Handy that she’s willing to take a load of sheep anywhere though…I guarantee she couldn't finance my lifestyle
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Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts
- Thread starter Anymulewilldo
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livestock 1
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Are you saying there’s usually not enough money to go round?
That’s a conclusion I’ve come to think
spark_28
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- Location
- Western isles
Had corn rep from carrs Billington in the yard today.. felt very important it’s a rare occasion any f**ker wants too come out and see me!! £395ton for rolls in bulk
£447.20 for 40 x 25kgs bags from galloway and macleod for me. throw another 50-70 onto that for delivery
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Happily spend 30k at mart but complain for weeks about taking her out for a £65 meal
She's said she'll do the financing
She's buying the sheep and paying for the meal too. I'm.the trophy totty shepherd
- Location
- Cheshire
And then the islanders send wether lambs over to the mainland or their own mart and sell them for £30-£50
each to their own but I really couldn’t farm where you do! Hats off!!
- Location
- Cheshire
The conversation on here can go a touch off on normal times… but we’ve hit the devils number now. God help us all
spark_28
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- Location
- Western isles
And then the islanders send wether lambs over to the mainland or their own mart and sell them for £30-£50
tbf not that bad here. the ones who maybe dont feed enough might get that.
paying £60 a haybale on top of that,
Like i said before ive changed to all Hebrideans. Put half of the ewes to a texel, might lose a few pound in the ring but will save a fortune on feed and time feeding them. Be able to run more too and hopefully in the next couple years well be selling lamb boxes. Weathers getting worse here, alot wetter than it used to be and having sheep on the croft this time of year is just not worth it. On my second hay bale so far. They're getting punted out onto the hill in the next few weeks. Atleast they will have scope and shelter. Will get fed 3-4 times a week on the hill to keep them ticking. Hopefully get a scanner this year
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- Location
- North of Perth
That's not bad.£420 for us from them an that was only a price for last week.said it was going up again.Had corn rep from carrs Billington in the yard today.. felt very important it’s a rare occasion any f**ker wants too come out and see me!! £395ton for rolls in bulk
- Location
- N.Lincs
Lovely place on a nice day
Not quite so hospitable when the weather is coming sideways, I guess.
Best wishes
livestock 1
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Makes you wonder what planet some folks are on
- Location
- East Ayrshire
- Location
- East Ayrshire
I don't know @Nithsdale Farmer that well, but i don't think he'd be happy paying £30k at a mart!Happily spend 30k at mart but complain for weeks about taking her out for a £65 meal
- Location
- Fife
They were here Monday doing something about outwintered cattle. I was disappointed Cammy didn't turn up.Offer to let Landward do a piece on sheep scanning and you might get Cammy for free
He was shearing in Iceland. Have a right laugh by the looks of it, not that I’m jealous.
- Location
- Northumberland
Which Island is it ?
- Location
- Northumberland
Longtown start selling ewes at 7 am,up till about 12. They have a short break then go onto the lambs. If there are more ewes in they sell them at the end past 6pm. So its not so easy to be there at point of sale if you travel from distance.So you didn’t go to ‘look after them’ and they took the pee?
Sell live to thrive they say… The auctioneers certainly do anyway.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Yes, I know. You shouldn’t have to be there though, the auctioneers are supposed to be working for those that pay their wages!
I know it makes a difference if you are stood there, but it shouldn’t.
livestock 1
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I don’t stay at marts as a rule makes no difference I’m afraid
Was there last week as we had a decent number in still would have gone home to do something else if there had been much of a wait
- Location
- JanDeGrootLand
Seem to remember someone grumping at the mart in springtime that the 40 bag pallet they had got was 22.5kg bags. Don't think he actually said what maker.