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TThat's fair culinary knowledge !

suppose there is men out there thst just want good cattle and aren’t in the game for money as they have other incomes but still can’t be thst many fellas thst do things that way

It's hard to understand....I'd assume the majority would want to make a few bob out of it...I mean you'd surely be tempted to try make a bit of money if you were going to the hassle of doing it at all..unless there's a load of lads that just view them as autonomous lawnmowers for the ranch....or you want to show off....Billy big balls with the U grade continentals out in the field by the road!

there seems to be an automatic assumption on this platform that anyone that has good cattle or buys good cattle isn’t making money.
We are all only guessing where prices will land next year and nobody guessed we would be where we are two years ago .
fair play and best of luck to the lads who are taking a chance.

But if his U grade stores from last year were sent off in August, finished with top price, he would have a nice bank balance to buy again.

He may have bought a few less compared too other years.

That was just a flippant remark, no real intent to insult…apologies if it did....I'm not an advocate of sticking to any type of stock dairy or otherwise - it would be more types that leave a margin regardless of what they are

I still find it hard to understand the making no profit bit….

I'd find it hard to look at a field of cattle knowing they weren't going to make any profit in and of themselves and knowing the investment of time, effort/hard work they took and will take in the future...its not like they are risk free either etc

The 4 I sent Monday came into an average of 2,600e. 3 of them cost 800e 18 Mt's ago. 1 of them cost 1,700 6 months ago. Can't argue with that profit. The cattle I bought 6 Mt's ago cost 1,000e.

Could someone more knowledgeable than me explain the ecomonics of these 2 bullocks sold today, I'm sure they would be a fairly typical example of Dairy beef.

I take it they would have been bought to feed on for the factory in a few months.

How long would these be kept typically and what weight would they be going to the factory at?

and most importantly what would they have to make in the factory to leave the person who bought them today some decent type of margin.

thats exactly it.

I work of a very simple system.
Up to this year, if i kill an animal at 2000, i try to replace him at 1000… hold him for 12 - 16 months on avg.
This year, if i kill at 3000, try replace at 1800 (price inflation on input/contractor costs have to be factored in).

The only thing is i was getting a better quality & stronger animal last year at 1000 than im getting this year at 1800 and this will impact me next year.

A neighbour who is a suckler farmer has been buying a lot of these type of cattle lately (40+). Got great money for his continental cattle and replaced them with WH cattle 480 to 500kg to feed on in the house and kill in February before his calving season begins again. Every man has a different system. Whether it pays or not is a different story. I reckon he'd make anything from 250 to 400 per head net depending on costs, factory price and animal performance.