
04/07/2025
๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ - Feedback wanted!
With the prices of feeder calves being at all all-time high, is anyone realistically going to be purchasing weaners for 700-850 at 100kg?
We were looking to get in early beef calves to have them ready for weaning around late October, however if we do this the price of them at weaning is going to be well over 650 a head assuming they have minimal milk powder (lucky enough to have a very kind family member who usually has spare whole milk), nuts and are polled.
The other option is to wait until the home farm calves beef from September but this means weaning will be anywhere from December - End of January but the prices maybe around 590-650 as will still be buying in at sales value (but in theory by then prices should have come down slightly) and will highly likely be fully CMR fed.