sell from yard v's mart

gerico · 20-04-2010 07:16PM #1

Hi All.

Just looking for a little advise. I have 12 outwintered yearlings all lim crosses with the exception of 2. 8 heifers & 4 bullocks. I am wondering if i would be better to sell these from my place advertising in donedeal etc or take them to the nearest mart (kilmallock) either is a new experience for me.
I am near home most days so Im available to meet a potential buyer. So once you take into account the loss of a days pay/charges/transport versus selling from the yard is there a better hassle free return from either.
Thanks in advance for any advise.

UPCS · 20-04-2010 08:48PM

If you go through the market your money is secure, but if you sell at home you have to take the chance.

lifelover2006 · 20-04-2010 09:01PM

UPCS wrote: »

If you go through the market your money is secure, but if you sell at home you have to take the chance.

leaving aside the fact of safe or not safe, to sell at home you need to be a good judge of your animals i.e. weight, quality etc. Personally I have bought and sold in the past off the farmers journal and always done well. it saves time off work, less stress on animals and more importantly reduced risk of introducing any disease into your herd if you buy straight off a farmer.

the other big plus of selling at home is that if your not happy iwth the price, then you won't sell whereas wehn your in the box at the mart and the buck asks you 'do you want to put them on the market' it's often hard to say no and then you have no idea if you will get any more for them on teh market.

that's the pluses but the most important thing is still knowing the true value of the stock whilst at home in the yard and not all farmers truth be told can do this.

Sam Kade · 20-04-2010 09:24PM

I was selling about 7 bullocks back in the 90's. I advertised them on the paper the first buyer that came to see them said that he would buy them after a bit of haggling. The day before he was to take them he rang and said that he changed his mind and wasn't taking them. I ended up taking them to the mart the following week and they made £250 over the price I was getting for them in the yard.

JohnBoy · 20-04-2010 09:38PM

I'd agree that you need to know the value of your stock, but I've never understood the argument about your money being secure.

Nothing leaves my yard till cash is in my hand, or my account. I dont see why this should be any different for cattle.

Cash, cleared cheque or eft or F off

mossfort · 20-04-2010 09:51PM

gerico wrote: »

Hi All.

Just looking for a little advise. I have 12 outwintered yearlings all lim crosses with the exception of 2. 8 heifers & 4 bullocks. I am wondering if i would be better to sell these from my place advertising in donedeal etc or take them to the nearest mart (kilmallock) either is a new experience for me.
I am near home most days so Im available to meet a potential buyer. So once you take into account the loss of a days pay/charges/transport versus selling from the yard is there a better hassle free return from either.
Thanks in advance for any advise.

i would bring them to the mart unless they are high quality u grade weanlings which you could sell to an exporter. prices are fairly good in the marts for plainer type weanlings at the moment and it would save you all the hassle of time wasters phoning you up and promising to call but never showing up.

pakalasa · 20-04-2010 10:20PM

Just a small thing but Killmallock Mart is seen as a Dairy mart, in that all local cattle would be assumed to be from local dairy farms.
I'm over the border in Co. Clare where there is a lot more suckling, therfore a beefier type of animal.
No offence but local guys here wouldnt dream of going to killmallock to buy stores.
If they are good quality stores, it may be worth your while bringing them to Ennis Mart.
As for selling them at home, I wouldnt bother. You'll always get their value at the mart.

gerico · 20-04-2010 10:30PM

good point about kilmallock being mainly dairy. I'm not keen to lose a days work plus I never sold in a mart before so I don't really know the score on the other hand there's a lot of time wasters out there. tks

red bull · 21-04-2010 01:12AM

Take your cattle to the mart, selling at home may be ok if you have experience at valueing stock. Stores are going well in marts at moment will be even better when grass groth takes off. Mart is the better option believe me

adne · 21-04-2010 08:00AM

take them to the mart especially if your new to the game.......

wiggy123 · 21-04-2010 10:05AM

take them to the mart...far handier!
take them there-if not happy with price,take them home..also you know the weighs and what to expect at the mart!

can u get ur cattle weighed,then find out what animals of similar age/size/weigh/breeding are making..and charge that-if a buyer comes to your hse...
have you got them tested/blooded yet? or are you waiting till some1, buys them...

ellewood · 21-04-2010 08:54PM

if you sell at home you will also have to get paperword from cmms and do it youreself if you go to mart they will do it for you

Pacoa · 21-04-2010 09:54PM

In the mart you should get their proper value whereas selling at home you might always be wondering if you've been had.

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