locha wrote: » Quoted the following for steers this week 3.50 for overage flat 3.60 base underage
Cavanjack wrote: » Seems to be getting worse. So possibly for a fr steer under 30 months grading o- knock anything from 24-30 off base price (depending on FS) and your left with 3.30-3.36. You can get that for a 10 year old cow.
Willfarman wrote: » Stores were off the wall in Enniscorthy today. Heaps of grass it appears.
simx wrote: » Didn't bother go down, many cows in it?
Willfarman wrote: » Only seen a few. Good fleshy fr cow 610kgs €790. Holstein Cow same man 630 kgs €840. She was 09 so maybe lad hoped she'd fatten. Big Holstein stockbull 850kg €1040. A superb big sim cow something over 800kgs something over 1400 in money.. Belonged to a local town councillor. More bidders than were cattle. I got nothing.
severeoversteer wrote: » how much were 2013 yellow chx stores going?? bout 550kg
tanko wrote: » I saw a couple of u grade continental cows over 700kgs making €2.03/kg today. Does anyone know where these cows are ending up?
ellewood wrote: » Would u have to have to be getting E3.80-3.90/kg for them to killl into the same money in factory??
tanko wrote: » At least that
Muckit wrote: » Sorry no such thing as 'yellow', it's 'yellaa'!! Ye talk very posh around loughrea!
simx wrote: » Oh they sound like their full value, does be a lot of bad hoors of cattle there too IMO, I see mr.A is going there now too, himself and mr.H will drive cow trade wrong
Willfarman wrote: » The jobbers were impossible to contain today. It seemed they have customers waiting. Yes I see mr a frequenting the last few weeks.
simx wrote: » Some prime boys around that ring alright, I especially have a soft spot for a young lad over to the right hand side, a proper gent ...... Mr.a and the other man have very bad blood between them. Polling going on in every mart
Willfarman wrote: » That young lad would be better suited to dealing piebalds! Ah the cow trade isn't simple when numbers are small.
Butcher Boy wrote: » And what may I ask is wrong with dealing in piebalds ,sold a few last weak and they went to Holland left a lot more than suckling anyway.
Muckit wrote: » Went in at lunchtime to have a look at the trade in bsloe. In hindsight I should have gave it a miss and took my time eating the lunch! Lovely pen of well done spring '12 ch heifers came in, all up on the 680-700kg. All on to break the 1300 mark. I came away depressed out of it! Had it all on to keep the dinner down. But as the man says 'thats the price of them' atm.
Muckit wrote: » Oh they are probably in the lairage as we speak but feck it ta hell twas shocking money for such fine cattle. Suckler lads need not be living in cuckoo land in another few weeks. This sh*t needs to percolate down to the bottom.
