fieldfarmer
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It could have been bought on contract at a good price a while back with the intention of holding the price back here at this time off year, current numbers and price now would be irrelevant .
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Me too, thought it was going to China.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Friesian bulls - SFF Finegand
One lost a fair bit for bruising when he went through the side of my yards as we were loading them up
Pretty pleased with the price TBH, these guys owed me $969.54 + a bale of hay each , less $500 as lease bulls to the dairy up the valley, so a genuine $1300 margin in 13 months
Hopefully another 15 gone as soon as I can get space on the chain for them, it's quite tight to get them in
- Location
- N.Lincs
Thanks for that @Kiwi Pete
Is there any way to compare your grades (M2/M3) to our Europ grid??
I'm guessing $6.09/kg is about £3.04 - after deductions ($26.35/hd) = $6.01(£3/kg)
Net price = £968/hd
A lot of finishers here would be happy to pocket £50/hd/mth.
Is there any way to compare your grades (M2/M3) to our Europ grid??
I'm guessing $6.09/kg is about £3.04 - after deductions ($26.35/hd) = $6.01(£3/kg)
Net price = £968/hd
A lot of finishers here would be happy to pocket £50/hd/mth.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Yep, I account on a profit per hectare basis so I'm well pleased with these, considering they were away working for 3 months last summer they haven't done us any harm
Pretty plain by your grid standards, but it's ugly that makes the money with friesian bulls
White guy to the left is the M3
How old?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Touch over 2 years old, lucky for me.they were born too late for the buyers with the big chequebooks
We don't exactly spoil them, they're our tractors
We don't exactly spoil them, they're our tractors
d williams
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Bulls here at that age would be cow price if lucky
Nothing under 12mth gone under 16 mths another way of processing plants pulling pants down!!!
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
It's to help you guys keep spending money on buying energy and protein ?
totally different job down here with dairy x making well over half the national kill, but it makes for great trading too. Just don't bid yourself out of a margin
I only budget on cow price when I buy cattle, it helps me stick to a budget that I can see a good return on
Cow normally about $4.50 (£2.25) here, I did my sums on that figure - but I didn't count on swine flu in China, that's jacked the bull price up above where prime normally sits and isn't looking like shifting.
Happy days
They are looking very well.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
They are nice things
- Location
- Northumberland
Whats their temperament like at 2 years?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Better than at 1 year, when they arrive.
Wild buggers for a start til they get used to being constantly shifted on, especially the ones that haven't seen children before. You can soon tell which lines of bulls were reared by a calf rearer who brought the kids along.
We're good with them and they're good with us; they do have the odd scrap amongst themselves when they get bored but that's a management problem, not a bull problem.
Farmer 83563
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Welshpool av190 ppk
Thought Carlisle a touch better today, we av 222p
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Did you hear what cattle were like?
livestock 1
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St Boswell’s clean up 5p
exmoor dave
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- Location
- exmoor, uk
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Friesian bulls - SFF Finegand
One lost a fair bit for bruising when he went through the side of my yards as we were loading them up
Pretty pleased with the price TBH, these guys owed me $969.54 + a bale of hay each , less $500 as lease bulls to the dairy up the valley, so a genuine $1300 margin in 13 months
Hopefully another 15 gone as soon as I can get space on the chain for them, it's quite tight to get them in
Out of interest @Kiwi Pete why are some of the bulls levied at dairy levy price?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
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Friesian bulls - SFF Finegand
One lost a fair bit for bruising when he went through the side of my yards as we were loading them up
Pretty pleased with the price TBH, these guys owed me $969.54 + a bale of hay each , less $500 as lease bulls to the dairy up the valley, so a genuine $1300 margin in 13 months
Hopefully another 15 gone as soon as I can get space on the chain for them, it's quite tight to get them in
I think it's was fineguard that I visited when i was in balclutha @Kiwi Pete .
Very impressive place, it would be good to see liveweights on our tickets.