Calf price chitchat

visatorro · 19-02-2018 3:39pm

Mooooo wrote: »

Do ye all bring your own to the mart?

Sold all autumn calves outta the yard and plan to sell all spring calves outta the yard also, have four buyers. Hard to know whether I'm better off but I don't miss the mart anyway.

yewtree · 19-02-2018 3:40pm

Mooooo wrote: »

Do ye all bring your own to the mart?

Bring all our calves to the mart here, first bunch going this week, mix of jex and frx bull calves. really need to get calves moving sheds are getting very full. I will never bring calves home from the mart.

whelan2 · 19-02-2018 3:53pm

visatorro wrote: »

Sold all autumn calves outta the yard and plan to sell all spring calves outta the yard also, have four buyers. Hard to know whether I'm better off but I don't miss the mart anyway.

See an ad on donedeal that your calves can be collected and brought to carnaross mart, would be a handy service. Sell 90 % out of the yard here.

Say my name · 19-02-2018 3:57pm

Timmaay wrote: »

Any word on enniscorthy mart, worth the effort?

Non from me anyways.
Only had 4 calves out and didn't even see them selling or any other calves selling.

As freedom said though an extra week makes a difference.
Although it's hard to fathom some sales your best calf can make the worst price.
Just depends who your calf lands on the merry go round.

I have a neighbour who's getting up to 180 for fr bulls in enniscorthy. Got up to 150 myself but got 80 as well.

alps · 19-02-2018 4:19pm

Say my name wrote: »

Plus interest.....:p

I couldn't remember how much we had even agreed in them....came through at 110.. That was 3 weeks old last May......Not that we had April Calvers or anything...BRrrrrp

Bass Reeves · 19-02-2018 4:25pm

alps wrote: »

Money in the account this morning...

TBHit is as much your fault as the buyers. Mistakes happen in offices someone misplaced a docket and the person who transfers the money never sees it. TBF they seem to have resolved fast. In previous times some farmers had a habit of. It cashing cheques for months that is a pain as well for someone.

Timmaay · 19-02-2018 4:42pm

Say my name wrote: »

Non from me anyways.
Only had 4 calves out and didn't even see them selling or any other calves selling.

As freedom said though an extra week makes a difference.
Although it's hard to fathom some sales your best calf can make the worst price.
Just depends who your calf lands on the merry go round.

I have a neighbour who's getting up to 180 for fr bulls in enniscorthy. Got up to 150 myself but got 80 as well.

What time I need to be there at?

whelan2 · 19-02-2018 4:42pm

Bass Reeves wrote: »

TBHit is as much your fault as the buyers. Mistakes happen in offices someone misplaced a docket and the person who transfers the money never sees it. TBF they seem to have resolved fast. In previous times some farmers had a habit of. It cashing cheques for months that is a pain as well for someone.

Is it not a very basic mistake not to pay for something.....it shouldn't happen. Why should the farmer have to go looking for it? I wonder how many more farmers weren't paid and don't know. I rang a good few times looking for my money. It wasn't alot of money but it was my money

bogman_bass · 19-02-2018 5:00pm

At carnaross earlier
10 day old aax bulls 230

Aax heifers 12 days old 195
3 week old fr bull 100

2 week old HE bulls 200

Mooooo · 19-02-2018 5:29pm

yewtree wrote: »

Bring all our calves to the mart here, first bunch going this week, mix of jex and frx bull calves. really need to get calves moving sheds are getting very full. I will never bring calves home from the mart.

Unless someone is buying from yard, haulier collects calves every Monday to take to bandon. He'd have 2 Lorries full to sell minimum even week. Like that my only instruction is not bring them back

Say my name · 19-02-2018 5:47pm

Timmaay wrote: »

What time I need to be there at?

As early as you can make it.

There could be 200 calves in the Que by 8.30.

(The dealer is starting to sound an easier proposition.)

You do need the Mart to judge prices though.

whelan2 · 19-02-2018 6:13pm

What's the haulage cost and when is payment

Mooooo · 19-02-2018 6:39pm

whelan2 wrote: »

What's the haulage cost and when is payment

Mart deducts it and pays haulier, all in including mart fees etc i think it comes to 18 euro. Transport prob 8 or 9 euro of it. Haven't sent anything yet this year and didn't send any last year so I think that's it. Get mart cheque then following week as normal

J.O. Farmer · 19-02-2018 6:39pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Is it not a very basic mistake not to pay for something.....it shouldn't happen. Why should the farmer have to go looking for it? I wonder how many more farmers weren't paid and don't know. I rang a good few times looking for my money. It wasn't alot of money but it was my money

Is not an even more basic mistake not to make sure you got paid for them or at least know you didn't get paid.
Businesses send reminder notices and bills all the time. What makes farmers any different that if they haven't been paid that they shouldn't remind the buyer.

It must be great though all the same to be able to sell calves and not realise for 12 months that the money hadn't come through even if it is only a couple of calves

whelan2 · 19-02-2018 7:02pm

I didn't get paid for 3 separate lots of calves. Payment was to be within ten days of calves going ,as it always had been before.. All 3lots went with in that ten days. Paid a month after first lot went. I was relying on the money to pay someone so I was on top of it.

High bike · 19-02-2018 8:05pm

What would 3 week old limo x br fr. heifer calves be worth ex yard nice square calves by ai bull????

Sheep breeder · 19-02-2018 9:55pm

whelan2 wrote: »

These would probably have been paying the farmer on the day.

One guy wasn’t and pocketed the money as he had a drink problem and the exporter had to clean up after him.

alps · 20-02-2018 1:38am

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Is not an even more basic mistake not to make sure you got paid for them or at least know you didn't get paid.
Businesses send reminder notices and bills all the time. What makes farmers any different that if they haven't been paid that they shouldn't remind the buyer.

It must be great though all the same to be able to sell calves and not realise for 12 months that the money hadn't come through even if it is only a couple of calves

Poor system there. Payments come sporadically, not in date order, and a pain in the hole if you have to be searching statements to see if each group of calves has been paid for. Even if they issued an advise, by text, by email, by post, that payment had been issued, you would have some record trail of what had been paid for and what was outstanding..

Plenty other buyers, many who pay on the day..

Too many stories of farmers missing payments....thats sloppy business, and won't keep custom...

K.G. · 20-02-2018 7:51am

Mooooo wrote: »

whelan2 wrote: »

What's the haulage cost and when is payment

Mart deducts it and pays haulier, all in including mart fees etc i think it comes to 18 euro. Transport prob 8 or 9 euro of it. Haven't sent anything yet this year and didn't send any last year so I think that's it. Get mart cheque then following week as normal

A fella takes what dosent sell at home,handy job as you can keep moving them on even in small nimbers

Bass Reeves · 20-02-2018 12:54pm

From April calves will have to be at least 10 days before they can be sold either through the mart or farm to farm. That means calves going to the mart sill on aerage be at least 14 days old

Mooooo · 20-02-2018 1:02pm

Was that not the case with the mart all the Time? Generally go after 4 here edit to say i mean 4 weeks , the extra week or two can add 100 euro depending on the day

freedominacup · 20-02-2018 1:08pm

Mooooo wrote: »

Was that not the case with the mart all the Time? Generally go after 4 here

New regs. Incl farm to farm sales. Just the tip of the iceberg imo.

boggerman1 · 20-02-2018 3:38pm

That 10 day rule can't come quick enough otherwise mart will be dumping ground for the jex yokes.there was some scandalous poor calves in Thurles yesterday.thin and miserable and couldn't be more than a week old.their navels were very fresh.the more of these things that are bred will do nothing for the image off Irish farming.

whelan2 · 20-02-2018 3:41pm

Will lads not just back date the date of birth? Wouldn't normally sell calves under ten days here unless it was for someone who has lost a calf

Base price · 20-02-2018 4:35pm

Current legislation states that a calf has to be 10 days old to travel over 100kms of a journey. There is no age requirement for journeys under 100kms
However in all cases calves should not be transported until - "the umbilicus is dry and shrivelled and the skin beneath the navel is completely healed over"
Calves should not be accepted at a mart or by a haulier unless the above condition is met and they are fit/healthy to travel.
https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/animalhealthwelfare/transportofliveanimals/Guidelines_WelfareOfAnimalsDuringTransport.pdf

farisfat · 20-02-2018 4:53pm

boggerman1 wrote: »

That 10 day rule can't come quick enough otherwise mart will be dumping ground for the jex yokes.there was some scandalous poor calves in Thurles yesterday.thin and miserable and couldn't be more than a week old.their navels were very fresh.the more of these things that are bred will do nothing for the image off Irish farming.

What was the trade like.

einn32 · 20-02-2018 7:03pm

€38 for white fr bulls and €88 black fr bulls we sent to Fermoy today. Trade sounds like it collapsed. Still beats shooting them!

boggerman1 · 20-02-2018 7:26pm

farisfat wrote: »

What was the trade like.

I sold 11 Fr.bull calves.born from 27 Jan to7th Feb.averaged €80 each.once I was sold I left.look up midtippmart.com for prices

kevthegaff · 20-02-2018 8:03pm

boggerman1 wrote:

That 10 day rule can't come quick enough otherwise mart will be dumping ground for the jex yokes.there was some scandalous poor calves in Thurles yesterday.thin and miserable and couldn't be more than a week old.their navels were very fresh.the more of these things that are bred will do nothing for the image off Irish farming.

I'll be there next Monday offloading 20 angus calves

atlantic mist · 21-02-2018 1:07pm

10 friesians sold here last week, 3 weeks, avg 155, highest made 215

yewtree · 21-02-2018 1:45pm

Got from €30-80 euro for a mix of jex and frx calves in the yard this morning, 10-14days old. It will save me a trip to the mart anyway.
The buyer bought calves last year, was happy with them he brings them to finish as steers as far as I know.

Keepgrowing · 21-02-2018 7:33pm

yewtree wrote: »

Got from €30-80 euro for a mix of jex and frx calves in the yard this morning, 10-14days old. It will save me a trip to the mart anyway.
The buyer bought calves last year, was happy with them he brings them to finish as steers as far as I know.

Thanks for that I have a guy coming Monday to buy bull calves

einn32 · 21-02-2018 8:59pm

Two week old AA bull for 220e out of the yard today.

freedominacup · 24-02-2018 11:13am

Oul boy was in New ross at 7 this morning. Queued for an hour before unloading. 400 lots in before him. He met a neighbour when he was leaving who was at the same point in the queue that he was when he arrived iykwim.

Timmaay · 24-02-2018 11:33am

freedominacup wrote: »

Oul boy was in New ross at 7 this morning. Queued for an hour before unloading. 400 lots in before him. He met a neighbour when he was leaving who was at the same point in the queue that he was when he arrived iykwim.

Spent 10mins queuing in carnew just there, 300 before me, heading home now, only brought them myself because I need to come this way anyways.

Say my name · 24-02-2018 1:05pm

Timmaay wrote: »

Spent 10mins queuing in carnew just there, 300 before me, heading home now, only brought them myself because I need to come this way anyways.

Did you go to enniscorthy after?
There were 900 lots on offer I believe.

Keepgrowing · 24-02-2018 1:17pm

No queues here, just sold some calves
16 Fr Bulls €1600
8 He Bulls €300
6 He Heifers €250

Guy coming this pm to buy some more He calves

Timmaay · 24-02-2018 1:22pm

Say my name wrote: »

Did you go to enniscorthy after?
There were 900 lots on offer I believe.

Didn't bother, none of my milkers around Thursday morning.

charolais0153 · 24-02-2018 1:43pm

Keepgrowing wrote: »

No queues here, just sold some calves
16 Fr Bulls €1600
8 He Bulls €300
6 He Heifers €250

Guy coming this pm to buy some more He calves

40 e for he bulls?

Keepgrowing · 24-02-2018 3:42pm

charolais0153 wrote: »

40 e for he bulls?

Lol they were small

charolais0153 · 24-02-2018 3:59pm

Keepgrowing wrote: »

Lol they were small

Oh

late-night.

freedominacup · 24-02-2018 11:13pm

85 for mixed lots of Ho bulls.
230 for small aa bull.
340 for bb bull.

Might be doing better out of the yard.

Butcher Boy · 24-02-2018 11:35pm

I was in macroom today and skib yesterday would not get much of a fr bull for 120 the shippers nearly tearing each other apart for them, there is a young girl about 18 years buying for a shipping crowd she is hard as the road she takes no **** and knows her job she brought 60 calves out of skib yesterday,

Coolfresian · 25-02-2018 1:39pm

Getting 160 out of yard for 3 week old ho fr bull calves

milkprofit · 25-02-2018 6:23pm

What2 wk old fr heifer calves for breeding making

Pidae.m · 25-02-2018 11:10pm

milkprofit wrote: »

What2 wk old fr heifer calves for breeding making

250

380 for 4 week old with papers

whelan2 · 07-03-2018 12:07pm

Any Angus calf prices this week?

Coolfresian · 07-03-2018 12:15pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Any Angus calf prices this week?

Lots of supply this week, heard of 200-250 from yard.

wats the craic · 07-03-2018 4:37pm

Coolfresian wrote: »

Lots of supply this week, heard of 200-250 from yard.

did any one else get a text from prog gen about buying angus calves

visatorro · 07-03-2018 8:02pm

Got offered 65 for what I'd consider strong three week old fr calves. Would be going for export. I didn't deal but might have to deal yet. Heard very bad reports from mart a couple of weeks ago.

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