Auction v Deadweight
- Thread starter Spade
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- Location
- Durham, UK
Well if we all went deadweight cattle and sheep would end up worth as much as pigs currently are.
buckle up it’s gonna be a rough ride
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
nothing much in it IME and long may it continue
- Location
- East Ayrshire
Probably evens itself out, but definitely need both options to keep either of them remotely honest!
- Location
- Staffordshire Moorlands
Let's ask @Northeastfarmer
Horses for courses we use both depending on time of year stock type etc.
- Location
- East Sussex
I would prefer to use the auction all the time. But being in a TB1 area makes that difficult with cattle.
Selling significant numbers of stock deadweight to local outlets does mean that we always have a good idea of the value of stock which is the key to selling both live and dead.
At least in the auction you can take them home.
Selling significant numbers of stock deadweight to local outlets does mean that we always have a good idea of the value of stock which is the key to selling both live and dead.
At least in the auction you can take them home.
are you sure of that ? or is it just a common or popular thought not based on the factual modern day ? aamoi Deadweight is by far the most prominent in Australasia and they have very efficient systems in place for meat processing.
- Location
- Yorkshire
At auction if you go you can see how much they say they weigh and how much they are making and make your decision to sell or not, dead weight there dead and gone before you know exactly what you've got so no going back
I'm talking about a proper , joined up modern, efficient system , one trip for stock etc.
seeing as were up against it with peoples attitude towards livestock production anyway.
seeing as were up against it with peoples attitude towards livestock production anyway.
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Like to buy stores in auction and sell beef dead
if stock are fit to kill they should go , and how much does it cost to reload and take them home again plus all that time in the market . how much do you value your time ?
Now you mean do away with competition?
I know that lambs lose 3kg between home and most live auction centres... I also hear plenty of moans about liveweight buyers buying on about eight accounts each in market, and a good lot of their lamb purchases go to the same abattoirs that we can all sell direct to, and at the same ppkg/dw.
But when stock is plentiful I'm fairly certain that auctions help keep deadweight honest.
But when stock is plentiful I'm fairly certain that auctions help keep deadweight honest.
We do use both but 80% goes through the auction market, if we don't continue to use them they will close & we will then be left at the mercy of a few buyers who will definitely take advantage of their position.
"If you don't use it you will lose it", so don't ever forget it!!