was the auctioneer TSFFS! I was there and took ewes home as there was 'no demand'! Heard one auctioneer talking about raffling ewes for £20!
was the auctioneer TSFFS! I was there and took ewes home as there was 'no demand'! Heard one auctioneer talking about raffling ewes for £20!
Compared to a normal week about 15/20% of people at most.
Very noticeable how buyers when had bought what they wanted for today got their paperwork and left the market asap.
Only vendors who stayed to see their stock sold were ones buying ( ie say selling store cattle and buying stirks ) and even these were far and few between, also there were no buyers over 70 at the market either and most of us present like myself were also buying for other farmers that were staying away due to being over 70/ in the at risk group etc who would normally be at the market buying for themselves.
Far less farmers at Sedge today or Exeter yesterday than shoppers who would be in the local supermarket at any one time.
If they say markets had to be closed then they will also have to shut the supermarkets as there is far more people going to the latter at once compared to Sedge today.
Very clear by the comments from the dealers/ buyers today that If the markets are closed down they will not be able to source the stock they need to keep the country with supplies of beef/lamb/ milk products over the next few months.
Without livestock markets being allowed to operate like this week going forwards and provide the VITAL supply of beef cattle/ sheep/ and dairy cattle to the UK population then the UK will have a massive shortage of beef/lamb and milk products by the autumn that cannot be replaced by imports!
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There is plenty of lamb around that is now very cheap, no end of pigs fit to kill that no one wants, the list goes on..
Its like a pack of cards falling down!
Are they still allowing NZ lamb to be imported?
I think they will if they have the workers to do so.I really am confused by the whole situation [emoji85]What’s the prospect for slaughterhouses staying open on the whole?
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Dunbia fieldsman saying that welsh government and the farming unions been on the phone to them saying they must stay open,they’re very much neededWhat’s the prospect for slaughterhouses staying open on the whole?
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Just seemed like commonsense decisions to me. I no for a fact that they smashed there expected takings for the dayI have a feeling the likes of McDonald’s might know what’s coming better than any of us on here. Just the way they closed restaurants first then used up some stock on drive throughs then announced closing tonight. Seems too well prepared to me
Surely the customers who were purchasing their meat out of the halal supermarkets wouldn’t be buying it out of Asda...Absolutely no demand from the ethnic trade tonight, when prices went up in the marts last week, the halal shops upped their meat prices accordingly.
However, the main supermarkets Asda etc left their prices the same, this led to a big campaign on Whatsapp and Facebook urging all customers to boycott independent asian shops and to use supermarkets instead, as they were seen to be acting in a fair manner and in the consumers best interests.
Many halal shops were named and shamed, some have simply stopped sell certain products until prices drop.
Exactly people have got to eat , if there's no food Europe has got a big problemDunbia fieldsman saying that welsh government and the farming unions been on the phone to them saying they must stay open,they’re very much needed
GUTH im sorry but im putting you on ignore,nothing helpful at all just constant doom and gloom.Last nite constant bickering,we need positivity!
Havent you seen asdas range of smokies advertised on tv?!Surely the customers who were purchasing their meat out of the halal supermarkets wouldn’t be buying it out of Asda...
I have a feeling the likes of McDonald’s might know what’s coming better than any of us on here. Just the way they closed restaurants first then used up some stock on drive throughs then announced closing tonight. Seems too well prepared to me
A couple of days ago you were saying the sheep trade would be very good due to lack of Numbers etc etc...now you reckon beefs going down as well...
He can read it he’s blocked youWell I wont put on what I have just been told about next weeks beef prime price then as you really will say im gloomy!!
They 100% had some inside info.
Yes,some are in for a hell of a shock tho having to cook at home.from the queues outside McDonald’s restaurants tonight they’re not that keen on doing so.Exactly people have got to eat , if there's no food Europe has got a big problem
Surely the customers who were purchasing their meat out of the halal supermarkets wouldn’t be buying it out of Asda...
Our local pubs shut , then sold pints out of the front door, and then filled containers, and finished by selling the kegs off. Did they have inside info too? No they didnt, it was just good business sense ffsThey 100% had some inside info.
Make your bloody mind up.
I spoke to two or three, Scott Donald amoung them.was the auctioneer TS