I don't think it's possible to talk down a commodity price ---it's supply and demand that dictates the price i get
If i can produce the product at a lower COP then that's good for me as it means my profit margins increase?
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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I don't think it's possible to talk down a commodity price ---it's supply and demand that dictates the price i get
If i can produce the product at a lower COP then that's good for me as it means my profit margins increase?
Northeastfarmer
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I knew they shifted the out of spec cattle they get...it goes to a wholesaler in Bradford. That’s why they hammer you for out of spec ones as they don’t want them...but didn’t realise they sold beef other than out of spec ones
Same theory as Wheat and lamb 25 years ago were selling for £170 per tonne and £100 per lamb. How was it affordable to the consumer then or the butcher for that matter.
People were spending more of their income on food then. Now they all spend their money on iphones and sky packages and food is way down the list of priorities when it comes to spending.
The ethnic trade is what holds up the Sheep meat market, they would choose lamb and mutton over any other meat and eat very chicken and virtually no pork. So there is always going to be another outlet besides the supermarkets but the real gold is made over the channel where or lamb is seen as a premier product. Let’s just hope we don’t lose that market as the government doesn’t seem to be bothered about it as long as they can still get there BMW’s, Audi’s and Merc’s
Northeastfarmer
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I bet the bloody butchers last year weren’t saying
“£70-£80 a lamb?! That isn’t sustainable for the poor farmer”
“£70-£80 a lamb?! That isn’t sustainable for the poor farmer”
Northeastfarmer
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The only guilt I feel when I sell hoggs for £170 is that I don’t have another 1000 left
4 months of cracking trade and were feeling sorry for poor Tesco and Joe public having to take a few quid out their holiday funds? I have no doubt that they will somehow have us squeezed back to break even prices quick enough so let’s all sit tight and make them work to get our lamb for as long as we can for as much as we can.
Feeling sorry no.....warry that they cant afford it and change eating habits...yes
WRXppp
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Totally agree with you but I don’t think the little highstreet or village butcher really has much to do with the price farmers get, i did point out how much beef was deadweight and how much per kg I had just paid per kg for that!
Benr
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- North Devon
NSL was £5.95 on Monday and Hoggs £5.80
scrubbuster
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All the lamb in Tain store is from Woodheads. Dangers of going to Lidl, just popped in to look at the chops and came out with some KFC style chicken, an air ratchet set, a spare air hose and a pop up beach shelter
Just scrolled down quickly first without reading, for a minute thought you were going to say both pictures came to same money!
Sheeponfire
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Am all for this lower COP..... from any means poss that suits the farmer / system.......
as long as this "profit margin increase" stays at home in my business.....
lower COP needs to be for my gain
.........NOT the supply chain / retailer shareholders...
beefandsleep
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Running up to Easter they were killing as many lambs as they could get, they wanted the legs but didn’t have a market for the saddles. They were being sold into Europe, Italy mainly I was told by one of the buyers. A lot of shoulders going into the catering trade also.
beefandsleep
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Although I’m sure it was unintentional, your post illustrates the problem we have perfectly. You spent more cash on the cheap consumables that you probably could have done without and bought some of the cheapest convenience protein you could get. And you a farmer to boot. You could probably have picked up a nice sirloin steak for dinner and gone home with more cash in your pocket.
or by a certain ethnic population who probably aren't so price sensitive
This is where marketing comes in,our marketing bodies have the job of persuading people that it is worth spending the extra on lamb and making it a must have part of a meal,this is how the likes of Rolls Royce,Chanel etc have a queue waiting for their product,in this day and age the trick is to make a product aspirational and then price does not matter.
beltextexel
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40kg nsl - £130 in Kirkby tonight.