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orm0nd · 21-07-2015 09:55PM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Just at mart in nenagh ,beef men are loosing the fookin plot as regards what there paying out for cattle .

I presume that was the heifer ring ?

FarmerDougal · 21-07-2015 10:24PM

440 got for qa steers

mahoney_j · 21-07-2015 10:34PM

orm0nd wrote: »

I presume that was the heifer ring ?

Didn't venture in to thatching just ,bull/bullock ring .highlight was a group of February 15 born undernourished fr bull calves came in weighing 118 kg made 390 .fr bullocks easily making 2 euro plus a kg

orm0nd · 21-07-2015 10:49PM

mahoney_j wrote: »

Didn't venture in to thatching just ,bull/bullock ring .highlight was a group of February 15 born undernourished fr bull calves came in weighing 118 kg made 390 .fr bullocks easily making 2 euro plus a kg

that was lively,
I was there last week & nice enough Jan 15 fr bulls about 200 kgs were struggling to €400

epfff · 21-07-2015 10:56PM

FarmerDougal wrote: »

440 got for qa steers

Is that 440 onto grid plus qa

Feckthis · 22-07-2015 11:13PM

I have bullocks and couple of heifers for sale about 1 and half years old. They were Tb tested last November. am I ok to sell in the mart this week?

tanko · 22-07-2015 11:30PM

Feckthis wrote: »

I have bullocks and couple of heifers for sale about 1 and half years old. They were Tb tested last November. am I ok to sell in the mart this week?

The bullocks are definitely ok. I'm pretty sure the heifers can be sold without a blood test as long as they're under 24 months.

FarmerDougal · 22-07-2015 11:31PM

epfff wrote: »

Is that 440 onto grid plus qa

Yes average price 4.58 for load

Duke92 · 23-07-2015 12:05AM

Where was that

FarmerDougal · 23-07-2015 12:22AM

Duke92 wrote: »

Where was that

They are stuck badly when they are ringing farmer. Still freely available

Duke92 · 23-07-2015 12:28AM

Sounds like horses**t

Farmer Pudsey · 23-07-2015 07:13AM

Would not be surprised if they try to pull prices over next 2-3 weeks with Bank Holiday and February 2013 born cattle going overage. History says they will try it anyway. However All cattle are scarse. They will be testing the water at present with finishers for prices for finishing for Christmas and January. You would want a base in excess of 4.5/kg to finish cattle this winter at present prices and if prices go higher you would want more.

CloughCasey1 · 23-07-2015 07:39AM

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Would not be surprised if they try to pull prices over next 2-3 weeks with Bank Holiday and February 2013 born cattle going overage. History says they will try it anyway. However All cattle are scarse. They will be testing the water at present with finishers for prices for finishing for Christmas and January. You would want a base in excess of 4.5/kg to finish cattle this winter at present prices and if prices go higher you would want more.

FIL has 10 going Fri. 5hex 1frx 1ch 2bbx and 1six. Ch is 33mts all rest feb/mar 13 what sort of base should he get?

FarmerDougal · 23-07-2015 08:14AM

Duke92 wrote: »

Sounds like horses**t

Good man yourself

Willfarman · 23-07-2015 08:19AM

Forward stores prices would indicate that there won't be much of a pull. On tue 620 kg black lims nice cattle but only R's March 13. € 1600. Need about 2 months.

Farmer Pudsey · 23-07-2015 11:47AM

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

FIL has 10 going Fri. 5hex 1frx 1ch 2bbx and 1six. Ch is 33mts all rest feb/mar 13 what sort of base should he get?

4.30/4.35. It will be hard to get much higher as they are reluctant with HE to really push the boat out as you get the HE bonus that brings up the price. He should make sure he will not get an age variation deduction on the CHX that is over 30 months. Local factory will hit you with a 20c/kg hit on such cattle unless you make sure it dose not apply. A 20c/kg hit on him would be equivlent 5c/kg on the HE combined and the FR as well and maybe more.

No point in getting a fancy base if you allow them to hit waht is likely the heavyist bullock there.

CloughCasey1 · 23-07-2015 05:20PM

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

4.30/4.35. It will be hard to get much higher as they are reluctant with HE to really push the boat out as you get the HE bonus that brings up the price. He should make sure he will not get an age variation deduction on the CHX that is over 30 months. Local factory will hit you with a 20c/kg hit on such cattle unless you make sure it dose not apply. A 20c/kg hit on him would be equivlent 5c/kg on the HE combined and the FR as well and maybe more.

No point in getting a fancy base if you allow them to hit waht is likely the heavyist bullock there.

Thanks FP I'll ask the agent to make sure chx makes same base as the underage ones.

darragh_haven · 23-07-2015 09:20PM

Just sent away a double this evening, half heifers and half bullocks. All under age bar 1. Agreed €4.45 for heifers and €4.35 for bullocks. No cut for the over age bullocks either. Price plus or minus grade/grid, plus QA, plus He or AA bonus
Agent/haulier told us that the factory rang him 2 hours before he callex put to us this evening to know had he agreed a deal with us. He said he had. Factory told him they are going to be flooded with cattle and would be offering 10 cent less if the deal hadn't been agreed.

Price cut of 10 to 15 cent from tomorrow for all cattle. Feb 2013 born cattle are hitting the factory now

FarmerDougal · 23-07-2015 09:45PM

30 steers under 30mnths killed 450kg dead 440 base today (460 incl bonuses)

Midlands

Farmer Pudsey · 23-07-2015 10:02PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Just sent away a double this evening, half heifers and half bullocks. All under age bar 1. Agreed €4.45 for heifers and €4.35 for bullocks. No cut for the over age bullocks either. Price plus or minus grade/grid, plus QA, plus He or AA bonus
Agent/haulier told us that the factory rang him 2 hours before he callex put to us this evening to know had he agreed a deal with us. He said he had. Factory told him they are going to be flooded with cattle and would be offering 10 cent less if the deal hadn't been agreed.

Price cut of 10 to 15 cent from tomorrow for all cattle. Feb 2013 born cattle are hitting the factory now

Not sure if it will work for factory's numbers are tight lads that go chasing the 12c/kg QA are nuts. Plenty of grass and cheap fodder WTF would you accept a price cut with price of replacements.

White Clover · 23-07-2015 10:07PM

Lads. Quit the negative talk please. Numbers are tight. Pure factory talk. Just because Feb 13 cattle are approaching 30 months doesn't mean the place is going to be flooded

darragh_haven · 23-07-2015 10:35PM

White Clover wrote: »

Lads. Quit the negative talk please. Numbers are tight. Pure factory talk. Just because Feb 13 cattle are approaching 30 months doesn't mean the place is going to be flooded

Been with this agent 2 years. He's never put us wrong. We have more cattle to go in 3 to 4 weeks, so I hope price stays up.

Cavanjack · 23-07-2015 11:08PM

I said it here a month ago that an agent told me to get rid of anything I had coming near fit as the price was dropping in a week or two. They have strengthened since. Prices will drop when numbers increase. No sign of that yet. I hope.

blue5000 · 23-07-2015 11:10PM

A lot of feb 13 cattle are already gone.

mf240 · 23-07-2015 11:44PM

blue5000 wrote: »

A lot of feb 13 cattle are already gone.

That was the time there all the extra calves died. I wouldnt belive the radio in a factory agents house.

Farmer Pudsey · 23-07-2015 11:52PM

I think they will test the water to see if they can get away with it. Last year lads panicked and flooded them with cattle. There fear is that expensive stores will discourage the smaller finisher and that the large contracted finishers will want a very strong base price before they fill sheds this year.

Cows are scarce as well. However they will try to drop or stop price rises. However it is worth remembering that there is 60K+ less cattle to kill compared to this time last year between and and late autumn.

Cassidy2 · 26-07-2015 11:43AM

Beef will be back Monday due to French problems

epfff · 26-07-2015 03:49PM

Cassidy2 wrote: »

Beef will be back Monday due to French problems

Hopefully that the only problem
I say it's back to see how farmers react
Race week as we call it here is always funny

CloughCasey1 · 26-07-2015 03:53PM

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

FIL has 10 going Fri. 5hex 1frx 1ch 2bbx and 1six. Ch is 33mts all rest feb/mar 13 what sort of base should he get?

Got 4.30 base minus penaltys plus qa and he bonus.

Was surprised at the blues. 27mts over 1750 each. Bought as calves apr13 for 330.

epfff · 26-07-2015 04:12PM

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Got 4.30 base minus penaltys plus qa and he bonus.

Was surprised at the blues. 27mts over 1750 each. Bought as calves apr13 for 330.

Good return
Were they all ran together
If so How did rest compare

430 I got Fri too

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