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bbam · 15-11-2012 02:14PM

Watched that earlier.
Interesting engineering exercise but that lad is either a half wit or has a death wish.

freedominacup · 15-11-2012 02:30PM

bbam wrote: »

Watched that earlier.
Interesting engineering exercise but that lad is either a half wit or has a death wish.

She'd be some yoke on a long draw.

pakalasa · 15-11-2012 02:33PM

freedominacup wrote: »

She'd be some yoke on a long draw.

Or just going for a pint of milk.:D

countryjimbo · 15-11-2012 02:42PM

That lad must work for a contractor the way he digs up the field

reilig · 15-11-2012 02:51PM

I had a few cattle in Mohill last night. They were the ones that I took the pics of last july and posted on here. One was the red bb that some people pointed out would not be a good seller for the export market because of his colour. He was born on may 20th and weighed 305kg and made €920. I had another bb bull that was off SFL and a limousin cow, born on June 10th. He had a great end and was quite well fed. He was 265kg and made €840. Had 6 bb bulls that were April calves and had not ate as much meal and they were 290kg to 315kg and they averaged €2.90 per kg with the exception of 1 that had a belly and was down at €2.50/kg.

Had 3 Ch Bulls born in April. 1 was an exceptional looking animal (In my mind anyway) and at 305kg he made €880. I thought he would cross the ton, but maybe he wasn't heavy enough for shipping and perhaps too well done for farmers. Had a second guy that had a slight belly and weighed 290kg and he sold for €840. I really thought that there was far more than €40 in the difference of them.

Had 5 heifers in it and was extremely disappointed to only get a litle more than €2 per kg. They went anyway with the best one coming home to a neighbour's farm - 280kg = €620. She was early may born and off my best breeding cow. He got a good deal.

Sorry lads, its a bit late asking for pics now that they are gone!

Tipp Man · 15-11-2012 03:05PM

So Relig on a scale of 1-10 for happiness with your prices received where abouts are ya?

towzer2010 · 15-11-2012 03:21PM

Bodacious wrote: »

Anyone ever lose an animal after eating bale wrap?! My calves go mad for it, they done a bit of tearing today while i was at work and pulled out bale wrap plastic and pulled it around the place and one heifer in particular had it in her mouth .. Half worried about them now... All plastic tidied up now .

I saw a cow waste away before that ate a plastic feed bag Totally blocked, went down and drifted off in like 4 days

I lost a calf two years ago. Lovely ch bull about three months old. He ate silage wrap and it basically smothered him. He was dead when I got home from work but I sent him to the lab and that was the verdict.

Black Smoke · 15-11-2012 03:30PM

Tipp Man wrote: »

So Relig on a scale of 1-10 for happiness with your prices received where abouts are ya?

I bet he is up above 8. Lads farming in heavy wet land, have to keep positive, or else the "bush", would take over:o

Muckit · 15-11-2012 03:38PM

reilig wrote: »

Sorry lads, its a bit late asking for pics now that they are gone!

Ah do we really have to askin' ??!

Black Smoke · 15-11-2012 03:58PM

Muckit wrote: »

Ah do we really have to askin' ??!

If I hade a few of them kind of calves, I would have a framed picture on the mantlepiece:P Not looking good this year, I'm afraid. But the thing about farming, is there is always next year:cool:

reilig · 15-11-2012 04:02PM

Tipp Man wrote: »

So Relig on a scale of 1-10 for happiness with your prices received where abouts are ya?

Happy with the bulls. My average price per KG is up on last year a little bit. Not very happy with the heifers. I just about broke even with them.

I'm going to be absolutely ruthless with my cows this winter. Anything that had a bad calf last year is being culled. Have 7 to go in the next few weeks. In the long term, its better to keep heifers off my good cows as replacements!!

hugo29 · 15-11-2012 04:09PM

reilig

do you use any other marts around, I have 4 bb heifers booked into ballymote tomorrow, i find in ballymote that the bb are hard to sell, have you found this
was going to try leitrim and might do if prices dont stack up

tismesoitis · 15-11-2012 04:17PM

pakalasa wrote: »

Couldn't help but notice that they are a bit big in the bellies. Mine were like that this year too. I put it down to the watery grass they were eating all year. Any one else find this?

ye d black n white in particular but he d stamp of his mammy all belly!!

tismesoitis · 15-11-2012 04:26PM

adne wrote: »

I think that's the price of those cattle. You prob would have done as well to sell them 8 weeks ago. Average cattle pushed too far!!!

in fairness the same type of weanling at 100 kgs lighter was making the same per kg as these lads on tuesday night. for the last month they were averaging 1.62kgs per day gain with meal and silage costs of €1.48 per day that left us making over €2 per head clear profit each day over the last month. So my thought is not that they were "pushed too far" but maybe i should have kept them longer and aim for more weight. normally i see cattle at 350kgs averaging more per kg than 500kg+ cattle but not so the other night. Thoughts welcome!!

tismesoitis · 15-11-2012 04:31PM

leg wax wrote: »

hes not good enough for the boat and yet he still got paid good money for him,he looks like he was getting more than his share at the trough, the others did not look overfed just nice in my books . compare lims v part bulls are they the same for growth and shape for age, anyone.

parts way ahead for growth rate similar shape imo legs

Dont be daft · 15-11-2012 04:44PM

Bodacious wrote: »

Anyone ever lose an animal after eating bale wrap?! My calves go mad for it, they done a bit of tearing today while i was at work and pulled out bale wrap plastic and pulled it around the place and one heifer in particular had it in her mouth .. Half worried about them now... All plastic tidied up now .

I saw a cow waste away before that ate a plastic feed bag Totally blocked, went down and drifted off in like 4 days

Neighbour told me a while back that he was losing calves at a shocking rate.
Ended up getting a post mortem done on one of them. Stomach was full of wrap.
Think he put the loss of 8-9 of them down to it.
His place wouldnt be the tidiest. Only realised they had access to the plastic when he went looking himself.
There was a load of plactic buried in the middle of a load of spoil dumped in the corner of a field.:rolleyes:

GoodMan55985 · 15-11-2012 04:57PM

Hugo29 on the marts. Dowra on the Cavan\Leitrim border is good. It on a Saturday too handy when working. It is 40-45 mins from Sligo. I find them good to deal with and get fair price based on quality of your stock. Just if you not happy in other place.

simx · 15-11-2012 05:01PM

pakalasa wrote: »

Couldn't help but notice that they are a bit big in the bellies. Mine were like that this year too. I put it down to the watery grass they were eating all year. Any one else find this?

I have in a bad way

hugo29 · 15-11-2012 05:14PM

thanks goodman. i have heard good things about dowra

reilig · 15-11-2012 05:18PM

hugo29 wrote: »

reilig

do you use any other marts around, I have 4 bb heifers booked into ballymote tomorrow, i find in ballymote that the bb are hard to sell, have you found this
was going to try leitrim and might do if prices dont stack up

I've never sold an animal in ballymote, but i think they do have some good export buyers who shop there

hugo29 · 15-11-2012 05:20PM

reilig, they must not have been there the last time i was there

freedominacup · 15-11-2012 05:42PM

Are all ye suckler boys in for the evening or are ye posting on the smartphones. Just off out to do the milking after the homework.:(

hugo29 · 15-11-2012 05:52PM

on the computer at work

Black Smoke · 15-11-2012 05:54PM

freedominacup wrote: »

Are all ye suckler boys in for the evening or are ye posting on the smartphones. Just off out to do the milking after the homework.:(

At work. Will get home at 6.30pm. Have the spuds and then it's off to the sheds, to do the feeding. Usually back in home around eight.
Up at 5.45am. Gone to work bt 7.15. Cattle taken care of in the meantime.

No rest for the wickid:eek:

Tipp Man · 15-11-2012 06:30PM

freedominacup wrote: »

Are all ye suckler boys in for the evening or are ye posting on the smartphones. Just off out to do the milking after the homework.:(

Time to be drying off those cows i'd say;)

freedominacup · 15-11-2012 07:07PM

Tipp Man wrote: »

Time to be drying off those cows i'd say;)

You could be right for once.:D

johnpawl · 15-11-2012 07:55PM

What breed cows are they out of?

tismesoitis wrote: »

Well lads and lassies. in carnaross last night and tbh not a great night at d office at all!! was hoping for 2.40 -2.50 avg ended up just over 2.25:(.cattle weighed well the same. 1st lad stq bb born 27.12.11 520 kgs €1200 next lry pt born 22.2.12( was at ploughing) 445kgs €1075. 3rd lad lry pt born 27.2.12 460kgs €1060. 4th lad kyr bb born 10.1.12 490kgs €1075 and finally a poor lim x by stock bull we were thinking of keeping as teaser 440kgs €920.
overall a poor sale guy from tlt (garravalli) only going as far as 2.50 on the very best of bb cattle juniors reiligs and leg's type of stock.

adne · 15-11-2012 08:17PM

tismesoitis wrote: »

in fairness the same type of weanling at 100 kgs lighter was making the same per kg as these lads on tuesday night. for the last month they were averaging 1.62kgs per day gain with meal and silage costs of €1.48 per day that left us making over €2 per head clear profit each day over the last month. So my thought is not that they were "pushed too far" but maybe i should have kept them longer and aim for more weight. normally i see cattle at 350kgs averaging more per kg than 500kg+ cattle but not so the other night. Thoughts welcome!!

Your opinion. There all dec/jan and feb calves. I think you would have more market options to sell these cattle at circa 400 kgs.
There not good enough for the boat and by pushing them so far their only suitable now for bull beef plus it's obvious they have a lot of meal eaten.

johnpawl · 15-11-2012 08:22PM

adne wrote: »

Your opinion. There all dec/jan and feb calves. I think you would have more market options to sell these cattle at circa 400 kgs.
There not good enough for the boat and by pushing them so far their only suitable now for bull beef plus it's obvious they have a lot of meal eaten.

would that carlo calf 2nd picture not be good enough for the boat??

whelan1 · 15-11-2012 08:43PM

aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh:mad: just had a major run in with the bullys mother, need a glass of wine ... dont think we wil ever speak again:)

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