Yep that's €6,400 for a 7 month old heifer.

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  • #8793
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122760090#Comment_122760090

    Not really bought a lot of really light stores before and after Christmas last year. Have being topping up since. I have 80+ for going to grass next year. I expect to buy a few more but I am undecided whether to buy stores or weanling/ yearlings for 2026. No point in buying cattle that there is no margin in

    These are mostly the stores I bought last winter. The ones I bought last winter cost on average 300 euro accross the lot coloured and Fr. Photos are from about a fortnight ago

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    Slava Ukrainii



  • #8794
    morphy87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭morphy87


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122760146#Comment_122760146

    You have great grass, going by the photos those animals are going to leave a nice margin, great looking stock



  • #8795
    Dunedin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,775 ✭✭✭Dunedin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122760146#Comment_122760146

    would you not buy a few sucklers Bass. You’d make a fortune and they’d eat that grass that them other bucks are walking into the ground



  • #8796
    Hershall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭Hershall


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122758966#Comment_122758966

    Mind me asking what the limestone flour adds



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  • #8797
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122761532#Comment_122761532

    It's calcium it also increases appetite of cattle and they tend to grow more than flesh out

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #8798
    Focus86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭Focus86


    how much limestone flour do you use per head per day



  • #8799
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764315#Comment_122764315

    About 10-15 grams per 100kgs but make sure cattle are on minerals and vitamins as wwll

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #8800
    older by the day
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭older by the day


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764388#Comment_122764388

    So do you mix the limestone with the mineral and scatter it on the silage. Any minerals in particular or just a normal beef mineral powder



  • #8801
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764410#Comment_122764410

    No usually spread one first and the other afterwards. If putting it on bare concrete put the li.e first

    Slava Ukrainii



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  • #8802
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764725#Comment_122764725

    Where do you buy the limestone flour Bass?



  • #8803
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,167 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122764828#Comment_122764828

    It's Cubicle lime but make sure that it is not hydrated( burnt) lime based. Costs about 5 euro a bag. Mineral suppliers are.now putting a certain amountmin there M&V's but it's only around 20% of the product. 5 years ago they were not( well the ones I bought anyway)

    It's also excellent to government finishing cattle as it helps prevent acidosis

    Slava Ukrainii



  • #8804
    Jim Simmental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭Jim Simmental


    Bit of a how long is a piece of string question but does anyone know/feel does there be much demand for weanlings in December? Have most of the lads fully stocked up at that stage ?


    debating here when to move some, thinking of moving most of them on in mid December as I have enough meal on farm at the minute to last till then.

    All spring born CHX



  • #8805
    Who2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,258 ✭✭✭Who2


    if your keeping until Christmas you are probably as well to hold them until early February I find most of the time. You’ll have a good bit of the winter covered and February always sees a good lift for weanlings.



  • #8806
    Anto_Meath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭Anto_Meath


    Shippers are the floor under the weanling trade, if ships are going then trade will be good. Generally the shipping of cattle slows done in December so demand for weanling would fall back. So would sell before the end of November or wait until February.

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  • #8807
    Dunedin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,775 ✭✭✭Dunedin


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122774511#Comment_122774511

    +1 or even to March as the grass buyers will be poking their heads up then.



  • #8808
    limo_100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭limo_100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122774844#Comment_122774844

    In a similar situation myself have a few good shapey weanlings to sell was going to go next week roughly 400kg's have I missed the boat or am I ok as in prices havn't eased off just yet? Or should I hold tight until march



  • #8809
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,956 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    I'd lamp them into the mart ASAP if you've it on you're mind to sell them. The shippers are very active atm and the weanling trade is strong for all weights once they've some bit of quality. It's a long time till February/March and it not the first of November yet. If you've the place, fodder and desire to winter them then it's a different story but otherwise I'd sell them sooner rather than later.

    I can't see weanlings being any dearer this side of Xmas tbh, beef/forward stores perhaps but it's the shipping that's really lighting up the weanling trade atm and it usually tails off towards the end of the year. Cattle usually get a lift in February but they'd want every euro of it for the cost incurred over winter.

    December along with June/July is a funny time in the mart business in my experience. You'll see odds and ends of cattle that aren't about the rest of the year and there's often value due to less men being about or interested in stock. I'd be slow to keep any bundle of nice and saleable weanlings about till mid December tbh. The shipping could be called off for a few weeks and a lot of domestic customers are full up or don't want the hassle of fresh cattle coming in close to Xmas.



  • #8810
    Anto_Meath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭Anto_Meath


    Looking at Granard last night and Carnaross tonight prices seem to be holding strong. That sort of weight R grade weanlings are averaging around €3.30 / €3.40 per kg. Seen some plainer ones making a little over €3 per Kg and I seen some making over €3.70 per kg. Lighter ones are in the region of €3.50 / €3.60. Holding tight is grand but would €300 a head bring them weanlings until March, so they would need to be coming into around €1,600 then to cover themselves.



  • #8811
    limo_100
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,539 ✭✭✭limo_100


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122777378#Comment_122777378

    I will go next week and see how I go. Yeah I was watching aswel surprising that the as and he dairy crosses and making 3 a kg.



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  • #8812
    Anto_Meath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭Anto_Meath


    Yes the bonuses for the Hex * AAx is keeping a floor under them.. some lads seem to think thar it is worth more than it actually is. But again you are looking at smaller weights with the dairy cross cattle.



  • #8813
    Jim Simmental
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭Jim Simmental


    are the shippers only interested in weanling bulls ?



  • #8814
    Albert Johnson
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 1,956 Mod ✭✭✭✭Albert Johnson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122778014#Comment_122778014

    The agents are buying smaller quantities of heifers too in the last few weeks so I'm assuming there shipping them as well. But bulls would be in the majority of what's being bought.



  • #8815
    minerleague
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭minerleague


    Normally buy a few store heifers ( 1.5year old) to run with my own sucklers ( may keep 1 or 2 as cows if suitable) but cattle seem very dear compared to what similar cattle made in factory ( last years bought in) Are the bonuses for AA and HE cattle going in the purchase price?



  • #8816
    Anto_Meath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭Anto_Meath


    The price AAx & Hex cattle are making in the marts at the minute remind me of years ago when sell bullocks with 1 sub. You would get paid the premium in the ring & the person buy the animal had to take all the risks to ensure they got the premium on the animal at the end.



  • #8817
    kk.man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 4,497 ✭✭✭kk.man


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122778259#Comment_122778259

    IMHO there are being left in the mart on the sale day, Cant understand the money being paid for small framed HE and especially AA cattle.



  • #8818
    148multi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,337 ✭✭✭148multi


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122778014#Comment_122778014

    No, buying heifers too



  • #8819
    Sheep breeder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,371 ✭✭✭Sheep breeder


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122778421#Comment_122778421

    Was talking to a work colleague today, he has filled the sheds with AAx and Hex heifers averaging 480 kgs and reckons he will have to get 5.70 a kg hanging to make money when everything is paid for a t the end of the line.



  • #8820
    epfff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭epfff


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122779950#Comment_122779950

    570 available this week for aax

    Probably 10 less for hex

    I think he is safe.



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  • #8821
    Anto_Meath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭Anto_Meath


    @Sheep breeder ye, that's mad money and doesn't make sense.. €5.70 would be a serious price and I am hoping it comes to pass.. but if it does lads will then turn around and give a bigger price for replacements next year meaning they will need over €6 in 2026 to have the same return.

    Now in reality beef probably needs to be around €6 to give farmers a fair return. But as a beef man said to me yesterday, while his beef cattle are returning €150 - €200 a head more, his replacement are costing him €150 a head more & it's mostly Fr he feeds.



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