Best bit is I got more ewes like her brought at that kinda of price. Has long the trade holdsGood solid trade
Lambs that are fine for deadweight are always considered to lean in the live ring, this makes no sense to me as the market lambs will still be knocked on the head the next day but if a farmer had sent the over fleshed lambs direct themselves they would have come back too fat!..
On the ewe, the saying is : you can buy cheap and sell dear/cheap but you cannot buy dear and sell cheap. ( and she was certainly cheap enough when you bought her ).
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
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- Location
- East Sussex
We went from £4.80 to £5.50 and this week £5.75 so with killing charges on a 20kg carcase they are around £6.50 per kg.
The London market will stand this price but sales are down around 50%.
Fortunately the export is underpinning the price and as long as no more sheep come on the market than at present then the price won't fall.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Sales are NOT down to the price thou are they if truth be told....
- Location
- Bedfordshire
They’ve paid more before though, so I can’t really understand them saying it’s too dear.
I do think there’s too many people selling lamb boxes and not realising what it’s actually costing.
I do think there’s too many people selling lamb boxes and not realising what it’s actually costing.
- Location
- North of Perth
Quite a few doing it round here now.not sure where they all get the customers.were not in a populated area compared to you boys down south
livestock 1
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You can come and buy sheep for me !!View attachment 938818
Not to bad. They seem to want them well fleshed.
47kgs was mules and nothing to look at really, I was pleased with them
And the 41kgs did alright to cos they wasn't over big. And they was wet.
Also a ewe at £105 that I payed £26 for
400%
livestock 1
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What’s the tup hoggs making? Against the rest
- Location
- East Sussex
I am afraid the retail price does make a difference to the amount that is sold. Although admittedly you don't sell more on a falling market.
The issue at present in Butchers shops is that they have to make a profit as well as the producer and they are pushing pork at the moment.
They can sell pork at £1.50 per lb and double their money. They cant sell lamb and do that, in fact they are lucky if they can add more than 10%. Beef they are doing around 30% plus.
livestock 1
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Have you any hoggs to sell?
- Location
- East Sussex
Yes!
livestock 1
Member
When are you thinking is the time to cash them?
sherg
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- Location
- shropshire
Personally I don't get the whole its too dear to sell rubbish, people buy champagne when its next to asti , they buy Stella when its next to carlsberg, heinz over own brand stuff, audi over skoda
Stop feeling guilty about making a couple of quid lads
Stop feeling guilty about making a couple of quid lads
livestock 1
Member
I’m not. Neither will the tax man or the bank manager
- Location
- East Sussex
Between now and when the price falls!
I am fairly confident the price will remain where it is until mid March for anything that is not too heavy or too fat.
I wouldn't be waiting to make a fortune on those heavy hoggets unless pubs and restaurants will be open for Easter across europe.
The price at present is better than any of us anticipated at the moment and stores are probably too dear, but who knows.
livestock 1
Member
Will pubs and restaurants make much difference to the job? They are closed now and it’s higher than ever?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Seems a lot round here, I’d rather just send the customer to a farm shop or a butcher, which buy lambs from us and they can charge a decent amount for it.
gone up the hill
Member
- Location
- Devon
Pork job is on the floor currently so unless lamb prices end up the same the butchers you supply will still buy/push the pork.
Not our problem if butchers make a profit or not...
When does a butcher say when lamb prices are on the floor : I MUST pay more so the farmer makes a profit.......................................................................
You need to wake up Frank: Meat prices are set by supply and demand, supply is tight currently and demand is very high...
Thou im sure you would love for sheep prices to be on the floor like the pig job as it will further your argument that Brexit should never have happened...
Yes but it’s volume that’s the key, Lamb is largely eaten by the older generation and muslims neither are in the high earner champagne drinking bracket. Price has a major influence on consumption be a bigger cue outside Gregg’s than the Butchers round here sadly
- Location
- East Sussex
The heavy sheep are not selling at a premium for the price per dead kg. Butchers don't mind taking them because they are less than standards and mediums when hung up, but they are prepared to do the work to cut them.
The supermarkets here and abroad want a standard product to fit in the packaging.