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[Top Tip.]

E grade cattle finish a lot quicker than R grade cattle

That’s the point I was trying to make?

 

[Werzle]

I'd better keep quiet here! ? 80% of my herd comes like this! ? If it's got a good bull calf on and doesn't look a dyer they generally end up on my wagon. Always make room for another! ☺

Im not talking about the ones doing a good job of their calf, im on about the cow with goat type calf trotting behind from lack of milk. A good calf will always sell a cow.

 

[Werzle]

Great for the seller but no one else is making a penny on it even at the current beef price.
Was it out of a blue grey?
Look, it’s good to see suckler calves fetching what they are but they are being bought very much on the hope that prices will remain or even increase from where they are when it appears that they have in fact stalled.
Either it will catch a second wind and carry on up to the fabled £4/kg or reality will set in. I’ve been finishing cattle for many years and seen a lot of peaks and troughs. Neither the peaks nor the troughs last very long.
That’s not sour grapes because I’m being outbid by the endless optimists at market.

I didnt offer a value on calves out of blue grey cows because i wouldnt see any around here to make an educated guess . Everybodys farming in the "hope" thats just farming in a nut shell

 

[flashsheep]

Haworth? Any one else heard the rumours?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Haworth? Any one else heard the rumours?

Gone bust?

 

[flashsheep]

Gone bust?

That’s the talk

 

[Northeastfarmer]

That’s the talk

Not really shocked

 

[livestock 1]

Is that the slaughterhouse with a lot of history I’m thinking of??

 

[tinsheet]

E grade cattle finish a lot quicker than R grade cattle

On grass?

(Just playing devils advocate)

 

[Optimus]

E grade cattle finish a lot quicker than R grade cattle

I'd argue that.my plainer R grades are usually gone before the u+, E grades.find the more shape they have less growth.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I'd argue that.my plainer R grades are usually gone before the u+, E grades.find the more shape they have less growth.

Well I would disagree

 

[livestock 1]

Depends what you call finished. Poorer cattle cost a lot more to feed here. By £150/£200

 

[beefandsleep]

I would agree that E grade cattle are quicker to get to weight, finish is a different matter.
An E may be on the weight limit at 650kgs, a plain R grade dairy bred blue may need to be 720kgs but will be a 4L. The blue could end up eating the best part of a ton more feed.

 

[Optimus]

Finished to me is as close to the weight limit as possible or fat cover.don't see why you would kill a beast short of the limit.

 

[livestock 1]

Too many r grade cattle run about on grass then off to kill at a pre arranged date.
Cant compare that to feeding cattle

 

[goodevans]

I'd argue that.my plainer R grades are usually gone before the u+, E grades.find the more shape they have less growth.

I agree with that one ,the extreme ones seem to hang around here for a long time,u grades would be my first choice as the E grades will often get knocked for fat cover

 

[beefandsleep]

Finished to me is as close to the weight limit as possible or fat cover.don't see why you would kill a beast short of the limit.

I agree, but grown and fed appropriately the two should coincide regardless of confirmation grade.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

You may get R grade cattle away quicker but only cos they go fat on you, never weigh like a U+ beast

 

[Full of bull(s)]

You may get R grade cattle away quicker but only cos they go fat on you, never weigh like a U+ beast

Just like Holstein bulls, never had a P4H yet [emoji23]

 

[Oh bullocks]

You may get R grade cattle away quicker but only cos they go fat on you, never weigh like a U+ beast

Weight and finish are two different things. You said E grade would finish quicker.