Blues on jersey crosses

som farmer

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from the other end, beef, been told the meat isn't particularly good, to coarse grained, so why are BB cattle so sought after ? That information came from a large butcher, one assumes he knows. I asked a question on a beef thread on here, what bulls would they like us to use, charolais, so really don't know, we will still go for calving ease. Interestingly, we have had enquiries for fr bull calves, they are no longer plentiful ! didn't expect that, but all livestock, other than pigs, are at really high prices, fat hogs at £150, takes some believing, neighbour went to sedge today, wanted a dozen milkers, came home with zero. There is either a chronic shortage, or a massive bubble, that will burst, sincerely hope the former. But it doesn't seem much sense to the market, i know that if tariffs are applied to imports from the EU, currently not, but extra costs are already, so home product would replace import. Lets all hope it's a sign of better times, and not a big bubble !
 

som farmer

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Ai to Angus as well? What do you get for an Angus heifer? Any Tb in your area?
the last 2 AA hfr calves we sold, £280 and £200, nov born, feb sold, AA bulls got to £375, top BB was £400, definitely paid to rear. The difference in price between AA and BB, not enough to tempt all BB. Fr bulls av £120.
 

Cowman31

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More cock. Have you actually any experience in calving Jerseys/crosses and rearing their calves ?
I haven't kept many blue calves myself but the people who buy them keep coming back for more. I do keep Viking reds out of the Jersey crosses and they make bigger heifers than those out of the Monty crosses. They are just much more vigorous. The last blue I kept out of a Jersey cross, killed out at 317kgs. It was just running with the dairy heifers and slaughtered for the freezer at 2yrs 1 month.
So let’s presume the calf at birth was between 30-40kg then in 912.5 days you killed it at 312kg?...I’m sorry but that makes no business or financial sense not to mention the cost to butcher it...
 

Cowman31

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There is 365 days in a year X two= 730 days + half a year which is 182.5 days put the two together which makes 912.5 days so no my sums aren’t out thank you. Angus calves sold at 10 days old. Angus bulls £100
Angus hfr £80
 

Cowman31

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why a loss ? value of meat in freezer probably £2,000+ .Then the added advantage of taste and origin.
plus all expense to the business, perk of the trade. And probably a slower growing animal.
2 grand??...have you been smoking something?...I’m gonna sell the lot now and buy in a rook of BB for that return on investment!
 

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