British friesian bulls

[Beef farmer]

I've never been up that way and havent really been studying prices if I'm totally honest, it's just they're the type of cows I want. How many is on a decker load? looking for between 20 and 40 basically

Get 20 of your big barrener on a decker. 35 normal cows, 45 proper cows.

 

[Jdunn55]

@Jdunn55 is there no herds nearer you could buy some privately that you wont end up paying silly money or when you get it home and start finding faults that you never noticed at the time. Something I’m good at!

I want to buy from a dispersal if I can just so I can try and have a few of the best and this is the closest I've found to one

 

[Jdunn55]

Get 20 of your big barrener on a decker. 35 normal cows, 45 proper cows.

Thanks, I'm not sure what I'm more upset by, you call my highest yeilder fat or saying that jerseys are proper cows

 

[Jdunn55]

Jason brown know how to sell cows, @Jdunn55 no genetics greatly exciting or any different from you can breed yourself. It's a reduction sale so good chance to shift any stock not suiting the system out, not a true retirment sale.

That's not really what I wanted to hear I havent yet looked at the catalogue as been getting stuff ready, was hoping there would be a few crackers in there! I dont mind waiting I just have the grass here ready to go!

 

[Friesianfan]

That's not really what I wanted to hear I havent yet looked at the catalogue as been getting stuff ready, was hoping there would be a few crackers in there! I dont mind waiting I just have the grass here ready to go!

Make it to silage then and don’t pay silly money for grass. Don’t rush into buying cows you don’t know. Just take things steady

 

[In the pit]

Buy cheap cows to put milk in the tank get a nice heifer calf then barren her off
You can’t be picky if you’ve got no money

 

[pappuller]

I've never been up that way and havent really been studying prices if I'm totally honest, it's just they're the type of cows I want. How many is on a decker load? [emoji85] looking for between 20 and 40 basically

I could save you the trouble of the trip up [emoji57] I'll have 35 grazing in Devon by sundown Monday night

 

[Beef farmer]

I could save you the trouble of the trip up [emoji57] I'll have 35 grazing in Devon by sundown Monday night

He probably prefer them in Cornwall

 

[LTH]

I want to buy from a dispersal if I can just so I can try and have a few of the best and this is the closest I've found to one

I thought they looked nice cows and fancied a few, but too far and not calving right time. If your wanting that many would you be better buying some bulling heifers instead of all in milk cows, that you can calve at the right time rather than trying to loose time on cows. Might not be someone else’s favourite but no reason why they wouldn’t be good cows if they’re well bred and may get some different bloodlines apart from the prince cows there just out of genus and cogent catalogue, also cost a lot less as cow prices are silly, and more likely get a heifer calf out of them to sexed semen next spring.

 

[cattow]

Quite a few Skyhigh Patrols in that catalogue of the 20 straws I had, nothing held

 

[som farmer]

I thought they looked nice cows and fancied a few, but too far and not calving right time. If your wanting that many would you be better buying some bulling heifers instead of all in milk cows, that you can calve at the right time rather than trying to loose time on cows. Might not be someone else’s favourite but no reason why they wouldn’t be good cows if they’re well bred and may get some different bloodlines apart from the prince cows there just out of genus and cogent catalogue, also cost a lot less as cow prices are silly, and more likely get a heifer calf out of them to sexed semen next spring.

young stock cost a lot to keep, for a young farmer, he really ought to be looking for milk.
Watched a sale on marteye, baby hfr calves were around £200, bullers were nudging £800, i/c were up to £1400, but the stirks between calves and bullers, struggling around the £400, with some starting at calf price, l think l sooner buy the stirks, all 'baby calf' feeding done, and not to long to bull them.
I have been searching the bull catalogues, for fr bulls, to add some size to our xbred, and dutch fr, and will admit to having included a hol, pin of £408,
Double W Ranger
milk fat pro all+
stature +.55
chest + 2.09
B Depth +1.5
everything else fine, although someone will tell me there are fr bulls, which would do that job, found it very difficult to find them, on the fr lists. Yet plenty on the hols to match those figures, proof the hol breeders are quickly reacting to their customers requirements. I think the 'modern' fr, will be somewhere between the 2, picking the best traits of both.

 

[Friesianfan]

young stock cost a lot to keep, for a young farmer, he really ought to be looking for milk.
Watched a sale on marteye, baby hfr calves were around £200, bullers were nudging £800, i/c were up to £1400, but the stirks between calves and bullers, struggling around the £400, with some starting at calf price, l think l sooner buy the stirks, all 'baby calf' feeding done, and not to long to bull them.
I have been searching the bull catalogues, for fr bulls, to add some size to our xbred, and dutch fr, and will admit to having included a hol, pin of £408,
Double W Ranger
milk fat pro all+
stature +.55
chest + 2.09
B Depth +1.5
everything else fine, although someone will tell me there are fr bulls, which would do that job, found it very difficult to find them, on the fr lists. Yet plenty on the hols to match those figures, proof the hol breeders are quickly reacting to their customers requirements. I think the 'modern' fr, will be somewhere between the 2, picking the best traits of both.

Try some Goonhilly Josh. I think there's still some semen left. Or Goonhilly Cameron

 

[LTH]

young stock cost a lot to keep, for a young farmer, he really ought to be looking for milk.
Watched a sale on marteye, baby hfr calves were around £200, bullers were nudging £800, i/c were up to £1400, but the stirks between calves and bullers, struggling around the £400, with some starting at calf price, l think l sooner buy the stirks, all 'baby calf' feeding done, and not to long to bull them.
I have been searching the bull catalogues, for fr bulls, to add some size to our xbred, and dutch fr, and will admit to having included a hol, pin of £408,
Double W Ranger
milk fat pro all+
stature +.55
chest + 2.09
B Depth +1.5
everything else fine, although someone will tell me there are fr bulls, which would do that job, found it very difficult to find them, on the fr lists. Yet plenty on the hols to match those figures, proof the hol breeders are quickly reacting to their customers requirements. I think the 'modern' fr, will be somewhere between the 2, picking the best traits of both.

Yea but he’s also wanting a decent herd of friesians, I can’t see how 800 to 900 for some bulling heifers when they’re making 1800 atleast new calved. Won’t cost you 1000 to get them in calf and run them round especially on that sort of farm that’s under stocked at moment as well. Then any you don’t like can always sell on as fresh heifers and hopefully make a bit out of them as well. Along with a mix of different pedigrees to start your herd off. 30 cows at an average of 1600 which they won’t be for decent ones is 48,000 which is a lot of money. Just my thoughts on it. Still want milking cows but a good way to get some good cows as most folk won’t sell better cows once they’ve entered a herd.

 

[Jdunn55]

Try some Goonhilly Josh. I think there's still some semen left. Or Goonhilly Cameron

I love the josh heifers, just wish you would have let me have more of them have you got any James heifers?

 

[Jdunn55]

young stock cost a lot to keep, for a young farmer, he really ought to be looking for milk.
Watched a sale on marteye, baby hfr calves were around £200, bullers were nudging £800, i/c were up to £1400, but the stirks between calves and bullers, struggling around the £400, with some starting at calf price, l think l sooner buy the stirks, all 'baby calf' feeding done, and not to long to bull them.
I have been searching the bull catalogues, for fr bulls, to add some size to our xbred, and dutch fr, and will admit to having included a hol, pin of £408,
Double W Ranger
milk fat pro all+
stature +.55
chest + 2.09
B Depth +1.5
everything else fine, although someone will tell me there are fr bulls, which would do that job, found it very difficult to find them, on the fr lists. Yet plenty on the hols to match those figures, proof the hol breeders are quickly reacting to their customers requirements. I think the 'modern' fr, will be somewhere between the 2, picking the best traits of both.

Yea but he’s also wanting a decent herd of friesians, I can’t see how 800 to 900 for some bulling heifers when they’re making 1800 atleast new calved. Won’t cost you 1000 to get them in calf and run them round especially on that sort of farm that’s under stocked at moment as well. Then any you don’t like can always sell on as fresh heifers and hopefully make a bit out of them as well. Along with a mix of different pedigrees to start your herd off. 30 cows at an average of 1600 which they won’t be for decent ones is 48,000 which is a lot of money. Just my thoughts on it. Still want milking cows but a good way to get some good cows as most folk won’t sell better cows once they’ve entered a herd.

You're both right, my plan was to buy 20 in calf heifers from this sale and look for 20 bulling heifers as well

 

[Rossymons]

You're both right, my plan was to buy 20 in calf heifers from this sale and look for 20 bulling heifers as well

Got 50k burning a hole in your pocket have you?

 

[Beef farmer]

Got 50k burning a hole in your pocket have you?

If he has, il look after it.

 

[Rossymons]

If he has, il look after it.

I'm front of the queue as I asked first!

 

[farmboy]

Cow prices obviously good at the moment but how much would people be allowing to stock a new tenancy? Nothing fancy just something to get going with

 

[Jdunn55]

Got 50k burning a hole in your pocket have you?

I wouldnt say burning but I got my loan on the basis I would use it to buy cattle which could be argued that I have not done, dont want to upset my bank manager by not keeping to my word