Hereford x Dexter Steers

[gwi1890]

I bought these steers the other day at market assuming the where hereford to be fair they are quite well grown (12months) I had a look at the passport only to notice that I knew the breeder, he keeps dexter cows and puts them to a Hereford bull, Paid £500 for the pair , any idea how much weight they would be at 24 month dw?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Hereford x Dexter....you won’t need to worry about going over weight that’s for sure

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Can they go somewhere with a native premium, or does it need to be a named sire on the passport?

A good local butcher perhaps?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Local butcher would be ideal

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

One near us puts a sign up saying which farms his pork/beef/lamb has come from that week, so his customers can see it was only 7 miles from his shop.

 

[Chasingmytail]

box them, good beef, nice size joints. No reason why you cant put one in the freezer because lets face it for the price you paid that will be cheap quality beef. If you raise good stock always room for meat in the freezer. If you have to buy another chest freezer it will still be better value.

 

[gwi1890]

I know his cattle are non short though , Tbh they were bigger than a few lim x there

 

[DRC]

Shouldn’t they have totally white faces if by a Hereford bull. Thought it was a dominant gene. They look cheap enough anyway

 

[gwi1890]

Shouldn’t they have totally white faces if by a Hereford bull. Thought it was a dominant gene. They look cheap enough anyway

There where some black ones there with a totally white face same age bit smaller £420

 

[Hesstondriver]

£500 for the pair , i.e £250 each ? or am I reading that wrong ?

 

[gwi1890]

£500 for the pair , i.e £250 each ? or am I reading that wrong ?

No £500 each

 

[Hesstondriver]

No £500 each

Ta, I was just about to put the trailer on and head over to your Mart and fill my boots !

still not dear, im sure you'll make something good of them

 

[gwi1890]

Has anybody here ever fattened a dexter x steer? Any chance of them making 250kg dw?

 

[brigadoon]

Has anybody here ever fattened a dexter x steer? Any chance of them making 250kg dw?

Yes to both - not by a Hereford but by Galloway and Angus bulls they made 270Kg off grass and grass alone although we killed them at just under 30 months, 27 for the AAX

They will fatten fine although you will have no concerns about going overweight and if you are good to them they will hang up not too far away from 300Kg.

We killed a pure Dexter a few weeks ago at 240Kg.

If you have a local butcher market they should bite your hand off to get them

https://boofarm.wordpress.com/2018/06/17/why-dexters-why-grass-fed/

 

[gwi1890]

Yes to both - not by a Hereford but by Galloway and Angus bulls they made 270Kg off grass and grass alone although we killed them at just under 30 months, 27 for the AAX

They will fatten fine although you will have no concerns about going overweight and if you are good to them they will hang up not too far away from 300Kg.

We killed a pure Dexter a few weeks ago at 240Kg.

If you have a local butcher market they should bite your hand off to get them

Thanks, so tbf they are as profitable as any large cow when crossing. I have a American style grill who used to buy lambs of me 3 lambs a week was not profitable enough for me but a steers is totally different I suppose.

 

[DRC]

No £500 each

I thought you said £500 the pair !

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I thought you said £500 the pair !

He did/does

 

[gwi1890]

He did/does

You’ll have to excuse me for the miss print, welsh is my first language tho [emoji23]

 

[sam1]

Will eat well I know that much

 

[spin cycle]

best beef i've ever had came from a local butcher who uses dexters