Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
How ma y are their to change to from ? They getting less and less .
Why deadweight
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Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
There are more than the ones he sends to...
icanshootwell
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- Location
- Ross-on-wye
So the weigh bridge in the markets are bang on are they!!!!!
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I’ve never found them that much out , for starters cattle loose more than farmers think and second their scales at home are not tested , I find farmers moaning about mart scales usually just the local exentric that has some crazy axe to grind that would still moan if the mart added 50kg s on !
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
And if you have a right issue with live weight , well the beast is still alive .....
icanshootwell
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- Location
- Ross-on-wye
Yes your correct, in the store ring they can be generous on weight when grouping 6 steers at 12 months old.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Do the farmers moan about generous weights ? Ha only the ones buying . English marts don’t weigh stores do they ?
icanshootwell
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- Location
- Ross-on-wye
They do in Ross and Hereford.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
They don’t up north but do in Scotland I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or not , more skill required buying no weight , easy when they weighed
icanshootwell
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- Location
- Ross-on-wye
I,ve not bought stores in market for a few years now, figures did,nt stack up, when i did, i did,t bother looking at the weigh bridge or you would,t buy any thing.They don’t up north but do in Scotland I’m not sure if it’s a good thing or not , more skill required buying no weight , easy when they weighed
betweenthelines
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- Location
- southwest
How many live auctions actually have several buyers bidding against each other.
No, I mean REALLY bidding against each other?
No, I mean REALLY bidding against each other?
Woolless
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- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
MLC should be there to independently weigh and grade cattle, checked by RPA. I must admit that I wouldn't be in any hurry to send stock where they did their own grading.
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
This is the bigger issue, rather than the deadweight system itself. Linden Foods just been fully bought over by ABP through the week.
casper74
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Come to Thirsk and have a look for yourself, and I imagine it's the same in Selby and Northallerton.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I heard that , bad news that imo.
casper74
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
I'm not sure, 1 of them probably is, maybe 2
There's a place for both but it depends on your circumstances. Most of our cattle go dead, reasons being the 6 day rule, convenience, say 15 out the yard first thing every 3 weeks or most weeks on the trailer with a few hours to spend with them and TB restrictions, we need a pre movement test at the moment. But for TB 1 we would take more live, a few smart ones or over 16 month bulls and it's a nuisance not having the option at the moment. Different cattle are better off at different abattoirs due to different grading methods. All our hoggs go live, probably best for export types but it's a pain as it means keeping a week free from buying cattle.
- Location
- Northumberland
Longtown!
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Probably good news for the plant and the folk that work there but in the long run it won't benefit the producer.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Surely the competition commission needs to be stepping in...