houlie87
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Pardon my ignorance, but can someone tell me what sort of animal makes an E grade????
Sold a 3/4 lm bull 2 years ago, 580kg at 1 year old, hung up 510kg at 20 months graded e
Pardon my ignorance, but can someone tell me what sort of animal makes an E grade????
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Did you think you had a good one mucky?
Have had chorlais come into E grades in the past. Unfortunately not every factory pays the E grade price though. Usually in younger stock it means plenty of meal:rolleyes2::rolleyes2:I sent off a pedigree cow through the limousin society last week and I'm hearing this morning that I got €3.60/kg and she came into
600kgs and graded E-4+. She was a big cow that had thrown a calf in February and she just got grass since.
I was just wondering what one would need to be producing to achieve E grades with under age animals?
You must be a good man to breed stock Johnny, fair play. I remember when I was in Kildalton, way back in the last century, they had a pen full of 3/4 Charolais bulls that they were fattening as an example of how to make money out of beef. At the time they were by far the finest cattle I had ever seen, we certainly never had anything like them at home. They were getting all the silage they could eat and meal ad-lib, I'll never forget it being horsed out to them with the front bucket of the Massey digger. This was the way it was to be done, the best of cattle and the best of feeding. They were sent off to the factory anyway, 2 or 3 of them graded U and the rest graded R. It was one of the few things that stuck in my head as a lesson learned from my time there.Have had chorlais come into E grades in the past. Unfortunately not every factory pays the E grade price though. Usually in younger stock it means plenty of meal:rolleyes2::rolleyes2:
Looking back it was U grades not E. Best I ever turned out and even at that they got some feeding. Unfortunately have nothing near as good as them now since moving to LimousineYou must be a good man to breed stock Johnny, fair play. I remember when I was in Kildalton, way back in the last century, they had a pen full of 3/4 Charolais bulls that they were fattening as an example of how to make money out of beef. At the time they were by far the finest cattle I had ever seen, we certainly never had anything like them at home. They were getting all the silage they could eat and meal ad-lib, I'll never forget it being horsed out to them with the front bucket of the Massey digger. This was the way it was to be done, the best of cattle and the best of feeding. They were sent off to the factory anyway, 2 or 3 of them graded U and the rest graded R. It was one of the few things that stuck in my head as a lesson learned from my time there.
I'm completely clueless when it comes to cattle I'd hardly know what's breeds some of them are.Looking back it was U grades not E. Best I ever turned out and even at that they got some feeding. Unfortunately have nothing near as good as them now since moving to Limousine
You must be a good man to breed stock Johnny, fair play. I remember when I was in Kildalton, way back in the last century, they had a pen full of 3/4 Charolais bulls that they were fattening as an example of how to make money out of beef. At the time they were by far the finest cattle I had ever seen, we certainly never had anything like them at home. They were getting all the silage they could eat and meal ad-lib, I'll never forget it being horsed out to them with the front bucket of the Massey digger. This was the way it was to be done, the best of cattle and the best of feeding. They were sent off to the factory anyway, 2 or 3 of them graded U and the rest graded R. It was one of the few things that stuck in my head as a lesson learned from my time there.
Breed our own replacements and the cows were all getting old. The bull we had was for pure beef so not much of a cow maker. Did use A.I on a few every year to try and get replacements but due to a few bad years with things going anything but right cow number was decreasing and cow age growing rapidly.I'm completely clueless when it comes to cattle I'd hardly know what's breeds some of them are.
How come you went from one breed to another if there not grading as well?
I know one man here has herefords all his life youd rarely see them anywhere else.
Is there less money in them or something?
I was chatting a procurement lad this morning and in the 20 minutes he had bought 100 cattle for the end of next week. I would think by the end of today he was full for the next 2 weeksPhoned up the agent to book in a load to kill this morning and was told their booked solid for this weeks kill. They might be able to take them in earlyish next week. I didn't mind that bit, it's the 3.75 base price and every likely hood of 3.70 next week that has me annoyed all day.
I thought I was hard done a week ago at €3.80, Larry maith an fear is probably doing a rain dance to flush out the grass cattle.Phoned up the agent to book in a load to kill this morning and was told their booked solid for this weeks kill. They might be able to take them in earlyish next week. I didn't mind that bit, it's the 3.75 base price and every likely hood of 3.70 next week that has me annoyed all day.
Farmers are idiots. There's no other reasonable explanation imo.Killed a load of Fr steers today. 3.75 on grid. Mix of over and under 30 months. Weights and fat scores not as good as last year.Had majority of cattle away a month earlier,fatter and heavier in 2015!I cannot see how the price of reasonable store cattle is staying so high relative to all others this autumn. Same story last back end when buying.
Farmers are idiots. There's no other reasonable explanation imo.
Killed a load of Fr steers today. 3.75 on grid. Mix of over and under 30 months. Weights and fat scores not as good as last year.Had majority of cattle away a month earlier,fatter and heavier in 2015!I cannot see how the price of reasonable store cattle is staying so high relative to all others this autumn. Same story last back end when buying.
Farmers are idiots. There's no other reasonable explanation imo.
Not gone to mine anyway. I'm gonna sit back and see what happens for now.
That's a great price, I'm hearing €3.70 for heifers on the grid next week.quoted 3.85 base for hex and aax heifers for next week, not in any schemes, just kill a few offspring from the dairy herd,
agent said they should grade mostly r's , have another guy coming later who buys on the hoof , will see what he has to offer
surely not that low, most heifers made 3.85 this week I would assumeThat's a great price, I'm hearing €3.70 for heifers on the grid next week.
You heard correctly! Im killing a load of steers tomorrow 3.70 on grid :tdown: Another 20 quid a head gone in 7 days!That's a great price, I'm hearing €3.70 for heifers on the grid next week.
I'm waiting to get cattle in someday this week. Not to far to go now to the 3.60 I've been hearing mentioned:tdown:You heard correctly! Im killing a load of steers tomorrow 3.70 on grid :tdown: Another 20 quid a head gone in 7 days!
I get sick of listening to the factory line "we are full for this week" , it's times like this they pull prices as theyknow cattle are closing on 30 mts and the threat of dropping €50/hd by going overage they have us by the short and curlys , all dropping price together stinks.I'm waiting to get cattle in someday this week. Not to far to go now to the 3.60 I've been hearing mentioned:tdown: