hello chicken lady have u had any luck at the sales ow much did they cost in the end are they pedagriee have u thought about breeding from them out of intrest i was looking on the internet yesterday on and AI site called genus and they only have 1 pedagiree highland bull seamen in store they can do the whole thing for u as iam told i was looking into for my cattle as well
i was reading the forum and the prices where discused about the cost of cattle from looking around localy that would be very cheap even for a bullock cross from a dairy cow cattle for finishing are fetching in the region of 800-900 pounds a few months ago cos i spoke to a chap who finished cattle for sainsburys he does around 5000 a year he was moaning bout the price he was having to pay i brought breeding stock a cow in calf is £1500-1800 and if she has a calf at foot i £2500
i was told because of the foot and mouth over the last 10 years the country lost a lot of its spare cattle reserves and breeding stock basicly a shotage thats y the beef price is high i think its around 255 pence per kg at the mo sori my mistake its 283.9ppkg just had a look for a good carcus i have to applogise for the spelling lol let me knoe how u got on at the sales in the end