- Location
- North of Perth
It's the only reason I finish cattle.
Perfect Suckler cow??
- Thread starter Shann_mann
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Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Cos you can get draff reasonable? Your in the right area for it !
- Location
- North of Perth
Yes
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
A bloke I know had used a lot of Oakchurch Duster semen on his suckler herd due to his excellent EBVs. He said the calves' temperament was a bit of an issue.
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Hardly see a Charolais store sold in Bakewell, you see more Blondes!
Tbh I've noticed the markets that sell stores by weight seem to be the ones that have more Charolais bred animals. The ones that sell per head tend to be more Limi
Tbh I've noticed the markets that sell stores by weight seem to be the ones that have more Charolais bred animals. The ones that sell per head tend to be more Limi
michael N123
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Limousine
- Location
- West Somerset
A lot of charolais here put to a native cow do well on the hill, in the calf sales charolais very much the market leader! Lims would be in 2nd place.
harperfarmer
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I've moved from Charolais to Lim and I wouldn't say they grade any better. The lim bulls grow fine but there's no doubt the heifers lack growth and size compared to charolais the same age.
If I could get a decent charolais bull for the same money as a Lim I'd have another straight away but the type I like would £8/9k. Need more cows before I can justify spending that on a bull imo.
If I could get a decent charolais bull for the same money as a Lim I'd have another straight away but the type I like would £8/9k. Need more cows before I can justify spending that on a bull imo.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Why change to lim if you can breed calves like them ?
harperfarmer
Member
Bull cost at the time. I couldn't afford to replace him with a similar type. I'd have loved to but the money wasn't there
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Aye good charo bulls are mega bucks right enough . Good calves well done.
- Location
- North of Perth
You can certainly pick up good lim an blue bulls easier an cheaper than a good charolais.
The one I used last backend was a 10k bull but didn't look like it to me.
The one I used last backend was a 10k bull but didn't look like it to me.
Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
these type of calves would be miles ahead of any lims in the markets up here
Baling Hay
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Incredible stock! Must be such a pleasure sitting and watching them graze on a summer's evening!
So you were using a char bull that produced great calves but didn't make enough profit to replace the bull like for like.
input cost to high
choochter
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
If that's the case, I'd be trying to breed my own Char bull using AI
or thought about it before the old bull went and bought some females
choochter
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
Many folk who have Baz cattle have a commercial herd as well as a small ped herd
I only have a small mixed herd but put a bit of thought into what bulls the pure Bazadaises
Use AI to get stock bulls
Baling Hay
Member
Any comparison photos of the Lim calves?
We had a good ped bull so bought a ped female to try to get a replacement bull which we did, thats how we ended up with a pedigree herd,