Where to buy cows

[Beef farmer]

I've got some Devons and Angus calves hitting the deck soon. Got 2 people on FB interested in taking the lot as soon as I've got the passport. I chanced my arm and said a high price...

...both have said yes.

Calf trade is always crazy I feel anyway

One is my neighbour, how high was your price?

 

[Headless chicken]

I've got some Devons and Angus calves hitting the deck soon. Got 2 people on FB interested in taking the lot as soon as I've got the passport. I chanced my arm and said a high price...

...both have said yes.

Calf trade is always crazy I feel anyway

I'm guessing blue bulls are £400+ then?

Fleck x bulls £300-£350+ at 3 weeks. Lumps of calves?

 

[Beef farmer]

I'm guessing blue bulls are £400+ then?

Fleck x bulls £300-£350+ at 3 weeks. Lumps of calves?

For 400 quid they'd need to be 6 + weeks surly?

 

[Headless chicken]

For 400 quid they'd need to be 6 + weeks surly?

We were having £250 on TB at 3 weeks. Proper calves now I'm talking

 

[Beef farmer]

We were having £250 on TB at 3 weeks. Proper calves now I'm talking

Why are you breeding your own then?

 

[Headless chicken]

Why are you breeding your own then?

Too much beef semen used last year trying to second guess market.

TB is a major problem or can be

And only half of them would be that money other half heifers and they'd be £70-£100 less depending on the calf.

Strange with us and blues we get some awesome ones and some that just don't do that well. Putting blue on fresians were tied to selling private sale. They're smaller than that out of a Holstein so you have to sell the story behind them

 

[sidjon]

For 400 quid they'd need to be 6 + weeks surly?

All but 2 of our blue bull calves at 3/4 weeks made £400 at market.

 

[Beef farmer]

All but 2 of our blue bull calves at 3/4 weeks made £400 at market.

Jeeez you'd struggle to know what to do with all the money.

 

[Mr Jones]

Was hoping to make it to the sale. I know the family well. A huge loss especially after loosing the other so young.

What is calf trade like currently? I've got loads of buyers lined up but not a clue what to put them out people are saying it's gone crazy.

For continental bulls £250-300/ 3 weeks old. Beef heifer calves at 14 days £125-160. Someone in the NCE area is consistently getting £375+ for his lim x bulls at 4 weeks old.

 

[Headless chicken]

For continental bulls £250-300/ 3 weeks old. Beef heifer calves at 14 days £125-160. Someone in the NCE area is consistently getting £375+ for his lim x bulls at 4 weeks old.

Seem to have come back a good bit there at that then. Trouble with Carmarthen is it really depends on the day. I prefer private if I can get someone sensible

 

[Mr Jones]

Was hoping to make it to the sale. I know the family well. A huge loss especially after loosing the other so young.

What is calf trade like currently? I've got loads of buyers lined up but not a clue what to put them out people are saying it's gone crazy.

Seem to have come back a good bit there at that then. Trouble with Carmarthen is it really depends on the day. I prefer private if I can get someone sensible

Don't blame you for wanting to sell privately. Have a sensible/fair figure in your head, and it's up to the buyer to take it or leave it.

 

[sidjon]

Jeeez you'd struggle to know what to do with all the money.

Makes up for the cheap cull cows I sent this week

 

[farmboy]

For continental bulls £250-300/ 3 weeks old. Beef heifer calves at 14 days £125-160. Someone in the NCE area is consistently getting £375+ for his lim x bulls at 4 weeks old.

Depends whether they actually were 4 weeks old or that was just what the passport said if it's anything like some calves ive seen in the market before!!

 

[Ducati899]

Depends whether they actually were 4 weeks old or that was just what the passport said if it's anything like some calves ive seen in the market before!!

Prob the same markets I've been too as well

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Makes up for the cheap cull cows I sent this week

Did you send them live or deadweight? I thought cull cows were flying.

 

[sidjon]

Did you send them live or deadweight? I thought cull cows were flying.

Live, 56p/kg , less than last year at same time with similar cows

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

Live, 56p/kg , less than last year at same time with similar cows

What breed?

 

[sidjon]

Mix of some jx and frI x nz , weights were from 480kg to 623kg.
Last group were over the £1 a month ago for similar cows too

 

[pappuller]

Live, 56p/kg , less than last year at same time with similar cows

Beeston cull average was 126p yesterday, mostly dairy bred, nothing under 82p and there would be an average proportion of grazing types.

 

[Will Blackburn]

I found on the ones I sent there was a bigger difference between the top and bottom than I've had before. Big bony cows were discounted. Really conditioned cows were top money. Nothing below a £1 even straight out of the parlour.