Water Wheel
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How long is a piece of string?
I have been milking for 45 years + and never bought or sold a milking cow, they’ve all gone as barrens, but I’ve reached an age when it’s time to give up.
Easy option is an on farm dispersal sale so I know I am getting the true market value.
Arriving at a value for a possible private sale is another matter.
I’m told the market is ‘on fire ‘ at the minute, since the recent milk price increases.
Which are the main auctions for commercial dairy cows, to look at sale reports?
I’ve got 190 cross bred cows, Holstein x Swedish Red X Montbeliarde, calving Jan – August, on an all grass system with self feed silage and parlour concentrates, moderate yields, high health, low replacement rate, so plenty of older cows.
Seems a shame to pay an auctioneer his commission if I can avoid it, but perhaps they are worth it, as I said at the start not a world I have any experience in.
I have been milking for 45 years + and never bought or sold a milking cow, they’ve all gone as barrens, but I’ve reached an age when it’s time to give up.
Easy option is an on farm dispersal sale so I know I am getting the true market value.
Arriving at a value for a possible private sale is another matter.
I’m told the market is ‘on fire ‘ at the minute, since the recent milk price increases.
Which are the main auctions for commercial dairy cows, to look at sale reports?
I’ve got 190 cross bred cows, Holstein x Swedish Red X Montbeliarde, calving Jan – August, on an all grass system with self feed silage and parlour concentrates, moderate yields, high health, low replacement rate, so plenty of older cows.
Seems a shame to pay an auctioneer his commission if I can avoid it, but perhaps they are worth it, as I said at the start not a world I have any experience in.
