Effin mart

TripleSix · May 15, 2019

More of a rant than anything else.
I'm not expecting sympathy...

Previously had a poor do with lambs in a local mart.
Not had anything in since.

Decided to drop in 6 cull ewes and 2 swale wethers seeing as I was passing on fat day.

There was one very poor ewe, the others were big and well fleshed.
They were cull ewes, I was under no illusions of high value.
Despite clear instructions they left them as a pen of 8.

Got the "cheque" today.

Sold for £1 per head

Talk about taking the pee

Phoned to make sure there was no mistake.

No mistake we were told, told they were too thin.

It would work out that we actually owed them money so they called it square.
How kind.

Last time they see any of our stock.

Rant over

farmerm · May 15, 2019

Ouch.

spin cycle · May 15, 2019

you've got my sympathy

...'sell live to thrive'

Still Farming · May 15, 2019

Stay and see sold instead of wait for cheque?
You could have took home,?

ARW · May 15, 2019

Still Farming said:
Stay and see sold instead of wait for cheque?
You could have took home,?

Unfortunately 8 ewes isn’t worth a working mans time at mart. I understand if sheep is your main income but I can’t stay at mart to watch 10 lambs sell, I’m better off getting £50 less and getting a full day in at work

Still Farming · May 15, 2019

ARW said:
Unfortunately 8 ewes isn’t worth a working mans time at mart. I understand if sheep is your main income but I can’t stay at mart to watch 10 lambs sell, I’m better off getting £50 less and getting a full day in at work

Yes your right , but no good complaining afterwards if skin and bones not flavour of the day possibly?
Just saying?

Spuddler · May 15, 2019

P take big time

If I have any ones which are different in the group I spray mark them there at market with whatever prefix the market uses to single them out.
This then both "reminds" the auctioneer and looks obvious in which way they need to be sold.

TripleSix · May 15, 2019

Still Farming said:
Stay and see sold instead of wait for cheque?
You could have took home,?

It was a red day...

Sadly I have to go and make a living elsewhere, I don't have time to hang around the mart all day.

Stewartry hill · May 15, 2019

Only time I have £1/ewes.theycan hardly walk round the ring .so looks like you were well short

Still Farming · May 15, 2019

Ramadan often sell well too???

yellowbelly · May 15, 2019

Fully entitled to a rant at that kind of treatment

Some auctioneers haven't got the balls to take on dealers that are taking the p!ss.

Care to name and shame the mart?

johnspeehs · May 15, 2019

No doubt the auctioneer owed a dealer a turn and unfortunately for you he took advantage of no owner present to level the book. £1 ewes are a thing of the past, the walking dead make more, You definitely had your panties well and truly taken down

farmerm · May 15, 2019

Stewartry hill said:
Only time I have £1/ewes.theycan hardly walk round the ring .so looks like you were well short

. If a ewe was only worth a quid she would be in such poor shape she would be unfit to transport. Like you I can’t afford to hang around at the market for half the day to end up bringing a handful of sheep back home. Then have to waste another half day taking them another day.

Jimbojrf · May 15, 2019

Once had a similar thing happen to me with some shearlings. Lesson learnt though. But it's hard to take when you lose money!!

Purli R · May 15, 2019

Thats just a pizz take,might of robbed you on the thin one fair enough, but on the other 5 no way

as @yellowbelly says name n shame,they need there arse kicking,my guess is its the tuesday sale right in the town centre?

neilo · May 15, 2019

Still Farming said:
Yes your right , but no good complaining afterwards if skin and bones not flavour of the day possibly?
Just saying?

Maybe some auctioneers need reminding that they are supposed to be working for the vendors? If you need to stand and watch them (which could be 6+ hours in our local mart, and many other decent sized ones) to save having them knocked down at knacker value, then they deserve to lose custom imo.

Jimbojrf · May 15, 2019

Purli R said:
Thats just a pizz take,might of robbed you on the thin one fair enough, but on the other 5 no way as @yellowbelly says name n shame,they need there arse kicking,my guess is its the tuesday sale right in the town centre?

If it is that mart than it's the same one I had my dose of medicine from[emoji848][emoji848]

yellowbelly · May 15, 2019

neilo said:
Maybe some auctioneers need reminding that they are supposed to be working for the vendors?

Very true - when you look at the deductions nowadays some of them are getting very greedy and aren't exactly value for money

Northeastfarmer · May 16, 2019

Looking at the day you posted I’m guessing the mart started with an N and ended in an N

tinsheet · May 16, 2019

A good auctioneer worth his salt, would have split them in the ring/pen, if they weren't already marked up differently
Pee takers!

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