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The crack is they’ve been absolutely on fire.
Plenty of those expensive Texel crosses sold yesterday won’t make it to next tupping. How anyone can pay over £120 for a Texel cross yearling is beyond me.then they say theres no money in it..
same as very expensive rams , all you got to hope is they dont die ater a year or 2...
Plenty of those expensive Texel crosses sold yesterday won’t make it to next tupping. How anyone can pay over £120 for a Texel cross yearling is beyond me.
Mule crosses i presume , What is the biggest problem with that cross , breathing issues ?A Flock of Texel cross ewes is only going to average £80 for there culls. So that makes £40 depiction if she doesn’t die. Seems a lot for a ewe that doesn’t lamb very well.
Mastitis!Mule crosses i presume , What is the biggest problem with that cross , breathing issues ?
funny that , i had two pure charollais neighbours texel got in few years back , i kept the ewe lambs as experiment both were gone with bad bags in 3 years ,(one only reared one lamb first year 3/4 charollais got stuck lambing and died ) so you prob have a pointMastitis!
Mule crosses i presume , What is the biggest problem with that cross , breathing issues ?
yeah, generally breeding trade follows killing trade , doesnt have too thoTwo tooths are 1 and a half fat lambs. They aren't dear, unless you think fat lambs are dear?
Depends would be worth 80-90 as a lamb then kept for 12month for 30-40 doesn't sound to far off?A Flock of Texel cross ewes is only going to average £80 for there culls. So that makes £40 depiction if she doesn’t die. Seems a lot for a ewe that doesn’t lamb very well.
Pre covid this spring you could get a swale tup lamb over £100 dw so I would say these yearling sheep want to be at least £120 to make it worth keeping them. Remind me what were the big cull ewes making then - I seem to remember some pretty hairy prices (£200 for a cull ewe was a possibility in some marts!)...over £120 for a Texel cross yearling is beyond me.
Being sensible a good tex x ewe was £120-£140. Ignore the £200 models. Pure bred terminal culls aren't anything to base replacement costs on. Given the trade I'd have thought £150-£175 for nice shearlings perfectly fair. Passes a bit back up the chain. I've weighed up growing shearlings plenty of times and tbh I'd want every penny of £40 margin over Hogg value in March to take them through to August!Pre covid this spring you could get a swale tup lamb over £100 dw so I would say these yearling sheep want to be at least £120 to make it worth keeping them. Remind me what were the big cull ewes making then - I seem to remember some pretty hairy prices (£200 for a cull ewe was a possibility in some marts!)...