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[kill]

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

Just haven’t the shed room and need that for heifers rather than beef really.

 

[Collie21]

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!

Think that's what I'm gonna try and do cheers for the replies