dinderleat
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- Wells
Fatten or sell as forward stores ?
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Oh bullocks
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- Yorkshire
Fatten them all the hard work is done.
harperfarmer
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Your first two responses have demonstrated the joy of putting such a question to a forum.......polar opposites!!!
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
put it another way....what price would you like?....if you can get that sell and move on....if you can't or calf prices to replace are to high then keep?
Blonde Heifer
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Prices were too good at Sedgemoor last Saturday, now is the time to sell, stores definitely better prices than fat, no figuring it out.
gone up the hill
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What weight are they??
Always a risk with fri x steers, some sell very well.. then the next pen doesn't..
Always a risk with fri x steers, some sell very well.. then the next pen doesn't..
dinderleat
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- Wells
Ours tend to sell well always seem to be more fleshy than others. At a guess they weigh 7-750kgs+. Haven't got any weigh cells
. They are all home breed so won't need to buy any back in.
. They are all home breed so won't need to buy any back in.
dinderleat
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- Wells
We were thinking if they all make over 1000 we would be better of. Trouble is you can only sell them once. But the with the beef price rising by the day it might send a few round the store ring a bit mad for a bit if flesh
michael N123
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Sell store its silly money at the moment fat price is proberly a few hundred less than it should be
gone up the hill
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Ours tend to sell well always seem to be more fleshy than others. At a guess they weigh 7-750kgs+. Haven't got any weigh cells
At 700 kilos they should come back about £1085 on the hook..
( the one in the pic will be 650/680 kilos at most )
Store trade is mental currently ( easily £100/ head up on three weeks ago )
michael N123
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How much money are people buying stores at the moment hoping to make out of them? Once you get feed commission bedding transport i cant see anything in it
gone up the hill
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- Devon
The big fhinshers will be hoping to make £10/ head and the small fhinshers that haven't a clue about their true costing's will be losing £100 + head.. trouble is they go to market buying stores and lose the plot!!
Many expensive store cattle are being bought by small farmers that have a pension etc so don't have to make it pay and don't want to invest in/ grow their business..
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I wouldnt buy a big older store beast for the very reason it has probably been put in the store ring because somebody has given up throwing money at it trying to get it fat.
Why else do they end up as older heavier stores?
Why else do they end up as older heavier stores?
michael N123
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Not worth the risk for 10pound a head imagine if one dies you need to sell 101 to make a tenner dont you haha ?! Why bother im glad i have suckler herd
michael N123
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Or more likely put in the store ring because its a good trade
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Chap near me ( not under TB2 ) has been selling his cattle deadweight, decided to try a few fit ones thru the store ring ( all cont x suckled steers ), took some both ways for three weeks. all indentical/ same weight cattle, the stores ones averaged £150 more per head than the dead weight ones..
gone up the hill
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- Devon
If your on the ball and very lucky you will lose very few cattle at that age/weight if your keeping them indoors..
michael N123
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Yes ino it was just a example...
gone up the hill
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- Devon
The reason they do it for such a small margin is because they like doing the buying/ selling of stock..
Cant see how anyone can pay these prices for store cattle mind you.