I dont know. Are there any lamb buyers on here?Must be?
I dont know. Are there any lamb buyers on here?Must be?
i think they all should feel fat/firm on their backs,think the abbatoirs just say they want the opposite as a way of downgrading a bit?!Must be?
It's mitigating your d/w sales more like .
how many lambs do you sell a year that way?Happy enough with my private box sales. They net me £110 a head after kill cut costs and running around. Half lambs you can add another £10 a head to that.
My season average is well over £120 a head at moment. And I’ve orders for the next 3 months.
I hope most of the remaining lambs go private kill but if they don’t my heavies tend to do ok live and I regularly top the market in Exeter.
Do you mind me asking your box prices and weights @Jerry? Do it myself but I figure they are netting me around £100/head, not sure if I'm overpaying for the kill cut or underselling. Mine are vac packed. Good luck with them
how many lambs do you sell a year that way?
Unless we get rain soon, there won't be many stubble turnips grown to fatten store lambs. We winter 800 plus Welsh sheep, which unless I can get a decent crop of turnips, will have to stay at home, putting pressure on their grazing, probably meaning more of their lambs killed at lighter weights.
Hopefully this will change with rain, but time is of the essence.
Surely the auctioneers should have a responsibility to get these unfinished lambs through a store sale instead of pulling down their sale average. Selling this stuff in the fat ring will ruin the live markets. Of course farmers shouldn't be puting them there in the first place.Deadweight buyers are unfortunately making the most of the auction's plain lambs affected averages, to pull down dw price for the good lambs as well.
It can be the downside of deadweight selling.
Why is it the auctioneers responsibility? If farmers don’t know how to market their stock then they shouldn’t be doing it....if you can’t tell the difference between a finished animal and a store animal then time to try something elseSurely the auctioneers should have a responsibility to get these unfinished lambs through a store sale instead of pulling down their sale average. Selling this stuff in the fat ring will ruin the live markets. Of course farmers shouldn't be puting them there in the first place.
The auctioneers dont have much choice but the sellers do , but you have to remember some the fat buyers willbosses sdon't post: 5283134 said:Surely the auctioneers should have a responsibility to get these unfinished lambs through a store sale instead of pulling down their sale average. Selling this stuff in the fat ring will ruin the live markets. Of course farmers shouldn't be puting them there in the first place.
Because an auctioneer should be responsible for making their sale as good as possible so that the stock is properly marketed. I know a fat sale where they pick out unfinished lambs and sell them at the begining of the sale, farmers often buy there for further finishing. Unfortunately i think they still count them in the average which is wrong.Why is it the auctioneers responsibility? If farmers don’t know how to market their stock then they shouldn’t be doing it....if you can’t tell the difference between a finished animal and a store animal then time to try something else
Why is it the auctioneers responsibility? If farmers don’t know how to market their stock then they shouldn’t be doing it....if you can’t tell the difference between a finished animal and a store animal then time to try something else
I had this out with our auctioneer once, when I saw a lot of underfinished cattle in the sale....he said he’d tried to tell them but they won’t listenBecause an auctioneer should be responsible for making their sale as good as possible so that the stock is properly marketed. I know a fat sale where they pick out unfinished lambs and sell them at the begining of the sale, farmers often buy there for further finishing. Unfortunately i think they still count them in the average which is wrong.
See my answer aboveWhilst I would agree that farmers really should be able to select stock themselves, auctioneers charge VERY handsomely to work on our behalf to sell our stock. I would suggest that they should occasionally have to do a little work for their 4%+, for those vendors are clearly needing that help.
I'm not so I'll split the differnce and be expecting £81Only if you’re a pessimist