In calf heifer comeback
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sheepwise
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- SW Scotland
Send it back with vendor covering your cost of keep,transport,etc or vendor pays you 1/3 of purchase price back for you to keep heifer and accept all risks.That's how it works up here anyway.
livestock 1
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I sold one that ended up in calf and when I went to see the man about it he wouldn’t let me have it back at 1.50 a day plus costs plus purchase price as he knew it was worth more than all that with a calf!
depends how they were sold to you, was there a guaranty that they were not in calf ?
- Location
- Northumberland
Does anyone ever make £1.50/day out of keeping cattle? £547 increase in a year.There will be a hell of alot of bought store cattle dont achieve that.
sheepwise
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- Location
- SW Scotland
Store cattle are sold free of bull.
Probably not so its a harsh lesson in making sure you dont sell store hfrs incalve
- Location
- Northumberland
I sold 2 bulling heifers for breeding that turned out to be incalf.I bought them back,which i did not mind doing,but felt like shoving the £1.50/day +haulage +vet costs+mart commission down his throat.They both calved cracking Lim bull calves aswell,and they are still in the herd today.If i had bought them myself,i would have said ,"well thankyou very much,ive bought 2 incalvers instead of bullers"
who says ?
livestock 1
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No of course they don’t. When they find one of ours in calf they act like they’ve won the lottery. In calf heifers are the best paid beast they buy.
livestock 1
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You don’t know though that’s the problem. Someone’s bull can be in and put back you wouldn’t know
Never bought any stores with a guarantee.
Surely vendor should be upfront and say if there’s a chance they may be in calf.
If he didn’t know the bull had been near them he’s not a very good stockman.
livestock 1
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Yes I’m not suggesting there’s any excuse as far as your heifer. But things happen to grazing cattle you can’t always be there all the time.
Even if they’re in calf to their father at 12 months old?
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livestock 1
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No not that.
livestock 1
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Auctions here tend to favour the buyer though. Yes it shouldn’t happen but there’s cases where the buyer ends up getting a heifer or two for nowt. There’s lads around here that won’t take any heifers to certain auctions or fatten all the heifers themselves because of it.
sheepwise
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- Location
- SW Scotland
Depends how they are fed once you buy them. Big difference from grazing to intensive finishing ration.
market catalogue conditions
It wasn't bought at market