Three Barrens average £1000 each .Time for a clear out!

Sent 3 old cows direct to slaughter and got just over £3000 back. Makes you take a second look at the SELL list especially when I'm being penalised for surplus milk.

One Swedish Red cross born 2014 been out all winter as she went down and pulled a muscle in autumn, so dry baged. Nearly shot her in autumn.
Two holsteins staight from parlour , 2009 and 2012.
Well pleased.
 

pappuller

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Sent 3 old cows direct to slaughter and got just over £3000 back. Makes you take a second look at the SELL list especially when I'm being penalised for surplus milk.

One Swedish Red cross born 2014 been out all winter as she went down and pulled a muscle in autumn, so dry baged. Nearly shot her in autumn.
Two holsteins staight from parlour , 2009 and 2012.
Well pleased.
now is the time to shift them, if the weather stays dry more cows will come forward but if your looking to replace with summer autumn milk it will still be an expensive hobby.
 

Fergieman

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Northumberland
Had 4 away today as well, not had the prices yet but going on the last ones ppkg they should be £1,000 each as well. What grades and ppkg were yours. 3x O- and 1xO+ here.
 
2 Milking Holsteins P+3 around 325 KG at 285p/Kg,
dry bagged SRx, -O3 408 kg at 300p/g

"if your looking to replace with summer autumn milk it will still be an expensive hobby."
Been milking for almost 50 years and not bought a cow yet, not about to start now!
 

farmerdan7618

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Somerset
Cows on herd basis are tax free if you reduce the herd by 20% or more in one year. Tax will be clawed back on them if they are replaced within the next five years.

As for cull cows, sold four through Frome market on Wednesday, 143-159ppk live weight averaged over 1k each. British Friesians
 
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Sid

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Livestock Farmer
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South Molton
The culls are, herd would be 550-600. Keep the cake at 4kg/day flat rate for their final lactation and send on when below 8 litres. By that time they will be 700-800kg and sell well.

4x300 days is 1.2t
Low peak?
Herd average litres at 4kg average? 6000?

From that I'd say under feeding at peak and trying to catch up later?
 

farmerdan7618

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Somerset
4x300 days is 1.2t
Low peak?
Herd average litres at 4kg average? 6000?

From that I'd say under feeding at peak and trying to catch up later?
These are only the culls mind, not the whole herd. Yields would be more 5000-5500, start recording soon to find some more info about what we have taken on from Father, but that was the way the culls were done and it does work.

Final lactation would often be 500 days, but the decision to cull would be made at calving and then milk on until they get there. Not seeing loss of condition in early lactation.

Lots of things have the potential to change with us having taken it on, but Rome wasn't built in a day, and cows are creatures of habit.
 

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