Calf to beef thread

Those the ones in Carrigallen. That man always gets good prices for his red &white BBxMO calves. To be fair he breeds good stock

What difference do you find between the bull beef nuts and weakling nuts that you use them on the difference groups?

Which pour-on do ye find best for lice as want to do mine in next week or so:

Butox

Spotinor

Spot On

or something else ?

Have used hydrated lime and sheep dip in the past myself also.

Soya is also a good energy source.

there is much more than Protein to a ration. The first one may have SBM its got hulls and sugar beet pulp 2nd and third. The ash content of the ration is extremely high at over 7%. That is basically indigestable material. When feeding a ration with silage I be disinclined to feed a fibre sourced. It's energy source is Barley which is often very variable. I still be inclined towards the second ration

this is the label of the weanling crunch I feed to smaller calves find it very good. Seems to have a good mineral spec aslo. It’s a ration. It’s 10 a bag.

Also I’m feeding this weanling nut I find it great for putting it on weight. Also it seems to have a very high mineral spec. Get it in bulk for 360 a tonne.

@Bass Reeves @weatherbyfoxer how would you rate these weanling feeds

Would they be both good protein source's both also contain soya meal meal aswell. I'm happy enough with it overall cattle seem to be performing well enough on it. Suckler weanlings where creep feed so suppose they would do well anyway. Do you add minerals to your weanlings? other years I have got them bucket minerals always abit in the way I found was to look into bagged minerals but was away for a few weeks so never got round to it. Do you use additional do you find it good?

Some of the Autumn 23 born heifers I reared this year. These were out at grass from the 2nd week of February until the 1st week of December. On good silage and 2kg of meal/rolled Maize, haven't weighed them yet but gonna dose/weight/shave backs next week. Undecided whether to try and sell as maiden heifers or finish this batch out of the shed next winter.

I have 40 calves on the feeder at the min most are on the weaning curve ATM so should be weaned before the new year and out during the day from the 1st week in Jan. Will rear 20 more in the spring and hoping to get in heifers to contract rear for someone if I go clear in the test.

Yeah if I thought it would turn money easier than fattening them then I'd run an easy calving limo or Angus bull with them. There no Herbie's heifers now they might be a bit plain for that job? I was considering genotyping them though just to see where they are star wise.

they will all have stars. Seem bb dairy cross springers make 2k plus last year. Cattle are up since then could be 2200 plus know. Lads seem to lose all sense and reason when it comes to springers.

Didn't see those high of prices but if take it if I got it. My initial idea was to turn them over after having them for 18 months one rearing phase, one grazing and one housing. If I could turn €300 into over 1200 in that timeframe I'd be happy.

I am a believer in correct mineral supplementation during housing. It's very cheap. Paying less than 15/ 25kg bag for minerals at present. Giving it to 400kgs animals is less than 5c/ day.

I can never get the fascination of lads when they see a heifer considering having her put incalf. It's a tough spell calisthenics game. I have a few high EBI dairy heifers. I was advised to breed them and sell them.as springers. Bought them.at 220kg average in September, they are probably 270/280 average now. Yes as springers they may make 1400 euro. But I could probably slaughter them at 280kgs DW this to.e next year. However I may carry to slaughter following May.

I see an awful lot of springers sell for 1000 less than 1500 euro.

You have to look at replacement costs not orginal cost. You ate luck you have them.replaced as calves already. Beef is a tough game. Finishing is the only game in town you just have to take the swings and roundabouts in it. They could probably be finished off grass in the autumn 270 DW@5.2 is 1400 euro. Finishing out of the shed this time next year 300kgs DW @6/ kg 1800 euro.

If I was selling I be offloading in March not sure I woukd graze them.all summer long.

LIffy Mills and Dairygold do them. I think Magenta direct do them but you need to take half a ton in 25kg bags. It's Liffy Mills thelast while they are the cheapest by a bit.

I think it's a general purpose beef mineral I get. Sometimes it a beef/ weanling mineral.