There was a few like him then
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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Ross121
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- Location
- Oxfordshire
I appreciate that, he was called out once last year, at no point was he asked to give a exact valuations, I appreciate time is money but when selling 60 store cattle you can’t afford to give things away either
- Location
- North Yorkshire
It has more windows than walls that house. No never lived in it, it was built long before Machin took the place on. It’s about 3 miles down the road from me
- Location
- Cheshire
Very true. We got shafted on the first load we sent direct to a pretty local outfit to us. £28 each and we had to wait 10 weeks to be paid. When the markets opened up again he tried walking into Chelford on a Thursday morning and was met by 2 directors who pushed him back into his car and banned him from the place!
- Location
- JanDeGrootLand
Do they not need sellers? What do they do on non sale days?
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I got £7 for a load of 90kg texel ewes then got a bill for disinfecting his wagon
- Location
- Cheshire
Yes. But if they start being used purely as a valuation service with no stock in the mart resulting from that valuation it isn’t going to pay many bills
it stops me say having a valuation done, saying thank you I’ll think about it then ringing a dealer and saying I want £xxxx for my cattle and selling them direct£28 was what he give us for the lambs, when he rang for more I told him I would eat them all myself.
A few weeks ago I was in the pub and talking to some folk stopping in the local pods. He said he was called Machin and his family used to buy sheep......pub went quiet
Ross121
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- Location
- Oxfordshire
I get this totally, and to be fair some of the cattle were sold privately, the rest are sat in a yard. But we did not intentionally have the mart out to value the cattle for this sale. We genuinely had passed a tb test and are looking at marketing options.Yes. But if they start being used purely as a valuation service with no stock in the mart resulting from that valuation it isn’t going to pay many bills
livestock 1
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The pink one I think has long blonde hair from Hawick or somewhere?
Trade maybe a bit dearer but bought better than last week ended up 85 £62 Cheviots and blackies
livestock 1
Member
That’s what I remember about one of them too
livestock 1
Member
I wouldn’t believe what he said anyway unless you are in with him
livestock 1
Member
This lamb carry on is beyond a joke it’s well past time we had a frictionless trade with the Eu or else
- Location
- JanDeGrootLand
I guess I was not appreciating the number of markets you have available, whereas we have one, next one 100 miles away, next option 200 odd and then Longton.Yes. But if they start being used purely as a valuation service with no stock in the mart resulting from that valuation it isn’t going to pay many bills
Selling direct from farm may come back. No QMS deductions then. Just got to be sure get paid.
Market farms and machinery , chase debts and do probates etc etc etc all for alot more money than providing free stock valuation. Just go to market to get an idea of what your stock is worth in future if i was you.
Greythundercloudys
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Farmstock Scotland on Facebook advertising for large number of stores 25kgs / 35kg. Some people still living in hope.
- Location
- JanDeGrootLand
Local sheep market once a month. Feeling a bit uneasy that not enough buyers, but not enough stock to attract more buyers. Seem to want to send best stock to Thainstone.
With present sale prices would you send stock 100 miles or more without being a little apprehensive?
Long way to bring them home.
Boydvalley
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- Location
- Bath
Or else what. This is what we as a country voted for. Whole queue of countries wanting to join the EU for frictionless trade.
livestock 1
Member
Or else the sheep job is f@&£ed
Until they accept it was a sh!t idea we are stuck with this carry on and it’s not looking good