Morrisons sirloin

caveman

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East Sussex.
As long as its premium IRISH beef eh Caveman !!!!!!!!!!

Wouldn't know about that mate.
What I do know.
When I was regular in local mart, fatteners from East Anglia, whom I was told supplied into morrisons set up, would buy some of the best cattle on offer at store sales and buy the best fat cattle on offer also, if there was a fat sale on the same day.
 

David.

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Mixed Farmer
Location
J11 M40
One of the worst steaks I ever had came from a farm shop.
Due respect to anyone on here who runs one, but there are some types out there selling hairy stirks and pigs out of heritage breeds, that you would not buy if you'd seen them on the hoof; all dressed up and over priced with a plausible story for town dwellers. Their meat is no better than British from the major retailers.
As producers, we need supermarkets to buy the bulk of our stock, and I see no contradiction in supporting those retailers, especially when they are blowing out good British steaks at £11kg, or pork legs at £3kg
 
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Netherfield

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West Yorkshire
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Sorry if this makes @David. post look odd, my computer made it look like it had not posted it, then posted it three times.
 
One of the worst steaks I ever had came from a farm shop.
Due respect to anyone on here who runs one, but there are some types out there selling hairy stirks and pigs out of heritage breeds, that you would not buy if you'd seen them on the hoof; all dressed up and over priced with a plausible story for town dwellers. Their meat is no better than British from the major retailers.
As producers, we need supermarkets to buy the bulk of our stock, and I see no contradiction in supporting those retailers, especially when they are blowing out good British steaks at £11kg, or pork legs at £3kg
what does a bullocks being hairy or a pig from a heritage breed have to do with it?
We need supermarkets to sell our stuff because most of us are out to grow as much as we can and do nothing to try and sell it ourselves.
Grow grow grow... Oh now I need to get rid of it so I'll have to take what I'm given...
 

icanshootwell

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Location
Ross-on-wye
what does a bullocks being hairy or a pig from a heritage breed have to do with it?
We need supermarkets to sell our stuff because most of us are out to grow as much as we can and do nothing to try and sell it ourselves.
Grow grow grow... Oh now I need to get rid of it so I'll have to take what I'm given...
Mine are all brought up from calves, (no movements on passport) like to think there quality animals and could be served up on any royal table given the opportunity, like anything you need to have a market for your product, if you don,t then you are limited to where you can sell, being farm assured is one. Paying to much for stores is another, I sometimes wonder if some farmers loose there brains when they over pay for some cattle i,ve seen sold, £1000 for 10 month old, feed for 8 months and sell for £1200 or maybe 13, still not much in it.
 
Mine are all brought up from calves, (no movements on passport) like to think there quality animals and could be served up on any royal table given the opportunity, like anything you need to have a market for your product, if you don,t then you are limited to where you can sell, being farm assured is one. Paying to much for stores is another, I sometimes wonder if some farmers loose there brains when they over pay for some cattle i,ve seen sold, £1000 for 10 month old, feed for 8 months and sell for £1200 or maybe 13, still not much in it.
You also need to have a slaughterhouse close at hand, facilities to get it processed and not be up the end of a dead end track:(
 

Cowcorn

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Mixed Farmer
Wouldn't know about that mate.
What I do know.
When I was regular in local mart, fatteners from East Anglia, whom I was told supplied into morrisons set up, would buy some of the best cattle on offer at store sales and buy the best fat cattle on offer also, if there was a fat sale on the same day.
What would be the closest mart to you in east sussex caveman?And what sort of numbers would be sold per sale.
 

David.

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Mixed Farmer
Location
J11 M40
With the best will in the World, not everyone can afford to buy meat and produce at Dalesford prices, fair play to those selling to the Chipping Norton Set, but most of us dont want the hassle, and most of the public want what Sainsbury, Morrisons, Tesco etc are selling and they want it as cheap as possible.
 
Woodheads and Morrison’s used to be tied up with one another. Business wise and through marriage I believe
Back in the day when I did 750-900 kg live weigh bullocks Young Jo Woodhead used to buy at Darlington mart and give decent money for them.
Woodheads and Morrison are related somehow. When Morrison’s took over Safeway which was Presto they demanded that Woodheads supplied all beef and lamb.Woodheads said they couldn’t do it so Morrison’s told them all or nothing. As a result Morrison’s bought into Woodheads in some way and Woodheads expanded and supplied what was needed.
That was the story I was told
 

Netherfield

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Location
West Yorkshire
Woodheads and Morrison are related somehow. When Morrison’s took over Safeway which was Presto they demanded that Woodheads supplied all beef and lamb.Woodheads said they couldn’t do it so Morrison’s told them all or nothing. As a result Morrison’s bought into Woodheads in some way and Woodheads expanded and supplied what was needed.
That was the story I was told

Morrisons have owned it since 1991.

https://www.morrisons-farming.com/how-we-work/woodheads/
 

icanshootwell

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Location
Ross-on-wye
Surely a £1000 calf at 10 months will make a lot more than £1200 at 18 month old? Our buyers often get 15/1600 for them
Hardly calves at 10 months, I get 1500 for some of mine, but not all, i would say my average is 1300 to 1400, but then again i,m sure there,s some that claim different.
 

icanshootwell

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Location
Ross-on-wye
If it only makes £1200 and you’ve paid £1000 for it you want to be looking for an easier way to lose your money....like slow horses and fast women
So what your saying is store cattle are cheap? a lot i see sold are 2.50p/kg store price not fat, plain cattle often make to much as stores, you only have to work out your feed costs, straw, & time to realize theirs not much in it, maybe some don,t worry about the margins.
 
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Cleveland
So what your saying is store cattle are cheap? a lot i see sold are 2.50p/kg store price not fat, plain cattle often make to much as stores, you only have to work out your feed costs, straw, & time to realize theirs not much in it, maybe some don,t worry about the margins.
What I’m saying is...if someone buys a 10 month old suckled calf for 1k and sells it for £1200 theyre not very good at their job....unless they’re selling it a month later
 

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