100 day finishing

[Timbo]

What would you reckon your costs would be for 180day finishing period?

£500

 

[harperfarmer]

What would you reckon your costs would be for 180day finishing period?

Nearer £600 for me

 

[harperfarmer]

Only have to bring a beast back from market and then send it back to market/abbatoir and there's £50 just in haulage

 

[Timbo]

Easiest cattle I find to finish are 2 years old and 500kg and good frame as you put it,
Not many of these about up here though, need to head south for them.

FCE is on the rapid decline at 24months ish. Need to start sooner than that.

 

[som farmer]

interested to read this thread, used to sell a lot of 9/10 month hf bulls up 'north', and the feedback was good, fairly plain, and was told they started growing from day 1.

We are keeping our own calves, and a few bought in, dairy cross. We have had them on home mix all summer, oldest 1 yr down to 6 months. Another 80 calves will be born, in the next 10/12 weeks. Not worried about rearing calves, sorted that out.

Coming into the sheds now, and are thinking a TMR mix, or trough and silage, plenty of maize, grass silage, hay and straw, with our own grain. You lads know a damn sight more than l do, what would be the better of the 2. Cattle are mainly hfrdx or AAx.

It's a different game now, to what l used to do, with the hf bull calves, that was 15 yrs ago.
So feeling our way, back in, and any advice is listened to !

 

[digger64]

Do many people finish cattle in the 100 day system. When do you decide the cattle are ready to finish do the big cattle finisher’s buy an animal at a set weight approximately then sell 100 days later. I appreciate there is many variables.

I dont understand how this pays really want heifers gone after 60-70 days or less, better to feed 10 kgs a day than 5kgs for 2/3 longer . straw labour machinery vet and interest all add up to more over more time . I cant see why people feed grass silage and hay to finishers just slows the job makes them lie wet and more gutty . lim /blonde /blue to slow and expensive for me unless crossed with a native type .
Big weights = big costs and less cattle turned over

 

[Tim1989]

I have 480 -550kg mix of Hereford Angus blues & Simmentals. Dairy cross. What would you recommend feeding these? I Have plenty of maize, grass silage and barley available.

 

[Hilly]

I have 480 -550kg mix of Hereford Angus blues & Simmentals. Dairy cross. What would you recommend feeding these? I Have plenty of maize, grass silage and barley available.

Maize, Grass & Barley!!!

 

[Timbo]

I have 480 -550kg mix of Hereford Angus blues & Simmentals. Dairy cross. What would you recommend feeding these? I Have plenty of maize, grass silage and barley available.

This is where you use the calculator or employ the skills of a nutritionalist"!