- Location
- Cheshire
There will be a sweet spot about 3/4 up the tree I’d have thought? just before the “creep fed from 3 weeks old because mum is that beefy she doesn’t milk” system starts.Bakewell last week I would of seen bunches of weaned sucklers ranging from £400 ish to £1200 ish for the same age ,granted kept on very different systems and costs but I would of thought if you are going to the effort of keeping a cow you may as well aim for the higher end of these quotes
I see plenty of tremendous beefy heifers and 2nd calvers at sales with fantastic 3-4 week old calves at foot. With a bag the size of a double fist? People go mad for them but I prefer the cow too feed the calf for the first 6 months! Without my help…