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DEFA Agricultural Advisory Service
Welcomes you to
2011 Spring Beef Focus Meeting.
Thanks to:
Geoff & Eric Taggart
Marty & Milan Veterinary Practice.
House Keeping
Bio-security – please use the footbathsToilet facilities are available – please use themNo smokingPlease respect others that may be trying to
listenMobile Phones – silent. Careful on exiting – fast part of the road.
Hope to take no more than 20 mins per session and we aim to finish by 3pm.
Agenda
Profit = (Pvolume x Pvalue) – Pcosts (P= Product.)
Grading analysisNutrition –rationing cattle to help meet your target weight and finish
level.
EBV’s- Understanding what they mean and using them practically in the herd to your advantage
Herd Health – Marty will talk about whole herd health, pneumonia in finishing cattle and dealing with calving difficulties
Suckler herd fertility – why this is important
Understanding your costs.
Grading Analysis
Grading Analysis
Has this kind of information been useful?
There are weaknesses• Spec is only measured as grade and not weight• Doesn’t indicate % of value gained• Doesn’t cost out the changes – only indicates the
potential income.
Developed further with the new matrix.
GRADING ANALYSIS
Proportion in spec and in the correct weight band 52% £650.66 per beast
Average Proposed Payment (assuming £2.50/kg) 92.9% £58,559 (net of weight deductions)
Potential impact of moving from grade O+ to R £1,085 1.9%
Potential impact of moving from grades 4H / 5L / 5H to 4L £2,473 4.2%
Potential impact of moving from grade O- to O+ £0 0.0%
Potential impact of moving from fat class 2 to 3 £251 0.4%
Total potential value available £4,799
Per head £53.33
Measure Progress
Grading Analysis
Grading Analysis
Important – Grading analysis Indicates
– May not be absolute especially with values.
– Need to check your own data.
– Does not guarantee improved total farm profit.
– What does this mean to me? More or less £?
Grading Analysis
In Conclusion:– To understand if change is needed and if so what
changes are needed we must know where we stand today.
– The more we know, the better the decision we can make.
– Grading analysis is free, confidential, IoMMeats will be taking it forward.
– In the mean time ask us for your own data.
Suckler Herd Fertility
Profit = (Pvolume x Pvalue) – Pcosts (P= Product.)
Calving per cow/heifer put to the bull 95%
Barren Cows 5% or less
Cows Calving in first three weeks 65%
Bulling period – 9 weeks for cows 6 weeks for heifers
Calf Mortality (birth to weaning) <2%
Calves reared (per cows bulled) 94%
Adult Cows with difficult calvings <5%
Suckler Cow Fertility
Why is suckler cow fertility important?– Reduce Costs (Pcosts)
– Increase output (Pvolume & Pvalue)
2010 of the herds involved.• Weaning rate ranged by 24% (best to worst)
• 16% less than target of 95%
• Calf mortality ranged by 11% (best to worst)
• 9% worse than the target.
Suckler Cow Fertility
Reduce costs?– No over feeding/under feeding– Reduced labour– Reduced vet (cows & Calves)
Increased output?– More calves weaned– Heavier calves weaned – worth more?– Increased heifer selection– Improved cattle management
Potential income lost?Herd Size
10 20 30 40 50 70 100
Weaning Rate %
100 £4,000 £8,000 £12,000 £16,000 £20,000 £28,000 £40,000
95 £3,800 £7,600 £11,400 £15,200 £19,000 £26,600 £38,000
90 £3,600 £7,200 £10,800 £14,400 £18,000 £25,200 £36,000
85 £3,400 £6,800 £10,200 £13,600 £17,000 £23,800 £34,000
80 £3,200 £6,400 £9,600 £12,800 £16,000 £22,400 £32,000
Effect of % Lost production
24 £960 £1,920 £2,880 £3,840 £4,800 £6,720 £9,600
16 £640 £1,280 £1,920 £2,560 £3,200 £4,480 £6,400
5 £200 £400 £600 £800 £1000 £1400 £2000
Total potential income based on calves valued at £400 hd.
£96/cow
£20/cow
Calving Pattern
Advantages of a Compact Calving Pattern
Labour– Less time supervising – Fewer late calvings reduces risk of more difficult calvings– Management operations on bigger batches.
Disease
Reduces risk of disease spread
Herd fertility
Improved service rate Weaning Weight
– Calves born earlier are heavier at weaning
Marketing
Even batches of cattle
Sold earlier & heavier Replacement heifers
– More to select from.
Reduced value of calf Calving period Weaned weight Calf Value Target Actual
3 weeksAve Kg (DLWG
1.3kg) (weight x £1.5kg) Number Value /£ Number Value /£
1 300 450 581 261,495 350 157,500
2 270 405 224 90,518 264 106,920
3 250 375 63 23,468 120 45,000
4 220 330 27 8,851 88 29,040
5 190 285 0 0 27 7,695
later 150 225 0 0 45 10,125
Total 894 384,331 894 356,280
Per Cow 970 396.2 970 367.3
£ Improvement per cow calved £31.4
£ Improvement per cow mated £28.9
£ Improvement £28,050.6
Are we adding this up?
5% below 95% target weaning rate =£20Average calving pattern £29Already we’re at £49 per cow mated.Calf mortality £36 per cow (£85 cow)
Herd Size10 20 30 40 50 70 100
Mortality Rate
%
1 £40 £80 £120 £160 £200 £280 £400
2 £80 £160 £240 £320 £400 £560 £800
3 £120 £240 £360 £480 £600 £840 £1200
4 £160 £320 £480 £640 £800 £1120 £1600
5 £200 £400 £600 £800 £1000 £1400 £2000
9 £360 £720 £1080 £1440 £1800 £2520 £3600
11 £440 £880 £1320 £1760 £2200 £3080 £4400
Key Areas
What’s involved?
Free, confidentialForms can be down loaded from
www.gov.im/daff/animals/cattle/advisory.xmlTakes an hour (approx)Contact the DEFA Advisory ServiceWhat’s stopping you?
Conclusion
Profit = (Pvolume x Pvalue) – Pcosts– Increased volume– Increased value– Reduced costs
– Understand your own performance and the reasons for it.
– No one has mentioned when you should calve just that there is a benefit to improving fertility and calving in a tighter period.
Managing Costs
Managing CostsThe beef price needs to be higher…..We need more……How much more do you need?More.What effect will that have on your profit margin?It will get biggerOK. What was your average beef price last yr?Don’t know.What is your profit margin Now?Not sure, but it’s not enough!
Managing Costs.
Profit = (Pvolume x Pvalue) – Pcosts
Pvolume – Kg’s sold/produced
Pvalue - £ sold for.
Pcosts – Fixed and Variable
What Influences these three P’s?
Raises the Q’s – how am I doing, could I do better, what if I reduce/increase?
Product Volume
Influences?– Stocking rate
• Volume of Feed grown and utilised– Grass/feed/purchased feed Pcosts
• Weaning rate– fertility
• Growth Rate– Daily live-weight gains (DLWG).– Time to slaughter
Product Value
Influences?– Market – volatile
Product Value
Timing of Supply– Target seasonal trends– Contract & fix a price
Hitting Market RequirementsEven batches (store)Health Status
P Costs
Costs can be larger than Pvolume x PvalueIncome (value) does not always keep up with
increasing costs.
Forage Telephone
Concentrate Water & rates
Vet & Med Property repairs
Sundry costs Property investment
Running Machinery Labour
Replacing machinery Rent
Contractor Finance
Electricity
NI 2007/8 (ranked by net profit)
£1.24 per kg
300kg carcass =£372
£0.10 per kg
NI 2007/8
£450 per cow.
Choice or Chance?What Else?
– IoM Meat – DEFA & CCS £– Weather
Options:– Carry on regardless – Carry on knowing we are doing OK– Change– ?
In Conclusion
Profit = Pvolume x Pvalue – Pcosts
Profit – Choice or Chance?
Manage what we can control
Understand current performance and ask “what does this mean for me?”
We are here to help. 685835.
Improved Margins Through Breeding
The breeding, or genetic merit of beef cattle will significantly affect the way that:
– 1. the animal is born
– 2. the animal grows
– 3. the animal goes to marketAnything that affects all of these things will also
affect profitability
Improved Margins Through Breeding
Cow herd genetics are relatively set, and slow to change
Fastest improvement in genetics of herd through sires
Bull/sires are 50% of herds – what is that worth?
Using “eye” only - educated guesswork
Using “eye” and EBV’s – more informed choice
Improved Margins Through Breeding
EBV = Estimated Breeding Value
Uses recorded figures for whole family and predicts the animal’s genetic merit for that trait
Pick the traits that best suit your herd, your farm, and your intended markets
EBV’s help identify within breed differences in potential
Improved Margins Through Breeding
1. the animal is born
EBV’s which will help predict the way a beef animal is born
– Calving ease – high positive scores (%) means more calves out alive and less assisted calvings
– Gestation length – (days) negative scores mean shorter gestations, and easier calvings
– Birth weight – lower values (Kg) indicates calves which are lighter at birth, and likely easier calvings
Improved Margins Through Breeding
2. the animal grows
EBV’s which help predict how the animal will grow– 200 day weight (Kg) – early growth potential– 400 day weight (Kg) – yearling weight
potential– 600 day weight(Kg) – animal’s growth beyond
yearling and towards finished age
Improved Margins Through Breeding
3. the animal goes to market EBV’s which help predict how an animal will kill out
– Carcase weight – genetic difference in carcase weight (Kg) at standardised age 650 days
– Eye muscle area – more positive figures indicate better muscling on a 300Kg dressed carcase
– Rib fat – higher positive figures suggest an animal with more subcutaneous fat and earlier maturity
– Retail beef yield – boned out meat yield as a % of boned out 300Kg dressed carcase. Higher positive figures suggest higher percentage yield
Improved Margins Through Breeding
“So what, EBV’s been around for a long time, it won’t make that much difference anyway”
Maybe not before, but now could easily be 30p/Kg DW (£90 per head on a 300Kg carcase) or more difference between in and out of spec
New proposed pricing grid, using EBLEX prices for week ended 16th March 2011 (All steer price 154.27p/Kg LW)
Improved Margins Through Breeding
2011 Beef Payment Matrix
1 2 3 4L 4H 5L 5H
E 70% 95% 105% 105% 70% R R
U+ 70% 95% 105% 105% 70% R R
-U 70% 95% 100% 100% 70% R R
R 70% 95% 100% 100% 70% R R
O+ 70% 90% 90% 90% 70% R R
-O 70% 70% 70% 70% 70% R R
P+ R R R R R R R
-p R R R R R R R
Improved Margins Through Breeding
It’s only a few %, why worry?1. – it’s what’s in the long term interest of your business by supplying what the customer requires
2. – it’s a much stronger pricing signal than before, with bigger rewards and bigger deductions for being in, or out, of specification
Old deduction for fat class 2 vs. fat class 3 = 3p/Kg = 1% of 255p/Kg base price
Improved Margins Through Breeding
2011 Beef Payment Matrix
1 2 3 4L 4H 5L 5H
E 196(-84) 265(-15) 295 (+15) 295 (+15) 196(-84) R R
U+ 196(-84) 265(-15) 295 (+15) 295 (+15) 196(-84) R R
-U 196(-84) 265(-15) 280 280 196(-84) R R
R 196(-84) 265(-15) 280 280 196(-84) R R
O+ 196(-84) 250(-30) 250(-30) 250(-30) 196(-84) R R
-O 196(-84) 196(-84) 196(-84) 196(-84) 196(-84) R R
P+ R R R R R R R
-P R R R R R R R
Improved Margins Through Breeding
Use EBV’s to pick the best traits within a breed to suit your needs – herd, farm and markets
Keep it simple– 1. the animal is born
– 2. the animal grows
– 3. the animal goes to market
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
What you feed to beef cows and beef cattle will have a major effect on the way that:
– 1. the animal is born
– 2. the animal grows
– 3. the animal goes to market
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
Questions to ask:
Know what you’re feeding
Know why you’re feeding it
Know how much it’s costing you to feed it
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
1. the animal is born
The way in which the cow is fed from pre-mating, and throughout pregnancy will have a significant effect on the number of calves born, the difficulty of calving and the early life viability of the calf
Know what you’re feeding, why you’re feeding it, and how much it’s costing.
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
Analyse all of your forages, and USE those analyses to make up rations to suit what the animals require
Silage 1 Silage 2
Dry Matter 20% 31%
ME 9.8 11.1
Crude Protein 9.3% 13.5%
30Kg/head/day to 600Kg spring calving cows
Energy under-supply: -30%, Protein under-supply: -2%
Energy over-supply: +50%; Protein over-supply: >+100%
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
2. the animal growsThe most influence, in the shortest period of time,
on weight and grade of beef cattle will come through nutrition
Start planning BEFORE weaning
Manage heifer calves and steer/bull calves in separate groups BEFORE weaning
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
Example of manipulating weight and grade in growing period through nutrition planning:– Common issue – underweight, overfat heifers
Time to address it – NOT in finishing period, have to tackle earlier
Separate cows into heifer and bull calf management groups, limit amount of creep feed to heifers
Formulate post weaning ration to limit growth rates, maximise growth of lean tissue and bone, minimise fat deposition until at least 10 months/320Kg liveweight
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
3. the animal goes to market
The final carcase weight and fat class of any beef animal will in combination with it’s genetic potential be mostly determined by it’s nutrition
The new level of rewards and deductions for being in or out of specification make it worth spending a little bit more time on getting the nutrition right to get the right grades
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
Example of manipulating weight and grade in growing period through nutrition planning:– Common issue at slaughter – continental cross
steers being overweight and/or underfinishedKnow what you are feeding in your finishing diet,
why you’re feeding it, and how much it’s costing you
Over feeding (expensive) protein, and underfeeding quality or volume of energy in the finishing period will promote lean growth, especially in high genetic merit cattle
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
Two finishing diets for 500Kg steers
Diet 1 Diet 2
Good quality silage 20Kg 20Kg
Barley 1.50Kg 2.70Kg
Peas 0.50Kg 0.0Kg
Cost per kg gain £0.93 £0.64
Energy supply for 1.0Kg DLWG
Under supply 10% Adequate supply
Protein supply for 1.0Kg DLWG
Adequate supply Adequate supply
Improved Margins Through Nutrition
Keep it simple– 1. the animal is born
– 2. the animal grows
– 3. the animal goes to marketKnow what you’re feeding, why you’re feeding it,
and how much it’s costing youManipulate rations to get what YOU want to meet
market requirements
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