Auction v Deadweight

[Lazy Eric]

Auction every time. Without the livestock auctions the processors would bend us over Without lube.. .. remember during and just after foot and mouth? I bloody do!

 

[neilo]

If you have some poorly finished lambs within a batch they will be separated by the mart graders and can at times be hammered by the buyers. With deadweight the difference is often unnoticeable.

Anyone trying to slip some poorly finished lambs into a batch out to be hammered on price, as well as taken aside and kicked hard up the arse.

I watched someone in the mart a few weeks ago, with a pen of about 60 fat lambs. He must have spent 20 minutes rearranging the pen so that certain (rough ones) were moved to the back of the pen. Hegotout of the pen when the buyers were about 3 pens away, then started moaning when they were cribbing at some of them.

 

[Spade]

Try to Think about it in a different way,
and why should it be about farmers giving up control?
An Auction doesn't have to be at a Physical place with the stock it can be online, that's how other countries with forward thinking / larger areas distances involved have gone for many years and yes co operative groups of sellers (buyers) as well.

Also I think you will find less no's of smaller lots /stores generally will happen as well , when subsidies are cut back.

This may be the case across the water but their respective governments still consider agriculture an important industry!

 

[toquark]

Anyone trying to slip some poorly finished lambs into a batch out to be hammered on price, as well as taken aside and kicked hard up the arse.

I watched someone in the mart a few weeks ago, with a pen of about 60 fat lambs. He must have spent 20 minutes rearranging the pen so that certain (rough ones) were moved to the back of the pen. Hegotout of the pen when the buyers were about 3 pens away, then started moaning when they were cribbing at some of them.

Surely it’s incumbent on buyers to properly assess what they’re bidding on? Sneaky rough numbers should either be graded out by the mart staff or drag the pen average down. Either way a reasonably fair result should ensue.

I only sell lambs in 4 or 5 batches, the last batch to go through is always a rather mixed group because it doesn’t pay to run the poorer lambs in in dribs and drabs. I take the view that the lambs are there for people to see and it’s up to them to bid accordingly, which they usually do!

 

[Hilly]

The Irish beef producers on here might be able to tell the true story but I understand there is very little prime beef cattle sold at the live auction in Eire. Not sure about NI.

He did, and he did !

 

[Hilly]

Auction every time. Without the livestock auctions the processors would bend us over Without lube.. .. remember during and just after foot and mouth? I bloody do!

Here here well said !