Cull Cow Price Tracker

[som farmer]

2 plain culls to pickstock

NRX massive twin in oct, took ages to recover, and not milked,-P1, 238kg x£2.90 £692

13yr old FR, just got old and tired -O2 253kg £3.30p/kg £837.

not bad for 2 real culls, payed £500 for the fr, 4yrs ago, but rather more for the NRx, 2.5yrs ago

big jersey cow to go to mkt next week, 3rd calver, last calved nov 2021, has given us 15,000 litres of 6.5 fat, 4 protein, only just dropped her milk down to 7 litres, solid cow, interesting to see what she makes.

 

[Martyn]

£60 cost 1st May🫣

 

[happycows]

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£60 cost 1st May🫣

Same man mine go to I think.
Foreign 2016 fleck x came back £1041 after deductions last week. £3.05 a kg O+2. 356kgs dead

Certainly a big improvement on the ones I sent end of November.

local butcher had one too through Trevarthen 3 weeks ago. She had 2 calves and aborted last summer
Got £3.70 for that one and 318kgs no deductions.

 

[Martyn]

Same man mine go to I think.
Foreign 2016 fleck x came back £1041 after deductions last week. £3.05 a kg O+2. 356kgs dead

Certainly a big improvement on the ones I sent end of November.

local butcher had one too through Trevarthen 3 weeks ago. She had 2 calves and aborted last summer
Got £3.70 for that one and 318kgs no deductions.

I will try some into st merryn next time £60 lot of £££🫣 I take 8-12 after scanning so adds up

 

[cattow]

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£60 cost 1st May🫣

Kirkby’s lasted well

 

[Martyn]

Kirkby’s lasted well

Must of been 8-10 years ago we visited, you were in the mist of buying your farm🫣 where has that gone

 

[Jdunn55]

Top price not bad for a novice

 

[som farmer]

Top price not bad for a novice
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Beat me, topped hf culls at Salisbury, £2.04p/kg. £1305

well done

 

[Ducati899]

Prob the best we’ve ever sent on

 

[som farmer]

Prob the best we’ve ever sent on View attachment 1169710

used to be a time, when they were all £300 each, BSE.
we had jersey to £585, jerx, to £666 and £1103, bloody amazing, market

2 plain old old cows, came back to us £925/head, Pickstock, and their pricing has gone up, since then. £4.00 kg soon ?

 

[Beef farmer]

used to be a time, when they were all £300 each, BSE.
we had jersey to £585, jerx, to £666 and £1103, bloody amazing, market

2 plain old old cows, came back to us £925/head, Pickstock, and their pricing has gone up, since then. £4.00 kg soon ?

Did you top the stirk market at holsworthy yesterday? 620 for some blues?

 

[som farmer]

Did you top the stirk market at holsworthy yesterday? 620 for some blues?

now, would my outdated system of calf rearing do that .............?
and of course, feeding stored acidified colostrum, terrible stuff, apparently.........

so, rather pleased with the prices, all born early oct, bar 2 sept, the 23 average £507, let down by 2 red hereford hfrs at £340.

long way to take them though, but can usually get them down on a back load, this time, the lorry brought back 67 AAx calves, off 1 farm.

 

[Beef farmer]

Last 4 digits been 2315? Just trying to marry the top stirk to the photo

 

[som farmer]

Last 4 digits been 2315? Just trying to marry the top stirk to the photo

2315 born 21st sept, oldest calf

must admit, haven't seen any photo's yet, but Tim said they were a bloody good lot of cattle.
have to say, l agreed
first draw of the season.

 

[sidjon]

now, would my outdated system of calf rearing do that .............?
and of course, feeding stored acidified colostrum, terrible stuff, apparently.........

so, rather pleased with the prices, all born early oct, bar 2 sept, the 23 average £507, let down by 2 red hereford hfrs at £340.

long way to take them though, but can usually get them down on a back load, this time, the lorry brought back 67 AAx calves, off 1 farm.

You've answered my question for the day, it's never worth rearing calves..... our best bb heifer over £500 @8 week's , thankfully most of our Hereford heifers sold private at set price, but unless the rearing cost is less than 50p/ head/ day post weaning still better sold, old boy wants to rear half of them still

 

[som farmer]

You've answered my question for the day, it's never worth rearing calves..... our best bb heifer over £500 @8 week's , thankfully most of our Hereford heifers sold private at set price, but unless the rearing cost is less than 50p/ head/ day post weaning still better sold, old boy wants to rear half of them still

my neighbour doesn't understand why we sell as stirks, at £5-600, when he can top the mkt, £1800 for steers at 28 months.......................

we like rearing the calves, and how we do it is cheap enough. And they don't all make £500 at 8 weeks. We are increasing the beef side, anyway.

 

[sidjon]

my neighbour doesn't understand why we sell as stirks, at £5-600, when he can top the mkt, £1800 for steers at 28 months.......................

we like rearing the calves, and how we do it is cheap enough. And they don't all make £500 at 8 weeks. We are increasing the beef side, anyway.

No, but guess not all your strirks make the top money, old boy just loves the BIG cheque and forgot the rearing cost half the time

 

[Beef farmer]

I'd call that well bought. Seems a fair beast.

 

[Milkcow365]

 

[Fergieman]

First proper post, pickstock £3.65

They will be £4.00 plus in a month im sure of it

Pickstock £4 for cows this week.