Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Northeastfarmer]

More or less. There was one pen of proper Beltex i saw, that did get to half decent money,maybe 200p.The trouble is they do not have enough buyers if they get close to 2000 lambs in.Only 2 main ones,AA and JC.

I like AA he really knows his job

 

[Woolless]

Does JC buy these? Can you equate from the look and feel of live lambs what their carcase looks like?

Yes to both. I had a feel of a few live lambs and thought they were on the raw side. JC can't put his hand on every lamb in a lot, though and there's no grader a St. Boswells. I assume Hexham is the same?

 

[jendan]

I like AA he really knows his job

Hmmm. He would still try and take them of you for nowt if he could get away with it.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Hmmm. He would still try and take them of you for nowt if he could get away with it.

Which one of them wouldn’t...

 

[Stewart Setter]

How many of these people are there who need to get off their butts? We are at statistically full employment and that's with 3 million (?) EU citizens.

Figures are a little out of date for my liking but June 2019 rate of unemployment was 3.8%, which to be fair is very low.
How much of that 3.8 ( 2.5m ) are farm fit I have no idea, that would need to be a bigger project.

 

[Woolless]

Figures are a little out of date for my liking but June 2019 rate of unemployment was 3.8%, which to be fair is very low.
How much of that 3.8 ( 2.5m ) are farm fit I have no idea, that would need to be a bigger project.

It's the lowest rate of unemployment since the mid 70s IIRC, although there are more part-time posts, zero hours etc. I would imagine most of what's left wouldn't be tremendously productive..

 

[jendan]

Yes to both. I had a feel of a few live lambs and thought they were on the raw side. JC can't put his hand on every lamb in a lot, though and there's no grader a St. Boswells. I assume Hexham is the same?

From what i have seen at Hexham,he doesnt feel very many at all.And if he does,he only feels the tail dock.There is no grader at Hexham. You would be a good chap to give a demonstration on live to dead.

 

[jendan]

Which one of them wouldn’t...

Too true.

 

[Woolless]

From what i have seen at Hexham,he doesnt feel very many at all.And if he does,he only feels the tail dock.There is no grader at Hexham. You would be a good chap to give a demonstration on live to dead.

To clarify, these lambs weren't dog lean but I would have given them another couple of weeks.

I'm reasonable at drawing lambs but you want to get yourself on a proper AHDB day course. They're well worthwhile.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

To clarify, these lambs weren't dog lean but I would have given them another couple of weeks.

I'm reasonable at drawing lambs but you want to get yourself on a proper AHDB day course. They're well worthwhile.

When I went on a live to dead the deadweight firms only wanted hatracks ....I wouldn’t of dared sending anything as lean

 

[Woolless]

When I went on a live to dead the deadweight firms only wanted hatracks ....I wouldn’t of dared sending anything as lean

I aim for 3L/3H when sending deadweight. I don't tend to draw them as 2s unless there's good reason. At 3H, to me I have maximised the weight on that lamb and that will more than compensate for the 5p/kg penalty. And be better eating to boot!

 

[hally]

Seen a few market lambs on the line at work today and a good few of them were pretty lean.

Ours were doing feck all lately until we started feeding them, despite being on plenty grass but it’s rained daily here for weeks. This place is seriously wet at the moment.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I aim for 3L/3H when sending deadweight. I don't tend to draw them as 2s unless there's good reason. At 3H, to me I have maximised the weight on that lamb and that will more than compensate for the 5p/kg penalty. And be better eating to boot!

I just wait till they are 60kilos ?

 

[hally]

Don’t think most of my ewes would be much more than 60kg?

 

[DB67]

Lambs up 10p in most Scottish Mart’s this week

 

[Plain steer]

More or less. There was one pen of proper Beltex i saw, that did get to half decent money,maybe 200p.The trouble is they do not have enough buyers if they get close to 2000 lambs in.Only 2 main ones,AA and JC.

Aa?andrew Argo?or Andrew Atkinson?

 

[Werzle]

It's not just slaughter houses ..some of the soft fruit farms have struggled to retain workers. They are going back home.

I dont think they are going home tbh, i think they have moved up the ladder and got better jobs. After brexit i can see africans being the next poor sods flown over to do the jobs nobody else wants. I havent seen a poor fruit farmer so perhaps they should pay more.

 

[Woolless]

Ours were doing feck all lately until we started feeding them, despite being on plenty grass but it’s rained daily here for weeks. This place is seriously wet at the moment.

My tup lambs were heavy before they had a decent cover but the Hamp x lambs have been coming to hand nicely. August was wet but September wasn't too bad on this side.

 

[Stewart Setter]

Had a quick look in Hexham today.Thought it would be better after green showing across markets yesterday and end of last week.These are a few prices i saw; SUFF x,44s @ £68.50. 46s @69.50,£71.50. 47s @£72 .TEX x,47s @£73.50,40s @£64, 38s @£62. These were all good quality proper fat lambs. As good as any i saw were a big pen of Blackies 38s @£60.

Ouch

 

[Old Tip]

More over fat lambs in today than under finished, some had serious cover in them, still sold ok mind. Best price of the day was £59 for 34kg Shetland x beltex lambs. Bet they won’t get killed mind
My 47.5kg Mules made £72 better than last week but still sh!t when they’ve been on feed for a month. Be interesting to see how the ones I sent dead weight compare when I get the grades tomorrow