Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

livestock 1 · Jun 13, 2020

Northeastfarmer said:
There never seems that much premium on quality on anything these days...

I often wonder if it’s due to the processors leaning towards these dairy bred stuff?
The other problem is they look terrible in our part of the world and can often spend their first year looking like hatracks or living in a shed to get acclimatised

Northeastfarmer · Jun 13, 2020

livestock 1 said:
I often wonder if it’s due to the processors leaning towards these dairy bred stuff?
The other problem is they look terrible in our part of the world and can often spend their first year looking like hatracks or living in a shed to get acclimatised

I can only assume so.

Woolless · Jun 13, 2020

Northeastfarmer said:
People were paying more than me I can assure you

Were you down at Thame, bidding against Jeremy Clarkson like?

livestock 1 · Jun 13, 2020

Woolless said:
Were you down at Thame, bidding against Jeremy Clarkson like?

There’s plenty of Jeremy Clarkson's about

Northeastfarmer · Jun 13, 2020

livestock 1 said:
There’s plenty of Jeremy Clarkson's about

Very true

livestock 1 · Jun 13, 2020

Is this beef job going to be good for a while?

thorpe · Jun 13, 2020

it needs to be the price of stores. grass is short silage crops short , grains got to be dear no straw . i think we will clear the pens sit tight and look in the autmn.

Henarar · Jun 13, 2020

Woolless said:
Did you do the laying on of hands to bring it back from the bright light?

something like that, most sheep want to die this one wanted to live

aangus · Jun 13, 2020

thorpe said:
it needs to be the price of stores. grass is short silage crops short , grains got to be dear no straw . i think we will clear the pens sit tight and look in the autmn.

I'm thinking the same

@dlm · Jun 13, 2020

Woolless said:
Were you down at Thame, bidding against Jeremy Clarkson like?

Clarkson didnt get that high at all. Bought 20 quid cheaper than mine made. On that reckoning i presume @Northeastfarmer must have a lot more buying power than jeremy clarkson....???

Al R · Jun 13, 2020

Idiot or buying? Sorry couldn’t resist

Henarar · Jun 14, 2020

What was Sedge like this week @gone up the hill ? Spose they couldn't give them away

Hfd Cattle · Jun 14, 2020

@dlm said:
Clarkson didnt get that high at all. Bought 20 quid cheaper than mine made. On that reckoning i presume @Northeastfarmer must have a lot more buying power than jeremy clarkson....???

I would guess @Northeastfarmer probably knew what he was doing more than Mr Clarkson would have.

Andrew1983 · Jun 14, 2020

ABP Perth paid £3.82 base for clean and £3.80 for bulls this week. That’s about 50p/kg more than the majority of my bulls sold for back in April ? not much left now other than cull cows in a few weeks/months time.
Now for the next dilemma.... sell weaned 9-10month old calves in July or September or keep them and finish them February/March 21......

livestock 1 · Jun 14, 2020

Andrew1983 said:
ABP Perth paid £3.82 base for clean and £3.80 for bulls this week. That’s about 50p/kg more than the majority of my bulls sold for back in April ? not much left now other than cull cows in a few weeks/months time.
Now for the next dilemma.... sell weaned 9-10month old calves in July or September or keep them and finish them February/March 21......

That’s a difficult one to call

gone up the hill · Jun 14, 2020

Henarar said:
What was Sedge like this week @gone up the hill ? Spose they couldn't give them away

HA HA it was a day when all sellers had won the big jackpot on the lottery!

Trade can only be described as : Off the chart in all rings!

Store cattle were well up on the week, didn't take much of a steer to make £1000/1100 and plenty at £1200 with the top about £1335, price of note was a very young but exceptionally well farmed suckler bred Blue steer at £880 head.

Stirks, a very poor entry both quality and entry wise with anything half decent and dairy bred a serious trade, 8/10 month old blue heifers that would have been £370/420 last week were £500 today, top was about £890 head, other good suckler bred lims at £840 and Char steers with the same comments sold at £755 head, I thought the top end stuff was slightly easier on the week but others thought they were a shade dearer!

I was told the calve's were making serious money in the calve ring and there was plenty of serious buying power in the suckler cow ring with bulls to something like £2500 head ( I didn't go in either of these rings so that is second hand info so of course may not be correct )

gone up the hill · Jun 14, 2020

As for the prime and store trade carrying on at current levels..

Both have gone up far too quick but will be okay for 2/3 months I feel but after that I wouldn't be so confident on either staying at current levels.

If you have strong stores to sell, get them tested and in the ring asap, this trade CANNOT be missed.

bluepower · Jun 14, 2020

gone up the hill said:
As for the prime and store trade carrying on at current levels..

Both have gone up far too quick but will be okay for 2/3 months I feel but after that I wouldn't be so confident on either staying at current levels.

If you have strong stores to sell, get them tested and in the ring asap, this trade CANNOT be missed.

You sound just like Robert Venner, are you on commission??

Timbo · Jun 14, 2020

livestock 1 said:
That’s a difficult one to call

Entirely dependant on the US Trade deal / Brexit .

livestock 1 · Jun 14, 2020

Timbo said:
Entirely dependant on the US Trade deal / Brexit .

I had almost forgotten about that

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