Possibly, but I can’t see it. And I certainly won’t this year. Might buy the boss an odd fancy pen. But sheep haven’t left anywhere near as much this time.I will remind you when you are squeezed around the ringside at Longtown end of August.Folks will be paying that and more for ewe lambs.
Bit of a depressed fat lamb trade July,August combined
Think the grass situation is soon going to be the overpowering elephant in the room if no rain appears!
Agree that there’s less folk wanting to lamb sheep but the trade these ewes have been this spring I can see a few folk buying ewes instead of lambs . £50-£60 would have bought you good feeding ewes even some correct ewes last backend,it wouldn’t have been difficult to turn them into £130 ewes in the last month. That itself will put a strong bottom in the old ewe trade this backend.
I sold some half decent old ewes Monday for £151,
Was talking to someone about some first cross Texel shgs with March born twins at£90 a life. Not a lot of cost now before you market the lambs. If they make£110 a piece does that not give you a proven cheap replacement ewe?
2018. Did as everyone said and killed bottom end tex hoggs for 140 to 150. Bought some ncm ewe hoggs from Bentham in May fair for £105. Didnt rain all summer. Sold the best texels in August breeding sale at Shrewsbury for £143 ( and they were smart even if i say so myself) and sold the mules for £105 in September. Everywhere was burnt no grass anywhere. Funny old game.
I had one do that.
Had a few turn a bit wild in the mart odd ones get wound up a bit
The last half of that sentence Could be describing this forum!
Thats what I did this time. The only issue is that old ewes eat a hell of a lot of forage! By the time you get too January 1000 old ewes will have eaten the equivalent too 1000 hoggs kept until March! I sold a ruck just before Christmas, and a ruck in late Jan. made profit but nothing startling. Its only this last 6 weeks when its been a real case of money for old rope.
I don’t know what you mean! Must be on the arable thread??
You next too anybody nice too chat too?3 rows of traffic queued up too unload at Bentham. I’m sat in the middle of it!
How big a market is Bentham?3 rows of traffic queued up too unload at Bentham. I’m sat in the middle of it!
It’s always a gamble.
