holly smoke
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Yep took 4 fat cattle this morning drop and go
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Yep took 4 fat cattle this morning drop and go
How did you get on?
Skintagain
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Depends who’s poker face is better on what it will settle at in a month.
holly smoke
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Don’t know not had an email yet
Are store lamb sales going ahead? If not that will dry the fat hoggets up a bit as store men will not be pushing lambs on feed so much. I would be buying and finishing some on pellets normally. Can they be bought private?
Bit off topic but Bacon Factory at Malton (Karro foods) are looking for 300 more staff, so they must be shifting plenty.
george 600
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There plant in northern ireland cutting back production due to spacing issues for workers
Alot of Eastern Europeans slaughter staff are going back to be closer to family, may be one of the reasons? The demand for pork is bound to rise it's cheap lean meat.
Northeastfarmer
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Another roller coaster year for farming
Would these staff be able to get home? I thought we were on lockdown.
Alot left earlier this month, we were all expecting a lockdown in reality.
casper74
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I ave £2.19 585 kg in Thirsk today. Fairly happy with that given current circumstances. 152 clean and 42 bulls, thats all I know at moment as not spoke to auctioneer yet.
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- Scottish Highlands
United Auctions Stirling (Thursday 26 March 2020) sold 1425 prime sheep comprising of 1028 prime hoggs averaged 170.46ppk &397 ewes and rams.
Old Season Lambs (1028) – Ballechin (BTex) £123.00 & £120.00; Harviesmailing (BTex) £119.00; Holehouse (Tex) £118.00; Harviesmailing (Tex) £112.00; Low Tirfergus (Suf) £86.00; Wardhead (Suf) £85.00; Ballechin (Chev) £81.00; Coulshill (Chev) £78.50; Coulshill (Mule) £80.00’ West Torrie (Mule) £78.00; Markethill (BF) £78.00; Binn Agriculture (BF) £77.50.
Old Season Lambs (1028) – Ballechin (BTex) 271.00pp, 268.00ppk & 265.00ppk; Holehouse (Tex) 257.00ppk; Harviesmailing (Tex) 246.00ppk; Wardhead (Suf) 200.00ppk & 188.00ppk; Ballechin (Chev) 184.00ppk; North Kinkell (Chev) 174.00ppk. Craigend & North Amulree (Cross) 180.00ppk; Auchnacloich (BF) 172.00ppk; Holehouse (BF) 166.00ppk; Coulshill (Mule) 158.00ppk; Devol (Mule) 157.00ppk.
Ewes (397) – Newton of Collessie (Suf) 127.00; Low Tirfergus (Tex) 110.00; Netown of Collessie (BTex) 104.00; Coulshill (Chev) 91.00; Coulshill (Mule) £80.00; Eastmill (BF) 70.00.
Tups – Forter (Cha) £90.00; Forter (Tex) 86.00; Forter (Lleyn) £80.00; Glendamph (BF) £72.00.
Higher demand has been mentioned by some,but not sure on the Eastern European staff. Probably a bit of both.
Spoke to my buyer (for fat cattle) this afternoon no problems with slaughtering & there's good demand other than high end stuff the problem is distribution, just struggling to get it on the shelf. Unfortunately expecting a drop next week but should then return to normal (ish).
Email from kivells re Exeter market.
“During these extraordinary times we have made the following changes to our sheep sales at Exeter Livestock Centre.
Friday- NO STORE/BREEDING SHEEP, WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
Monday- Continuing under restricted measures- No vendors allowed out of their vehicles, we will unload you and collect paperwork. ALL STOCK MUST BE PRE-ENTERED with Russell on 07788318701 by 7pm on the Sunday evening prior to Monday.
We hope these stringent measures may become more relaxed over the coming weeks and will try and keep clients posted by text, email and via our Website and Facebook page.
In the meantime please feel free to contact Russell who is intending to devolop a private treaty register for Couples and any large groups store hoggs available.”
“During these extraordinary times we have made the following changes to our sheep sales at Exeter Livestock Centre.
Friday- NO STORE/BREEDING SHEEP, WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
Monday- Continuing under restricted measures- No vendors allowed out of their vehicles, we will unload you and collect paperwork. ALL STOCK MUST BE PRE-ENTERED with Russell on 07788318701 by 7pm on the Sunday evening prior to Monday.
We hope these stringent measures may become more relaxed over the coming weeks and will try and keep clients posted by text, email and via our Website and Facebook page.
In the meantime please feel free to contact Russell who is intending to devolop a private treaty register for Couples and any large groups store hoggs available.”
holly smoke
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Northeastfarmer
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They’d of made more as stores
What I was saying yesterday, you can tell by milk and meat sections in shops being cleaned out everyday, demand is there.
Hoggs don’t look that bad .