Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd, (September, 26th) sold 281 rams at the annual sale.
Texel shearlings (96) sold to £1,250 gross from Veltigar, Orkney.
Texel ram lambs (6) sold to £1,000 gross from Lower Reiss, Wick.
Blue Texel shearling (one) sold to £400 gross from Smithy House, Thurso.
Blue Texel ram lambs (2) sold to £450 gross from Smithy House.
Blue Faced Leicester shearlings (28) sold to £1,600 gross from Nether Auchenlay, Forgue. Charollais shearlings (one) sold to £400 gross from Upper Auchenlay, Dunblane.
Beltex shearlings (27) sold to £780 gross from Upper Auchenlay.
Beltex 3 shear (one) sold to £1,550 gross from Glenbow, Wester Craiglands Cottage. Beltex aged (one) sold to £600 gross from Upperton, Balnain.
Beltex ram lambs (2) sold to £300 gross (twice) both from Upperton.
Suffolk shearlings (39) sold to £1,050 gross (twice) both from North Essie, Strichen. Suffolk ram lambs (13) sold to £500 gross from Drummuie, Golspie.
Millenium Blue shearlings (5) sold to £500 gross from Bardnaheigh, Halkirk.
Cross shearlings (32) sold to £1,350 gross from Upper Auchenlay.
Lleyn shearling (one) sold to £480 gross from Woodside, Muir of ord.
Cheviot rams (20) sold to £500 gross from Castle of Mey Trust, Longoe Farm.
“Quality correct rams were easily cashed with all breeds achieving high averages. Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., would like to thank both vendors and customers for complying with current guidelines and being patient during the day. ”
Other leading prices per head:
Ram lambs: Tex – Lower Reiss, £900, Barnyards, Beauly, £850, Wester Raddery, Fortrose, £500; Blue Tex – Smithy House, £420, Smithy House; Suff – Drummuie, £320.
Shearlings: Tex – Wester Moy, Urray, £1,200, Veltigar, £1,100, Lower Reiss, £1,100 (twice); BFL – Nether Auchenlay, £1,000, £950 (thrice), The Arr, Lethan, £900, Wester Craiglands, £900; Cross – Upper Auchenlay, £1,000, Torrax, Kirriemuir, £1,000; Suff – North Essie, £950 (twice).

What was trade like at sedge today @gone up the hill

livestock 1 said:

I have fond memories of taking Galloway knack cows to Tyneside mart on Friday mornings and knack ewes. No one really mentions it now I often wonder if it was a figment of my imagination. RW worked there as an auctioneer I think

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I remember going past Tyneside mart on the way to Hexham on a friday seems a long time ago now.

Jimbojrf said:

I remember going past Tyneside mart on the way to Hexham on a friday seems a long time ago now.

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Used to sell cattle there most mondays must be getting on for thirty years sinc

Shebb90 said:

What was trade like at sedge today @gone up the hill

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Just over 2700 store lambs penned sold to a very strong trade to top out at £100 head, from what I saw sold I would say trade was £2/3 head less than Exeter yesterday!

Store cattle, a very short entry of just shy of 600 head penned topped out at £1405 for a top draw blue steer ( I was told it was a blue thou I didn't see it sold so not 100% sure of that ) generally well fleshed cattle were a very strong trade and it was said up on the week, plenty of weathered cattle about that needed to have seen the feed bag weeks ago sold to what can be described a working trade, plenty of 20/24 month old cattle £800/820 head.

Stirks, a very poor entry both numbers and quality wise sold to a much firmer trade across the board, especially for dairy bred cattle, topped out at £970 head for a superb Lim steer, suckler heifers looked especially dear!

Talk was that the beef price is expected to firm once again once the grass fed/cull cow dairy cattle drop in numbers, I was told that one SW firm has a 7/10 day waiting list for prime cattle but another is picking up cattle within 24/48 hours of them being booked in!

Gedd said:

Used to sell cattle there most mondays must be getting on for thirty years sinc

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Remember sitting in my grandads Saab watching them build that big bridge next to tyneside mart. That would be a Monday as him and my dad were selling fat pigs.

Anymulewilldo said:

Yep. Got that feeling now.
Bought just over a thousand long keep lambs in the last 3 weeks.
Polled lambs avg £53 (20-25kg)
horned lambs avg £39.60 (18-26kg)

Bare in mind it's been between a 500 mile and an 800 mile round trip for them each time...

I'm just hoping that by the time they come ready the job has done its silly business and levelled out.
Bought 400 ish feeding ewes off all kinds a lot more sensible than lambs so shall have too see.

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Just out of interest how many of those lambs do u expect to loose...? Also how many ewes...? Just wondered what numbers you work on...

Ceri said:

Just out of interest how many of those lambs do u expect to loose...? Also how many ewes...? Just wondered what numbers you work on...

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Work on 5% losses in the highland lambs. Over the last 3 years we've averaged just under 3%. Feeding ewes I work on 2% losses. As with everything I don't buy what looks like dying (and there are plenty of them up there)
I have a fair old list of treatments that they receive within 2 weeks of arrival. And I've got too be very careful how I introduce them too grass. Takes a month to get them ready to eat proper dairy grass without blowing their guts out. They are cheap lambs but take a bit of care and buggering about before I pack them off for the winter.

Anymulewilldo said:

Work on 5% losses in the highland lambs. Over the last 3 years we've averaged just under 3%. Feeding ewes I work on 2% losses. As with everything I don't buy what looks like dying (and there are plenty of them up there)
I have a fair old list of treatments that they receive within 2 weeks of arrival. And I've got too be very careful how I introduce them too grass. Takes a month to get them ready to eat proper dairy grass without blowing their guts out. They are cheap lambs but take a bit of care and buggering about before I pack them off for the winter.

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5%!! I can tell you don’t buy many Swales

Greythundercloudys said:

Saw a few selling on the Web cam, archie plugging away at 350/400 for the ones l saw, l wonder if gregor sells many up there since he left the cally probably cast ewes on a Monday, but archies the main man up there.

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Archie sells all the sheep on a monday, ive never seen gregor sell a sheep at lanark to be honest seen him sell a few hens but thats it.

livestock 1 said:

5%!! I can tell you don’t buy many Swales

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Or BFL....only 5% survival on them things

Anymulewilldo said:

Work on 5% losses in the highland lambs. Over the last 3 years we've averaged just under 3%. Feeding ewes I work on 2% losses. As with everything I don't buy what looks like dying (and there are plenty of them up there)
I have a fair old list of treatments that they receive within 2 weeks of arrival. And I've got too be very careful how I introduce them too grass. Takes a month to get them ready to eat proper dairy grass without blowing their guts out. They are cheap lambs but take a bit of care and buggering about before I pack them off for the winter.

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How do you keep them in!?

Dad used to go to the West coast to buy store lambs and away to islands. Lambs had never seen a fence or wall before. Didn't have much respect for them!

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livestock 1 said:

5%!! I can tell you don’t buy many Swales

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I wouldn't take Swales if they were free!!!! Knackerman would never be out of the yard!!

I thought 5% was a lot!

Chae1 said:

How do you keep them in!?

Dad used to go to the West coast to buy store lambs and away to islands. Lambs had never seen a fence or wall before. Didn't have much respect for them!

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Home is well fenced with having plenty of our own sheep all year round. While they are adjusting too real grass I run 4 strand electric around the inside of their field. By the time I want too send them away they are usually pretty well broken too it. Always get the odd heros who won't stay put. I've got a few wintering spots that are well sheep fenced so they get dropped there. If they escape from there they get sheared and put in the fattening shed at home on corn!!

Northeastfarmer said:

Or BFL....only 5% survival on them things

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Last time I bought BFL was 10 years ago when I was just starting buying stores. We had a 75% mortality rate. Bought 4, 1 made it too February and went fat. Left a margin of £15 over costs. Grandad said "told you they weren't worth the space on the wagon..."

Anymulewilldo said:

Last time I bought BFL was 10 years ago when I was just starting buying stores. We had a 75% mortality rate. Bought 4, 1 made it too February and went fat. Left a margin of £15 over costs. Grandad said "told you they weren't worth the space on the wagon..."

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Do you buy mostly white faced types? Texel, cheviot etc.

glensman said:

Do you buy mostly white faced types? Texel, cheviot etc.

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I've a price for everything (except Swales & primitive breeds). Last week the polled lambs looked cheaper than the sbf so I bought 3/4 polled 1/4 horned

Northeastfarmer said:

Or BFL....only 5% survival on them things

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Aye they like the cold the same as a beltex likes the heat

Store lmbs selling well at Stirling 36kgs 73£. 27kg mules, 55£.

42kg, 94£ in the store ring at Stirling.