The Poultry Keeper The Independent Forum for Poultry Keepers    FAQ   Search     Register   Log in  Highland Cattle Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3          The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals Author Message Spana Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2240 Location: North Cornwall Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:29 pm    Post subject: milkmaid wrote: jan i thought you'd like to know at the cattle sales yesterday highland calves where going for 40 pounds each ,if only i'd have known ,i might have been tempted WHAT, thats terrible, how old were they? Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 9:46 pm    Post subject: not sure jan i'll ask when i see him ,they were not young young if you know what i mean ,he brought aberdeen angus x heifers ,like i said 75 each ,he said you should have come down ,they all went for about the same price , Back to top Spana Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2240 Location: North Cornwall Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:00 pm    Post subject: Was that a sale on the Island suz? I thought trade was picking up a bit. Im off to Bristol tomorrow for the pedigree South Devon sales OH is threatening to sell all the SD's and go in for all Highlands Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:09 pm    Post subject: yep it was on the isle ,it is ,you couldn't buy them a few years ago ,because there where no cows the x's are fetching more than the highland , p.s daughter says nnnnooooo she loves SD's Back to top stephen Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 5195 Location: Billinge, Skåne, Sweden. Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:31 am    Post subject: milkmaid wrote: jan i thought you'd like to know at the cattle sales yesterday highland calves where going for 40 pounds each ,if only i'd have known ,i might have been tempted Any particular reason why they are going so cheap? Here in Sweden the hay crop failed big time this year, due to the wet August, so everyone is dumping animals for the winter and just trying to get anything they can! Sheep are down from about 900 SEK to about 300 SEK at the moment, and the prices are still falling. Back to top milkmaid Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 7367 Location: isle of lewis Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:43 am    Post subject: no silage cut is up ,hay seems to be ok ,although here it's always difficult to over winter animals ,i think that because transport is a problem ,mainly islanders buy them and it's a small place last year's winter was very wet and cattle ended up to their bellies in mud ,lots of the softer sheep died ,a friend told me he gave away 20 suffocks away ,he had to bring them in last year ,and they cost almost 1.500 to feed last winter,but tradditial breeds seem to not be so hard hit ,if they are breed on the isle ,somebody imported suffocks and hebs all the hebs died of tick bites as the people who brought them in wanted to be organic ,they can no longer let out their goats ,and the brought in sheep had no imunity even though they where a isle breed ,there is more highland cattle here than there were though ,the isle breed stock are tough so the answer is i don't really know stephen Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         The Poultry Keeper Forum Index -> Smallholder animals All times are GMT + 1 Hour Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3 Page 3 of 3 Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group