Beef General Thread

AP2014 wrote: »

These your own? Bullocks? Any pics?

I have of the two lmx will post later

Bullocks wrote: »

Great money , were you in headford ? I've a fr cow there today but i haven't heard from yer man that brought her down yet

Ya it was quite enough with stock but ring was busy. Hopefully will hold another month as last of my year and halfs lads will be ready for then. Well fleshed animals made good money. Cows won't be on for a while yet. You might do well as truckers will have half full loads. Let us know how she does.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Lmx feb 14 540kg 1340
Bbx apr 14 520kg 1350
Lmx jan 14 505kg 1390
Bbx apr 14 530kg 1240

Pics not great

AP2014 wrote: »

Nice cattle with good flesh on them, they don't look exceptional though. Think ya cleaned up with prices. Fair play.

Nope. Just big heavy lumps

Bullocks wrote: »

€890 she made . I'm happy with that , don't know her weight but under 500kg anyhow , purebred holstien

You'll find the weight on farming forum during week. Wouldn't ne many fr cows in Headford.

Sold 3 youngish dry cows at home yesterday for 1425, one Charolais x sim that had a good bit of flesh but still needed a small bit more feeding and 2 fairly storey red lims but all well made cows. I'd probably have averaged closer to 1500 in the mart but your man will blood them and by the time you'd have commission and a 50 mile round trip to the mart with them taken out of it I might be as well off. One of them had horns as well so wouldn't have got in with her.

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Sold 3 youngish dry cows at home yesterday for 1425, one Charolais x sim that had a good bit of flesh but still needed a small bit more feeding and 2 fairly storey red lims but all well made cows. I'd probably have averaged closer to 1500 in the mart but your man will blood them and by the time you'd have commission and a 50 mile round trip to the mart with them taken out of it I might be as well off. One of them had horns as well so wouldn't have got in with her.

Will the buyer pay to blood them ? That's not a bad deal at all

carried 2 culls to Kilmallock yesterday, prices seemed pretty strong
I'd one nice red LM 655Kgs made 1215 and one screwball of a shorthorn that never had a calf 395kgs made 790, madness I thought anyway as there was no way she'll fatten and she wouldn't survive in a shed of cattle.

calves were still dear, month old whiteheads up 380 and week old angus making 180.

wouldn't like to be feeding them till next spring.

whelan2 wrote: »

HAD 2 lads ringing last week looking for calves

Preordering

whelan2 wrote: »

Ye i had told them earlier i would be calving in August. Cant imagine theres too many calves around at this time of year. Not starting calving til the end of August .

Not much of a break there so

ganmo wrote: »

http://www.bordbia.ie/industry/farmers/pricetracking/cattle/pages/livecattleexports.aspx

So there is 15k less calves exported so far this year and 110-120k extra calves born. Some people will get a serious burning come 2017.

Cavanjack wrote: »

So there is 15k less calves exported so far this year and 110-120k extra calves born. Some people will get a serious burning come 2017.

Not necessarily,the other side of the coin is the demand. There may bew a greater demand for beef then. We hope!

orm0nd wrote: »

no, belonging to a neighbour (unfortunately not mine)

classy stock mostly feb14. light red lm ex simmential x cows

Lim muscle with sim frames. Good mix.