Martyn
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We made £121 on some hogs and strong money on couples,couple cull pens made £88 and £92
We made £121 on some hogs and strong money on couples,couple cull pens made £88 and £92
Your guess is as good as mineDo you think they will go again midweek
That is true, but I think if my take on supermarket buying and selling is right, that a high price on lamb here, and a lack of forward bought lamb due to lack of numbers available from nz, means shelf space will not be given to lamb. Consumers sadly this day and age are not like us, love a piece of lamb one week but don’t see it for a month they won’t complain or miss it, more forgotten what lamb was and desire what was available last and this week and that is the reality. Unless as @FordFarmer backed me up with his comments, a regular convenience burger or sausage or English shepherds pie, most supermarkets shepherds pie still nz lamb, a way to shift lamb and minimalise price drop if no joints presented on shelves, which creates 20 ppk drop in dw, then floods of unfit lambs in lw following weeks as the end is nigh...it always happens so I’m not far off mark. Problem is we have no back up plan, prices dictated to us after years of selling in same way,now all our meat more or less is by supermarkets and hard to turn the tideKey point you are forgetting ( and wasn't the case 2 years ago when sheep prices hit record highs ) is that sheep numbers in NZ and especially Australia are very low and thus it is going to be very hard for the UK supermarkets to just order extra boatloads from there when the need to so they can keep a lid on UK prices!
China will be back buying meat like there is no tomorrow before long because the freezers in both homes and warehouses will be empty!
If there is anyone left to eat it
But you still get a knock on price tho over 30 months don't you.
10p2/4pk off the under 30 month base price at most for clean cattle between 30/36 months old so not even worth worrying about!
I think it’s 6p at Woodheads, off top of my head.2/4pk off the under 30 month base price at most for clean cattle between 30/36 months old so not even worth worrying about!
I’m pretty sure it’s 10p....I’ve just checked, it’s back 5p for over 30month plus you lose the in spec bonus.
2/4pk off the under 30 month base price at most for clean cattle between 30/36 months old so not even worth worrying about!
Enough to pay for the calf ???2/4pk off the under 30 month base price at most for clean cattle between 30/36 months old so not even worth worrying about!
It's because they know I've been"talking the price up" & it will soon cost them £6/kg ?@andybk Are you suggesting the processors are buying these £110 plus fat lambs and renting extra storage to cold store the lambs to sell on a dropping market at a loss later in the year just to help us out
nothing to do with talking price up , long term prospects are good .@andybk Are you suggesting the processors are buying these £110 plus fat lambs and renting extra storage to cold store the lambs to sell on a dropping market at a loss later in the year just to help us out
Yea, I see your point about selling some of it at a discount, ( to ease pressure in cold stores) anyone know how long a boat takes to get here?nothing to do with talking price up , long term prospects are good .
the quote was from new zealand , silver fern farms (50% owned by china ) are renting extra cold storage due to disruption in shipping/handling in asia due to quarantine issues , there has been a que for killing beef and lamb due to on farm drought problems . At some point if china doesnt get issue under control they may need to move some product elsewhere .
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/11...ssing-as-cool-stores-fill-with-export-product
about 35- 50 daysYea, I see your point about selling some of it at a discount, ( to ease pressure in cold stores) anyone know how long a boat takes to get here?