Beef Flashcards
Production system:
Stock numbers and breeds:
-Dairy to beef system- finishing animals under 22 months , high CBV is how selected
finished off grass and 60 days of intense feeding system
-15 angus
-15 whiteheads
Continental breeds system:
-2-year-old finishing system
Breeds include: Aubrack, Simmental, Limousine, Charley, Salers
Suckler and calbes- 30
Replacement heifers- 6
Bulls- 3
Dairy Beef Calves-30
Dairy beef calves at birth :
Weight when weaned off feeders:
-35-40kg
-110kg
Dairy Beef Calves:
1st housing weight 8m
Spring turnout 12m
2nd housing 19m
Slaughter 22m
-220kg
-290kg
-500kg
-585kg
Dairy beef production records:
Grades
Carcass weight
Kill out%
Price per kg
Sale price of animals
-O grades
-241kg
-49%
-4.43-4.49€/kg
-€1,194
Suckler calves weight at birth and turnout to grass:
-40-45kg
-100kg
Stay with mother for 8 months , weaned at start of october
Suckler Calves:
1st housing weight 8m
Spring turnout 12m
2nd housing 19m
Slaughter 22m
-330kg
-400kg
-580kg
-720kg
Suckler system
production records:
Grades
Carcass weight
Kill out%
Price per kg
Sale price of animals
-U and R grades
-23 months
-394kg
-55%
-4.85-5.42€/kg
-€2,090
Feeding regime Dairy feed and sucklers:
Dairy beef stores:
-100 winter days
-4.5kg/meal/head
Dairy beef calves:
-150 winter days
-1.5kg/meal/head
Suckler stores:
-150 winter days
-4.5kg/meal/head
Suckler calves:
-150 winter days
-1.5kg/meal/head
Whats the ration composition of dairy beef and suckler stores ?
16% protein nut
Whats the ration compsoition of the dairy beed and suckler calf nut?
18% crude protein
Silage for beef sucklers:
-30kg fresh weight of pit and bale mix
-Sucklers get 5kg of straw to help them dry off
Vaccinations :
IBR
Lepto
BVD
Zanil oral drench- liver fluke
Breeding on suckler platform:
-24th april
-Moocall ear tags
-Teaser Angus Bull
-Notification to phone to AI that evening
AI straws used:
-Charley,
-Simmental
-Limousine
-For heifers:
Herford
