culls deadweight grades

[harrysmith]

What does a P-3 look like when living , sent cull holstein cows in deadweight all at of the palour . i would of called condition 3 so was suprised when they came P- with the best cow P-3 thou weighed 346 kg ?

 

[Spudley]

Nearly all of our Holstein culls will be P-. We don't fatten them up, and they go straight from the parlour. Freisian and crossbred cows will nearly always be P+3 with the occasional O.
I'd guess this would be a P+3

And this would be a P-3

 

[ridger]

Nearly all of our Holstein culls will be P-. We don't fatten them up, and they go straight from the parlour. Freisian and crossbred cows will nearly always be P+3 with the occasional O.
I'd guess this would be a P+3

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And this would be a P-3

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Bottom one would be a p=1+ here I'd say

 

[Wee Willy]

Bottom one would be a p=1+ here I'd say

Takes a serious feeding to get a Hol into a 3.

 

[More to life]

An O grade holstein is by definition a terrible cow.

 

[ridger]

An O grade holstein is by definition a terrible cow.

I'd be more than happy to have a holstein grade an 0? Must be on a different chart over there?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I didn't know culls could grade anything other than P-1?

 

[ridger]

An O grade holstein is by definition a terrible cow.

We talk about an awful good cow lol

 

[ridger]

 

[pappuller]

An O grade holstein is by definition a terrible cow.

Get some proper cows and you might see the odd r

 

[vantage]

I didn't know culls could grade anything other than P-1?

And they always quote the O3 price!

 

[cull cows]

99% of Holsteins will be p grade on electronic grading

 

[Beef farmer]

P-1 at 170kg

There not to keen on them.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

P-1 at 170kg

There not to keen on them.

I don't know who they supply but St Merryn love scrawny old things. 170kg still nets you £350 at the moment

 

[Beef farmer]

I don't know who they supply but St Merryn love scrawny old things. 170kg still nets you £350 at the moment

Love them?

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Love them?

Well they never complain even sub 100kg.

 

[harrysmith]

mine are nearly all P , either + or - , just suprised to get a P-3 on the best fleshed cow

 

[Spudley]

Yes but the P refers to the muscle conformation, not the fat cover

 

[cull cows]

I don't know who they supply but St Merryn love scrawny old things. 170kg still nets you £350 at the moment

Tesco mince

 

[Fake it ‘til you make it]

P1s can be very profitable things to debone. They yield no fat, no low value fatty trimmings, a few cuts whipped out for the Chinese restaurant trade and the rest goes in diced beef/ lean mince.