- Location
- central scotland
Might be a problem even if prices stay where they are for reinvestment on the farm
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
livestock 1
Member
That’s right prices have eased and inputs shot up
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Some pay their auctioneer £100,000 plus whatever car he wants, some don’t. Some pay haulage to drag far away customers in with stock, some don’t. Some give huge amounts of credit to buyers to keep prices up then get dropped for £300,000 bad debt. Some markets charge 2.5% commission, some 4.5%. Anyone see a pattern?
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
We have not had a price lift as such , we have had a rise with inflation nothing more , we are worse off as now carry a lot and I mean a lot more risk than ever before ! All that’s happend is years of printing money staving off recessions it’s a recipe for massive disaster them in the know are constantly monitoring the economy that lives on a knife edge .
- Location
- central scotland
Some amount of money involved in cashflow just to keep them running
Must hurt someone’s brain trying to get it all square and leave a little left overlivestock 1
Member
I think it’s gone past the point of retrieval now
I looked at the debts of various countries and it would appear there won’t be any easy way back now.
I think our stoppages dead weight are £3.60 and that includes haulage.
- Location
- central scotland
I was much the same, don’t want to grudge commission but when our bill for commission passed 10k in our financial year it gave a reality check, and that would be more than 15 year ago still support the markets just not 100% and hardly ever with cattle
That goes for the other side of the fence as wellSome amount of money involved in cashflow just to keep them running
- Location
- central scotland
Given up letting it hurt my brain .... I just complain a lot and get grumpy now .......turning into my father
- Location
- Hereford
- Location
- North of Perth
£50 commission for a fat beast at Cally before xmas.I wasn't impressed especially when only got 1 bid on it.I was much the same, don’t want to grudge commission but when our bill for commission passed 10k in our financial year it gave a reality check, and that would be more than 15 year ago still support the markets just not 100% and hardly ever with cattle
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Welshpool charge extra for that, on top of a healthy commission rate!
I don’t mean the trailer. I mean the market.
Cirencester charge £3 for every 10 mins!Funny how we see that in ourselves 30/40 years down the lineGiven up letting it hurt my brain .... I just complain a lot and get grumpy now .......turning into my father
Aspiring Peasants
Member
- Location
- North Pennines
Sold 5 stores yesterday and commission was £183, no charge for washing out. Barnard Castle
Mine are £1.21, and I haul them, less than a hour away.
Cash ?
