Northeastfarmer
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What's the premium?
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I don't know how others work but I know anything over 350kg won't get the 40p/kg at st Merryn. Or so I believe.
Northeastfarmer
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So u get 40p kg over base if you're under 350 kilos?
Yes. On the st m one. Not usually a problem for us. Most go by 18/20 months. Odd big steer will hit it.
Northeastfarmer
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That seems a very good premium to me. worth a £140 on a 350 kilo carcass
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You won't get bonuses for better grades as well as the 40p tho...
As far as I understand you get given your grade let's say it's a u grade. (I know an Angus probably won't be) but you get your 5 or 10p then your 40p is calculated on the national average for u grade cattle. Down at st Merryn our o+ cattle generally get 55p premium or £180 as we are so far behind national average.
Northeastfarmer
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Seems rather an odd way of going on like
Yeah i won't question it though suits me. Are there no schemes like that up your way? Dovecote??
Northeastfarmer
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Never dealt with dovecote, never heard of a bonus for under 350 kilos either though
Well it's between 250kg and 350kg that where the bonus operates. An o- an above. An no 5s I think.
gone up the hill
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She wont get any premium for those angus heifers as they only pay upto 28 months ( or that's what it has been )
Its a fair premium for the ones that do qualify, it can easily be 40/50p a kilo thou you never really know until the cheque for the premium turns up a few weeks later.
Forgot about the age. Yeah your right it is 28 months.
dinderleat
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Dovecote pay up to 400kgs and up to 30 months, their current price is 375ppkg which it has dropped 15ppkg since Christmas due to slow sales and large numbers coming through.
dinderleat
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No the fields man said as long as it was killed on the dot of 30 months it was still ok, abp only dock 5ppkg if over 30 months up to 36 months
sheepwise
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Do you need to be on a contract at Dovecote as it sounds too good to be true?
dinderleat
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Yeah waitrose beef contract it's through farmark ltd
gone up the hill
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I know plenty of people that put Angus thru ABP ( I don't as I don't have angus ) and I have never heard of this contract or them paying upto 30 months for Angus cattle ( the prem ) ...
dinderleat
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The Angus I sent yesterday were just on a normal commercial beef.
We normally send then on the waitrose scheme which go up to dovecote, they just couldn't take them this time as they are full up.