Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

We've had 5-6 inches here in Bromsgrove, took me over an hour each way to go to do what is normally a 10 minute journey. With the M5 shut most of the traffic was diverted on to the A38 and then got stuck on the slightest incline. So with two fields 4 miles apart to check/feed it took most of the da...

Just a reminder to everyone that consultation on the Government's approach to Bovine TB closes at midnight tonight. If you have not done so already you can review and respond to the consultation document at http://www.defra.gov.uk/corpora....dex.htm You can respond by sending an email to tbbc@defra...

Broomcroft wrote:We get £2.85 a kilo at the moment. Was £3.30 last year.

Clive,

I presume at this price you are not paying for the slaughter?

My normal abattoir was fully booked until after Christmas, so I have been forced to use a different one which although closer is more expensive (£270 instead of £180 for kill, butcher and pack). Having unloaded the animal I was asked whether I wanted to clean my trailer there (£5) instead of having...

When I took my first steer to a local abattoir they were ready with the blue pipe, but when I called him by name and he calmly walked off the trailer, the pipe soon disappeared and they asked me to walk him right through the race. The pipe never appeared again in subsequent visits. Also at my last ...

I suppose this is only really economical for larger breeders that regularly sell stock and therefore frequently have TB tests done for the animals they are selling and therefore there is no real additional cost. I try to get the return test to coincide with my annual test, but where this is not pos...

This is something I am trying to get to grips with as well. I have just been revising my retail prices and also want to start some commercial sales as well. Previous posts / the DCS beef marketing info have talked about prices per kg, with retail around £10.50/kg and the cost of production to a pac...

Bovine TB is always goign to be an emotive subject. I try to be objective about the subject but so much of the information out there is biased to one camp or the other. Colin I am afraid I find the www.bovinetb.co.uk site about as objective as the Badger Trust one! In my mind what is clear is the p...