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Yes if you can’t find the hoppers beet for 6ft of snow !!!Does it make much difference how high the farm is, if it's covered in feed hoppers and bought in fodder beet?
Makes all the difference in the world
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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Makes all the difference in the world
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Market report not online yet but Exeter had a massive sale number wise of young couple's last Friday!
Many pens of mule couples £220/40 ish head.
£80/90 life is about the mark value wise currently for smart outfits with strong 3/4 week old lambs.
Thou trade could well get stronger for them if it finally warms up and grass growth takes off like a rocket.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Sedge prime cattle prices up over 10ppk for heifers today on the week!
mghley
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Where is your auction of choice ??
gone up the hill
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- Devon
On the wool price...
The wool board have announced that they are kindly not charging any haulage costs to producers for the 2021 crop....
No word if they will either pay anything for the 2020 crop and a advance for the 2021 crop....
And its getting rather late in the day to announce what they are going to do as some are already shearing and no doubt as soon as the weather improves the shearers will be flat out everywhere!
@Frank-the-Wool any inside info?
Oh i did hear that the wool board were moaning that their handling costs per fleece had gone up for the 2020 crop as many farmers did not send in their wool !!......
The wool board have announced that they are kindly not charging any haulage costs to producers for the 2021 crop....
No word if they will either pay anything for the 2020 crop and a advance for the 2021 crop....
And its getting rather late in the day to announce what they are going to do as some are already shearing and no doubt as soon as the weather improves the shearers will be flat out everywhere!
@Frank-the-Wool any inside info?
Oh i did hear that the wool board were moaning that their handling costs per fleece had gone up for the 2020 crop as many farmers did not send in their wool !!......
Ceri
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31kg.Come on then experts how heavy? I’m on withdrawal until the 27th but going too weigh for first time this week just too get an idea of what iv got... this lads my biggest lamb me thinks he’s getting a bit heavy
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- Montgomeryshire
I think the buyers must have been getting bored by the time they got to my cull ewes at Welshpool today.
8 busting Charollais ewes made £143, one 'thin ' one I'd marked as an A lot in the same pen....£143. 
Similarly the other pen had 3 strong A lots, 2 fully shed Exlanas marked C, and 9 smaller, thinner Highlanders. Huge variation, hence marking to sell separately, yet all made £91.
Fit Roussin ram made £100.
A good cheque for what they were overall, averaging £110, but takes some following.
8 busting Charollais ewes made £143, one 'thin
' one I'd marked as an A lot in the same pen....£143. Similarly the other pen had 3 strong A lots, 2 fully shed Exlanas marked C, and 9 smaller, thinner Highlanders. Huge variation, hence marking to sell separately, yet all made £91.
Fit Roussin ram made £100.
A good cheque for what they were overall, averaging £110, but takes some following.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Come on then experts how heavy? I’m on withdrawal until the 27th but going too weigh for first time this week just too get an idea of what iv got... this lads my biggest lamb me thinks he’s getting a bit heavy
Not as much as you think. He's by one of those white faced liars isn't he....
Impossible to say without handling him IMO.
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- West Wales
How busting? A charollais ewe made £208 from my “neighbour“ a few weeks agoI think the buyers must have been getting bored by the time they got to my cull ewes at Welshpool today.
8 busting Charollais ewes made £143, one 'thin
Similarly the other pen had 3 strong A lots, 2 fully shed Exlanas marked C, and 9 smaller, thinner Highlanders. Huge variation, hence marking to sell separately, yet all made £91.
Fit Roussin ram made £100.
A good cheque for what they were overall, averaging £110, but takes some following.
- Location
- West Wales
I based my 54kg as a comparison with the donkey in the background ( no offence @Mc115reed )Not as much as you think. He's by one of those white faced liars isn't he....
Impossible to say without handling him IMO.
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- Montgomeryshire
They were better fleshed than the ewes I had at £187 a couple of weeks ago, without being over fat (most were only pulled from lambs yesterday).
I sell through Bakewell, have tried 2 other markets and wasn’t happy with them so went back too Bakewell... hearing good things about Shrewsbury so considering sending a load there this time too see how they
Can’t beat a good donkey.. could defiantly write a book on 101 ways for a Suffolk too die though
gone up the hill
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Well the numbers are now in for Exeter today @Jerry
And it was a RECORD BREAKING day for Exeter NUMBERS wise with a staggering 4661 sheep penned for the prime market which they believe is a new market record !
A record entry of 3094 spring lambs penned sold to trade 2ppk up on the week even thou last week only some 2600 lambs were penned so it = a much stronger trade on the week like for like, several pens over 400 ppk with a top i think of 415 ppk with prices of note 42 kilo lambs at £160.50 head and 41 kilo lambs at £160 head, top for spring lambs was £176 head.
On the above trade is £7.45 kilo deadweight anywhere near high enough??
And it was a RECORD BREAKING day for Exeter NUMBERS wise with a staggering 4661 sheep penned for the prime market which they believe is a new market record !
A record entry of 3094 spring lambs penned sold to trade 2ppk up on the week even thou last week only some 2600 lambs were penned so it = a much stronger trade on the week like for like, several pens over 400 ppk with a top i think of 415 ppk with prices of note 42 kilo lambs at £160.50 head and 41 kilo lambs at £160 head, top for spring lambs was £176 head.
On the above trade is £7.45 kilo deadweight anywhere near high enough??
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- Staffordshire Moorlands
I think the buyers must have been getting bored by the time they got to my cull ewes at Welshpool today.
8 busting Charollais ewes made £143, one 'thin
Similarly the other pen had 3 strong A lots, 2 fully shed Exlanas marked C, and 9 smaller, thinner Highlanders. Huge variation, hence marking to sell separately, yet all made £91.
Fit Roussin ram made £100.
A good cheque for what they were overall, averaging £110, but takes some following.
One or two in.
Monday 10th May 2021
9581 Sheep Sold 44 Cattle Sold 
Prime Lambs to 403ppkg or £158/headPrime Hoggs to 327ppkg or £169/headCull Ewes to £164Couples to £290OTMs to 209ppkg or £1874.72Prime Lambs (3240)Top Price - 403ppkg or £158/head
Average - 346.59ppkg or £132.55/head
Lights: Average 347.57ppkg to 377ppkg from JH & SM Farmer, Red House
Standards: Average 348.85ppkg to 403ppkg from S Smith, Pentre Farm Cottage
Mediums: Average 344.07ppkg to 381ppkg from HG Ellis & Co, Tynywern
Heavies: Average 313.78ppkg to 327ppkg from H & E Powell, Llwyngwilym
Prime Hoggs (2407) Top Price - 326ppkg or £169/head
Average - 291.91ppkg or £117.44
Lights: Average 259.41ppkg to 272ppkg from FG & G Mountford, Middle Heldre
Standards: Average to 287.55ppkg to 327ppkg from JA Wood & Sons, Kinnerton Farm
Mediums: Average 301.30ppkg to 326ppkg from JA Wood & Sons, Kinnerton Farm
Heavies: Average 285.08ppkg to 313ppkg from MPB Ashton & Son, Belan Ddu
Cull Ewes (2894)Ewes: Average £92.35 to £164 from TH Vaughan & Son, Maesmochnant
Rams: Average £94.28 to £141 from AJ Evans, Bryntirion
Couples (467)Texels with singles to £250 from JE & JT Evans & Son, Upper Cefn Penarth
Texels with twins to £290 from JE Phillips, Lower Farm
Suffolks with singles to £220 from EW Howells & Son, Oakwood
Suffolks with twins to £252 from JE Phillips, Lower Farm
Speckles with singles to £115 from A Rowlands & Son, Noyadd Fach
Speckles with twins to £150 from TE, R & AR Lewis, Gwyddgwion
Mules with singles to £248 from JV Davies & Co, Garth Fach
Mules with twins to £265 from TE & EE Brown, Hafod
Welsh with singles to £127 from A Evans, Brynperffaith
Welsh with twins to £158 from JM & IM Lewis, Erwbarfe
Beltex with singles to £290 from TG & EA Jones, Blaenwaun Ganol
Aberfield with singles to £200 from J & B Vaughan, Sychtyn
Cheviots with singles to £150 from T Hallet, Upper Stapeley
Cheviots with twins to £178 from T Hallet, Upper Stapeley
Aged Ewes and Lambs Average: £64.77/life
Hoggs and Lambs Average: £108.82/life
OTM’S (44)OTM Cows: Average 138.30ppkg to 165ppkg from EM Tilsley & Son, Llandinier
OTM Bull: Average 134ppkg to 134ppkg from JT Francis & Co, Penygaer
Cows 48/72: Average 148.28ppkg to 209ppkg from M & A Powell, Drefor
Heifer U48: Average 158.79ppkg to 184ppkg from M & A Powell, Drefor
Steer U48: Average 176ppkg to 176ppkg from RL & GP Williams, Brynmawr
Bulls U72: Average 172.99ppkg to 216ppkg from ELL Jones, Bryngwaeddan
Overall Average - 146.10ppkg or £942.51
Full report available on website tomorrow.
mghley
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- Derbyshire
You clearly have faith in Bakewell, what do you put the Monday market decline in sheep numbers down to ??
They’re a good honest market in my opinion and always friendly, could sell 5 sheep there or 500 and you’d get treated the same IMO.. I think the decline in numbers is due too the majority of there suppliers are hill folk who just don’t have lambs this time of year....
She be coming home with fairly big pockets too
She’s got in about 30 mins ago. Smile on her face.
Proud dad moment...
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- Cheshire
Plus a few of the local Hogg producers have walked over the last 2/3 years. Either too Drayton, Melton, Skipton or Bentham.