Beef price tracker 2

The way to make money in beef is adaptability and being able to do the figures on different options. We bought a friesian calf that was April born and under a cows for 5 months he is squeezed now and hitting 300kgs LW. The cow will have plenty if milk for two calves. Is there risks yes you will need to milk out the cows if not dry, some of the calves may get handy and there us a. It if work in it.

Most suckler farmers have 25-40 years breeding behind them from whenever they got out of milking. You would be cracked to try and start that up over night.

Na there the type of stores you would like to be buying

@Lime Tree Farm that is the reason they use hormones. Put big empty cattle like that into a feedlot, give them a hormones pellet behind the ear and they will do 1.5-2 kgs a day for 6 months. Hormones are not used until they hit the feeding stage

Not really those cattle are semi feral. I have seen cattle aa hungry in Ireland and hungrier looking in Australia. You see cattle lije that in countries tgat suffer drought.

Nelore most likely

Nelore is the most common breed in Brazil. They look like Nelore in the photo. Brahams have larger ears a bit like nubiam goats I think

Kill was 30200 last week similar to the two previous. Processors seem happy enough ⁷with that level of throughput. Any factory may be short of specific cattle for specific contracts but they are probably happy enough at that.

The next few weeks will be interesting if they continue to kill at that level they can fill chills for January on or they may slow it down and back up cattle on farms. Obvious there is processing quota's being adhered to by specific factories.

It's a kind of a score draw situation at present. They could sell more but they are unwilling to up numbers or compete against each other for supply. The big three still have there feedlot supply to come into play. As well if farmers are holding cattle because of tax liability for 2025 that will help them.in January and February.