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[Woolless]

I would like to try some hill type cows to out winter to some degree yes but I couldn’t consider having a big number out or the whole lot. I have some Angus calves here which are off BB heifers i bought incalf and they are horrendous looking things. They will take some feed to get away. Pot bellied can’t grow named sires what a load of rubbish

Oh dear. But there's pot bellied and then there's cattle which have retained a large rumen capacity, ideal for coping with large volumes of moderate forage.

Personally, I don't like cattle which look like they're just about to be loaded in to trap one at Brough Park.

 

[Celt83]

The Angus wouldn’t make £1170 at 30 months

We had a 22 month Angusxdairy steer Saturday make £1090.

I grant you it looked more like ferne cotton than ferne britton but decent money I thought for pure grass fed.

 

[livestock 1]

We had a 22 month Angusxdairy steer Saturday make £1090.

I grant you it looked more like ferne cotton than ferne britton but decent money I thought for pure grass fed.

Maybe it’s just the ones we’ve had that are not so good. It seems like I will be on first name terms with them before they are away

 

[d williams]

Well I was selling some 9 month limmys last week for £1170
How many Angus things make £1170 at 9 months? I can’t stand looking at the pot bellied things either

They 9mths or 15mths

 

[Celt83]

Maybe it’s just the ones we’ve had that are not so good. It seems like I will be on first name terms with them before they are away

I would be lying if I said I didn't have some like yours as well.

The pitfalls of buying dairy crossbreads.

 

[Al R]

I would be lying if I said I didn't have some like yours as well.

The pitfalls of buying dairy crossbreads.

The New Zealand system units have ruined that, jersian x Angus and then they keep some of those back as bulls to cheapen the bull herd :/

 

[Henarar]

Oh dear. But there's pot bellied and then there's cattle which have retained a large rumen capacity, ideal for coping with large volumes of moderate forage.

Personally, I don't like cattle which look like they're just about to be loaded in to trap one at Brough Park.

its the one in trap four you should put your money on

 

[livestock 1]

They 9mths or 15mths

Both but there was one at 9 months a small heifer at 1170

 

[Optimus]

Is it not better to use a Limousin bull than to pee about with these horrible looking Angus things?

that extra premium does make a difference.

 

[Optimus]

Problem is with the Angus there are too many bulls just not up to the job.when you get the right ones though, put him over some good suckler cows and you should get some quality calves. We'll put bullocks away dead 400kg r/u grades from 17month onwards.

 

[Hampton]

Haven’t been to a store sale for a while. What would 300-330kg dairy Blue steers and dairy x lim steers be worth at the moment. Wonder if I ought to cash in now?

 

[Werzle]

Haven’t been to a store sale for a while. What would 300-330kg dairy Blue steers and dairy x lim steers be worth at the moment. Wonder if I ought to cash in now?

Trade isnt on fire with those types, unless your short of money or grass i would keep them until they are nearer 400kg. They would probably be around the £700 at very best atm and could make alot less on the wrong day

 

[Hampton]

Trade isnt on fire with those types, unless your short of money or grass i would keep them until they are nearer 400kg. They would probably be around the £700 at very best atm

I’ll finish them. Was more out of interest as they are doing very well at the moment.

 

[beefandsleep]

The Angus wouldn’t make £1170 at 30 months

Buying an Angus bull is like having a life long ambition to run about in a people carrier

You actually made me laugh out loud with that one.
I’ve never been much of a fan of AA myself either, but I’m surprise you found them to be short of growth, especially out of blue cows.
I calved some blue cows down to the Angus last spring and I’m just starting to sell the offspring now at 16m. The first bullock I killed last week was 397kgs dead. They are nowhere near as satisfying to look at as a lim as a calf, being gutty and plain by comparison but I think we have been conditioned to see them that way.

 

[jendan]

You actually made me laugh out loud with that one.
I’ve never been much of a fan of AA myself either, but I’m surprise you found them to be short of growth, especially out of blue cows.
I calved some blue cows down to the Angus last spring and I’m just starting to sell the offspring now at 16m. The first bullock I killed last week was 397kgs dead. They are nowhere near as satisfying to look at as a lim as a calf, being gutty and plain by comparison but I think we have been conditioned to see them that way.

How does @harperfarmer get his to look so good?

 

[beefandsleep]

How does @harperfarmer get his to look so good?

I thought he ran a char bull over his blue cows?

 

[Woolless]

Problem is with the Angus there are too many bulls just not up to the job.when you get the right ones though, put him over some good suckler cows and you should get some quality calves. We'll put bullocks away dead 400kg r/u grades from 17month onwards.

Where do the poor AA bulls fall down?

 

[Jerry]

42.4kg lambs at £92 this morning.

 

[Hampton]

I thought he ran a char bull over his blue cows?

Why are all these Angus bulls white?

 

[livestock 1]

Thing is we had Angus bulls 35/40 years ago and they were shite then. Most people that have bought them can’t remember how bad they were then.
Einsteins theory of idiocy is doing the same thing and expecting different results