When the price rises they come out of the woodwork.... I think if you can get over £100 at this time of the year off grass then may as well let some go....yes I think they’ll be £140 next spring but that’s 5/6 months away and anything can happen by then....which this year has proven
Waiting list for electric fencing products makes me think there may be more out there than everyone thinks and it may just go the other way,there you go ,that will counteract some positivityI get very nervous when everyone is talking the job up so much
5/6 months time there’s always a few of their friends not with us either so they need to be more
Here here. A good bird in the hand.
thing is , do you cash ewe hoggs next spring if price is flying ? or hold out for good a 2t price , 2019 high spring price , poor 2t price , 2020 high spring price , high 2t price ,
Cash. They are never worth much more as 2t. This year was the exception.
Social distancing will still be in force for most of 2021 , i think it will be a good 12 mths before we get back to any type of normality
I think you are right, stuff will be wanted.
I could of cashed ewe hoggs last week for £110-£120 but I didn’t....I won’t be if they are £140 next spring either. Most will be ear notched from our best ewes
Agree with this , no point in selecting your best breeding sheep then killing them however if the hoggs are £130 + my homebred empties will be going after scanning
I have a good few mule shearlings which I was offered £180 for some of them
To me its a bit like selling the family silver to sell your own breeding stock.
mind you every sheep in your flock has its own value , easy to cut out bottom 30-40% without to much ongoing issue , i often keep some just because they are out of interesting, lines could be a bit tougher on a few of them at right price lol
Its ok to sell your best.............but keep your very best.
That just about sums up what I do. I’m always selling the best and strongest ewes in the autumn as breeders and spring with lambs. Iv ended up with either ewe lambs or old girls.
I had years of doing that. Sold 400 draft ewes at 3 crop their prime every year and lambed 500 shearlings and kept hundreds with no teeth. It can be done but there can be a few disasters along the way.
Mule ewes with twins at 3 crop look to good to keep around for me (and helps the cash flow) so sell a load of them every spring. I have ended up with 100’s of broken mouth ewes this year, but they should be ok on cover crops and liquid feed if needs be. The better half of these will be sold with lambs.