casper74
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Some markets seem to work well selling them through the ring, some seem to work well running them through a wide race, and there’s Thirsk’s set up!!
it wants gutting and starting againSome markets seem to work well selling them through the ring, some seem to work well running them through a wide race, and there’s Thirsk’s set up!!
They stand by pens to mark the pens they want then the other buyers know. It helps them split the lambs up between themselves. Just locally it’s got really bad where the buyers will now openly discuss which pens they will have. Obviously doesn’t happen on the stores or if a farmer wants some cull eweshow do they stop someone bidding ? the auctioneer is stood up high on the raceway and will see someone stood back bidding, I know I have done it much to a few peoples confusion
Normally the sheep get pushed to the front of the pens by the lad marking themI can’t believe sheep are still sold in pens. How do buyers handle them if they are all towards the back of the pens…..seems very antiquated
Is that the place that always has steam coming up from it?No he means Egger at Hexham , its rather big and has a bit of an appetite for timber .
Lambs would weigh less sold in the ring wouldnt they,( especially if weighed at point of sale like cattle ) ? could that be the attraction of buying at midnight after watching a long queue to unload ?Everywhere that isn’t up North? I’ve never in my life been to a market that did anything but sell in the pens, so that’s ‘normal’ as far as I’m concerned.
Perhaps I should have a road trip, just to see the odd ways things are done up North? Not sure I could cope with 1am cull ewe sales though!
Anyone on here feeding Selcoplus?
Lambs would weigh less sold in the ring wouldnt they,( especially if weighed at point of sale like cattle ) ? could that be the attraction of buying at midnight after watching a long queue to unload ?
More a distillers product, 20 protein but with starch and sugars unlike grains. Got the first load coming this week. I have been using grains but the price has gone up and this looks better value, more energy and no 5-10% run off.Is that the brewers grains equivalent?!
More a distillers product, 20 protein but with starch and sugars unlike grains. Got the first load coming this week. I have been using grains but the price has gone up and this looks better value, more energy and no 5-10% run off.
I do it’s a public auction.Just ignore the silly buggers
They do to an extent, but I think the tide is turning a bit, so much stock is disappearing the supply demand balance is levelling up a bit and the saving is getting bigger. You need to work with what’s local to you really, haulage kills moist feeds paying to move water. I will mix this with potato waste and ground maize for the bullsWhat are you feeding that alongside?! I've been looking at the co-products for the coming winter. I should have 300+t of barley in the shed and can't decide whether to feed or sell. I'm guessing I'd be no better off selling and then feeding co-products as they just track cereal price anyway?!
They don’t, you just make sure they handle the good ones at the frontI can’t believe sheep are still sold in pens. How do buyers handle them if they are all towards the back of the pens…..seems very antiquated
Thats the one , i always womder if it is “ just steam “Is that the place that always has steam coming up from it?
YesIs that the place that always has steam coming up from it?
If you've got 20 lambs in a pen and you want to sell them as say 8,8,4 how do you do that if they're all lumped in together? It's not unusual in the ring if 20 come in for buyers to ask for one to be taken out. You can't show the lambs properly if they're all jammed in together. I would have thought the buyers will bid to the price of the poorest in the pen. If the mart is well organised it will be just as quick going through a ring as along a gantry and a lot easier for the auctioneer and clerk if they're not on their feet for 3 hours