So up the price should go if not I would say don't let them have them
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
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Yes it should do, I think someone posted Exeter prime price was up £150 /head so if Irish protest carries on it should rise.
What after the protests stop? Glut of Irish beef?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Will you tup yours this year @Northeastfarmer would you be able to post some photos of them?
- Location
- Hereford
Yes you can . If the ones to be sold have already been tested clear and still in test or if they are going to a red market.
I've pre tested a cow to go on the cull (green market) she went clear and will go Thurs . The rest of the herd is in between a test and will be read on Thurs afternoon . If the rest go down I am still able to move her as the shutdown on the rest of the herd doesn't come into place till midnight thurs night ........so I'm told by my vets.
muleman
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these are the type of mule lambs we breed,plenty of bone and confirmation...averaged £96 for just under 700 lambs so fairly happy with that on the year.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
If you have an IR/ Reactor then at the end of the test the vet will give you a TB notice and from that minute onwards you are not allowed to move cattle on/off without a licence even if they have been tested the previous week or are going deadweight unless you already have a general slaughter licence which a new herd outbreak will not have!
You can of course move animals on/off the holding on the same day of the test upto when you read them if they have already been tested before.
You cannot move animals off a holding that have been jabbed but not read which is what I think Matthew was referring to.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Exeter only had 27 prime cattle and the average was up 17pk across the board and Sedge averaged the same price increase but had 77 head!
outofthefryingpan
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- Location
- South Devon
N n
- Location
- Devon
I don't wish to argue with someone as knowledgeable on the subject as you, but,
If you are currently clear of TB and due a whole herd test, all animals must be tested. If some are sent direct to slaughter before reading, they will need to be accounted for. The vets and ministry would very much prefer it didn't happen but I don't believe there is any reason you can't.
Being inspected on a hook is far more reliable than a skin test.
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Yes definitely tup them...they are easily big enough...will take some pics when I get them in
- Location
- Buxton, Derbyshire
Erm, no it isn't! Speaking to a local farmer this week who was wrongly shut down for 4mths due to an inaccurate inspection.
Herd had passed its whole herd test, the following week they sent a young bull in. Ministry vet claimed it had TB lesions, farmers response its just recovered from a bad case of pneumonia, slaughterhouse staff agreed it was pneumonia and not TB lesions. Vet insisted, put the herd under restriction and tried to culture the sample. Came up negative for TB, so he decided to try culturing again, still negative! Finally goes "clear" after 4mths. End result is that he ended up sending 30 bulls to slaughter at a loss of close on £50k as he usually sells a good proportion of them as breeding bulls.
- Location
- Hereford
Sounds like in this case professional advice is needed. I just rang my vet to check I could still move the cow and he said " provided she is off the farm before the others are read then that is ok . They did also confirm that if one of the remaining HeRd becomes an IR then the shut down is straightaway but the 60 days needs for another test doesn't start till the next day . They also confirmed you can move animals off to an abattoir or to a closed fattening unit in between tests but they strongly advise against it .
Timbo
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- Location
- Gods County
Nope not gunna happen. 5p maybe no more.
matthew
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- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
That’s a different scenario. The cow you’re talking about already had a clear preM and was in date to move. She would not have been included in the Herd’ as within 60 days of her last test.
See. Section 5 in Testing procedure.
livestock 1
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Had some 37 kilo Texels at Longtown today £64/£55 Suffolk’s at £55 same weights pretty poor trade but wasn’t expecting any more
Monday’s cast cows were £780 /£836
Last Thursdays ewes were £75 Leicester
Swales av £25 on a scale of ten was bad I would say 8/10
Not getting excited yet
Monday’s cast cows were £780 /£836
Last Thursdays ewes were £75 Leicester
Swales av £25 on a scale of ten was bad I would say 8/10
Not getting excited yet
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Make sure they've still got some colour, just for the haters.
Store or fat lambs
Why do you think the Cheviot Mule is getting more popular
Christ, look at all that grass, no wonder you breed big lambs
