The Beef Tracker thread (no Sheep)

[Frank-the-Wool]

A fella I never knew but spent many hours on the phone to dealt in fodder not with us now always reckoned I should value my fodder at farm gate prices not what it’s cost me to make
That altered things too

What happens when it is worth less at the farm gate than it cost to make though!!!!

 

[livestock 1]

What happens when it is worth less at the farm gate than it cost to make though!!!!

Well yes that’s right. I was going to add these conversations only crop up when it’s £35 a bale they go back to sleep when it’s £8 a bale

 

[Werzle]

Just read an article on Agriland about the president of the ulster farming union, reckons hes finishing his sucklerbred bulls at 400kg dead on a total lifetime consumption of 1.3t of concerntrate. Some going

 

[thorpe]

Just read an article on Agriland about the president of the ulster farming union, reckons hes finishing his sucklerbred bulls at 400kg dead on a total lifetime consumption of 1.3t of concerntrate. Some going

i just want to tell you a tale, and were fa

 

[thorpe]

he must have found some angel dust in the back of the feed shed! any body else remember that?

 

[livestock 1]

he must have found some angel dust in the back of the feed shed! any body else remember that?

No but heard plenty about it years ago

 

[thorpe]

No but heard plenty about it years ago

do you remember what it was?

 

[livestock 1]

do you remember what it was?

No just heard lads working for feeders on about it in the pub

 

[Northeastfarmer]

do you remember what it was?

Steroid

 

[e3120]

do you remember what it was?

Clenbuterol (sp). Originally a respiratory medication. Also available as 'fairy liquid'

Reputed to have been a big paramilitary income stream.

 

[thorpe]

Clenbuterol (sp). Originally a respiratory medication. Also available as 'fairy liquid'

Reputed to have been a big paramilitary income stream.

yes i remember now, it turned plain bullocks into monsters, remember seeing it on ithink it was panarama.

 

[harperfarmer]

Suckled calves a fair shot but not silly in Melton yesterday. A lot of cattle not true suckled calves more like 11-15 months that looked decent value imo compared to those smaller smarter types. Think the champion pen of 4 steers made £1160 but were tremendously well bred types around 7/8 months. Champion single beast was £1580 I think. I had six heifers and a steer out of there to average £910.

 

[thorpe]

Suckled calves a fair shot but not silly in Melton yesterday. A lot of cattle not true suckled calves more like 11-15 months that looked decent value imo compared to those smaller smarter types. Think the champion pen of 4 steers made £1160 but were tremendously well bred types around 7/8 months. Champion single beast was £1580 I think. I had six heifers and a steer out of there to average £910.

i was just going to ask if anybody on here went yesterday and what the trade was like.

 

[harperfarmer]

i was just going to ask if anybody on here went yesterday and what the trade was like.

Pleased with what I had out of there but was quite a painful job. Running three or four into the ring then selling "to pick" (why draw them to a bunch if you're going to sell singly anyway!?) and generally stopping for a chat after every pen sold drove me mad. That small smart steer was the dearest at £1075. Had a pen of lim x blue heifers at £895 that look the best value. And the first beast I bought was a smart lim heifer at £790. Should be good to kill by April/May at 12/13 months.

 

[thorpe]

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Pleased with what I had out of there but was quite a painful job. Running three or four into the ring then selling "to pick" (why draw them to a bunch if you're going to sell singly anyway!?) and generally stopping for a chat after every pen sold drove me mad. That small smart steer was the dearest at £1075. Had a pen of lim x blue heifers at £895 that look the best value. And the first beast I bought was a smart lim heifer at £790. Should be good to kill by April/May at 12/13 months.

perhaps should have gone , but i hate the bl00dy place!

 

[kps]

perhaps should have gone , but i hate the bl00dy place!

They were still selling at 6 so you'll probably be glad you didn't go!!

 

[thorpe]

They were still selling at 6 so you'll probably be glad you didn't go!!

glad youve come on spoke to adam at allied weighing yesterday and he says you have one of his jobbies in a race, any good ? would like to look at one before we buy , he gave me your number to ring.

 

[willie waver]

glad youve come on spoke to adam at allied weighing yesterday and he says you have one of his jobbies in a race, any good ? would like to look at one before we buy , he gave me your number to ring.

jobbies mean something different in your part of the world to here?

 

[Av Gorritt]

finished prices ? Woodheads £4.41 for clean in-spec cattle next week . (+5/10p)

 

[thorpe]

finished prices ? Woodheads £4.41 for clean in-spec cattle next week . (+5/10p)

i'd like to know what yesterday's had done, still not up!