casper74
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- North Yorkshire
It is one of the more scenic journey's I have to a mart definitely Unless it snows on the a66
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
It could be possible this week as wellIt is one of the more scenic journey's I have to a mart definitely Unless it snows on the a66
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Over 500 in Salisbury today. Very happy with what I sold - 13 month AA dairy bred steers bought in as milk calves £740.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
All££££ that’s cared about.
What sort of weight do you think they was?
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Don’t have a weight on the ticket but c350kg I should think. Maybe a bit more.
farmerm
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- Location
- Shropshire
Despite nearly filling all the pens Bridgnorth had a flying trade with a couple of pens of hoggs making £3/kg! Sold ours between £2.60 and 2.81... I am surprised by the AHDB showing only £2.53 average, thought it would have been higher, perhaps trade faded after I left?... there where certainly a number of unfinished lambs that should have been sold as stores which didn't sell well and must have pulled the average down...
- Location
- Northumberland
How long has the f*cking bridge been shut in Longtown? You would think they could have put a warning on their mart adverts or website.Had to turn the box around and down the A7,then up the motorway to Gretna.What a farce! Some cheap in lamb Blackies today,scanned twins and gimmers as well,£67.Brought some back home for a neighbour.Wild buggers but heavy,or maybe i was driving into the wind all the time.Big side wind over the Esk and railway line.
livestock 1
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I don’t know. I did see the signs on the M6 saying it was shut but ignored it as it was shut for hgv’s only and the signs were up then. Left pickup in Longtown and walked over the bridge.
The blackies were looking ok for the money today I didn’t get any of them though. Filled a 6 wheeler with Swales though.
The blackies were looking ok for the money today I didn’t get any of them though. Filled a 6 wheeler with Swales though.
It needs to be there to be honest, due to the current high prices of British. There is not enough lambs for either of the big retailers to rely on UK lamb supply annually as we are coming to the end of the season and quality becomes an issue. Too many people getting greedy and finishing heavy / out of spec lambs for too much £££ which are not to retail spec. Also, very difficult to get that carcase balance where it's easy to sell legs this time of year but what do you do with the rest of the carcase? New Zealand farmers have it spot on with the way they produce and present what's wanted the other end. Until the producer produces what's wanted within the UK consumer base then nothing will change.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
maybe time we started cutting the carcase differently , europ grid is well out of date , maybe less and bigger animals , and get past this age thing , a good 2t ewe is a far better eat than a 12 -15 week lamb (especially leg steaks) ,maybe even smaller lambs for certain markets , bet the ethnic market makes up a huge market these days .(has AHDB asked what they want in way of cuts ?) compared to housewife 30 years ago when the sunday roast and a chop or two was the white middle class end destination .
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spin cycle
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- north norfolk
actually the kiwis dump their lamb bellies on south sea islands causing huge obesiety/health problems and destroying local fishing economy
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
I can't see lamb bellies being the root cause of an obesity problem, fatty as they are. Research seems to be pointing at processed sugars as the main culprit.
Silverdale
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Who was that ?
May ( last name)
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
James?
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
Can you not take the pick up over? pretty sure some do and I think a mate of mine came over with a tractor and 12 ft trailer.
its all well and good saying present the consumer with what they want but the supermarkets don’t care. Take the veg market as a classic example of waste. Wonky carrots etc etc. It’s the supermarkets fault for making everybody into fussy shoppers in the first place.