Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

Devil's advocate · Mar 13, 2024

Poorbuthappy said:
That's the thing. Plenty of butchers/ farm shops want a fixed price rather than something that follows the sqq. That's fair enough if you can agree a price to work with.
But if this guy is buying out of market, he's gotta take the rough with the smooth?
The big processors will average out these high prices with what they were paying 3/ 4 months ago.

Its a great idea.

But whenever the products I sell are relativly expensive, I'm approached by people who want to average in the future & be fair with me. Experience has taught me they dissapear pretty damn quick when prices drop.

Vegetable wholesaler told me when I was 18, just one bite at the cherry.

Attam · Mar 13, 2024

What a shocker of a day for lambing in the costa del Cumbria. Far more wind and rain than forecast. The work involved in producing prime lambs/hoggs I want every bloody penny I can get for them.

goodevans · Mar 13, 2024

Aspiring Peasants said:
Trouble is if we were all contract selling they’d probably be £90

Glad we had a bit of wheat sold on contract at £250 before it dropped,supply and demand still works 1% either side of 100%

gone up the hill · Mar 13, 2024

livestock 1 said:
Or tell him he should have saved some money when they were 260p it’s not that long ago 3/4 months ago infact

Yes and when he was buying those lambs at £140 head just a few weeks ago did this butcher put a post on FB saying the lambs were so cheap and that he was making so much profit that he wanted to pay the farms that supply him another £25 head on top of the market price he paid to do them a favour and help them out just like he is now expecting those farmers to do in the opposite direction?? ....

Aye i think we all know the answer to that!

Anyone that supply's him with hoggs well below their market value are not doing themselves or the industry any favours but just devaluing the product they are selling!

What would this butcher and others do if like lamb, beef and pork suddenly rocketed in price like lamb has the last few weeks, stop stocking beef and pork like they are doing the lamb?? aye of course they would.. not ! because if they do they will end up with nothing to sell and no business left !

If someone wants lamb and the local butchers refuse to stock it that person will just go to another butcher/ supermarket and buy it from them instead and no doubt pick up any pork/beef that they want from the new shop at the same time!

Optimus · Mar 13, 2024

gone up the hill said:
Yes and when he was buying those lambs at £140 head just a few weeks ago did this butcher put a post on FB saying the lambs were so cheap and that he was making so much profit that he wanted to pay the farms that supply him another £25 head on top of the market price he paid to do them a favour and help them out just like he is now expecting those farmers to do in the opposite direction?? ....

Aye i think we all know the answer to that!

Anyone that supply's him with hoggs well below their market value are not doing themselves or the industry any favours but just devaluing the product they are selling!

What would this butcher and others do if like lamb, beef and pork suddenly rocketed in price like lamb has the last few weeks, stop stocking beef and pork like they are doing the lamb?? aye of course they would.. not ! because if they do they will end up with nothing to sell and no business left !

If someone wants lamb and the local butchers refuse to stock it that person will just go to another butcher/ supermarket and buy it from them instead and no doubt pick up any pork/beef that they want from the new shop at the same time!

Mum was in the local butchers today.said it was full of lamb so someone must be buying it.

Hilly · Mar 13, 2024

Woolless said:
Last time I took note of the price of chops they were £16/kg (Borough Market London two years ago).

Not many chops on a lamb tho.

Estate fencing. · Mar 13, 2024

My misses bought a big leg from the butchers last week wasn’t until she was home noticed it was ozzy lamb.

Macsky · Mar 13, 2024

Estate fencing. said:
My misses bought a big leg from the butchers last week wasn’t until she was home noticed it was ozzy lamb.

What sort of butchers is that!?

lloyd · Mar 13, 2024

Estate fencing. said:
My misses bought a big leg from the butchers last week wasn’t until she was home noticed it was ozzy lamb.

goodevans · Mar 13, 2024

Optimus said:
Mum was in the local butchers today.said it was full of lamb so someone must be buying it.

If its full of lamb perhaps no one is buying it

Estate fencing. · Mar 13, 2024

Macsky said:
What sort of butchers is that!?

Not your typical Cotswold butcher tbf. I guess he has to make are margin selling to ordinary people.

livestock 1 · Mar 13, 2024

Attam said:
What a shocker of a day for lambing in the costa del Cumbria. Far more wind and rain than forecast. The work involved in producing prime lambs/hoggs I want every bloody penny I can get for them.

It has. I came in around 12 absolutely soaked got dried out then had another dose of it. Maybe a bit warmer but hellish windy and hellish wet no use whatsoever bout time it changed but it’s giving it wet for the next few days

Estate fencing. · Mar 13, 2024

Forecast is dry mid next week on for here. Hope so can turn lambs straight out. Arable side have 1400 acres to cultivate and drill, they might get some over time in over Easter.

lloyd · Mar 13, 2024

Estate fencing. said:
Forecast is dry mid next week on for here. Hope so can turn lambs straight out. Arable side have 1400 acres to cultivate and drill, they might get some over time in over Easter.

Is the arable going big into sfi schemes?

Gedd · Mar 13, 2024

livestock 1 said:
It has. I came in around 12 absolutely soaked got dried out then had another dose of it. Maybe a bit warmer but hellish windy and hellish wet no use whatsoever bout time it changed but it’s giving it wet for the next few days

Yet 20 mile firther down its drying a bit windy but no rain other than a few spots

livestock 1 · Mar 13, 2024

Estate fencing. said:
Forecast is dry mid next week on for here. Hope so can turn lambs straight out. Arable side have 1400 acres to cultivate and drill, they might get some over time in over Easter.

We are hellish wet here now probably as wet or the wettest it’s been. Ground is wrecked with water still feeding silage full bore to ewes plus liquid feed and rolls. Spring really needs to appear sooner rather than later.

livestock 1 · Mar 13, 2024

Gedd said:
Yet 20 mile firther down its drying a bit windy but no rain other than a few spots

They said it was dry below Stanhope today but it’s soaked 2 coats worth here

Estate fencing. · Mar 13, 2024

lloyd said:
Is the arable going big into sfi schemes?

Not what I know of. They have probably 1000 acres in schemes anyway.

Macsky · Mar 13, 2024

Attam said:
What a shocker of a day for lambing in the costa del Cumbria. Far more wind and rain than forecast. The work involved in producing prime lambs/hoggs I want every bloody penny I can get for them.

I thought I’d played a blinder when I hung out some washing for the wife at lunchtime…..what’s not soaked on the line, is soaked on the ground

ford 7810 · Mar 13, 2024

Attam said:
What a shocker of a day for lambing in the costa del Cumbria. Far more wind and rain than forecast. The work involved in producing prime lambs/hoggs I want every bloody penny I can get for them.

livestock 1 said:
We are hellish wet here now probably as wet or the wettest it’s been. Ground is wrecked with water still feeding silage full bore to ewes plus liquid feed and rolls. Spring really needs to appear sooner rather than later.

Land was just starting to dry up nicely bloody place is swimming again,ewes and lambs stacking up can’t get them out just opened last bale of Haylage beautiful stuff, best we’ve ever made, but when it’s gone it’s gone, I’ll be going next door for some chopped silage. Hell we could do with a drought then I’ll get the swardlifter out. desperately needed to do three fields last back end but it never got dry Enough. Roll on Sunshine

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