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Calf price chitchat

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    #92
    whelan2
    Registered Users Posts: 29,082 ✭✭✭✭whelan2


    alps wrote: »
    Emailed last night and again at lunch time...no reply..

    Going to let their local rep know in the morning, and let him know that if not rectified by 10am Monday., it will just have to go on their Facebook page....

    If I remember, did you get sorted that way?

    Ye sorted in a few minutes that way. In fairness to the rep it wasn't his fault.


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    #93
    whelan2
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    Sheep breeder wrote: »
    When you sold the calves was it direct or through an agent

    Agent collects them and brings them to their depot.


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    #94
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    How much are bb calves making at the mart?


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    #95
    Sheep breeder
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    Agent collects them and brings them to their depot.

    Some so call agents were buying themselves and selling to exporter to try turn more money for their own pocket.


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    #96
    whelan2
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    Sheep breeder wrote: »
    Some so call agents were buying themselves and selling to exporter to try turn more money for their own pocket.

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


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    #97
    alps
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    Ye sorted in a few minutes that way. In fairness to the rep it wasn't his fault.

    Money in the account this morning...


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    #98
    Say my name
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    alps wrote: »
    Money in the account this morning...

    Plus interest.....:p


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    #99
    freedominacup
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    A neighbour was in new ross on Saturday morning at 7.00am. 200+ calves there before him. Drovers said his were the first "decent calves" they'd seen so far that morning. Some indictment of the rest as any black and white he'd have would be 10 plus generations of pedigree holstein from the high production end of the breed. He had a few bb in the trailer also.
    An extra week worth an extra 100 euro on B&W calves he reckoned.


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    #100
    Timmaay
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    Any word on enniscorthy mart, worth the effort?


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    #101
    Mooooo
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    Do ye all bring your own to the mart?


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    #102
    visatorro
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    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.


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    #103
    yewtree
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    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.


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    #104
    whelan2
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    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.


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    #105
    Say my name
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    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.


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    #106
    alps
    Registered Users Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭alps


    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


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    #107
    Bass Reeves
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    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.

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #108
    Timmaay
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    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?


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    #109
    whelan2
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    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


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    #110
    bogman_bass
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    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


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    #111
    Mooooo
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    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


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    #112
    Say my name
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    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.) :p
    You do need the Mart to judge prices though.


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    #113
    whelan2
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    What's the haulage cost and when is payment


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    #114
    Mooooo
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    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


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    #115
    J.O. Farmer
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    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


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    #116
    whelan2
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    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.


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    #117
    High bike
    Registered Users Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭High bike


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


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    #118
    Sheep breeder
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    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.


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    #119
    alps
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    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...


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    #120
    K.G.
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    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


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    #121
    Bass Reeves
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    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

    Slava Ukrainii



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