beefandsleep
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- Location
- Staffordshire
I didn't realise that scheme was still running, do you know anyone supplying them? I wish they would start killing bulls as I am thinking of going into them.
A B P Cattle Grid
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Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Can't see them going back into full time bull killing....no my mate did a few years ago but packed them in
harperfarmer
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Woodheads will kill bulls, they will take suckler bred bulls but as others have alluded to, they want them fit, a 3 at ABP will be a 2 at Woodheads, so basically is a no no for the extreme continental types.
- Location
- Devon
Makes sense as to why they like the stabiliser bulls then, they are certainly fatter.
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Well im not happy
Anywhere else would have been 4x R4
God help what they are paying for O
Anywhere else would have been 4x R4
God help what they are paying for O
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Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
I'll take it they were heifers? What was the R5 an Angus?
- Location
- Devon
Surely you're better off than 4 x R4 though?
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
4 lim heifers
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
£3 for a R !
- Location
- Devon
Yes but you're 25 and 30p over base on 2 animals, 15p worse off on 1.
If you were expecting all R's (ie base price) you've done better than you thought on average.
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
I thought it was around 3.40 tooBut base would have been about 3.38 or so last week
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Based on £3.40 base and you getting 4 R4l's you'd of been better off by £166 by my reckoning
- Location
- Devon
Beg pardon guys I was reading the top R as R=
Really must get some new glasses
Really must get some new glasses
- Location
- Devon
Base must have been 334p
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Base would have been around that figure last week, no doubt its down for next week again!
Talk is that ABP were turning away cattle the week before last as they didn't want all they were offered..
I was also told today that the grading has improved a lot the last week/two weeks, people still don't seem happy but it sounds a step in the right direction!
And just to give the store cattle buyers on here some xmas cheer I will post todays trade at sedge in the price section!
Chimera
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- Location
- North Wales
Still waiting for them to "do something" about some O= grades that should have been R's. I'm not chancing anything else in there for a while, till they've sorted themselves out. I've done my bit as guinea pig for them. I'd rather belly clip cattle than be taken for a fool. (And I hate clipping!)
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
First time using abp since the the new grid fairly pleased with them as we've held on to them to long, waiting to go on the Angus waitrose scheme.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Did u get docked on the one one that was cock on 30 months?
Also I don't know if it's the same as st Merryn but you don't get the premium over a 350kg carcass??