AP2014 wrote: » Don't have exact weights but they were very light bullocks around 280kg...5 were around the 320kg and cost the 850. All very average cattle.
Willfarman wrote: » Hard to pick up anything any less in money.
Farmer Pudsey wrote: » It all depends on what you pay for ration and how you value silage. You would have to try to buy them as a bunch off the land or over one day in a mart as they can be less likly to fight after a spin. If bought 1st june 120 days at grass at 50c/day. 120 kgs of ration over last 6 weeks at grass. Housed October 1st. 110 day to finish feeding ad lib good silage and 1.2 tons of ration. Dosing, mart, factory fees, vet, possible losses(15-20/head average) transport. around 450 euro.
Cavanjack wrote: » Out of curiosity How do you value grass at 50c a day?
Farmer Pudsey wrote: » Have always costed grass at that for last 3-4 years. It is not like silage where grass will grow grass. Just when it is starting to get going you are grazing it. Them heavy bulls will tear ground as well. Say the average 480kgs for grazing season then they will require an average of 10kgs of DM/day. Even allowing for it to reduce as you feed meal for last 6 week at grass you will still average 9kgs DM/day over the season. allow for it 4.5c/kg of DM not an exact science but near enough. On an acre of land over an 220 day grazing season would 120 euro cover Fertlizer , fencing reseeding etc, etc, etc
Willfarman wrote: » Late Autumn 14 Bulls 280 kg @ say €900 good shapey export type nice lads if you got em for it.. Graze until November. Say €60 for grass. €.35 for commission transport and dose. 3 months silage and avg 7 kg meal @2.20 a day. €264. 1. Month on 10 kg meal high maize meal and silage @ €3 a day. €90. 2 months ad lib@ 3.75 a day. €225. Assume 420kg of gain @ 1.5 kg day. 700 kg ko of 60% 420 kg @. €4.50 a kg carcass under 16 months on grid. € 1890. - 1574 = €316 gross. Figures and system Loosely based on a suckler friends recently killed Bulls. Might be hard come by similar quality stock though.
Cavanjack wrote: » Is it necessary to feed meal to these type Bulls for the last 6 weeks at grass?
restive wrote: » Has the recent price pull by factories had any impact on mart prices?
I said wrote: » Yes ballymahon was a disaster check farmersforum.ie for results. Results not up yet anything over 600kgs struggled to get 2€ a kg
mahoney_j wrote: » 500 kg fleshy hol fr bullocks born feb mar 14 ,.2 Euro kg still achievable in mart for them ??
Farmer Pudsey wrote: » In two marts yesterday and Wednesday, Friesians 500kgs + were not far off 2/kg. Herefords 600kgs were 2.1/kg+, saw no Contenintals as was only in one place for 40 minutes and there was none at the other mart. Lighter Fr 450 kgs good quality 860, poorer quality 420, 30 months of age 700 euro. Herefords 18 months 330kgs 880 euro. What amazed me was the ringside was empty enough I could have got a spot myself Cows looked Ok up to 550 kgs 50+&- there weight. Anything that has no calf registered sold better than heifers. Heavier cows were in demand. However another thing that was curious was stockbulls selling for the equivlent of 3.3/kg DW and ones that could be fed on were selling very well as well.
CHOPS01 wrote: » Those hereford's should be able to give a lad a chance to make money or were they poor
Muckit wrote: » What day is ballymahon on? Could go down and bring up a trailer load and sell them in Ballinasloe the following Wednesday.
bogman_bass wrote: » 18 months old. Leaves a year to get them finished and they would have to put on .8g a day between now and then. I doubt they would be fit to do that
orm0nd wrote: » Thursday usually watch it online while having the lunch ,, great ch & lm cattle selling there saw a few lots of '14 fr bullocks , llooked sguare enough on camera selling for less than screws of '15 runner holsteins were making in nenagh a couple of weeks ago
