Something unrelated to COVID, climate change, politics, etc......

[Sheepwheat]

GDR. Those look like north country Cheviot influence at least? If we were doing wool they were the breed we were looking at closely.

[malleefarmer]

Some one mentioned ultra sounding.

Missus bought a machine for scanning horses.

Paid for it in one year.

Screen and probe shows foetus well.

[GDR]

GDR. Those look like north country Cheviot influence at least? If we were doing wool they were the breed we were looking at closely.

yes, all purebred papered ewes.

[GDR]

Some one mentioned ultra sounding.

Missus bought a machine for scanning horses.

Paid for it in one year.

Screen and probe shows foetus well.

Do you do the ewes with it? Getting more common all the time, lots of cows being preg checked that way now too.

[woodland]

I do pasture the ewes, lambs get fed out in the corral, mostly gone by mid summer. Flock in the corral all winter. If I were to run a large flock I would keep them out of confinement year round. Would have to move though which is most of the reason I dont have a big flock. We built on the edge of a coulee with a creek in the bottom on a mostly bush quarter. Too many places for coyotes to hide.

Sheep graze a bit different than cattle, have heard lots of guys say when you run them together the stocking rates for each dont really decline. They for sure eat grass but often prefer weeds and woody type plants the cows don't. They control any young growth of trees or shrubs and even some big trees they will peel the bark and eventually kill them.

There are a few barns around where the sheep see very little daylight, managed intensively like a chicken barn and are able to continuously lamb the ewes.

As for your neighbours comments doesnt make a bunch of sense to me. We deworm only once per year and honestly don't ever see a difference in the sheep or evidence in the manure.

C'mon woodland, get that little girl a nice bottle lamb! You will have that farm converted in no time!

Well............... all the fence we’ve done the last few years has been page wire but that has been to keep the calves in.😉

Been trying to simplify things here instead of complicating them here. She would be all over them cute little fluffy lambs though. I’ve told her she can get a horse/pony once she is able to take care of it by herself. She just turned eight last month so that day is coming up quick........😎

Always nice to see how everyone here does things different with the same end result of producing a delicious edible protein.

[malleefarmer]

Just reading market report beef this week

Blacks with calves at foot depending on age of mother around the $27 to $2900

Bear in mind herd rebuild after years of drought in some areas

[shtferbrains]

Just reading market report beef this week

Blacks with calves at foot depending on age of mother around the $27 to $2900

Bear in mind herd rebuild after years of drought in some areas

Not many pairs trading here yet but there might be a lot if the green up doesn't last or come in some of the extreme dry areas.

Friend selling some nice 2nd calvers for $2200.

See they sold bred cows in east central Alberta for $1100 to $2600 ave $2200.

The $1100 is the cull cow price.

Are your cull prices not a lot better than that now?

They say fats have been trading around $1.14 usd for the last 6 weeks with strong box price that justifies probably 1/3 more to fat price.

Strong advantage to packer at this time due to some limits to kill capacity.

[Blaithin]

Read another thing today that, as soon as read, makes you go duh! Yet can’t say I’ve ever heard anyone use it as a check. Especially the leg crossing one. I’ll definitely be using it for the heifers I’m paranoid about!



Entire article can be found here: http://www.angusbeefbulletin.com/extra/2021/02feb21/0221mg_CheckCow.html

[malleefarmer]

[QUOTE=shtferbrains;490024]Not many pairs trading here yet but there might be a lot if the green up doesn't last or come in some of the extreme dry areas.

Angus steers weighing 360-450kg sold from $4.34-$5.04/kg, with 360-450kg coloured steers making from $4.33-$5.33/kg. Angus steers from 320-360kg sold from $4.83-$5.60/kg, and coloured steers in the same weight range sold from $4.11-$5.34/kg.

Lighter Angus steers, 280-320kg, sold from $4.98-$5.99/kg, while coloured steers in this weight range made $3.54-$6.20/kg. Angus steers under 280kg sold for $5.64-$7.57/kg and the lightest coloured steers returned $4.85-$7.37/kg.

Local producer Leigh Kent, Kent Props, Millicent, paid the top price/kg of $7.57 - equating to $1430 a head - for 21 Pasturefed Cattle Assurance System-eligible, September-October 2020-drop, Boonaroo, Banquet and Dollar Angus-blood Angus steers weighing 189kg from Muntham, Carapook Vic.



Muntham's draft of 154 steers, weighing 189-235kg, averaged $1530.

Dismal Swamp, Lyons, Vic, sold 80 rising two-year-old Angus steers, 567-588kg, for an average of $2301 and once again hit the top steer price at $2380 or $4.05/kg with a 588kg draft sold to Hopkins River.

Savannah Simmentals, Lucindale, sold 31 PCAS Simmental-cross steers, weighing 230kg at six months old, at $1490 or $6.48/kg to CK Collins.

Twenty-eight cows with calves at-foot sold to $3400, with the top money paid by John Chay & Co, Millicent, for three Angus-Friesian cows with three Charolais CAF from VR Kent, Millicent.

Green Triangle Livestock paid $3000 for five black baldy cows with six Angus CAF from RT&R Paltridge .

[woodland]

[QUOTE=malleefarmer;490166]

Not many pairs trading here yet but there might be a lot if the green up doesn't last or come in some of the extreme dry areas.

Angus steers weighing 360-450kg sold from $4.34-$5.04/kg, with 360-450kg coloured steers making from $4.33-$5.33/kg. Angus steers from 320-360kg sold from $4.83-$5.60/kg, and coloured steers in the same weight range sold from $4.11-$5.34/kg.

Lighter Angus steers, 280-320kg, sold from $4.98-$5.99/kg, while coloured steers in this weight range made $3.54-$6.20/kg. Angus steers under 280kg sold for $5.64-$7.57/kg and the lightest coloured steers returned $4.85-$7.37/kg.

Local producer Leigh Kent, Kent Props, Millicent, paid the top price/kg of $7.57 - equating to $1430 a head - for 21 Pasturefed Cattle Assurance System-eligible, September-October 2020-drop, Boonaroo, Banquet and Dollar Angus-blood Angus steers weighing 189kg from Muntham, Carapook Vic.



Muntham's draft of 154 steers, weighing 189-235kg, averaged $1530.

Dismal Swamp, Lyons, Vic, sold 80 rising two-year-old Angus steers, 567-588kg, for an average of $2301 and once again hit the top steer price at $2380 or $4.05/kg with a 588kg draft sold to Hopkins River.

Savannah Simmentals, Lucindale, sold 31 PCAS Simmental-cross steers, weighing 230kg at six months old, at $1490 or $6.48/kg to CK Collins.

Twenty-eight cows with calves at-foot sold to $3400, with the top money paid by John Chay & Co, Millicent, for three Angus-Friesian cows with three Charolais CAF from VR Kent, Millicent.

Green Triangle Livestock paid $3000 for five black baldy cows with six Angus CAF from RT&R Paltridge .

Your prices are higher than here Mallee. I imagine the fat price is better too.

Covid has been the perfect excuse for the packers to keep a lid on prices here. No or little competition doesn’t do us any favours either. Hopefully things pick up or this expensive grain is going to make things more interesting yet. 😉

[woodland]

Yesterday was my amazing wife’s birthday so I took her out on a romantic shopping trip. Swung by a great little drive thru diner and grabbed lunch and then went to check out some bulls. Ended up getting four and I told her one was from each of the kids and I. 😉

The folks we bought the bulls from told us a birthday story too. It was in August with a lot of baling to do and the old baler tractor died on her birthday. He went to town and picked out a much nicer newer tractor and then went home. He mentioned to his newly married wife and MIL that they could go bring it home if they’d like. His wife was quite excited about it but he said the MIL would have probably killed him given the chance. Some people don’t have a great sense of humour...........


I ordered this a little while ago for her special day and it hasn’t shown up yet but I’m looking forward to it. It should hopefully be here in time before calving...........😎

[Blaithin]

I got this one a couple weeks ago.