Guth obviously doesn't buy bad doers or rubbish, which is a miracle buying out of market, as you can't be sure on the pneumonia/bvd/johnes history, especially if you haven't reared them yourself.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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exmoor dave
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Cheers that's what I based my fag packet maths on.
harperfarmer
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Couple of years ago when we were buying a lot more stores in, the holstein/friesian bullocks would generally be 320-340kg DW. Very rarely much heavier than that. One thing I've found since breeding our own is that it's much quicker/easier to take a homebred animal to 420kg DW than anything that gets bought in (decent average stores bought at an affordable price that is, we could never justify paying big money for the toppers).
Strangely enough, I was selling store cattle today and they would be £50 a head down on a fortnight ago but the real fancy stuff would be £100 a head down. Big rangy bullocks were the only thing holding their value, made the fancy stuff look very cheap in comparison.
Northeastfarmer
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Stores were down over here this week
had e nuff
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Were they back much? Was going to have some away on Monday to darlo. Might make do with some geld cows instead.
Northeastfarmer
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Nothing drastic....I'd say they were down about £50 a head, you should of had them in that big sale the week before, they were poisonous
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People busy sowing?
Northeastfarmer
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Possibly yes but don't think (could be wrong...usually am) they'll that much cash about from now on till the Christmas boxes arrive...corn yields haven't been that great and prices for it arent owt flash and fat cattle are better yes but think they've reached the top now...October suckled calf sales will be an indication
exmoor dave
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My 44-46kg lambs are flying along at 270-350g per day DLWG so I reckon just as well keep for the heavy lamb job sold live in a couple weeks, rather than dead this week.
Ruddy 40-44's stood still!
Ruddy 40-44's stood still!
gone up the hill
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Touch wood I haven't lost a Fri steer yet, you never lose the cheap animals, sods law means it's always the more expensive Sim/ Lim etc that decide to keel over for me!
Ref the price of stores, hellish trade for them at sedge last Sat ( even with over 900 strong stores entered on the day ) in the stirks anything that was suckler bred and farmed well was making crazy money with some 12 month old BB Steers making £1080/1050 etc, I think if you have suckled calves to sell in the next few weeks and they are decent sorts you will have nothing to worry about, if your selling poor grade/ reared stuff the yep it wont be that good of trade but that is because of the time of year.
cattleman123
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Quality always sells....you just try and buy some quality stirks or stores...you get blown away
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- Durham, UK
Bulls seemed a good trade in darlo today. Had 4 in.
exmoor dave
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45.5kg lambs sold live
£77.80
I make that about 171p/kg
£77.80
I make that about 171p/kg
cattleman123
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Are you happy with that...?
exmoor dave
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Would have preferred last markets price
184p/kg on 47kg
Still...... can't complain, fat lambs were £65 this time last year
cattleman123
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Many in today...was there a sale of store lambs as wellWould have preferred last markets price
184p/kg on 47kg
Still...... can't complain, fat lambs were £65 this time last year
exmoor dave
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Trailers backed out to the road when I left.
Seemed to be a lot of stock in. @exmoor tom was busy flooding the cull ewe market
@tinsheet is the man in the know.
cattleman123
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Ha ha he also floods the store lambs in down the road...i must say some very good lambs as well
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- north Wales
Nearly didn't take lambs to market today, but prices better than I expected, 41kg texel c mules £75 which is £1.83/kg