Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

Al R · Jan 16, 2021

z.man said:
Would hazard an educated guess that breeder will be as dear if not more so this backend than they were last

But to me, cost of replacing an empty ewe lamb at scanning with an extra one from next years crop is minimal the only bit that gets me is the £8 in vaccines they had in October and to be fair I would be hoping to be closer to £120 than £110 if I have many to sell .....will find out on Wednesday most will be in lamb

I cost my homebred ewe lambs at £70/piece as that what they would’ve made fat back in pocket on 1st july. Got 62 I was gonna run on as yearlings and sell as I’ve got some rough grazing they’ve been on, probably sell late February instead now. I’m keeping my empty at scanning ewe lambs (mule and exlanaX) though but the 62 texelX were never put to the ram, try a bit of cash flow initiative too, it’s a long time from October-June.

The girl that works for me had a pedigree Dorset Ewe and twin lambs in the mart today and made £340

she was hoping £230-240. I thinI she said 3 & 4 year old texelX carrying twins making £238.

Skintagain · Jan 16, 2021

Al R said:
I cost my homebred ewe lambs at £70/piece as that what they would’ve made fat back in pocket on 1st july. Got 62 I was gonna run on as yearlings and sell as I’ve got some rough grazing they’ve been on, probably sell late February instead now. I’m keeping my empty at scanning ewe lambs (mule and exlanaX) though but the 62 texelX were never put to the ram, try a bit of cash flow initiative too, it’s a long time from October-June.

The girl that works for me had a pedigree Dorset Ewe and twin lambs in the mart today and made £340 she was hoping £230-240. I thinI she said 3 & 4 year old texelX carrying twins making £238.

That’s going some

lloyd · Jan 16, 2021

thorpe said:
why because we like looking at them? my lads a bugger for it he loves a bit of arse!

That reminds me of my YFC days when a cheeky chap said to
a girl who liked a bit of banter "your a bit like a Belgian blue all ar*e and no t*ts."

Al R · Jan 16, 2021

Skintagain said:
That’s going some

Yeah in Lambers topped at £248 I’ve just seen and not a mart known for very high prices either

Northeastfarmer · Jan 16, 2021

thorpe said:
just had a look, it makes you cringe dw cattle not up that much 2021 but the big thing for us is we could take them to 430kgs before any penalties you could make them tot up!

They need to be £5 a kilo now.

thorpe · Jan 16, 2021

lloyd said:
That reminds me of my YFC days when a cheeky chap said to
a girl who liked a bit of banter 'your a bit like a Belgian blue all ar*e and no t*ts.'

my lads an arse man , got to admit i like abit of both but im getting a bit passed it at my age , i hate seeing aheifer in the fat yard with a bag!

Al R · Jan 16, 2021

thorpe said:
my lads an arse man , got to admit i like abit of both but im getting a bit passed it at my age , i hate seeing aheifer in the fat yard with a bag!

I’m not sure if your referring to the 4 legged or 2 legged type now

thorpe · Jan 16, 2021

Al R said:
I’m not sure if your referring to the 4 legged or 2 legged type now

the latter was the four legged type.

Raider112 · Jan 16, 2021

casper74 said:
Thirsk Auction Market - Weekly Prime Stock Sale Thursday 14TH January 2021

Forward today 2218 head of stock comprising of 275 Cattle, 1923 Sheep & 17 Pigs.

132 Prime Heifers to 281.5ppk or £1799.55 average 238.3ppk

54 Prime Steers to 279.5ppk or £1734.53 average 219.04ppk

80 Prime Young Bulls to 257.5ppk or £1634.04 average 181.17ppk

9 Prime Cull Cattle to 152.5ppk or £1396.90 average 106.5ppk

1784 Hoggs sold to 368.1ppk or £170 SQQ 281.88ppk average £123.18 271ppk

139 Ewes sold to £120 average £79.10

1 Ram sold to £100

17 Prime Pigs to 100ppk or £101.76 average 80.55ppk
Prime Cattle:
A little more mixed offering with best cattle dear with again half of these sold passing 240ppkg and no less than 52 beating 260ppkg of which 17 passed 270ppkg.
Top Price Heifer – 281.5ppkg for Limousin X from Upper Coton Farms, Northampton purchased by A Wright & Son, Boston.
Best Grossing Heifer - £1799.55 for BRB X from Rodney Bros, Healey purchased by R Pearson & Son, Bradford.
Top Price Steer – 279.5ppkg for BRB X from Upper Coton Farms purchased by R Pearson & Son.
Best Grossing Steer - £1734.53 for Limousin X from Cole Hill Farm Ltd, Elwick purchased by J Penny & Son, Rawdon.

Prime Lambs

A fantastic entry of 1923 sheep were forward at Thirsk. With all vendors being greatly rewarded with the efforts to brace the snow! The run of sheep forward were a real credit to all our vendors, this was met by a fantastic demand by all buyers present. An SQQ average of 281.88ppk was achieved. More numbers are required on a weekly basis to satisfy demand.
Top Price of the day came from Jo Andrews with a Beltex X at £170 purchased by Mr A Atkinson on behalf of Hartshead Meats Ltd, Ashton Under Lyne.
Topping the Pence Per Kilo again this week was WM Garbutt Ltd, Water Hall Farm with a Beltex X at 368.1 ppkg purchased by Field Fresh Trading Ltd, Conwy.

Great prices there as usual but the quality must be vey good. Do people just not send poor quality there as there's no market for it?

joshp217 · Jan 16, 2021

Al R said:
Yeah in Lambers topped at £248 I’ve just seen and not a mart known for very high prices either

I’m glad i didn’t waste day going down there

Raider112 · Jan 16, 2021

Anymulewilldo said:
I still think it cost too much too produce those top 10% cattle. I’ll stick too producing cattle in the next band down. Good COMMERCIAL cattle pay way better than fancy bred types!

It always makes me smile when something fancy comes in the ring and the usual suspects get interested, wondering if it's good enough to take home.

thorpe · Jan 17, 2021

Raider112 said:
It always makes me smile when something fancy comes in the ring and the usual suspects get interested, wondering if it's good enough to take home.

oops guilty but im often the underbidder.

livestock 1 · Jan 17, 2021

Raider112 said:
It always makes me smile when something fancy comes in the ring and the usual suspects get interested, wondering if it's good enough to take home.

I have hardly any of those fancy type cattle. The odd ones I do have cause 90% of the trouble. Between no milk calving trouble and generally being soft those cattle aren’t worth having not for me anyway

casper74 · Jan 17, 2021

Raider112 said:
Great prices there as usual but the quality must be vey good. Do people just not send poor quality there as there's no market for it?

There's a lot of very good cattle U+ & E grade, there is also more R grade cattle going now than say a year ago, and some black and white bullocks as well. There was definitely 1 or 2 worse than poor there on Thursday

A good show of cattle each week, good numbers each week, and a good number of buyers each week, and no catchphrases needed!!!!!

Ceri · Jan 17, 2021

LAMBCHOPS said:
Why a problem?

Cause then you won't have to miother yourself about how much they're going to to pay u up to.... Besides why on holy mother of God hell would u want to be sending lambs dead atm.........??

Gedd · Jan 17, 2021

casper74 said:
There's a lot of very good cattle U+ & E grade, there is also more R grade cattle going now than say a year ago, and some black and white bullocks as well. There was definitely 1 or 2 worse than poor there on Thursday
A good show of cattle each week, good numbers each week, and a good number of buyers each week, and no catchphrases needed!!!!!

Same as the sale up the road on a thursday report reads well but a lot of plain stuff in now and lacking buyers think you have the edge with the trade keep thinking about trying a fee with you but its 60 odd miles

LAMBCHOPS · Jan 17, 2021

Ceri said:
Cause then you won't have to miother yourself about how much they're going to to pay u up to.... Besides why on holy mother of God hell would u want to be sending lambs dead atm.........??

Just stating the grid not worried at all.just sold Welsh horned tups long tails at over 120 dead. Won't make that live?? Unless you know a better outlet live let me know?

d williams · Jan 17, 2021

Anymulewilldo said:
I still think it cost too much too produce those top 10% cattle. I’ll stick too producing cattle in the next band down. Good COMMERCIAL cattle pay way better than fancy bred types!

No the rewards are not enough for the top cattle not enough difference in price
Come to think of it r grades not quite enough

Pistonbroke · Jan 17, 2021

LAMBCHOPS said:
Just stating the grid not worried at all.just sold Welsh horned tups long tails at over 120 dead. Won't make that live?? Unless you know a better outlet live let me know?

Randall Parker field officer said they're quite happy if every lamb was a 20 kg mule for their needs. Just need consistentcy

Ceri · Jan 17, 2021

LAMBCHOPS said:
Just stating the grid not worried at all.just sold Welsh horned tups long tails at over 120 dead. Won't make that live?? Unless you know a better outlet live let me know?

Anywhere in the country jus pick the right day... & when u know that let me know.....

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