All things beef

[Full of bull(s)]

11 month young bull just starting to alter. Not the heaviest thing around 590kg.

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So is this but I’m sure it’s actually a bullock. Going through the crush today so I’ll find out for sure

 

[harperfarmer]

So is this but I’m sure it’s actually a bullock. Going through the crush today so I’ll find out for sure
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Also feeding a few steers in with the bulls this lad is around the 600kg mark just 12 months next week. More cover as you'd expect so will start cutting anything with more shape and feed alongside the bulls.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

So is this but I’m sure it’s actually a bullock. Going through the crush today so I’ll find out for sure
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It’s a bull. Weighs 495kg, born 16/6/20. Anyone care to value him. He’s not lame by the way, just posing for the camera

 

[harperfarmer]

It’s a bull. Weighs 495kg, born 16/6/20. Anyone care to value him. He’s not lame by the way, just posing for the camera

Well some 9 months lim steers made £1340 and £1300 in Rugby today so any attempt to value anything has gone out the window in my view! Making me look long and hard at the 10/11 month cattle I've just put onto ad lib.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Well some 9 months lim steers made £1340 and £1300 in Rugby today so any attempt to value anything has gone out the window in my view! Making me look long and hard at the 10/11 month cattle I've just put onto ad lib.

Don’t look too long at that price, I might not myself

 

[harperfarmer]

Homebred finished bullock. The sort that keeps growing and never lays on any fat .

 

[Werzle]

Well some 9 months lim steers made £1340 and £1300 in Rugby today so any attempt to value anything has gone out the window in my view! Making me look long and hard at the 10/11 month cattle I've just put onto ad lib.

I posted a valuation of your bull the other day and then deleted it because as you say we just cant value them on the ever increasing trade. Fair play you have the in-spec cattle everybody wants

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Homebred finished bullock. The sort that keeps growing and never lays on any fat .

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Definitely the type to sell as a store even at that size. There’s always somebody who thinks they can do your job better than you. Let them be the big man, have to feed it overweight and still come a 2 . Lovely looking animal though

 

[harperfarmer]

Definitely the type to sell as a store even at that size. There’s always somebody who thinks they can do your job better than you. Let them be the big man, have to feed it overweight and still come a 2 . Lovely looking animal though

Sold live today. Made £1530 so maybe better than stores?!

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Sold live today. Made £1530 so maybe better than stores?!

How much did it weigh? Up here big forward stores have been topping out at as much and more weekly. Either way you’ve been rewarded well for a job well done. Makes me wonder what similar cattle at 350kg making £1000+ are going to do and whether selling them at that age and having more cows might do you better? Not many can breed them like that, many that can up here sell them fresh weaned and seem to live well from it

 

[harperfarmer]

How much did it weigh? Up here big forward stores have been topping out at as much and more weekly. Either way you’ve been rewarded well for a job well done. Makes me wonder what similar cattle at 350kg making £1000+ are going to do and whether selling them at that age and having more cows might do you better? Not many can breed them like that, many that can up here sell them fresh weaned and seem to live well from it

We were always selling best suckled calves off their mothers at around 7 months as they looked the best margin but unfortunately we simply can't rely on that system as we have had so many TB problems and it'll only get worse. We have moved to finishing everything as we can grow the food and straw and have the housing. It's not necessarily from choice but hopefully we'll make it work. We always used to buy in strong stores and feed so have the facilities.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

We were always selling best suckled calves off their mothers at around 7 months as they looked the best margin but unfortunately we simply can't rely on that system as we have had so many TB problems and it'll only get worse. We have moved to finishing everything as we can grow the food and straw and have the housing. It's not necessarily from choice but hopefully we'll make it work. We always used to buy in strong stores and feed so have the facilities.

I see, TB isn’t something they will have to worry about up here yet anyway. I wasn’t being critical, we can all only make the best job we can with the cards we are dealt. And you certainly are

 

[AGN76]

Just calved this boy tonight another Nation bull out of a heifer just too big only 3 days over but 50 kg. We were definatly spoilt with Conan. I start to AI Next years crop anyone got a 'go to' easy calving lim that you use (only 3 straws of Conan left)
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I've only just seen this. This is the bull all the Irish boys are raving about on twitter for heifers. I've just ordered some

 

[evie.readm@n]

Hi all,

As part of my BSc (Hons) Agri-business dissertation I am undertaking research on beef cattle farmers knowledge, attitudes and practices surrounding Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD).

If you are a beef cattle farmer in the United Kingdom, I would appreciate if you could you spare a maximum of ten minutes to complete my survey.

Thank you in advance.

Link for BVD survey

 

[Hesstondriver]

Hi all,

As part of my BSc (Hons) Agri-business dissertation I am undertaking research on beef cattle farmers knowledge, attitudes and practices surrounding Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD).

If you are a beef cattle farmer in the United Kingdom, I would appreciate if you could you spare a maximum of ten minutes to complete my survey.

Thank you in advance.

Link for BVD survey

done , but some pretty poorly worded questions in there