Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

livestock 1 said:

Take out the big prices and that average would look more sensible although I often think the depreciation on Swale draft ewes is very high

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Yes, just over 1000 ewes and a few pens £700/£800, get rid of those and average will be more sensible

Al R said:

I thought hereford was today?

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No they moved the store lambs to today & ewe lambs tomorrow.

hill shepherd said:

Thats what I'm expecting for my broken mouthed girls on Saturday, suppose its what you call a draft ewe. Most of the Hawes ones would only be 3 crop and have a few years left in them, mine will do someone 1 year on a kind farm

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That’s a ewe sale not a draft sale then, draft is 1 year on a kinder farm, 2 if you’ve got serious discount with the incinerators

Ceri said:

No they moved the store lambs to today & ewe lambs tomorrow.

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Ceri said:

No they moved the store lambs to today & ewe lambs tomorrow.

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Yeah I thought you meant stores were tomorrow, stores next Monday too.
Looking at the ewe lamb catalogue, almost all dipped Odd how they’ve all been wormed though

Al R said:

That’s a ewe sale not a draft sale then, draft is 1 year on a kinder farm, 2 if you’ve got serious discount with the incinerators

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So mine are proper drafts then. Whatever you want to call them its still a huge average

beltextexel said:

Which lambs looked dearest? Short/medium/long term?

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jackstor said:

Smaller the lamb the dearer they were today at Carlisle.

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I guess rubbish lmbs looked dearer than ones at 100, crazy late there today, sell about 6000 stores then breeder, l got some nice mules for 90£ 3/4crop. Dark when l got home. Should have sold breeders in diff3 ring.

Electricfencer said:

Has anyone seen any very small store lambs sell recently, Iv got some lleyn cross (welsh that was a mistake I won't make again) to go this week, healthy but struggle for 20kg. I was hoping they make £50, am I being too optimistic?

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Bloody little cheviots were £50-55 at Dingwall a fortnight since. So I think you should be in the mid/late £50’s providing they don’t look too welshie

Ceri said:

Over 10,000 ewes lambs at hereford tomorrow..... I'd def be going there if I were in the market for Tex/suf x.... There'll be some bargains if ur patient me thinks... Those big sales are a total waste of time after 5000 if your not selling the very very best ....

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Depends how many big boys turn up desperate for sheep… this is the time of year now when everyone wants sheep

boyobach said:

£66 is my guess

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From what I’m hearing £52-£58 depending who turns up. They’ve got a strong demand too a price but doesn’t seem much power over that price regardless of the lamb?

Greythundercloudys said:

I guess rubbish lmbs looked dearer than ones at 100, crazy late there today, sell about 6000 stores then breeder, l got some nice mules for 90£ 3/4crop. Dark when l got home. Should have sold breeders in diff3 ring.

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You would have likely been over £100 if they had been earlier so you might have had a win waiting

I was talking too KF from Hawes the other day. He reckoned the Swale wethers looked the best value by far at their last store sale. Although I won’t be trying any. I’d rather give £60 for a blackie than £50 for a swale

ISLAY – United Auctions (Friday 1st October 2021) sold 4242 Feeding and Breeding sheep. 2460 lambs averaged £84.68 (+£17.65). Breeding Sheep of all classes sold well. At the show prior to the sale, the judge, Mr R Blackhall, Milton of Durris, Banchory, selected a BFL shearling, from Daniel McMillan, Tallant as his Champion which later sold to £900 to Islay Estates and his Reserve Champion was a BF shearling from Mr Elliot Bowman, Mid Craggabus, which later sold for £600 also purchased by Islay Estates. In keeping with other principal centres, lambs took a considerable rise on the previous sale and this would undoubtedly be one of dearest sales of lambs held at Bridgend.
LEADING LOTS & PRICES
LAMBS – SUFFx - £106, Uiskentuie; £106, Islay Estates; £105, Bola Na Traigh; £103, Ardbeg; £102.50, Rockside; £102, Islay Estates; £100.50, Duich; £100.50, Ballimartin; £98, Dunlossit, Lossit; £98, Coultorsay; £98, Ardbeg; £98, Smaladh; £97, Uiskentuie; £96, Islay Estates; £95.50, Rockside; £94, Islay Estate; £94, Coultorsay; £94, Islay Estate; £92, Ardnave; £91, Ballinaby; £91, Duich; £91, Coultorsay; £90, Islay Estates. LLEYNx - £107, Ardbeg. TEXx - £150, Blackrock; £111, Uiskentuie; £105, Ballivicar; £101, Mansefield; £100, Ballimartin; £97, Stanalane; £96, Dunlossit, Lossit; £95.50, Ardbeg; £95, Auchnaclach; £95, Starchmill; £94, Coultorsay; £94, Starchmill; £93, Ardbeg. CHEV - £105, Grulinbeg; £86, Tormisdale Croft; £85.50, Ardfarnal; £80.50, Tormisdale Croft; £80, Sealladh Na Mara. CROSS - £77, Mansefield; £77, Ardtalla Estate. MULE - £105, Islay Estate; £100, Ballytarsin; £94, Islay Estates; £93, Duich; £90, Smaladh. BF - £90, £82, Islay Estate; £75.50, Ceannacroic; £73, Lossit Dunlossit; £72, Islay Estates; £70.50, Kelsay.
RAMS – SUFF - £450, £420, Coille; £350, Eorrabus; £300, 7 Claddach. BFL - £900, Tallant (Daniel McMillan); £650, Beamish Croft; £600 x 2, £550, Coille; £520, Eorrabus; £500, Coille; £300, Eorrabus. BELT - £780, £500, Bayview; £450, Stanalane. CHEV - £320, Ballivicar. BF - £600, Cruach (Robbie Brown); £600x2, Mid Cragabus (E Bowman); £550, Ballachlaven.
GIMMERS – TEXx - £175, Kirkby. CROSS - £148, Kirkby; £130, Duich. MULE - £152, £120, Coille; £120, Lorgba. BF - £128, Lower Cragabus; £125, Dunlossit, Lossit; £106, Smaladh; £103, Uiskentuie.
STOCK EWES – BF - £150, £102, £92 & £88, Uiskentuie. CROSS - £101, Duich. MULE - £90, Duich.
EWE LAMBS – SUFFx - £100, Charlotte Street. BELTx - £93, Ballachlaven. TEX - £205, Bayview; £93, Charlotte Street. MULE - £126, Bola Na Traigh; £125, Smaladh; £120, Mulindry; £120, Smaladh; £118, £108, Bayview; £105, Smaladh; £102, Bola Na Traigh; £101, Ballytarsin; £100, Isand. BF - £72, Ceannacroic.
FEEDING EWES – SUFF - £148, £144, Stanalane. TEX - £138, Blackrock; £117, Grulinbeg; £110, £106, Starchmill; £98, Ardbeg; £89, Blackrock; £78, Auchnaclach. CHEV - £79, Tormisdale; £73, Uiskentuie. CROSS - £69, Charlotte Street. MULE - £88, Islay Estates; £87, Ballachlaven; £84, Ardnave. BF - £80, Cnoc Na Faire; £65, Lossit; £64.50, Bola Na Traigh; £60, Cnoc Na Faire; £60, Islay Estates; £60, Blackpark.

TOP PRICES PER KILO
LAMBS – SUFFx – 267p, Smaladh; 265p, Islay Estates; 264p, Ardtalla Estate; 262p, Ballinaby; 261p, 257p, Islay Estates; 257p, Duich; 257p, Ardnave; 251p, Coultorsay; 247p, Lossit Dunlossit; 247p, Ardnave; 244p, Coultorsay; 244p, Islay Estate; 243p, Coultorsay; 243p, Ballimartin. TEXx – 278p, Blackrock; 252p, Ballimartin; 247p, Ardnave; 246p, Ardtalla; 244p, Ballivicar; 244p, Islay Estates; 244p, Mansefield; 243p, Lossit Dunlossit. BELTx – 256p, Blackrock. CHEV – 272p, Croft 2 Port Mor; 254p, Coillabus; 248p, Ardfarnal; 246p, Ballivicar; 244p, Grulinbeg; 241p, Croft 2 Port Mor. CROSS – 250p, Beamish Croft; 232p, Ardtalla Estate. MULE – 254p, Ardnave; 242p, Mansefield; 241p, Ardnave. BF – 220p, 211p, Ardfarnal; 208p, Coilabus; 208p, Ardfarnal.

Who said island lambs were cheap?

Armstrong’s driver has just been telling me that Dalmally blackie lambs were up £14 at this last sale…
At least the highland lads and lasses are having a nice slice of the pie this time!

Anymulewilldo said:

Armstrong’s driver has just been telling me that Dalmally blackie lambs were up £14 at this last sale…
At least the highland lads and lasses are having a nice slice of the pie this time!

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At least you got some early on I bet you are thinking!!

10,000 in longtown today

livestock 1 said:

10,000 in longtown today

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Seems to me there are a lot more lambs around this back end

10200 ewe lambs in Hereford today along with 300 tups. 800+ cattle thursday. 750 breeding ewes and 3000 store lambs yesterday

cattleman123 said:

Seems to me there are a lot more lambs around this back end

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Aye could be or are they being presented sooner due to the uplift in trade?
I’m hearing folks talking about the fact they look dangerous money to hang on to

Werzle said:

10200 ewe lambs in Hereford today along with 300 tups. 800+ cattle thursday. 750 breeding ewes and 3000 store lambs yesterday

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That mart is going to make some money! (as long as everyone pays).

cattleman123 said:

Seems to me there are a lot more lambs around this back end

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As I posted last week (which some took issue with), HCCare reporting kill numbers down 10% for August. If they’ve not been killed then they are still somewhere in the system.

Hopefully prices will hold steady, but we aren’t going to see the huge gains that we saw this Spring. The combined actions of too many farmers expecting a repeat, and retailers taking more of the job in hand, will keep a lid on it.