So what beef sire do you use?I think having 1800 jersey x spring calvers is enough experience don’t you think? And never touched a BB in my lifetime of farming
So what beef sire do you use?I think having 1800 jersey x spring calvers is enough experience don’t you think? And never touched a BB in my lifetime of farming
So what beef sire do you use?
Nothing fancy, just Angus sweeper bulls from a farm 15 mile away, then the Angus calves sold to a farm 1 Mile away
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.Ai to Angus as well? What do you get for an Angus heifer? Any Tb in your area?
Rubbishfrom the other end, beef, been told the meat isn't particularly good, to coarse grained, so why are BB cattle so sought after ?
neither agreeing or disagreeing, that was from the end seller. But have heard from elsewhere the meat is 'coarse', presumably it's the final destination/use that dictates the 'quality', just as AA or hfr, is 'best.Rubbish
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...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...
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
2 yrs 1 month is 760 days not 912.5 days. 312kg deadweight.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...
Jerseyx cows ?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
YupJerseyx cows ?
Oops my bad, even so, still no money made on that, if anything money lostHe said two years and one month not two and a half years.
But how do you know what the feeding system is ?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...
why a loss ? value of meat in freezer probably £2,000+ .Then the added advantage of taste and origin.Oops my bad, even so, still no money made on that, if anything money lost
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!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.
that's over the s/mkt sales counter, they are the biggest profit takers.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!