Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Only]

No I really do not understand it...saw a guy buy some mules the other day @124....then an hr later he was stood in a pen of store lambs selling them for 44 nothing to me makes any sence anymore...does anyone else think the same or is it just me and moving on did anyoneon here get to Exeter today...nearly 3500 breeders for sale so i was told

I dont get it -our bank manager has had 5 calls in last 24 hours from people wanting to extend overdrafts to buy extra ewes?????

 

[cattleman123]

I dont get it -our bank manager has had 5 calls in last 24 hours from people wanting to extend overdrafts to buy extra ewes?????

It does not surprise me ...folk follow like sheep

 

[ford4000]

He isn’t

I think I've worked out why!!

 

[Werzle]

I dont get it -our bank manager has had 5 calls in last 24 hours from people wanting to extend overdrafts to buy extra ewes?????

Borrowing money becomes an addiction after a while. If you cannot repay the overdraft you already have, how are you going to pay back an increased one?! Bank managers must be mad

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I think I've worked out why!!

As I’ve said I’ve bred nearly all my sheep...I kept 50 hoggs back to tup this time...I’m not going to buy something I don’t like just because it’s cheap when I want them to breed replacements ...I’m looking to improve my breeding

 

[Shebb90]

All go deadweight mainly due to TB and also because they are either young bulls/ crappy Fri cattle or named sire cattle so can get the bonus ( hopefully ).

Current returns for prime cattle are a complete waste of time tbh!

What abattoir is what I meant

 

[gone up the hill]

What abattoir is what I meant

Different cattle go to different abattoir's, some local and some up country.

 

[cattleman123]

It does not surprise me ...folk follow like sheep

Bank managers...love it ..keeps the busy and in a job...charge them a high arrangement fee and push the interest up...they love it...remember they are only front men talking to the farmer....the decision is taken above him...he just passes on the good or bad news and some farmers are so screwed they don't haggle the bank on anything...but they would haggle me or you if they were buying something from us

 

[gone up the hill]

As I’ve said I’ve bred nearly all my sheep...I kept 50 hoggs back to tup this time...I’m not going to buy something I don’t like just because it’s cheap when I want them to breed replacements ...I’m looking to improve my breeding

And thus why you more often than not top the market with your prime animals.

 

[gone up the hill]

Bank managers...love it ..keeps the busy and in a job...charge them a high arrangement fee and push the interest up...they love it...remember they are only front men talking to the farmer....the decision is taken above him...he just passes on the good or bad news and some farmers are so screwed they don't haggle the bank on anything...but they would haggle me or you if they were buying something from us

Im getting a tad worried about you cattleman as you seem to spend a lot of time answering your own posts on TFF these days lol..

 

[muleman]

We got a couple of pens of mule hoggs for £150, first mules in 5 years but like breeding my own gimmers... was plenty of small badly shaped things £60-75

So you do like the mule,there is a place for it and it isnt finished!

 

[ford4000]

As I’ve said I’ve bred nearly all my sheep...I kept 50 hoggs back to tup this time...I’m not going to buy something I don’t like just because it’s cheap when I want them to breed replacements ...I’m looking to improve my breeding

Just teasing, everyone has their own system

 

[cattleman123]

Im getting a tad worried about you cattleman as you seem to spend a lot of time answering your own posts on TFF these days lol..

Still not worked out the new site...I am sure your all bear with me...bit slow to fathom things out

 

[Northeastfarmer]

So you do like the mule,there is a place for it and it isnt finished!

I won’t be going back to full time mules...these will do me till they need replacing

 

[lamb89]

How much are 30 - 35kg store lambs making?

 

[cattleman123]

How much are 30 - 35kg store lambs making?

It depends on the breeding...well bred early 50s...badly bred...low to mid 40s...but if I am buying a fiver less

 

[msheep66]

I went to Hawes today and yesterday lambs were definitely making a fiver less today than yesterday.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I went to Hawes today and yesterday lambs were definitely making a fiver less today than yesterday.

Who won? Lord?

 

[msheep66]

Yes Lord had first today.

 

[msheep66]

They made £370