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It takes a serious eye to buy cattle now.

I have bought everything online this year, however I trade off the euros average menu. As well at present with trying to stock the new place and cashflow we bought a few calves earlier in the year. At the end of it as a trader you just take your margin.this autumn is trickier than normal as cattle are climbing in price and costs will as well. Thankfully we have bought nearly enough at present. They are not pretty but they will leave money.

As we offloaded early we did not need to spread about 4-5ton of fertlizer. Cattle will be out 3-4 weeks longer as well.

Cheapest stores you buy are in July and August if you have grass for them. Hungry stores bought back around then have 70-100kgs put on 320/330 stores bought then are 400-450 kgs. They are also normally more efficient to use grass in the autumn than heavier cattle, this year either did well.

agree.

It would want to be a super duper nut at that price. A lad in our discussion group is buying a 16% nut for young heifers mainly Barley, maize and soyabean meal is the main P source for 340/ ton blown into the bin. Having said that he probably buying 50+ ton a year.

Not really surprised about ration prices. The margin for finishershas closed significantly between January and now. Big finishers were making serious money early in the year. They probably had 400/ head of a twist as replacement values took until.now to catch up.

A finisher I know was buying 450 average HE bullocks for 1800 euro. Give them 15-20kgs weight loss, if he has them.90 days gaining 1.4kgs @8kgs per day, they will kill around 300kgs DW in 10 weeks time. At 300 a ton the ration costs are 216, silage straw, vetinary, mortality fixed costs will bring him to 350ish so at 8/ kg he has 250 a head out of them

Oof! Sounds like your supplier has already upped the price. Getting a good nut at 305 here