Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Frank-the-Wool]

Trade was pretty poor. Romney lambs? Yep you'd be best to talk to either @Wooly or @Frank-the-Wool.

Ashford store sale was a fair reflection of the finished price.
I sold Texel X lambs and only took half of them home, the heavier ones I kept as I felt that selling good lambs weighing 35kg at less than £1.70 per kg was not very good business!!
The lighter ones at £53 - 54 looked a fair price.

It is unlikely that finished lamb price will alter much until November when numbers tighten.
If lambs are weighing 40kg plus then it is probably right to keep selling them even if they are in the low £60's.
There will be enough store lambs being marketed between now and November to keep the price at a relatively low price unless a miracle happens and sterling falls in value.

The main sales of Romney lambs start in September.
If you are looking for ewe lambs send me a PM!

 

[Beef farmer]

No only want ram/weather lambs for feeding.

 

[Leereade]

Does any body know about light lamb trade usually sell as stores but was talking to a friend last. Week and he told me about some friends of his selling 30kg lambs at 200ppk

 

[cudota]

Ashford store sale was a fair reflection of the finished price.
I sold Texel X lambs and only took half of them home, the heavier ones I kept as I felt that selling good lambs weighing 35kg at less than £1.70 per kg was not very good business!!
The lighter ones at £53 - 54 looked a fair price.

It is unlikely that finished lamb price will alter much until November when numbers tighten.
If lambs are weighing 40kg plus then it is probably right to keep selling them even if they are in the low £60's.
There will be enough store lambs being marketed between now and November to keep the price at a relatively low price unless a miracle happens and sterling falls in value.

The main sales of Romney lambs start in September.
If you are looking for ewe lambs send me a PM!

Think i have some could do with a price guesstimation

 

[DB67]

Does any body know about light lamb trade usually sell as stores but was talking to a friend last. Week and he told me about some friends of his selling 30kg lambs at 200ppk

That was the cAse a few weeks ago but it's down at same level as normal weight lambs now.

 

[Leereade]

That was the cAse a few weeks ago but it's down at same level as normal weight lambs now.

So there is no constant trade for light lambs

 

[Komatsu]

38.8kg £68.50 41.1kg £76.00

 

[DB67]

£70 for 41s texels today.

£63.50 for 40kg mules.

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

A very different trade in Scotland to England.
39 - 41 kg Texel X well finished lambs struggle to £64.00.

 

[sheepwise]

£70 for 41s texels today.

£63.50 for 40kg mules.

You would be £5/head better off deadweight with the mules.

 

[DB67]

You would be £5/head better off deadweight with the mules.

This week? Not so sure.

It's an old debate that mules would be better hung up but I've heard folk doing it and not being any better off.

 

[gone up the hill]

Local fat markets averaging about £67/69 this week for suck lambs...

 

[Jackson4]

leyburn average 155p heavy- 157.6 for standard! what is going on these are foot and mouth prices? not many in 950 or so.. not like its in the 1500 of off grass lambs i'll wait for me cheque but it dont bode well when they put the pence/kilo price up instead of per head. I've been convincing myself and the oh to lamb 3/4 weeks later but having got half my lambs away at £95/head when better off milk and grass lambs are now making? £62..65. Dont know what to think?

 

[ford4000]

I remember selling 40Kg texel cross lambs for £26 at the lowest point during foot and mouth

 

[Jackson4]

I remember selling 40Kg texel cross lambs for £26 at the lowest point during foot and mouth

I a bit of an exageration on my part... lamb price stabilised around the low 150s here. best lambs making into the £70+ mine made £69-£65 i'm on the woolier last third so.

 

[neilo]

42kg Highlanders & Ch x Highlanders @£70 today. Much the same as last year then.

 

[sherg]

42kg Highlanders & Ch x Highlanders @£70 today. Much the same as last year then.

Its about where it was last year we had £72.40 for 41's it was a hell of trade on the day I wasn't expecting much more than 68-69

 

[Only]

I

42kg Highlanders & Ch x Highlanders @£70 today. Much the same as last year then.

It's the lowest price on same week in August since 2010

 

[cudota]

44.5 kgs.....£78.20

 

[kps]

looks like beef might just be moving up. know of 2 firms up 2p this week.