store sale

  1. N

    Insulted by auctioneer

    Anyone else feel insulted by Bagshaws auctioneer in Bakewell when selling your livestock, the one that is meant to be the senior partner makes various comments about eith store cattle or store lambs when selling, heard him say once they only had hay and that seems to have blown away
  2. Headless chicken

    What bulls to sweep up?

    As above our current team will finish at the end of this season. It’s a mixed bunch of retained calves and they’ve done us well. We bought in 2 Hereford’s last year which have been decent but not many calves born to them. historically we’ve carried on serving even with bulls in as semen is...
  3. V

    Suckler breeding cow trade?

    What would trade be like for proper beef bred suckler cows be either with calf at foot or in calf heifer . Angus’s spring Calvers. I might need 10
  4. R

    Selling Store Lambs (un-castrated)

    I have around 8 which are intact. Should I sell as a group? Will they be a struggle to sell? I can't keep them any longer as getting randy and need to keep away from the ewes...
  5. S

    This Farming Life. New series.

    Started last night on BBC Scotland. All seem like decent folk. Wonder if we will see a dry day on Uist...🤔
  6. Smalltimefarmer

    Belted galloways

    We currently have Herefords and a few Angus x but I've always fancied belted galloways. Is there a market for them? Would be interested in showing them...I understand the belt has to be between withers and last rib with no breaks and no other white markings? How much should we be spending?
  7. Bobthebuilder

    scott beef closed

    anyone any more news on the rumor i heard last week that scott beef were closed after losing 2 contracts to supply Aldi and M&S, huge hole in the market if true
  8. V

    Can I sell beast with wrong sex passport

    I have a bullock going to store sale this week but just realised it says female on passport , can I sell it then new owner sends passport off to be changed ?
  9. CopperBeech

    Cows.

    Be curious to see what the panel comes up with. Need to come up with a cattle system that fits this - Large block of extensive but half decent sea level grazing, decent shed, handling systems (2), 4 year TB testing area. To be run alongside sheep (about 1000 of the things). About 150 acres of...
  10. S

    Sheep scab about in mid wales

    Local farmer near Newtown told me he had to wait a week for the mobile dipping contractor as scab is rampant about Is it the same around the country?
  11. O

    Stabilisers

    Watched an interesting programme this morning where the farmer was running Stabiliser cattle. I understand that they are a four way cross of Red Angus x Gelbvieh x Hereford x Simmental. So as a simple long retired suckler producer I ask what is wrong with a simple South Devon x Angus? Hybrid...
  12. Still Farming

    The Queen's Funeral , A Bank Holiday declared.

  13. D

    Dutch Spotted

    Seeing plenty Dutch Spotted rams in catalogues and online at the moment..anybody tried one commercially ?..Would they fatten off grass?..anybody tried cross bred ewes ?
  14. V

    What to do with wild bullock

    I have an Angus bullock here about 15 month old that has went crackers . Fine out in the field will be about first to quad bike looking for a bite of feed but in a confined place a nutter. We had him in with a batch to get ready for going into a store sale but he managed to clear two high...
  15. Anymulewilldo

    Confessions of the Sheep/Beef Cattle/Pig Addicts

    This is a thread for those who feel guilty about cluttering up dear old GUTH’s beloved price tracker with the chit chat that stop us all being that miserable our families would throw us all out to sit with the dog in the porch. All are welcome, you can even post prices if you want. The only rule...
  16. jackrussell101

    The Beef Tracker thread (no Sheep)

    Well here goes...
  17. B

    Middle of may lambing

    Are there many doing this? I usually lamb start of April on rested fields, no real growth here until middle of may, This year it didn't come until mid June, , was hoping to get away with out resting the lambing fields and graze them all winter, any thoughts??
  18. Guiggs

    Suckler cows.. is it worth it?

    what's people's thoughts on starting a small suckler herd.. Grazing is owned or very cheap rent, we can make our own hay/ silage and swap surplus for straw, can winter in owned buildings and can buy the right calves at the right money to bring on as the herd females. Currently have a simm and...
  19. yellowbelly

    f**k Up Fortnight

    'Twas always thus - that 10-14 days in the run up to the start of lambing heralds the onslaught of TLD, prolapses, blown guts, abortions and the 1001 other things that can go wrong with sheep :banghead: Many moons ago, when I was young and keen, an old bloke once told me, "A farm or a piece...
  20. wr.

    Brecon show potential live

    https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=notif&v=929274451067202&notif_id=1644667462306512&notif_t=live_video_explicit
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