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dryan · 14-09-2012 9:08am

I let a few bullocks go this morning at 3.85 base price.
The factory are quoting 3.80 for next week.

MfMan · 14-09-2012 11:03am

dryan wrote: »

I let a few bullocks go this morning at 3.85 base price.
The factory are quoting 3.80 for next week.

Can I ask which factory? North/ South?

dryan · 14-09-2012 1:42pm

Midlands - kilbeggan area

locha · 17-09-2012 10:04am

Got 3.90 for steers, was quoted 3.80 & 3.85 by two factories and I held the line. A lot of talk about pulling but there is still a bit of a shortage on the continent apparently. Tehy are very well fleshed having eaten a mountain of meal... Have another bunch to sell in 2 weeks time, will be interesting to see how they fare..

MfMan · 24-09-2012 7:27pm

Anyone sell / price this week? Hear €3.85 steady for steers but may be a pull coming. Factories not too bothered about numbers apparently.

DMAXMAN · 24-09-2012 7:47pm

bob charles wrote: »

got and get are two different things unfortunately. IFA said €4 is to be "got"

they always sais that the way to get cattle when they are scarce is to start a rumour of a price drop.after the summer? they are not being swamped by cattle, reckon it is all a stunt.saying that i have no cattle to sell at the moment:cool:

dryan · 10-10-2012 3:43pm

anyone sell or get any quotes lately.
3:80 base price on offer for underage bullocks in the midlands.

poor farmer · 10-10-2012 8:44pm

i have dairy bred bulls to sell, sold some last week at €3.70/kg for O
I have been quoted €3.65 for this week.

I also have a fr. stock bull to sell 4 year old in good flesh about 900kg live
anyone know what i should be getting for him

epfff · 10-10-2012 9:05pm

poor farmer wrote: »

i have dairy bred bulls to sell, sold some last week at €3.70/kg for O
I have been quoted €3.65 for this week.

I also have a fr. stock bull to sell 4 year old in good flesh about 900kg live
anyone know what i should be getting for him

what fat scor on the fr

poor farmer · 10-10-2012 9:22pm

The 20 month bulls are mostly 2= 2+ some 3s
The 4year old maybe a 2

NewBeefFarmer · 10-10-2012 9:45pm

Im new,

3.85 3.90 ?

whats this? .. per what?

If i have a chx suppose hes 550/650,

i know these are factory prices ye are talking about here.

are they for bullocks?

lol. . ive often read through this tread, but my prices on my excel sheet are in around 2/2.20 per kg, and i often wondered what are ye lads talking about. :pac:

poor farmer · 10-10-2012 9:58pm

NewBeefFarmer wrote: »

Im new,

3.85 3.90 ?

whats this? .. per what?

If i have a chx suppose hes 550/650,

i know these are factory prices ye are talking about here.

are they for bullocks?

lol. . ive often read through this tread, but my prices on my excel sheet are in around 2/2.20 per kg, and i often wondered what are ye lads talking about. :pac:

cent per kilo deadweight

rayzorsharpest · 10-10-2012 11:04pm

Im having alot of hasstle getting heifers killed. I had them booked in since the ploughing. i only got €3.90 for them today. any idea where id get a better price??

bob charles · 10-10-2012 11:12pm

cheap cattle being mopped up in the wet areas and anywhere there are sellers that factories know wont travel are being put on the long finger. gotta love loyalty. IFA protest this week used as the excuse for pushing back cattle into next week. Price remain static as expected.

Anyone keep an eye on the market info the IFA put out, is it just me or has a number of previous weeks advice being changed once the time line has passed

limerick farmer · 11-10-2012 1:12am

I notice the ifa usually put beef prices up on twitter on mondays but not this week or when prices are back .we should be told good or bad

poor farmer · 11-10-2012 3:02pm

offered €3.70 for o grade bulls for tomorrow

20-10-2012 7:20am

€3.96 /kg base price incl BB for heifers
€3.00-€3.20 for sucker culls but thinks 3.15ish

ootbitb · 20-10-2012 7:58am

rayzorsharpest wrote: »

Im having alot of hasstle getting heifers killed. I had them booked in since the ploughing. i only got €3.90 for them today. any idea where id get a better price??

sounds like it's too late:D

bob charles · 20-10-2012 8:21am

49801 wrote: »

€3.00-€3.20 for sucker culls but thinks 3.15ish

prices currently qouted for good culls is very weak, sell live

locha · 20-10-2012 10:06am

Got 3.90 Thursday for a combination of R's & Os - steers

Cavanjack · 20-10-2012 2:09pm

3.95 for a mix of o and r grade heifers

bob charles · 20-10-2012 2:12pm

locha wrote: »

Got 3.90 Thursday for a combination of R's & Os - steers

Cavanjack wrote: »

3.95 for a mix of o and r grade heifers

are these flat prices or base prices,

many people still sell cattle on a flat price?

poor farmer · 20-10-2012 2:59pm

I can never get a flat price , seems you would need to be selling big numbers

are prices hardening

bob charles · 20-10-2012 3:02pm

poor farmer wrote: »

are prices hardening

If you believe what the IFA say, but then again they are saying prices going up for the last 6 weeks and they havnt moved a cent over that period

Cavanjack · 20-10-2012 3:28pm

bob charles wrote: »

are these flat prices or base prices,

many people still sell cattle on a flat price?

Base prices. Only a couple of o's in it thankfully (all fresian cross) Hard to get a flat price when not killing big loads I think.

locha · 21-10-2012 8:35pm

bob charles wrote: »

are these flat prices or base prices,

many people still sell cattle on a flat price?

Flat. But it's very hard to get them to agree to it.

24-10-2012 1:23pm

49801 wrote: »

€3.96 /kg base price incl BB for heifers
€3.00-€3.20 for sucker culls but thinks 3.15ish

Factory only offering 3.10 for sucker culls
Agent/Haulier working for a price of 3.20

These are O grade prices IMO
Quote this weeks farming independent:

"Demand for cull cows seems livelier this week. U grades are commanding 350-360c/kg while Rs are in a range of 330-352c/kg.
O-grade cows sold for 320-346c/kg, with the majority sold for 320-330c/kg. P+ cows sold for 300-334c/kg."

bob charles wrote: »

prices currently qouted for good culls is very weak, sell live

When you've got a day job its far from simple to get a day to test them and then another day to bring them to the mart:(. Otherwise I would.

bob charles · 24-10-2012 1:36pm

Those prices in the independent sound very strong especially for the south of the country maybe more available up river. Your kinda snookered with not having the time to test them.

As I overheard a procurement manager on the phone recently to an irate caller questioning prices he said "why didn't you sell them to the f**ken paper so":D

24-10-2012 2:01pm

bob charles wrote: »

Those prices in the independent sound very strong especially for the south of the country maybe more available up river. Your kinda snookered with not having the time to test them.

As I overheard a procurement manager on the phone recently to an irate caller questioning prices he said "why didn't you sell them to the f**ken paper so":D

Thought the prices sounded on the strong side on the paper alright.
The papers always appear to me to give strong prices compared to what I can get but always makes me think we're just soft sellers:eek:.

rayzorsharpest · 24-10-2012 9:43pm

I got my grades back from the factory lately & dont fully understand them.
My base price was €3.90 for heifers
I only got a 6c bones on an R3.
I had a U5 which i got no bonus for at all,i know she was over fat but still i thought i wld get some extra for a U grade??
Also i had an animal dat went over age by 1 day,tis was due to my agent canceling my cattle for a later date yet i had to take the hit...
Does anyone have any answers for me?? Confused...

poor farmer · 24-10-2012 9:56pm

49801 wrote: »

Thought the prices sounded on the strong side on the paper alright.
The papers always appear to me to give strong prices compared to what I can get but always makes me think we're just soft sellers:eek:.

You cant really blame the the paper for trying to talk up the prices a bit.
The usually give a range e.g. €3.70-3.80 .The bigger prices seem to only be paid to the sellers with big numbers of cattle regularly,

A neigbour sold dairy bred bulls today ,around 300kg dw €3.70 for Os €3.50forPs

MfMan · 24-10-2012 10:59pm

rayzorsharpest wrote: »

I got my grades back from the factory lately & dont fully understand them.
My base price was €3.90 for heifers
I only got a 6c bones on an R3.
I had a U5 which i got no bonus for at all,i know she was over fat but still i thought i wld get some extra for a U grade??
Also i had an animal dat went over age by 1 day,tis was due to my agent canceling my cattle for a later date yet i had to take the hit...
Does anyone have any answers for me?? Confused...

Was it an R+, or R=, R- ? Only R+ will get the bonus. Ditto, U5; U+ will not be penalised, U=, U- will be docked 6c and 12c (according to the chart I have anyway). Plead your case with the procurer at the factory, explain the delay. Mightn't work for now but it may help in the future.

bob charles · 25-10-2012 12:44am

rayzorsharpest wrote: »

I got my grades back from the factory lately & dont fully understand them.
My base price was €3.90 for heifers
I only got a 6c bones on an R3. base price is from R= or R- also if the heifer was an R+4+ it would also result in you getting base price
I had a U5 which i got no bonus for at all,i know she was over fat but still i thought i wld get some extra for a U grade?? A animal grading a fat score of 5 will automatically be deducted 24cents a kilo. The U grade added 24c a kilo but the fat took it away again so you came back to base price.
Also i had an animal dat went over age by 1 day,tis was due to my agent canceling my cattle for a later date yet i had to take the hit... You will be told to sling your hook unfortunately
Does anyone have any answers for me?? Confused...

hope this helps, letting animals go overfat is a complete no no when selling beef as the hit in price is huge

johnpawl · 25-10-2012 7:48pm

bob charles wrote: »

hope this helps, letting animals go overfat is a complete no no when selling beef as the hit in price is huge

If he is deducted 24 cent for a fat score of 5, what is the story with a fat score of 1. A neighbour giving out about a cow grading E1, so I presume he must've been deducted for the 1 score?

poor farmer · 25-10-2012 10:38pm

According to the comic beef prices are improving.
I wonder would justin buy a few

bob charles · 26-10-2012 1:05am

johnpawl wrote: »

If he is deducted 24 cent for a fat score of 5, what is the story with a fat score of 1. A neighbour giving out about a cow grading E1, so I presume he must've been deducted for the 1 score?

yip cant say what the exact amount is but I had a E1 a few weeks ago and I can check the deduction. *Think* it worked out at around only 20c over base price after the fat deduction

Not a good day here, slaughtering today, heifer dead in the pens due to be slaughtered tomorrow, and a good bull put in the skip at the factory for a hematoma, noticed him getting a lump last week but didnt think it was that serious. Oh well onwards and upwards hopefully:)

grange mac · 26-10-2012 6:46am

Not a good day here, slaughtering today, heifer dead in the pens due to be slaughtered tomorrow, and a good bull put in the skip at the factory for a hematoma, noticed him getting a lump last week but didnt think it was that serious. Oh well onwards and upwards hopefully:)[/Quote]
Do they pay you if they die in factory pin? Thats nasty bob. Off to round up my charlaois bullocks first 10 off to mart today....hopefully will have a good day but the tangelers will decide that for me...

Farmer Pudsey · 26-10-2012 10:11am

grange mac wrote: »

Not a good day here, slaughtering today, heifer dead in the pens due to be slaughtered tomorrow, and a good bull put in the skip at the factory for a hematoma, noticed him getting a lump last week but didnt think it was that serious. Oh well onwards and upwards hopefully:)

Do they pay you if they die in factory pin? Thats nasty bob. Off to round up my charlaois bullocks first 10 off to mart today....hopefully will have a good day but the tangelers will decide that for me...[/QUOTE]

Not if they do not insure them before they go up the line. Factorys are not insuring anything that there is anything wrong with. I see lately if an animal has a limp, looks a bit backwards, or has a twist on the leg they sre not insured before going on the line. As well they will not inform you of this before the slaughter them. TThe first you know is that they are missing from the check. Have been lucky soo far knock on wood. But I know of two people that had issues.

Was he condemmed before line Bob had a bull with that 2 yeras ago it was on the neck it burst he was ok for a while but it came back it was starting to fill again when he was slaughtered.

bob charles · 26-10-2012 12:01pm

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

Do they pay you if they die in factory pin? Thats nasty bob. Off to round up my charlaois bullocks first 10 off to mart today....hopefully will have a good day but the tangelers will decide that for me...

Not if they do not insure them before they go up the line. Factorys are not insuring anything that there is anything wrong with. I see lately if an animal has a limp, looks a bit backwards, or has a twist on the leg they sre not insured before going on the line. As well they will not inform you of this before the slaughter them. TThe first you know is that they are missing from the check. Have been lucky soo far knock on wood. But I know of two people that had issues.

Was he condemmed before line Bob had a bull with that 2 yeras ago it was on the neck it burst he was ok for a while but it came back it was starting to fill again when he was slaughtered.[/QUOTE]

The first animal was dead in my own yard (fully wormed/vaccinated, observed her eating perfectly 12hrs previously)

The second bull developed a lump under his belly about 10 days ago. I was of the opinion to leave him for a few days and let him recover from the knock he may have gotten etc. lump got bigger and looked like the stomach had collapse but his dung and feeding was perfect. Sent him off in the knowledge that it could go either way. Was skipped after slaughtered and wasnt insured

bob charles · 26-10-2012 12:43pm

5c more for todays cattle than yesterdays animals:rolleyes:. Im getting the feeling that the powers that be are a little nervous about the supply post christmas.

grange mac · 26-10-2012 6:58pm

Back from mart...hate them tanglers...charlaois avged 650kgs and all bar 2 sold to the same man...on two occasions he was only bidder. Nobody would bid against him. came out with around 1.95kg. But at least there sold. Some times I wonder would I do better in factory with cattle that are close to being finished.

Cavanjack · 29-10-2012 11:51pm

Anyone got quotes for bullocks for the coming week? I've a load fit for killing. Heard prices might be heading north

dryan · 31-10-2012 12:55pm

Quoted 3.80 base for this week for bullocks - midlands area. Got the same price 3 weeks back.
Have a batch of 10 to go.
Was told to take it or leave it.

Dropped over 2 bullocks from the batch this morning as they will be overage on Friday.
Going to sit tight with the rest. Surely to god they will rise a bit over the next few weeks??

Bodacious · 01-11-2012 8:58am

Anyone get quotes for O grade cull cows this week? Irish independent on Tuesday saying 320-346c .. Anyone anything more specific

limerick farmer · 01-11-2012 11:22am

was quoted 3.20 for over 700lbs and 3.10 over 600 lbs not great but take it or leave it

bob charles · 01-11-2012 11:35am

Bodacious wrote: »

Anyone get quotes for O grade cull cows this week? Irish independent on Tuesday saying 320-346c .. Anyone anything more specific

limerick farmer wrote: »

was quoted 3.20 for over 700lbs and 3.10 over 600 lbs not great but take it or leave it

The old advice of "sell live to stay alive" seems to ring through for cull cows especially. €3.20 - €3.30 for O cows

dryan · 04-11-2012 11:59pm

Anyone got any quotes (bullocks) for the coming week?

nashmach · 05-11-2012 2:00am

dryan wrote: »

Anyone got any quotes (bullocks) for the coming week?

3.80 but is to come back with better or else they will be staying, not for delivery until the following week.

poor farmer · 05-11-2012 9:06am

€3.75 for O grade bulls ,Factory seem to be a little more anxious to get stock

tanko · 05-11-2012 11:56am

bob charles wrote: »

The old advice of "sell live to stay alive" seems to ring through for cull cows especially. €3.20 - €3.30 for O cows

A neighbour of mine sold a cull cow in the mart for 1300 euros last week, he found out that the cow was killed the next day and made 1550 euros. Nice work if you can get it:rolleyes:

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