Over fat clean cattle??

cull cows · Apr 11, 2023

Iv some cattle been away fatterning and for one reason or another Iv not had chance to go look..
They are Hereford cross and 10/12 will have got to thick they are O+5L grade..
What’s best option straw diet or auction or pants down time

Northeastfarmer · Apr 11, 2023

Youll not pull the fat off them now, get them gone and take your medicine

Zippy768 · Apr 11, 2023

Chuck em into the ring

Skintagain · Apr 11, 2023

Defo the ring. Pull feed away night before

Cornish bob · Apr 11, 2023

I all ways find Abp grade cattle leaner than most,a good one to one and half leaner .so you might so you might get away 4L 4H with them which would help you a lot

Optimus · Apr 11, 2023

I've chucked fat cattle on the hill for a couple of weeks in the past.soon pulls condition of them.

Northeastfarmer · Apr 11, 2023

Optimus said:
I've chucked fat cattle on the hill for a couple of weeks in the past.soon pulls condition of them.

That doesn’t sound very cost effective…

Skintagain · Apr 11, 2023

Get them gone if you turn them out and lose one it will be a sickener. Overboiled cattle haven’t got a long life expectancy imo

cull cows · Apr 11, 2023

Cornish bob said:
I all ways find Abp grade cattle leaner than most,a good one to one and half leaner .so you might so you might get away 4L 4H with them which would help you a lot

I think Pickstocks are only -35p for a 5L so think il just send them..
Only saving grace is they were bought in October for handy money

beaconsboy · Apr 11, 2023

Kepac are very good at the moment

Cornish bob · Apr 11, 2023

Might be worth ringing around deals are to be made on out of spec cattle

Optimus · Apr 11, 2023

Northeastfarmer said:
That doesn’t sound very cost effective…

Small fat Angus heifers.

Blue. · Apr 11, 2023

Optimus said:
Small fat Angus heifers.

What weight would they have been?
I’ve some here,only had 2nd rate silage and they’re over fat with very short legs.

Optimus · Apr 11, 2023

eulb said:
What weight would they have been?
I’ve some here,only had 2nd rate silage and they’re over fat with very short legs.

Might of been about 290kg dead

mo! · Apr 11, 2023

I wouldn't put anything over 4H into a slaughterhouse, sell it live, butchers like fat.

digger64 · Apr 12, 2023

cull cows said:
Iv some cattle been away fatterning and for one reason or another Iv not had chance to go look..
They are Hereford cross and 10/12 will have got to thick they are O+5L grade..
What’s best option straw diet or auction or pants down time

Are they actually over fat or are you used to looking at lims, blues etc ?
Is the brisket full ?
Most visitors say ours are to fat o+5 when they see them , but dead they grade r4l
look at the width of the beast above rather than just it's backend .

BAF · Apr 12, 2023

You could always sell some meat boxes privately and have a few done in the abattoir if you're worried. Where I do a bit they've just started selling meat boxes and it sells out faster than they can get cattle finished and killed at ege minute.

Timbo · Apr 12, 2023

cull cows said:
Iv some cattle been away fatterning and for one reason or another Iv not had chance to go look..
They are Hereford cross and 10/12 will have got to thick they are O+5L grade..
What’s best option straw diet or auction or pants down time

Auction

Timbo · Apr 12, 2023

Cornish bob said:
I all ways find Abp grade cattle leaner than most,a good one to one and half leaner .so you might so you might get away 4L 4H with them which would help you a lot

Not up here they dont!!

Plain steer · Apr 12, 2023

Can you not use them for your own butchery business

Over fat clean cattle??

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