42kg in the market @3.10 £130
20kg dead - £6.50.
definitely a wee bit behind, must be expecting it to drop next week.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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42kg in the market @3.10 £130
20kg dead - £6.50.
definitely a wee bit behind, must be expecting it to drop next week.
MDL POWERUP
Member
That's exactly the same price? With less off takes for dead?
- Location
- Devon
42s in a lot of markets is 44-45kg at home.
depends if you weigh them after your and their lunch! and then take them off to market b4 your and their breakfast. I would agree then.
- Location
- Devon
I take your point, but also depends on the market. Some weigh on arrival, some when sold. Some have a reputation too
Martyn
Member
- Location
- South west
Ok for a suckler cow what age should I wean calves, cows are all back incalf. Males are entire as we will use them on the dairy herd, what age will they start causing problems as in with heifer calves similar age/size?
lloyd
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- Location
- Herefordshire
We should start an ice cream tracker thread.... OH just got back in from London .
Took the kiddies for a walk and bought them an ice cream £4.25
Worse still ....she had one as well
Mr whippy icecream and flake at Monmouth was nearly £4 today.
5-6 months I'd be looking to wean the bull calves or at least get them separate from the ones with heifer calves you could leave them on their mothers for a long time if they aren't with the heifers.
That might even be a bit too old even if the heifer calves are well grown I've seen 4 month old heifers bulling....
- Location
- N.Lincs
They could get dearer....
There's a bit of a shortage of Flakes at the moment...
UK Flake shortage is adding to the 99 problems we're already facing this summer
It's the latest blow in a summer of looming issues.
metro.co.uk
Mainly caused by the fact that @spin cycle is eating most of his wife's ice cream van supply and that Cadburys are now making them in Egypt of all places
What size though
lloyd
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
Fat boy size .
My two girls had standard £5 for two.
- Location
- Hereford
Now .....if there are heifer calves in with them the same age/size .
spin cycle
Member
- Location
- north norfolk
They could get dearer....
There's a bit of a shortage of Flakes at the moment...
UK Flake shortage is adding to the 99 problems we're already facing this summer
It's the latest blow in a summer of looming issues.
Mainly caused by the fact that @spin cycle is eating most of his wife's ice cream van supply and that Cadburys are now making them in Egypt of all places
in fairness i didn't know there was a national shortage when i starting filching
......not that it woulda stopped me TBH
RMSLLOYD
Member
Welshpool auctioneers asking for 38kg tup lambs to be shown separate tomorrow to capitalise on Eid trade so lambs should be ok ( this week at least)12 months ago on Tuesday I sold 30 lambs average £2.36 .. wonder if we are gonna get a drop like that next week
Martyn
Member
- Location
- South west
Thanks I'll separate them into two groups this afternoon and estimate heifers as a precaution.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I'm a sheep farmer, and I haven't been able to export pedigree breeding sheep to anywhere other than Ireland (and more complicated to get them there too), since we left the EU. There was a nice little job building up for exports of significant numbers into Eastern Europe & Russia building up, which has been stopped completely now.
But yes, commercial prices have been good, regardless.
Cows with bull calves want splitting from cows with hfrs at 5mths old to be safe but they dont want weaning until atleast 8mths old