Low Line Cattle

[brigadoon]

Sorry I was doing a few things at once.

I mean a 250-300kg carcass.

Buy some non-short Dexters at £3-400 cows not heifers - cross them to any decent beef bull - have seen them outcrossed to Lim and have heard of them outcrossed to Char.

we have crossed them to Galloway, Angus and Whitebred shorthorn - all will make a carcase in that range.

 

[brigadoon]

By the time I get cows these pups should be fully working. I'm pretty confident in them.

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My money is on the Galloway any day - those will want thier big brothers with them

 

[Woolless]

Buy some non-short Dexters at £3-400 cows not heifers - cross them to any decent beef bull - have seen them outcrossed to Lim and have heard of them outcrossed to Char.

we have crossed them to Galloway, Angus and Whitebred shorthorn - all will make a carcase in that range.

Lowlines are an interesting idea but as you say a decent Dexter put to an Angus would come to much the same thing, surely? Dexter beef is meant to be excellent as well, if boxed beef marketing is your aim.

 

[Dan@JF]

Hang on...

You wrote:

And got an answer...


I wrote:

And got no reply...

Hang on, I spend a lot of time outside and had also replied to you originally

I do sell heifers but currently don't have any for sale. Like most things price is dependant on age/breeding/quality/demand.

 

[Danllan]

Hang on, I spend a lot of time outside and had also replied to you originally

I do sell heifers but currently don't have any for sale. Like most things price is dependant on age/breeding/quality/demand.

Fair enough, but hardly 'return of post'. No matter, any chance of some ball-park figures?

 

[Dan@JF]

Fair enough, but hardly 'return of post'. No matter, any chance of some ball-park figures?

The European Market is big and I've heard of heifers selling there for 4k plus. Equally really good bulls go for similar money. There were lowlines at an auction last year and they were reaching well into the thousands. I haven't sold many heifers as building herd, but the ones I have I would be 2500 average for young heifers but more for in calf heifers to good bulls. I try to be hard on quality rather than quantity, most bull calves are steered. I would sell young steers for market prices but are worth more to me as meat boxes and would sell young bulls but again depends where they are going/breeding/age etc. They would have to be over 1k to make them worth it over meat boxes for my business.

How much would a pedigree Angus or saler heifer be? (I'm not comparing breeds just interested in turns of costs)

 

[Danllan]

The European Market is big and I've heard of heifers selling there for 4k plus. Equally really good bulls go for similar money. There were lowlines at an auction last year and they were reaching well into the thousands. I haven't sold many heifers as building herd, but the ones I have I would be 2500 average for young heifers but more for in calf heifers to good bulls. I try to be hard on quality rather than quantity, most bull calves are steered. I would sell young steers for market prices but are worth more to me as meat boxes and would sell young bulls but again depends where they are going/breeding/age etc. They would have to be over 1k to make them worth it over meat boxes for my business.

How much would a pedigree Angus or saler heifer be? (I'm not comparing breeds just interested in turns of costs)

Thanks for that, I understand regarding the pricing / meat value since we sell boxed beef too. I'd not have a problem with paying that and more for a bull, but I'll wait until the heifers are going for around the £1k mark before buying in to the breed. Are you in the UK?

Can't help with the cost of the breeds you mentioned, but am sure there are some who will give you chapter and verse.

 

[Dan@JF]

Yes I'm south Wales. Tbh honest I could sell lots of heifers and have enquiries regularly and I guess that's what keeps the price up.

I'm just a farmer trying to produce nice cattle that genetics fit my grass fed system and market. I do want other people to enjoy them as I think they are great wee things, but have to pay the bills. I do not do anything from sheep to cows to topping without looking at it as a costing exercise and everything needs to pay. These cattle in my system are very "cheap" to produce, but does that make their genetics worth more? That's why i ask about other breeds, I really don't know what a price for an average pedigree beast would cost as lowlines are my focus now.