- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I'm in too. I'll provide the 6 ewes that die.
£40000
- Thread starter cull cows
- Start date
I'm in too. I'll provide the 6 ewes that die.
BELOWAVERAGE
Member
Do you not watch the trade?, their would be plenty of grazing ewes bought last autumn, which would be doubling or trebling their cost now.Agreed. The bulk of the profit was from buying them very well I'd have thought. Where they off a guy that doesn't go near a market and sells everything dw?
Good work though.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
I think I've mentioned before there were welsh brokers straight off the mountain going for £12 at Dolgellau in September. I would have bought them if I'd had any grass to spare. They were a no brainier IMO. They would have been worth three times as much easily before Christmas but I dare say a small % would have died.
- Location
- Ceredigion, wales
Cull ewes for grazing on and finishing will make more profit than store lambs most years.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Not many ewes that make £80 now, were £44 back in the Autumn round here, that I've seen. Yes you could buy cheap, and maybe make similar profits as things have gone, but the OP has done well buying those types of ewes at £44, and has obviously made a good job of them.
And yes, I do watch the trade. I even sold some culls about that time, a handful that I didn't think would last long enough to make it to good ewes now, and they made more than £44. T'was a good call IMO, and if I thought they'd have improved, I'd have kept them back and fattened further.
orchard Farm
Member
- Location
- Kent
What would be the going rate to buy store lambs in say aug time ?? And what would the rate be to sell in March/April to the market ? Would there be a profit after feed and your time etc etc
long keep store lambs £30-£45 that time of year, selling march/april at £4.50 dw if your lucky. 20kg carcass=£90. lambs cost anywhere between £15 and £30 depending on hard feed. Don't think anybody counts there time, too depressing!!
orchard Farm
Member
- Location
- Kent
Thanks that's helpful !!! Need to buy thousands to stop working for a living then,,
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Well he would be better to change occupation..
caveman
Member
- Location
- East Sussex.
What value the "golden hoof"?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Or did you lose less?
nothing to do with shepherding skill my mate has forgot more about sheep than I will ever know it was a comparison off two years/winters, we did do well last year, don't think it is going to be anything like as good this time though
- Location
- Hertfordshire
Very impressive. £9240 profit in 136 days. If you could manage that every day for a year you'd make £25,485 profit which is 276% of your original investment. Better than a deposit account paying 0.01%...
Also got 60 cull cows on feed killing them next week will let you know how they doVery impressive. £9240 profit in 136 days. If you could manage that every day for a year you'd make £25,485 profit which is 276% of your original investment. Better than a deposit account paying 0.01%...
- Location
- Devon
Profit or gross margin?Very impressive. £9240 profit in 136 days. If you could manage that every day for a year you'd make £25,485 profit which is 276% of your original investment. Better than a deposit account paying 0.01%...