Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
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Northeastfarmer
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Bloody hell
pine_guy
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- North Cumbria
Rubbish isn’t it, but thinking about it, if a heifer goes just over 400 at woodheads, it instantly loose 15p as looses its bonus. Admittedly it will still a long way ahead of 2.75.
I am afraid that's not how business works in the real world, or successful ones anyway.
Northeastfarmer
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livestock 1
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Buying in at 2019 values and selling at values from years ago is never going to be easy
livestock 1
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Did you know these cattle were bought too dear when @had e nuff bought them? Or was it just yesterday when he sold them?
Don't know what he paid for them or what he sold them for, but noticed he stated he had made nothing from them!!!. Darlington store trade yesterday was very good (for the sellers) hence why I suggested they had been bought to dear.
mark perego
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There isn’t a store cattle buyer alive that hasn’t bought some that didn’t turn the wheel. It’s just part of the job
Northeastfarmer
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@had e nuff sold the farm and had to sell them early and smaller instead of growing them into profit...he couldn’t help the beef job taking a downturn
From how that reads you are well out.
With you now.
Was speaking to a neighbour last week, who came back from a mart with nothing, he said they were too dear and he wasn't willing to fatten cattle for nothing to make the abattoirs richer.
He made me laugh when he said he was lucky as he had not caught the empty shed virus. Many farmers can not bear to have sheds empty and will still fatten cattle when they know full well there's no money in the job.
That's fine, but you never know what price might do in a month or to six months if you have nothing in the shed you know that you won't make nothing like that either.
- Location
- Hereford
I very rarely come home from market with an empty trailer . At least then I have a chance of making something . With an empty trailer I have no chance of making anything !! .....of course some would say 'well at least you won't lose anything ' , however I'm always the optimist and will have a go !
You have to be in it to win it!! Nothing ventured nothing gained...
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
I think grass fever is worse than empty shed syndrome...but I can’t see beef going down now...only up