- Location
- Cheshire
Now you’re just upsetting me!
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
livestock 1
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I think the day has gone for doing it really. You would need £5 just to break even most of the time nearer £10 from further afield. I’ve seen folks on with it most have dwindled away needing to run them folks get wise to it.It’s been suggested to me a few times. I’ve never just fancied the idea. I’ve always spoken against these people who bounce sheep from market to market with no proper rest in between. I’ve bought sheep that have done it too. Poor buggers take a fortnight of careful management to get going. So if I was too start doing it I’d be something of a hypocrite. I’m lots of things, but not that.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
People have Keened up with buying disease in too and watch what they buy more.
- Location
- Cheshire
I think if I couldn't take £10/sheep out of them I’m better off bringing them home and farming them myself. My grandad can name quite a few round here who have setoff big style doing it and gone either buggered or bankrupt after 5 years. “Too much running around for a pound” was his way of putting it. Think I’ll stick too what I know while it works.
- Location
- West Yorkshire
they are well grown. Have they been getting creep to?
sheepwise
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- Location
- SW Scotland
Those calves (bullocks) in Ayr today would have been just shy of £1000 at 340kg
- Location
- Northumberland
They look tremendous for 6-7 months old. Rearing livestock like that,i guess is why we all do it,or try to get them as good.
Yeh they have been on creep a while but when we speined them they’ve eaten us out of house and home
Was it a good trade then?! Last years sales weren’t that rosey so hopefully be up. Pleased with the bullocks aswell, there as level as they can be.
Thanks. There out of good cows so really try and maximise there worth. Sell them as good as we possibly can.
hubbahubba
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- Location
- Sunny Glasgow
They look crackers. Would they not weigh better going straight to mart off there mums? I have always been told they go back the way before going forward but maybe not....
Sink abit for the first week but improve once they have settled in week 2-3 onwards
Better than money in the bank
Heifers were a hard sell last year i thought, farmers who took the chance on them must have earnt a fair bit with the uplift in beef price.Yeh they have been on creep a while but when we speined them they’ve eaten us out of house and home
Was it a good trade then?! Last years sales weren’t that rosey so hopefully be up.
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Is that not affected by the 6 day rule?It’s been suggested to me a few times. I’ve never just fancied the idea. I’ve always spoken against these people who bounce sheep from market to market with no proper rest in between. I’ve bought sheep that have done it too. Poor buggers take a fortnight of careful management to get going. So if I was too start doing it I’d be something of a hypocrite. I’m lots of things, but not that.
- Location
- Hereford
One of our local contractors was complaining about the cost of red diesel " its nearly too dear to put in the car " he saidYou fill the truck with diesel and it costs £100...it sharp goes as well
(I mean with white diesel)
- Location
- Hereford
Let us know how you get on
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
Sounds like it has turned out to be a bit of a disaster price wise for store cattle in Irish markets today now that they are being forced to run under the new rules on how they operate from this week.
Good to the point video posted on FB from Kenmare co-op market today ref their cattle sale, worth a watch.
Good to the point video posted on FB from Kenmare co-op market today ref their cattle sale, worth a watch.
we usually do that but decided to try it different this year. Saved a lot of straw with no mothers, they are a lot cleaner and honestly don’t look like they’ve lost a bit, actually look fitter because they’ve been eating more creep. Cows made more noise after they were weaned! There out to the hill for a month now.