Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Hi
does anyone have any figures for turning a whole dexter carcas into burgers. or any experience or anything!

got a new project on the go and i need to do some hoem work

dominic

Nothing will make it better only time and some live healthy calves next year. You cant turn the clock back and you have to just get on with it in farming. when i said in my OP "is this the year i quit" the answer is "what else would i do". All the best and i hope you have some pe...

Not sure these days! basically i am charging £850 for a 140kg carcass. thats in primals, so not sliced or portioned. vaccum packed and delivered to their door. i suspect thats £9 a kilo ish when you take out the bones (which they get as well to make stock from) it sounds expensive to me when i write...

Hi Stephanie to be called veal i think the calf needs to be under 9 months old. but i have sold it up to 12 months as it is veal not beef EU legal crap. Basically you get the beef cuts but lean and small. my chefs want shoulder for stews, blanquette etc. shin on the bone (osso bucco) whole chunks of...

I have a beltie dexter cow, she is the bees knees. rough hardy and a great mother. the calves from her have been everything from full belt to white fleck to complete black. But what a character! bought her in ayr market 4 years ago, no one else wanted her but i am glad i got her afamily favourite. m...

very nice, its good to have the memories

dom

Only ever had 1 breech and it was twins, both delivered fine in the end. had a calf this year that was a salvage ceaser and he didnt get up for 4 days and for weeks was like he was loose muscled moved about like a prowling cat. he is fine though now. apart from getting pneumonia over the weekend. i ...

Thats a great programme the history of farming, narrated by the chap from the Archers. it shows exactly that heard lots of reasons for the shortening of the breed. one is that they were a better size for hanging between the decks on the ships that brought the carcasses from south america. they were ...

Why are these cattle called lowline, when they are pedigree aberdeen angus? Surely, this is the size that angus were originaly, before canadian blood was introduced. The herd where I worked fifty years ago was a pedigree herd of this size. The only thing different in those days was that they were r...

I cant really help with how they kill out, we have stopped doing it these days. I sell as stores, we got between 500 and 650 last year for 9 put through the auction. they were 18 months old ish and just grass fed. they look big here on the farm but when you get them next to some limos or something y...

Ah yes crossing Dexters! Angus is my main cross. Clive is being very sensible, i on the other hand have been quite reckless! I have some pedigree Angus so bred my own bull. he is not the biggest but has great breeding in him. IMO he produces crackers!. i have used him on heifers no prbs at all, and ...

Hey Guys thanks.

i know we are all in the same boat..... so lets try not to sink with her!!!

dom

I am normally a glass half full type, cheery and have a joke. but i dont half feel worn down just now. I cant see when we will stop feeding silage. although i have plenty it was now supposed to be for next year. lambing has been very good, calving has been a trial, but is not too bad. but god when i...

Rob i would have thought you could have some come back through the auction as you will be short on weight and maybe finish?

but a very un pleasant thing to happen, i would be quite annoyed at the thought of a calf born on the abattoir floor.

dom

Been an exciting 10 days at sunnyside. Lambing got going with a bang adn the calves are slow and steady. Plenty of calves just born with no effort or worry, but plenty to worry about! Cows are lacking in condition, older ones in particular are looking sad. the first hint of grass made me think we ha...