Price to graze heifers
- Thread starter jemski
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Matt
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- Location
- herefordshire, uk
Did see someone advertising cattle grazing £4 to £6 head per week. No idea of finer details or grass quality.
- Location
- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
How well do you know them/friendly? You could ask them what they'd expect to be paying if you think they won't take pi§s...
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
About the same as 5 sheep, for dairy calves - that's rule of thumb here.
£5/wk+ would be my suggestion?
It's really "the time", grass is the cheap bit but someone to move and check them is the "value" if you see what I mean?
Going rate down here for sheep grazing is about $1.70-$2, calves $9-11, and winter grazing for incalf heifers I'll be wanting $30/week - hopefully that's helpful to you?
(A pound is about $2)
Of great benefit is that the wee ones are pretty easy grazing, their muck will grow heaps of good grass for your sheep and the grass will appreciate a bit of a change as they won't chew it quite so hard!
Also it helps to give sheep parasites a year to remove themselves from your pasture, if you can strike a good deal then I'd be all for it
£5/wk+ would be my suggestion?
It's really "the time", grass is the cheap bit but someone to move and check them is the "value" if you see what I mean?
Going rate down here for sheep grazing is about $1.70-$2, calves $9-11, and winter grazing for incalf heifers I'll be wanting $30/week - hopefully that's helpful to you?
(A pound is about $2)
Of great benefit is that the wee ones are pretty easy grazing, their muck will grow heaps of good grass for your sheep and the grass will appreciate a bit of a change as they won't chew it quite so hard!
Also it helps to give sheep parasites a year to remove themselves from your pasture, if you can strike a good deal then I'd be all for it
About the same as 5 sheep, for dairy calves - that's rule of thumb here.
£5/wk+ would be my suggestion?
It's really "the time", grass is the cheap bit but someone to move and check them is the "value" if you see what I mean?
Going rate down here for sheep grazing is about $1.70-$2, calves $9-11, and winter grazing for incalf heifers I'll be wanting $30/week - hopefully that's helpful to you?
(A pound is about $2)
Of great benefit is that the wee ones are pretty easy grazing, their muck will grow heaps of good grass for your sheep and the grass will appreciate a bit of a change as they won't chew it quite so hard!
Also it helps to give sheep parasites a year to remove themselves from your pasture, if you can strike a good deal then I'd be all for it
Yes I think it benefits both sides. Thank you [emoji1303]
They have never done it before so they don’t know either
Fenced and watered I guess? Fiver a week for nice quality, clean grass. You bag muck it.
Maybe even a bit more for convenience, such as walking cattle there and easy checking, but in all honesty, a fair deal for both will leave you both smiling.
Maybe even a bit more for convenience, such as walking cattle there and easy checking, but in all honesty, a fair deal for both will leave you both smiling.
Guiggs
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- Location
- Leicestershire
I think we took 80p a head a day for grazing beef heifers and steers spring to autumn and that was about 4 or 5 years ago. We were responsible for shepherding but any problems/ treatment etc the owner would come and sort.
We had pens on the block of land they could use.
We had pens on the block of land they could use.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
The going rate here is approx €1.25 per day that is weaned calf through to point of calving. Obviously if it was just summer grazing it would be less.
Most contract differs as to who pays for dosing/vaccination/AI. A lot of contracts seem to have penalties if weight targets not hit, heifers not in calf, or above average mortality.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Very reasonable
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Don't know about price per animal but could you let the field on a summer grass let? That way the animals remain the responsibility of the owner and it avoids a movement and TB testing.I have some spare grazing and the dairy across the river have approached me to graze their heifers over the spring and summer. I’m really keen but have no idea what the going rate is.... advice please