whats your views on the whole beef and suckler crisis ?
my personal opinion is that if your not a dairy man your not wanted and thats it, like the prices in the factories and marts are just ridiculous :(
As probably are 90% of others too.Been asking myself the very same question.
my personal opinion is that if your not a dairy man your not wanted and thats it.
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Calves on the bucket were very good value for buying this year. €200 would get you an Angus. You couldn't but make a few bob out of them at that price..
Pardon!I am sick of listening to beef fateners moaning They picked up cattle handy last spring and made a good margin if they sold in time . local lad bought cows in mid april 2014 at their weight eg fr 600kgs €600 on good grass only since sold this week at 2.95 per kg leaving €240 for 80 days grass .Imo its suckler farms that are getting it the worst and no one to pass the cuts onto, they have something to moan about allright though
I am sick of listening to beef fateners moaning They picked up cattle handy last spring and made a good margin if they sold in time . local lad bought cows in mid april 2014 at their weight eg fr 600kgs €600 on good grass only since sold this week at 2.95 per kg leaving €240 for 80 days grass .Imo its suckler farms that are getting it the worst and no one to pass the cuts onto, they have something to moan about allright though
After today I'm convinced that there is no sense of reality at all in marts at the moment.
That is a nonsense statement, who buys cattle in spring to sell 3 months later, particularly this year marts were dear and beef price falling at the same time, how you square that is beyond me, even if your local lad did make profit on his cows what does he do now to continue, pump his profit back into an overpriced market.I am sick of listening to beef fateners moaning They picked up cattle handy last spring and made a good margin if they sold in time . local lad bought cows in mid april 2014 at their weight eg fr 600kgs €600 on good grass only since sold this week at 2.95 per kg leaving €240 for 80 days grass .Imo its suckler farms that are getting it the worst and no one to pass the cuts onto, they have something to moan about allright though
might sound great but in reality at max the cows were turning a profit of a €1 a day. (now I would be very happy with such a margin). there wasnt many cows bought at a €1 a kilo weighing 600kgs so your buddy done well to pick those. most of these cows were costing €1.25kg this spring. Most cows killed in the past few weeks bought this spring are doing all they can to break even, and I cant see how these lads are surviving as they are constantly overpaying for them.
I was for my sins..... Didn't get one beast and way overpriced.We're you in Ross
Couldn't have put it better myself, I liken it to playing the roulette wheel in Vegas myself.The cow job is not simple lads.
Go herd some morning and a cow shivering under the ditch with a start. If you cure her she will havd melted and lose her and its takes ten more to cover her.
Youd want to be a fair detail buying to pick up value and to spot one thats not going to thrive or give endless trouble.
A cow at a euro a kilo would be all belly and a big swinging bag from what ive seen.
That is a nonsense statement, who buys cattle in spring to sell 3 months later, particularly this year marts were dear and beef price falling at the same time, how you square that is beyond me, even if your local lad did make profit on his cows what does he do now to continue, pump his profit back into an overpriced market.
Have to agree, cows were at least €1.20/kg unless they were rubbish, take mart fees, transport, factory deductions and a charge for land etc. out of so called profit to see what you are really making.
Fleshy cows up to 700 kgs with no qa sold in local marts for not much with their weight in spring so ye lads should call down
Smart men only buy short keep cattle and u can never lose taking a profit ,give a few more weeks of bad factory prices and too much fine weather ,over stocked lads will have to off load stock making them cheap for my local lad again
the factories only lent the farmers money last year, they are taking it back now, along with the interest.Every farming sector has it's ups and downs, at one point or another one has been up and others down.
The beef situation will stay the same until somebody with some balls puts some proper regulation in place.
There are certainly worse things to be at but I'd like to see a better return for all the work I put in.
Smart men only buy short keep cattle and u can never lose taking a profit ,give a few more weeks of bad factory prices and too much fine weather ,over stocked lads will have to off load stock making them cheap for my local lad again