Cattle keep
- Thread starter twizz
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beefandsleep
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- Location
- Staffordshire
£2 per day unless on a finishing ration in which case £3. If they calve without problem and have a live calf you might be better off keeping them.
- Location
- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
Is this common? We've had 3 store cattle calve in last 3 weeks, bought in two separate batches, both from Melton.
JMTHORNLEY
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- Location
- Glossop
Would guess it depends on how they are penned? if they are running with bulls then it's pretty much inevitable
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
If you bought them out of a mart then the auctioneers will have a set figure per day you can claim...as long as it’s within 6 months of purchase
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- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
Yeah claimed & got compensation. Just wondered how often it happens? We purely buy to fatten, so bit of a shock when calves are dropping out!
DeeGee
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- Location
- North East Wales
We have wintered 20 x 400kg store cattle here for the past three years. We supply the shed, the round bale haylage ad lib, and all straw for clean bedding. We muck out and keep the muck.
Cattle owner is a good neighbour, but my haylage and barley straw is a saleable commodity around here. I know what I do and have charged per month, but I also know what I think it really needs to be in future.
Under the circumstances what do you people think I should I charge per head per calendar month?
Cattle owner is a good neighbour, but my haylage and barley straw is a saleable commodity around here. I know what I do and have charged per month, but I also know what I think it really needs to be in future.
Under the circumstances what do you people think I should I charge per head per calendar month?
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- Fife
Work out what it costs you per head per month. Add some on top for profit.
Yes bought at mart they said a £1 per day which seems cheap to me. They have just grown on with a bit of barley and silage
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
It will be cheap this year, but doubt that they’ll alter the price
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Not sure how often it happens but probably more common that you’d think....best for farmers to Jab stores heifers before they sell them
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Ive taken 3 incalf heifers back in 5000 sold.
Wendy10
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- Location
- Carmarthenshire
It happened to us many years ago. Got in calf while sucking dam. Purchaser charged £1 a day, we collected and they paid half pre movement test. They were very fair. She calved a nice bull calf, although he was always a little "short". His sire was also sire to his dam, so that could have had a bearing? She went on to make a lovely cow. 14 months at calving if memory serves!
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I went to collect one incalf heifer and got talking to fella who bought her, he told me years ago he used to calve them and keep them and he built up an 100 cow herd doing this, he then cashed the herd of cows and built a house with the money, a very shrewd operator he was/is, all for profit kind o guy no vanity which is what breaks most who go into finishing.
Lovegoodstock
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- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Im hoping to start to build me and partners new dream home, wish I could sell 100 of my sucklers to cover build cost, sadly they wont average 5500 to cover costs!!! I normally admin 2ml juramate or estrumate wth heifers at 8 months, bought in cows with calves where bulls been running with heifer calves, jabbing at a slightly older age I have had a few not abort, should have added steroid in hindsight, luckily few have held are growth Hereford heifers that will actually have financial value added with calf rather than in calf at same time of year.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Surley a cow n calf worth more than 550 ?
- Location
- Scot Borders
When we used to finish a lot of cattle (500 year) would get at least 3 or 4 hfrs in calf every year. If they were reasonable we'll grown sorts would keep her and take 1/3 of purchase price as comp, and then sold them on to a mate to take a chance on getting a calf out of them. If they were small or young just took the comp from the market. Nothing worse than taking a chance on getting a calf out of her and then losing the calf and the heifer, which happened on more than one occasion
£50?
DeeGee
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- Location
- North East Wales
Been on £600 a month for 20 stores but I don’t think it’s enough to be honest. The opportunity cost for big bale haylage and straw more or less comes to that without any consideration for the shed and labour.
However I do get all the muck and can use any second grade haylage that is perhaps not good enough to sell. The cattle also belong to a good neighbour so I also tend to take this into consideration.
However I do get all the muck and can use any second grade haylage that is perhaps not good enough to sell. The cattle also belong to a good neighbour so I also tend to take this into consideration.
Let him off , @Lovegoodstock is a daft old hooker I played with for a number of years !
How are the southfork plans coming along , locals all in support
