Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

gone up the hill · Jul 26, 2020

Shebb90 said:
Store cattle still doing OK? And what was store lamb like

Store cattle were the dearest they have ever been and up on the last two weeks red hot trade, only things struggling were the very poor out of age/ breed sorts but having said that a run of Limx steers around the 44 months age mark that were still another 120 days off being ready for the one way trip sold easily around the £700/750 price mark, Fri steer trade was just off the charts.

Stirks the same, trade well up on the week for suckler bred sorts, steers would be £60/70 head dearer than a month ago and heifers up £20 head on the week with anything half decent £690, small dairy stuff possible a shade cheaper due to the time of year!

No idea on Store lambs as the farce that they are still sold on Friday afternoons is still happening even thou its fine to have a poultry sale for small holders on Saturdays again!

I thats it · Jul 26, 2020

muleman said:
Ewe trade hasnt really been on fire....a lot will have gone, they probably won't be any cheaper after the festival.

I've some early born tup lambs that I'd intended to take last Wednesday but we were chopping, just wondering if I should try Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or don't bother this week

Shebb90 · Jul 26, 2020

gone up the hill said:
Store cattle were the dearest they have ever been and up on the last two weeks red hot trade, only things struggling were the very poor out of age/ breed sorts but having said that a run of Limx steers around the 44 months age mark that were still another 120 days off being ready for the one way trip sold easily around the £700/750 price mark, Fri steer trade was just off the charts.

Stirks the same, trade well up on the week for suckler bred sorts, steers would be £60/70 head dearer than a month ago and heifers up £20 head on the week with anything half decent £690, small dairy stuff possible a shade cheaper due to the time of year!

No idea on Store lambs as the farce that they are still sold on Friday afternoons is still happening even thou its fine to have a poultry sale for small holders on Saturdays again!

What would bb heifers at 21 months old wouldn't say are the biggest for there age but shapy be worth? Also Fri steers of same age good size frame to them straight off of the same age be worth already to go straight In for finishing really.

gone up the hill · Jul 26, 2020

Shebb90 said:
What would bb heifers at 21 months old wouldn't say are the biggest for there age but shapy be worth? Also Fri steers of same age good size frame to them straight off of the same age be worth already to go straight In for finishing really.

Any idea on weights for both?

Shebb90 · Jul 26, 2020

gone up the hill said:
Any idea on weights for both?

500kgs ish

gone up the hill · Jul 26, 2020

Shebb90 said:
480/500kgs ish

Heifers at those weights ought to easily be £1000-1100 head and the Fri steers could be anywhere between £900-1000 if not a shade more.

Thou of course it all depends on the day, @dinderleat had one hell of a trade for their Fri steers the other week at Sedge and trade has gone up again since then!

Oh slightly off track for this thread but how did you get on with your dairy cattle at Sedge the other day dinderleat? where you happy with trade?

Celt83 · Jul 26, 2020

Werzle said:
I think calf trade although still great eased a touch last week, perhaps everybody was haymaking but a few centres were a touch back

Yes it certainly felt like it came back a bit.

Lets be honest if your buying calves then they definitely need to ease a bit but if your selling you want the trade to stay up.

Paying £500+ for a three week old calf is beyond my budget anyhow.

dinderleat · Jul 26, 2020

gone up the hill said:
Heifers at those weights ought to easily be £1000-1100 head and the Fri steers could be anywhere between £900-1000 if not a shade more.

Thou of course it all depends on the day, @dinderleat had one hell of a trade for their Fri steers the other week at Sedge and trade has gone up again since then!

Oh slightly off track for this thread but how did you get on with your dairy cattle at Sedge the other day dinderleat? where you happy with trade?

Yeah really pleased they sold well for the day, I was a little bit worried as they had been calved a while and were due to calve next March April. We averaged just under £1700 in the end and already had 4k of milk out of them.

Shebb90 · Jul 26, 2020

gone up the hill said:
Heifers at those weights ought to easily be £1000-1100 head and the Fri steers could be anywhere between £900-1000 if not a shade more.

Thou of course it all depends on the day, @dinderleat had one hell of a trade for their Fri steers the other week at Sedge and trade has gone up again since then!

Oh slightly off track for this thread but how did you get on with your dairy cattle at Sedge the other day dinderleat? where you happy with trade?

That's good price even if they was a little lighter it would be a good price. Normally I would put them in shsed for few months and get them going then sell but think might be just aswel get rid now

Hampton · Jul 26, 2020

Full of bull(s) said:
Woodheads up 5p next week £3.60

ABP were paying £3.65 last week

gone up the hill · Jul 26, 2020

Shebb90 said:
That's good price even if they was a little lighter it would be a good price. Normally I would put them in shsed for few months and get them going then sell but think might be just aswel get rid now

I would sell the Fri steers first and see how you get on, if your happy with trade then sell the heifers, very little if anything in these store cattle currently unless the prime price moves upwards a decent amount but everything is so uncertain in these times anything could happen, it could easily drop 30ppk as go up another 30ppk thou that young whipper snapper aka northeastfarmer predicted £4 kilo and he is very rarely much off the mark with his predictions!

dinderleat · Jul 26, 2020

gone up the hill said:
I would sell the Fri steers first and see how you get on, if your happy with trade then sell the heifers, very little if anything in these store cattle currently unless the prime price moves upwards a decent amount but everything is so uncertain in these times anything could happen, it could easily drop 30ppk as go up another 30ppk thou that young whipper snapper aka northeastfarmer predicted £4 kilo and he is very rarely much off the mark with his predictions!

Fri steers will make more through the store ring at current prices, but with dead weight prices creeping up that may change picstocks up to 3.70

muleman · Jul 26, 2020

I thats it said:
I've some early born tup lambs that I'd intended to take last Wednesday but we were chopping, just wondering if I should try Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or don't bother this week

Lambs will only start going cheaper now ( hopefully only a gradual decline this year!) so if lambs are a decent weight they want to be going asap....but thats only my opinion

livestock 1 · Jul 26, 2020

muleman said:
Lambs will only start going cheaper now ( hopefully only a gradual decline this year!) so if lambs are a decent weight they want to be going asap....but thats only my opinion

As one of my friends said ‘well that’s what’s happened every previous year’

goodevans · Jul 26, 2020

Shebb90 said:
Did you go sedge yesterday?

Hampton said:
ABP were paying £3.65 last week

Remember that's 3.70 for under 400kg steers

Anymulewilldo · Jul 27, 2020

Northeastfarmer said:
Have you ever heard an auctioneer saying he doesn’t want any stock...

Yes, the week in March that the wheel came off. I had 250 drawn out and bellied ready too gowheni got the call "put them back on the hoppers I want no big runs of sheep this week"

Anymulewilldo · Jul 27, 2020

gone up the hill said:
I would sell the Fri steers first and see how you get on, if your happy with trade then sell the heifers, very little if anything in these store cattle currently unless the prime price moves upwards a decent amount but everything is so uncertain in these times anything could happen, it could easily drop 30ppk as go up another 30ppk thou that young whipper snapper aka northeastfarmer predicted £4 kilo and he is very rarely much off the mark with his predictions!

Ahem, "These hoggs will be £200 by Easter"

sorry @Northeastfarmer i couldn't resist

Northeastfarmer · Jul 27, 2020

Anymulewilldo said:
Ahem, "These hoggs will be £200 by Easter" sorry @Northeastfarmer i couldn't resist

I’m definitely not saying that for next year

Henarar · Jul 27, 2020

Anymulewilldo said:
Yes, the week in March that the wheel came off. I had 250 drawn out and bellied ready too gowheni got the call "put them back on the hoppers I want no big runs of sheep this week"

Least you didn't get them to market only for the auctioneer to refuse to sell any more and send the rest home

Skintagain · Jul 27, 2020

Henarar said:
Least you didn't get them to market only for the auctioneer to refuse to sell any more and send the rest home

That’s a big move. Fair play to them.

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