Store cattle prices

kps · Feb 23, 2015

gone up the hill said:
What did you get?

Exeter on Friday all store cattle averaged just shy of £1000/ head!! complete madness with the way the deadweight price is going!!

5 fresians and a Norwegian red around 20 mo ones only got 6 wks av 867.

gone up the hill · Feb 23, 2015

kps said:
5 fresians and a Norwegian red around 20 mo ones only got 6 wks av 867.

expensive!! what sort of weights?

beefandsleep · Feb 23, 2015

They dont weigh at Bakewell.
I had 7 sim heifers about 400kg 20months +or- av £850 they would be R grades 20 steers similar size and grades averaged £940. I think middle of the road things are ok at the moment. There were a pair of flashy 13m lim heifers long with big arses around 350-400kg made 950 which I thought was incredable and near finished lim heifers 1300 that wont ever be worth that much again.

gone up the hill · Feb 23, 2015

beefandsleep said:
They dont weigh at Bakewell.
I had 7 sim heifers about 400kg 20months +or- av £850 they would be R grades 20 steers similar size and grades averaged £940. I think middle of the road things are ok at the moment. There were a pair of flashy 13m lim heifers long with big arses around 350-400kg made 950 which I thought was incredable and near finished lim heifers 1300 that wont ever be worth that much again.

Sounds a tad cheaper than down here currently..

Numbers wise how many did they have in?? ( ie up/ down on other weeks )

beefandsleep · Feb 23, 2015

200-250 at a guess. Bagshaws put the list up on their website the friday before.

bobk · Feb 23, 2015

Buy your cattle before xmas or be prepared to pay dearly

beefandsleep · Feb 23, 2015

Aye but you pay dearly to keep them Bob. I always think they are ok up to the middle of March and a waste of time in May.

bobk · Feb 23, 2015

beefandsleep said:
Aye but you pay dearly to keep them Bob. I always think they are ok up to the middle of March and a waste of time in May.

Not this year , pleased to get shut of the mountains of silage .

beefandsleep · Feb 23, 2015

Have to say, I will be glad to see the last of the crap I made last year.

Welshpool tomorrow guth, will be like being on a different planet.

kps · Feb 23, 2015

bobk said:
Buy your cattle before xmas or be prepared to pay dearly

The one's bought before Xmas will be finished soon what then!! They would have been £150 less than today's though.

kps · Feb 23, 2015

gone up the hill said:
expensive!! what sort of weights?

Not as much as I'd like. They would be o plus types.

kps · Feb 23, 2015

I tho

beefandsleep said:
They dont weigh at Bakewell.
I had 7 sim heifers about 400kg 20months +or- av £850 they would be R grades 20 steers similar size and grades averaged £940. I think middle of the road things are ok at the moment. There were a pair of flashy 13m lim heifers long with big arses around 350-400kg made 950 which I thought was incredable and near finished lim heifers 1300 that wont ever be worth that much again.

I thought the grazing cattle looked a real good trade. I'm trying to work out who you are now!

bobk · Feb 23, 2015

kps said:
The one's bought before Xmas will be finished soon what then!! They would have been £150 less than today's though.

Don't buy that sort, too much competition with deeper pockets round here aka the Weavers .

Thick Farmer · Feb 23, 2015

kps said:
The one's bought before Xmas will be finished soon what then!! They would have been £150 less than today's though.

Should have bought some smaller ones before Christmas as well!

beefandsleep · Feb 23, 2015

bobk said:
Don't buy that sort, too much competition with deeper pockets round here aka the Weavers .

No, I never buy before January.

kps · Feb 23, 2015

Thick Farmer said:
Should have bought some smaller ones before Christmas as well!

Poor council Tennant farmer with limited room.

Cowcalf · Feb 23, 2015

Post Driver said:
How much would these cattle fetch down your way GUTH? 13-15 month, RS, I think the scales in the mart said about 300kg. They have been outwintered on hay with a kilo or 2 of cake a day. I got £900 a piece for a pen of 9. The picture ain't the best

What is RS an abbreviation for ? not familiar with the term

harperfarmer · Feb 23, 2015

Cowcalf said:
What is RS an abbreviation for ? not familiar with the term

I imagine it stands for Registered Sire, although I could be wrong.

Ross121 · Feb 23, 2015

Cowcalf said:
What is RS an abbreviation for ? not familiar with the term

It's registered sire, especially important on Angus and cattle being entered on certain schemes when their specific breed entails premiums at abbitoir

onthehoof · Feb 24, 2015

Are you guys all selling your cattle finished or do you put some through the store ring again

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100% I’ve had enough of farming!

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