British friesian bulls

[coomoo]

Did you buy one?

6k I’m guessing

 

[Jdunn55]

Question, how much is a 2-3month old bull calf worth? I've had someone phone me and make an offer on one but I'm not sure what's sensible

I can't sell him until I get his genomics back anyway but still would be interested to see if it's worth selling him now, or holding onto him for another 12-18 months so he's ready for breeding

Thanks

 

[dairydurham]

6k I’m guessing

6k doesnt buy that much semen

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

I must be doing it all wrong

If it works for you great. We tried it here years ago and it didn’t work.

 

[TheRanger]

Easier to justify the 50% bull calves when it's a BF and they're worth fattening.

 

[crashbox]

A few Inch Brilliant calves out of purebred jersey dams. He obviously carries the ginger gene.
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Off topic but they look fantastic... how do you decide how big a paddock to put calves in, how long to keep em there, etc.?
Not particularly up to speed on working it out for growing youngstock.

 

[som farmer]

Question, how much is a 2-3month old bull calf worth? I've had someone phone me and make an offer on one but I'm not sure what's sensible

I can't sell him until I get his genomics back anyway but still would be interested to see if it's worth selling him now, or holding onto him for another 12-18 months so he's ready for breeding

Thanks

£60

 

[cattow]

£60

@Jdunn55 said 2-3 months not days

 

[Jdunn55]

£60

This would be for breeding, combined parent average would be close to 300 pli but still waiting on genomics to come back

Was thinking closer to £1000? @cattow

 

[cattow]

This would be for breeding, combined parent average would be close to 300 pli but still waiting on genomics to come back

Was thinking closer to £1000? @cattow

Wait till the genomics comes back, I’m guessing you and your customer are a fair way apart, even though he could be worth £2500 at 18 months

 

[som farmer]

@Jdunn55 said 2-3 months not days

did get a fr steer calf, to £270, at 3months old, 2 more to go yet, touch of ring worm, grown through that, so they will be gone, 4 months. We really haven't had fr bull calves, didn't put many to b&w, think there's two young ones.
But the reared calves, have been coming back at some serious money, not complaining though, although Frome won't be having any more, they hit the average back. Same age/sexes, av £100 ish more at Exeter, to big a difference.

 

[som farmer]

This would be for breeding, combined parent average would be close to 300 pli but still waiting on genomics to come back

Was thinking closer to £1000? @cattow

hope you get more than that, but the bull trade can be a funny one. Very surprising the price of some bulls, and good pedigrees, we have picked up, on a bad 'day' at mkt, to embarrassed to quote figures, but, will always have a go !

 

[TheRanger]

This would be for breeding, combined parent average would be close to 300 pli but still waiting on genomics to come back

Was thinking closer to £1000? @cattow

I seem to remember @Friesianfan giving up selling bulls because it was too much hassle, especially in a tB area. Get him away as a calf for a sensible figure, and concentrate on producing milk.

 

[aidan]

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I always think that's a lot of money for a dairy bull, if being purchased by farmers, could easily turn nasty, or daughters will soon be along. Maby just my thinking. Maby they are sold to studs.

I must be doing it all wrong

anyone have a link to his EBI figures, usually a 70BF 30HF will have much better figures than a 100% BF. Im wondering why a regular dairy farm would purchase a bull for that price unless his figures are exceptional.

 

[som farmer]

we never keep dairy bulls, more than a year, they start getting to bolshy.
but, we bought a very well bred hol bull, with impeccable manners, so we kept him, ended up with 84 hfrs from him, and none of them milked, even as second calvers they just didn't give the milk. That bull obviously didn't 'gel' with our cows, a very expensive 'mistake', so use for 1 year, and out.
Many years ago, someone's fr rig, got in with some of our hfrs, real runt of a thing, stopped a few, ended up with 3 hfr calves, and they milked extremely well, fantastic animals. So just goes to show, you can never be quite certain, what you end up with. Old AI chap was always saying, the best bull in the world, was shot, as a bobby calve, at a week old. And you cannot really answer that.

 

[Sid]

£60

did get a fr steer calf, to £270, at 3months old, 2 more to go yet, touch of ring worm, grown through that, so they will be gone, 4 months. We really haven't had fr bull calves, didn't put many to b&w, think there's two young ones.
But the reared calves, have been coming back at some serious money, not complaining though, although Frome won't be having any more, they hit the average back. Same age/sexes, av £100 ish more at Exeter, to big a difference.

That's a huge variation £60-£270.

Our average would be closer to £270 for Fri bull calves. Top the market on occasions

 

[In the pit]

You might as well says how long is a piece of string

 

[Fergieman]

That's a huge variation £60-£270.

Our average would be closer to £270 for Fri bull calves. Top the market on occasions

At what age?

Your not one of these people that likes to top the market with a 8 week calf but it was 3 weeks old when you registered it?

 

[Sid]

At what age?

Your not one of these people that likes to top the market with a 8 week calf but it was 3 weeks old when you registered it?

Varies, but 3 weeks tops.
Birth dates are always

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Varies, but 3 weeks tops.
Birth dates are always

Where do you send them? That’s good money.