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Limestone Cowboy · 10-11-2015 07:09PM

loves_to_walk wrote: »

stuck my head in the door of a mart in the past week , good cattle were not making that , let alone the plainer ones

They are plain compared to the calves out of the continental cows. Maybe my definition of plain does be different from other people's.

Limestone Cowboy · 10-11-2015 07:11PM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Great prices LC, how do you find the wh cows, the bil has used a wh bull this year to clean up after AI so I will have my pick next year, have only one wh here and she throughs a great calf to the limo and is easily kept with loads of milk.

Easy kept and you'll have a heavy calf but not always the shape. Try to keep any heifers out of them but nearly always get Bulls :rolleyes:

limo_100 · 10-11-2015 07:37PM

Mac Taylor wrote: »

Great prices LC, how do you find the wh cows, the bil has used a wh bull this year to clean up after AI so I will have my pick next year, have only one wh here and she throughs a great calf to the limo and is easily kept with loads of milk.

I put mind in calf to simmentals you get a fabulous heifer for breeding I only have the one now she has a poorish kez bull calf shes a heifer and I dont kind she has alot of milk. I'm gonna put her incalf to a good terminal bull and sell her with a calf at foot next year. But a few years ago when we had them the cross worked very well are top cows are coming from them let it be ch or lm there able to retain the milk.

wats the craic · 10-11-2015 09:51PM

wat are dairy cows cull prices at the moment

jack o shea · 24-11-2015 12:03AM

What are lim bullocks making on the mart? 400 kg roughly.

Willfarman · 24-11-2015 12:07AM

jack o shea wrote: »

What are lim bullocks making on the mart? 400 kg roughly.

What age and quality?

grange mac · 24-11-2015 12:16AM

jack o shea wrote: »

What are lim bullocks making on the mart? 400 kg roughly.

950-1050 If nice suckler...take another 100 off if from dairy cow.

jack o shea · 24-11-2015 12:21AM

from dairy cows but good shape to them have been out wintered so far, spring 2014 born calves. some prob are 450 kg i havnt weighed them .

simx · 24-11-2015 01:04AM

jack o shea wrote: »

from dairy cows but good shape to them have been out wintered so far, spring 2014 born calves. some prob are 450 kg i havnt weighed them .

Price above is prob accurate but want to be v good quality, bought a blk lm blk last week, plain lad alright 430kg €730, out of a suckler cow too as I knew the lad selling, wouldn't count him the worst

jack o shea · 24-11-2015 01:12AM

dont think id let mine go at that price simx, you got a bargain there?was that in kk?would 2.30 or so a kg not be realistic money?

CloughCasey1 · 24-11-2015 09:41AM

jack o shea wrote: »

dont think id let mine go at that price simx, you got a bargain there?was that in kk?would 2.30 or so a kg not be realistic money?

Doubt you'll get much more than 2.15

Willfarman · 24-11-2015 09:45AM

That weight range is bringing more per kg than heavier lads. If they have a bit of shape 2.10 to 2.30 a kg for those types..

Willfarman · 24-11-2015 09:46AM

simx wrote: »

Price above is prob accurate but want to be v good quality, bought a blk lm blk last week, plain lad alright 430kg €730, out of a suckler cow too as I knew the lad selling, wouldn't count him the worst

That lad wasn't bought he was robbed

. Is he a 14?

simx · 24-11-2015 10:56AM

Willfarman wrote: »

That lad wasn't bought he was robbed . Is he a 14?

Time will tell ha, yeah '14, bought another bwh 430kg €620, won't be as big weight but worth a chance at that money imo, lads giving more than that for fr a few weeks ago, last Tuesday Kk weanlings sale- fr blks this years calves-298kg-€700, good square ones but some price

CloughCasey1 · 24-11-2015 12:06PM

simx wrote: »

Time will tell ha, yeah '14, bought another bwh 430kg €620, won't be as big weight but worth a chance at that money imo, lads giving more than that for fr a few weeks ago, last Tuesday Kk weanlings sale- fr blks this years calves-298kg-€700, good square ones but some price

Fn madness paying that for fr. Thats at least 150 more than worth no matter how well made. You bought well with the other two.

briangriffin · 29-11-2015 11:45PM

Just wondering killed a few cows there 4 friesian cull cows dry 3 months finished on grass and concentrates. great shape not holstein type.
Weighed before they went to the factory 3 weighed 725kgs and 1 weighed 700kgs what would ye reckon the dead weight should be of all four?

tismesoitis · 29-11-2015 11:52PM

Shud get 350-360 if the got 3 moths good finishing

Cavanjack · 29-11-2015 11:55PM

briangriffin wrote: »

Just wondering killed a few cows there 4 friesian cull cows dry 3 months finished on grass and concentrates. great shape not holstein type.
Weighed before they went to the factory 3 weighed 725kgs and 1 weighed 700kgs what would ye reckon the dead weight should be of all four?

325kg and 315kg

Willfarman · 29-11-2015 11:56PM

briangriffin wrote: »

Just wondering killed a few cows there 4 friesian cull cows dry 3 months finished on grass and concentrates. great shape not holstein type.
Weighed before they went to the factory 3 weighed 725kgs and 1 weighed 700kgs what would ye reckon the dead weight should be of all four?

Somewhere round the 330 340 kg Mark. Depend on how fat and if bellies full or empty

cute geoge · 30-11-2015 12:00AM

My guess they will kill out 45% so that would be 330 kg d.w. for the 725 kg and 310 kg d.w. for 700 kg.
You will be lucky for any of them to clear €1k after deductions and haulage.
I have often killed holstein cows where you feel there ribs and they have killed out o+4 ,i feel the fr. cow does not carry as much weight and often only grade p ,let us know how you get on anyway. cows seem to be under serious price pressure at the moment

briangriffin · 07-12-2015 03:24AM

one liveweight 735 killed out 332 graded p + 4l
2nd liveweight 725 killed out 315 graded o - 3
3rd liveweight 700 killed out 305 graded o + 4l
4th liveweight 720 killed out 292 graded o + 4l

got them in b4 prices fell few weeks back disappointed with a few of the dead weights
cheers for the info lads

cute geoge · 07-12-2015 03:11PM

I think there is a big difference between factories for k.o. % from talking to lads .Some say the worst k.o. is in some of the independent factories

J DEERE · 29-12-2015 01:22AM

Anyone in Newport today?

davidk1394 · 11-02-2016 09:42PM

Sold final 2 suckler cows today in kilkenny mart. first cow weighed 770kg and born in 2008 made €1200 FR x AA breed. the other cow is 3/4 AA born in 2012 weighed in at 795 made €1385. I was happy with the price

Wes Palmer Lee · 12-02-2016 11:17PM

I take it they were dry cows?

Sligoronan · 13-02-2016 01:47AM

Sold 2 calves tonight. Not great calves. Angus calves of incalf heifers. 210 kg bull calf 530. Pity the fellow that bought him. And 295 heifer calf 640.both June calves.

frazzledhome · 13-02-2016 02:54PM

Not my usual thread but would like a little info without starting a new thread.

Is any company exporting cattle from Ireland at the moment?

patsy_mccabe · 13-02-2016 04:57PM

frazzledhome wrote: »

Not my usual thread but would like a little info without starting a new thread.

Is any company exporting cattle from Ireland at the moment?

They sure are. 4,625 cattle exported in January, compared to just 2,222 for January last year.

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

frazzledhome · 13-02-2016 05:23PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

They sure are. 4,625 cattle exported in January, compared to just 2,222 for January last year.

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

Thanks Patsy, who are the main players?

patsy_mccabe · 13-02-2016 05:52PM

frazzledhome wrote: »

Thanks Patsy, who are the main players?

I wouldn't be familiar with them, to be honest. Quinn International Livestock and Viastar are the ones I would have heard of.
I know of two crowds I wouldn't touch with a barge pole. Have a habit of going bust.

http://www.viastar.ie/home.html

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