livestock 1
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Ewes up here were for nothing last backend. Most at cull price. The same ewes sold as couples this spring will have left money
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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muleman
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ive sold 133 swale culls,had some more away tonight, averaged £47.50.
Hopefully that will go a long way towards buying the replacements.
Take an intrest in their milk price, but very different job to here. So wont try and compare
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I bought some breeding draft Swales last year for £25.They have lambed and done alright.At that rate,you could almost buy two breeders for one cull
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muleman
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thats the way to do it,you will be after some more!I bought some breeding draft Swales last year for £25.They have lambed and done alright.At that rate,you could almost buy two breeders for one cull
d williams
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Are they lambs or hoggets
Not very fair comparing to 16 week old lambs
Didn’t actually go down to Exeter today due to too much on but sent 113 6tooth ewes or 3 croppers depending where you are in the country!! Similar to last year back a few quid but had a flier last year. 4 pens of Suffolk mules made 133 130 125 127. Small pen of 12 Suffolk x Cheviots made 137 and 2 pens of Cheviot mules sold for 116 and 109. Cheviots would be up but sold far more last year and despite travelling at 4am it was seriously hot and didn’t look themselves on the day. Last year suff mules got to 140 and bottomed at 122. Very pleased but strong good ewes and guess high cull value putting a bottom in trade. A few minutes chat to Russel and he said Suffolk’s easy to sell on a keen trade. Other breeds especially Teale cross ewes a lot harder work. Amazing how quick things change. Any tex x been easy to sell the past few years
I thought Chicken was Chlorine and Beef was growth promoters?
75% of beef is washed in chlorine, the incidence of e-coli in the American feedlots is very high so rather than cutting out the source the cheapest option is to put domestos on the beef
Had £68 for ten year old cull Cheviots today, tried not to smile to much as the lamb trade was dire £69 for 41kg lambs
Them lambs would of made a £5 more at Longtown's opening store sale
Oh ffs,he’s just stating that Ozzie’s are getting record prices for their sheepmeat whilst everything sold prime here is in the doldrums and some on here try to pick holes in his point.
livestock 1
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Were they a good trade?
For what there was (not a great show ) l thought so, there was some chancy Suffolks but not everyone's cup of tea.
Farmer1001
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What a load of BS you spout, the crucial world is “assurance” and I give it to my customers in spades just like a butcher, local restaurant etc. You moan about the market price of your produce whilst I achieve approx £1/kg more for mine due to my efforts. Has the penny dropped yet...
Do you sell it in a farm shop ? if so do you get asked if it is RT very often ?
I see where you are coming from. But do you think that we could all do what you are doing and that it would still work?
Pound for pound, old ewe mutton works out dearer then lamb
The ethnic market is a blessing for us sheep farmers.The cull cow trade is also held up by the ethnic demand, they hoover up all mince
livestock 1
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Yes and we can see where the demand is, the gap is forever closing. Processed meat ahead of cutsPound for pound, old ewe mutton works out dearer then lamb
The cull cow trade is also held up by the ethnic demand, they hoover up all mince
Northeastfarmer
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Surely pound for pound ewes are still cheaper....what are cull ewes per kilo live as a guesstimate? £1/kg?Pound for pound, old ewe mutton works out dearer then lamb
The cull cow trade is also held up by the ethnic demand, they hoover up all mince