Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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I would be looking out for other farmers with snotty noses and heavy breathing at the moment
- Location
- Cheshire
Store lambs were strong in UA Stirling on Monday. Plenty of medium lambs trading at £2-2.40/kg. Lightweights anywhere up too £2.50 depending on breeding and style.
Very strong show of SBF in. A pleasure to watch them sold even if I didn't buy many. Good 20-22kg £40-£43 25-29kg £48-£54 30kg+ £56-£60 depending on the lambs. Some little tiddlers in 16-18kg looked very dear £20-£30.
Ewes weren't too bad. Bought fairing of SBF ewes at handy feeding money.
I'm not liking speculating my money on sheep this dear but I can't stop the wheel. Just cool it down a bit. Bought a thousand up too now, average will be up £8/9 on the year and I've bought no medium keeps. All long term jobs or feeding ewes.
All my winter keep men expect me too turn up with X amount of sheep and graze them off. Some of them have grown green crop for me which needs eating. If I don't make sure they are stocked up they will get someone who will eat it off and that will be the last I see of that keep!
Got my fingers crossed for a break even year with a touch of profit come March/April.
I don't mind paying £20 more for my ewe lambs too tup. Over the life of the sheep it's only £2/year so I can stomach that. I'd rather stick too the quality I want and pay for it, but run a few less than pay dear for stock not up too scratch and be looking at them for the next 5 years thinking "Jesus you lot were dear!"
Very strong show of SBF in. A pleasure to watch them sold even if I didn't buy many. Good 20-22kg £40-£43 25-29kg £48-£54 30kg+ £56-£60 depending on the lambs. Some little tiddlers in 16-18kg looked very dear £20-£30.
Ewes weren't too bad. Bought fairing of SBF ewes at handy feeding money.
I'm not liking speculating my money on sheep this dear but I can't stop the wheel. Just cool it down a bit. Bought a thousand up too now, average will be up £8/9 on the year and I've bought no medium keeps. All long term jobs or feeding ewes.
All my winter keep men expect me too turn up with X amount of sheep and graze them off. Some of them have grown green crop for me which needs eating. If I don't make sure they are stocked up they will get someone who will eat it off and that will be the last I see of that keep!
Got my fingers crossed for a break even year with a touch of profit come March/April.
I don't mind paying £20 more for my ewe lambs too tup. Over the life of the sheep it's only £2/year so I can stomach that. I'd rather stick too the quality I want and pay for it, but run a few less than pay dear for stock not up too scratch and be looking at them for the next 5 years thinking "Jesus you lot were dear!"
- Location
- Northumberland
6000 entered for Hexham on Friday.
But if they buy in large numbers they can afford a few mistakes.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
ASF is making china suck in huge amounts of red meat at present , along with a developing north american market ,Leaving Facebook
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Worth a look Australian prices are on a roll too.
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Bakewell Market Monday 21st September
With the weather forecast suggesting that cold, wet and windy conditions are just around the corner many farmers decided it was time to sell, and we had 878 cattle and 2,621 sheep on offer. It is pleasing to report that every animal changed hands.
The Store & Breeding Cattle department was well supported with a total of 582 head. Trade generally good, but longer-term cattle looked better value, perhaps the straw shortage is preying on people’s minds. Short finish cattle were just as dear as they have been bolstered by the prevailing finished cattle trade.
Steers reached £1,190, Heifers £1,340 and Feeding Bulls £1,210.
In the Breeding Stock section Cows & Calves peaked at £1,850 and Stock Bulls £1,650.
A useful turnout of 114 Finished Cattle with top figures 250p/kg and £1,759 per head.
The heifer average looking good at 202.1p.
OTM and Feeding Cows were out in force with 123 on offer. Top figures 185p and £1,676. The average emerged at 123.0p.
59 Calves this week with bulls to £405 and heifers £270.
The Sheep department was the busiest it has been for a very long time on a Monday with 2,621 on total.
The 1,880 lambs sold on a solid trade with top figures 249p and £118.07. The SQQ average looked healthy at 210.2p
Cull Sheep were also abundant with 642 forward. Trade was good too with ewes to £149 and the average £71.48.
We had finished heifers to 227p and 226p, which we were pleased with.
With the weather forecast suggesting that cold, wet and windy conditions are just around the corner many farmers decided it was time to sell, and we had 878 cattle and 2,621 sheep on offer. It is pleasing to report that every animal changed hands.
The Store & Breeding Cattle department was well supported with a total of 582 head. Trade generally good, but longer-term cattle looked better value, perhaps the straw shortage is preying on people’s minds. Short finish cattle were just as dear as they have been bolstered by the prevailing finished cattle trade.
Steers reached £1,190, Heifers £1,340 and Feeding Bulls £1,210.
In the Breeding Stock section Cows & Calves peaked at £1,850 and Stock Bulls £1,650.
A useful turnout of 114 Finished Cattle with top figures 250p/kg and £1,759 per head.
The heifer average looking good at 202.1p.
OTM and Feeding Cows were out in force with 123 on offer. Top figures 185p and £1,676. The average emerged at 123.0p.
59 Calves this week with bulls to £405 and heifers £270.
The Sheep department was the busiest it has been for a very long time on a Monday with 2,621 on total.
The 1,880 lambs sold on a solid trade with top figures 249p and £118.07. The SQQ average looked healthy at 210.2p
Cull Sheep were also abundant with 642 forward. Trade was good too with ewes to £149 and the average £71.48.
We had finished heifers to 227p and 226p, which we were pleased with.
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
We popped to bakewell Monday as we had an overnight stay in the peaks and it looked fairly busy at the market. The town was very busy for a Monday too with the open market. Far too busy for me especially in the current situation so we left sharpish
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Any tarts?
- Location
- Cheshire
Skintagain
Member
- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Aye one or two about
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Dad said it was busy when he took them down, had to queue to unload and queue back through town. Bakewell now has a massive catchment area, they closed Hope and Ashbourne to build it and since then Uttoxeter, Chelford, Derby and Newark have all closed. They should and could cope with these numbers (and more) if the auctioneers pulled their fingers out and pushed themselves rather than assume people will just turn up.
The town centre is always busy during the summer, packed with tourists!
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
just to show world demand for lamb heres a piece on recent australian prices, aus $ = 50p
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New season Lambs go prime time and Heavy Sheep prices surge at Bendigo
Yarding - 26,500 (+2000).Lambs - 19,500 (+2500)Sheep - 7000 (-500).Bigger yarding of lambs, dominated by new season crossbreds which accounted for around 15,500 head. Alongside these was 2,000 young merino and a similar number of old season lambs. Fresh conditioned heavy young lambs continue to...
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flashsheep
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1 buyer on 10 accounts with all the power, never works well
Aspiring Peasants
Member
- Location
- North Pennines
Kirkby Stephen Store Lamb Sale
22nd September 2020
Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their fortnightly sale of store lambs when a great entry 1004 store lambs were forward.
Topping the sale at £230 was a Beltex cross gimmer lamb from Messrs Marston, Easegill Head, Kirkby Stephen.
Another two pens of three Beltex cross lambs sold to make £220 and £200 also from Easegill Head.
Next selling at £190 were a pen of 10 gimmer lambs also from Messrs Marston.
Beltex cross wether lambs sold to top at £138 for a pen of six and a pair from Easegill Head, with a further three pens of six, five and two selling for £136 from this same home, along with another pen of 10 Beltex cross lambs making £134.
The full consignment of 300 store lambs from Easegill Head sold to average a fantastic £112.50 (up £34 on the year) with the majority of these being long term keep lambs.
Messrs Richardson, Low Garth, Cockermouth sold their consignment of 44 Beltex Cross long term keep lambs to average £117.30.
Steve Millman, Brackenslack sold his 15 Beltex cross lambs to top at £133 for a pair, and average a whopping £129.
26 pens of lambs sold between £120-£230 with 53 pens selling between £100-£230
The sale that included the wonderful full consignment of 300 Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Marston, Easegill Head for the first time was a resounding success with plenty of buyers in attendance for all classes of store lambs which were the dearest seen for some time, and with smart continental cross lambs being in extreme demand!
This is a sale to look out for in the future as prices for store lambs regularly exceed vendors expectations by £10-£20 per head.
Leading prices:
Beltex £230, £220, £200, £195, £190(2), £145, £138(2), £136(2), £134, £130, £124, £122, £120, £119, £114(2), £112, £111(2), £110, £105, £104, £103, £102, £101, £98, £91(2) Easegill Head; £133, £129(2), £127 Brackenslack(Millman); £126(2), £121, £118, £116, £115, £111 Low Garth; £110 Ellergill; £109, £91 Town Foot; £107, £100, £99(2), £98, £92, £90 Buddle House; £96 Castle Hill; £90 Main Street: Texel £142, £108, £102, 399, £98, £95, £91, £89, £88, £87, £83 Easegill Head: £100, £87 Castlethwaite; £99, £85, £82 Lynderek; £86, £81 Buddle House: Suffolk £81 Old Smithy: Mule £66 Pikestone Farm, £63.50 High wood End; £63 Well House: Swaledale £55.50, £50(2) Helbeck Farm; £50 Greenhills Farm: Scotch Blackface £55.50 Roundthwaite Abbey: Herdwick £32 Sleetburn:
22nd September 2020
Harrison & Hetherington Ltd, Kirkby Stephen Mart held their fortnightly sale of store lambs when a great entry 1004 store lambs were forward.
Topping the sale at £230 was a Beltex cross gimmer lamb from Messrs Marston, Easegill Head, Kirkby Stephen.
Another two pens of three Beltex cross lambs sold to make £220 and £200 also from Easegill Head.
Next selling at £190 were a pen of 10 gimmer lambs also from Messrs Marston.
Beltex cross wether lambs sold to top at £138 for a pen of six and a pair from Easegill Head, with a further three pens of six, five and two selling for £136 from this same home, along with another pen of 10 Beltex cross lambs making £134.
The full consignment of 300 store lambs from Easegill Head sold to average a fantastic £112.50 (up £34 on the year) with the majority of these being long term keep lambs.
Messrs Richardson, Low Garth, Cockermouth sold their consignment of 44 Beltex Cross long term keep lambs to average £117.30.
Steve Millman, Brackenslack sold his 15 Beltex cross lambs to top at £133 for a pair, and average a whopping £129.
26 pens of lambs sold between £120-£230 with 53 pens selling between £100-£230
The sale that included the wonderful full consignment of 300 Beltex cross lambs from Messrs Marston, Easegill Head for the first time was a resounding success with plenty of buyers in attendance for all classes of store lambs which were the dearest seen for some time, and with smart continental cross lambs being in extreme demand!
This is a sale to look out for in the future as prices for store lambs regularly exceed vendors expectations by £10-£20 per head.
Leading prices:
Beltex £230, £220, £200, £195, £190(2), £145, £138(2), £136(2), £134, £130, £124, £122, £120, £119, £114(2), £112, £111(2), £110, £105, £104, £103, £102, £101, £98, £91(2) Easegill Head; £133, £129(2), £127 Brackenslack(Millman); £126(2), £121, £118, £116, £115, £111 Low Garth; £110 Ellergill; £109, £91 Town Foot; £107, £100, £99(2), £98, £92, £90 Buddle House; £96 Castle Hill; £90 Main Street: Texel £142, £108, £102, 399, £98, £95, £91, £89, £88, £87, £83 Easegill Head: £100, £87 Castlethwaite; £99, £85, £82 Lynderek; £86, £81 Buddle House: Suffolk £81 Old Smithy: Mule £66 Pikestone Farm, £63.50 High wood End; £63 Well House: Swaledale £55.50, £50(2) Helbeck Farm; £50 Greenhills Farm: Scotch Blackface £55.50 Roundthwaite Abbey: Herdwick £32 Sleetburn:
No busy cleaning bullocks and getting some ploughing done
Well behind with the autumn work atm
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Long term store lambs to £117.30!? How does that work?
Do they come with a gold bar?
Only quality up here
