Buitelaar

[Collie21]

Has anyone any experience with buying rearing calves off buitelaar.

 

[Werzle]

Has anyone any experience with buying rearing calves off buitelaar.

No but a mates having bbx hfr calves delivered in around xmas weaned 120kg+ at £380. Calf trade must have dropped fairish.

 

[ISCO]

We've had 60 BW bulls this year of them from Garstang. They have been good calves and good to rear.
Just need to see if we can hit the target weight in 10/11 months.
So far so good.

 

[Collie21]

Just thinking of buying some heifers to rear for myself promised they'd be the best but without viewing it's hard to know wondered how others have got on

 

[Werzle]

Dont let them off the lorry until they are what they should be , or visit the collection centre and choose them for yourself

 

[RAF]

Had 60 last friday down to 58 now. Don’t get me wrong they have some good calves . But they are what they are

 

[ISCO]

We have been pleasantly surprised with quality of BW bull calves.

 

[Collie21]

Had 60 last friday down to 58 now. Don’t get me wrong they have some good calves . But they are what they are

If you don't mind me asking what did they die of scours or pneumonia?

 

[RAF]

Pneumonia

 

[RAF]

We reckon to lose 10%

 

[Collie21]

We reckon to lose 10%

Do you vaccinate them?

 

[RAF]

No there meant to be vaccinated before they come . These are 4 mth old

 

[Collie21]

No there meant to be vaccinated before they come . These are 4 mth old

Ah right that's a shame then the ones I'm looking at are 3 to 4 weeks

 

[Sid]

They have robbed calves from me and various others locally.

Starts off all fine then they squeeze!

 

[Samcowman]

We reckon to lose 10%

That seems very high. The ones you have already lost I wouldn’t be paying for. We have bought reared calves in the last 3 years average 50 in one batch per year and have lost 1 in total.
Rear for ourselves now as well as selling some and I would be worried if that happened to ours.

 

[RAF]

I am very worried . I wouldn’t have any if I had my way. This lot are a very poor batch.

 

[kill]

They have robbed calves from me and various others locally.

Starts off all fine then they squeeze!

Offered £160-180 for Angus x bull calf’s ( named sires) here and best ones made £350 at market so why sell them for half price? And probably be deductions then and VERY choosy to which they like☹.
Market is fairer personally.

 

[Martyn]

Offered £160-180 for Angus x bull calf’s ( named sires) here and best ones made £350 at market so why sell them for half price? And probably be deductions then and VERY choosy to which they like☹.
Market is fairer personally.

Do either of you rear your beef on to sell organic fats im aiming to do it with angus and hereford its either that or sell them at seven days okd cant see any money feeding expensive organic milk to calves that will get sold into conventional market

 

[Celt83]

My advice would be to find a good dairy not far from you that breeds/sells top quality calves through the mart and pay them a few quid more to keep them happy selling private.

You'll have a uniform batch sourced from one local farm, that's a big plus and something you won't get from a procurement agent.

Another thing to watch is they are middlemen, so their markup can be eye watering. A friend of mine sold some calves to a different company, agreed a price but when the invoice came through they were £70/head less than agreed. Some sob story that they graded less?? Got offered the exact same calves by the agent for £110 more than my mate got!

 

[Sid]

Offered £160-180 for Angus x bull calf’s ( named sires) here and best ones made £350 at market so why sell them for half price? And probably be deductions then and VERY choosy to which they like☹.
Market is fairer personally.

Started selling to butillaar when market wasn't an option due to TB, when went clear is when the issues started and we switched back to market.

Do either of you rear your beef on to sell organic fats im aiming to do it with angus and hereford its either that or sell them at seven days okd cant see any money feeding expensive organic milk to calves that will get sold into conventional market

Some and some, sell some as calves but shut down at the moment so rearing beefs.
Will be sold as organic stores at some point
When tb clear we do have beef farmers looking for organic calves if they have lost one, travel miles for one.
As you said no money in taking calves too far with organic milk price to sell as non organic.
Kivells do an organic calf section at Holsworthy?