Kelso tup sales
- Thread starter Gedd
- Start date
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Have you seen the forecast?
Ive never been and wont be there tomorrow either a bit rain wont stop folks will it
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Tongue in cheek! It did stop me carting bales in today. Like concrete on Monday when taking soil samples but can't believe how it has started to mess today Packed in at 3pm
- Location
- Northumberland
It will be fairly miserable if its as wet as today. Doesnt take much to make a clart with many folk walking over the same ground.
- Location
- South Lanarkshire
But the show..? Will go on
- Location
- North of Perth
Not this year . Over run with tups just now.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Must be alot of tups die the amount that get sold every year ?
ISCO
Member
- Location
- North East
The ones we used to buy from Kelso never lived long. Buy grass reared ones privately now, much better.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Snap.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
If you tot up how many tups get sold at all these sales plus all the private ones then a lot of tups can’t last very long
I would imagine that is due to cast prices being good and people are turning them over and keep their tups young and fresh..........
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
And yet by that same observation - an awful lot of shepherds/farmers just keep buying the same show ponies year in year out so we must presume they are happy with the mortality rate, or at least see it as acceptable
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
I wouldn’t imagine that
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Some don’t seem to learnAnd yet by that same observation - an awful lot of shepherds/farmers just keep buying the same show ponies year in year out so we must presume they are happy with the mortality rate, or at least see it as acceptable
ISCO
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- Location
- North East
It is a shame as I used to enjoy the day out. About 90 mile journey up A68 on a lovely September morning , one of the milestones of the year. Never mind going up this weekend to buy privately.
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
You might have passes my place, unless you go through jed.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
The numbers of rams sold like that the length and breadth of the country, it doesn't seem to be some - I would say it appears to be the vast majority.
We will all get the odd tup will prematurely die, such if life... but the death rate must be scarily high in some instances.
I wonder what the average life length of rams are - will most be lucky to see their 3rd birthday?
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Only if you're keeping daughters... not many do from Terminal rams as the purpose is to produce prime lambs (meat).