No mine were November calvers for 715 but there were smaller fresh X breeds making similar@jimmer had some fresh Milker's for 740 last week
In reference to your young stock prices, we will see these crash between now and Christmas I believe. Dairy farmers will de stock them before they part with any cows. Time will tell, but a large Irish cattle exporting company rung up today. I've never bought from them but have spoke to them in the past, he was looking for homes for cows and admitted that its nose diving, but 2 more weeks of this weather and it will be in a different position altogether.Dairy youngstock don’t seem too reflect the cost and work involved in doing them.
At almost any point upto calving you’d be better off with a beef calf/bullock in terms of value.
Well reared commercial, although other than the best pedigree wouldn’t be far behind. Heifer calf £280. 4/5 month old £350. Yearling £550. Bullers £800 and served heifers £900. 7/8 month incalf £1100.
And if your dealing with that @Beef farmer he will want the shirt of your back too.
I can’t hardly rear it for the money. Sold a freemartin 14mo fleckvieh x for £750 in store ring and that was higher than she’d of made as a breeder.
Sold a extreme type Holstein heifer doing 32l for £1100 or £1008 after expenses few weeks ago. If I’d sold her and not other half she’d have come home.
Also sold few close calving coming too second from home @£1600. Poor choice of bull and Teat placement wasn’t suited too robot so not too displeased at that.
I’d of called it buoyant a few weeks ago. Took a old lean cull I’d put at £320/350. Came back £510 after expenses. I know they were short. Things have changed since then though and no doubt culls are coming out thick and fast.What's the cull market doing?
What’s happening in the markets? Are dairy still dear with the price of milk and is young stock dropping in price cause of forage?
What's the cull market doing?
Seems decent valueLocal market Tuesday (Carmarthenshire) cows AV 1150 top 1350, heifers AV 1380 top 1720, in calvers AV 990 top 1450, bullers top 750 and baby calves 140. Commercial freisian types in the main although the top priced milkers were alta sired Holsteins.
With dry conditions holding and genuine concerns about fodder this winter - what does everyone think is going to happen to cattle prices?
I reckon bulling heifers and younger will probably be steals.
What dairy heifers , it's the perfect storm, three years ago a lot of people sloshed beef semen around like it was free
They will be decent money as a consequence
Maybe youngstock but milk cows/heifers will still be a fair trade if even slackened a little. Two farmers up here both got wagons booked to bring 100 each up from the south. As always big uns will open the taps even with a shortage of fodder they’ll still go hard.Youngstock took a tumble last season with fears of a long winter. That was with decent forage and bedding stocks. Last spring cleared all that out and we all know the fears heading into this winter.
Someone I know took a load of strong bulling heifers to market and barely made their rearing costs. Could be some bargains.