Dexter Cattle For Sale Discussion Board

Hi,

Hoping to hear what prices were like for the Dexters entered at both Carlisle and York. Just read Louisa post on her sales, noticed in the catalogue for York there was a large herd dispersal. We’re the sufficient buyers for this number of cattle or were they picked up by the meat buyers ?

How are breeders faring with Dexter sales from the farm, I have been trying to sell a cracking in calf Red Heifer from home but there seems to be no demand at present.

Mark S

Brereton Herd

Where and how are you advertising her? Have you worded the advert well and taken a good enough photograph?

I have - so far always managed to sell mine privately. I pop them on my own Herd Page, other pages that I'm allowed and on here. I have had good success, even exported several times. People like to see what they are getting and also know what you are asking POA can put people off. Decide the price and put it on the advert. If she is worth £1000.... put that on the advert! Is she classified? If not was her Dam classified, was the bull classified, if they were VG or Ex put that in the advert? Every detail that will help put it out there!

It can take a while,sometimes weeks - months sometimes but I have never failed to sell them for the price I feel they should make.

Good luck with your sale.

Mark- try asking Kay & Steve Darnbrook for Carlisle & York prices. They were at both sales. We can't communicate as I don't do social media and they don't do email.

Judith Hawkhead of the York RBST support group kindly got the Dexter sale prices from the mart for me. Numbers are given as Gns/£s

Registered cows in calf 180/189 x 2; 190/199.5 x 2; 100/105
Reg heifers in calf 390/409.5 x 2; 200/210
Reg bull 900/945; BN bull 200/210; BN steers 130/136.5; 170/178.5
Unregistered empty cows 550/577.5; 545/572.5 x 2
Unreg incalf cow 110/115.5
Unreg bulls 610/640.5; 450/472.5; 200/210
Unreg steer 130/136.5

Herd dispersal
Cows & calves 510/535.5 x 2; 500/525 x 4; 460/483 x 2; 450/472.5; 440/462 x 3; 430/451.5 x 5; 425/446.25; 420/441 x 3; 410/430.5 x 2; 405/425.25
380/399 x 2; 370/388.5 x 2; 360/378 x 2; 310/325.5; 300/315; 240/252
Cows in calf 485/509.25; 430/451.5; 400/420; 360/378; 310/325.5; 300/315; 290/304.5; 280/294
Heifers 465/488.25 x 4; 440/462 x 4; 415/435.75 x 2; 395/414.75 x 2; 380/399; 210/220.5 x 3; 205/215.25 x 3; 185/194.25; 160/168 x 2; 145/152,25 x 3;
140/147 x 3; 125/131.25 x 3; 85/89.25 x 3
Steers 335/351.75 x 2; 300/315 x 2; 230/241.5 x 3; 210/220.5 x 3; 190/199.5 x 6; 180/189 x 3; 140/147 x 2; 135/141.75 x 2; 44/46.2
Bull 680/714

Hi Louisa,

Thanks for getting hold of the prices for the York sale. Looking at the prices It would certainly appear to be a buyers market. The returns on these animals do not reflect the costs involved in keeping and breeding Pedigree Dexters. It would be interesting to know how many of these Dexters were bought for breeding purposes or went straight for meat.

I attended a Pedigree Dexter dispersal Sale at Leek market in Staffordshire early last year and whilst a few animals were bought by Pedigree breeders, the majority of cows Including cows with calves at foot ( 2-4 months old) were bought by buyers for the meat trade.

Mark S

Brereton Herd