Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[neilo]

What breed of fat lambs do they sell at Oswestry? They always seem to be way below the market average elsewhere.

I've never been but I'd imagine they'd get a few Welsh lambs in there, as well as plenty of Lowland continental crosses.

They'd be weighing on arrival (like all markets down here), so p/kg will always be below Northern marts. Maybe their scales are more accurate than a few of the other local marts? I'd take any mart reports with a pinch of salt, unless you're actually there....

 

[Northeastfarmer]

But they are way behind in price nearly every week.

@sherg May know the situation

 

[sherg]

@sherg May know the situation

This time of year there will be a lot of harder bred stuff compared to welshpool
Early in the season they get some good lambs in there

 

[Woolless]

Anyone see rearing calves sold at Carlisle today? I had intended to go and maybe buy a few but recovery from injury and work backing up dictated otherwise. Report says they were back a bit.

 

[ford4000]

But they are way behind in price nearly every week.

There would be a lot of Welsh mountain in Oswestry, there would be less finish on a lot of the lambs there as well compared to other markets

 

[Only]

There would be a lot of Welsh mountain in Oswestry, there would be less finish on a lot of the lambs there as well compared to other markets

Spot on some at this time of year are stores and welsh pure lambs

 

[msheep66]

Cull ewes are always cheaper at Oswestry as well, must be more smaller hill bred ewes that get sold there.

 

[Bob]

But they are way behind in price nearly every week.

Probably because their scales are accurate!!!

 

[LAMBCHOPS]

6200 stores in Hereford 25 plus buyers trade up again a few pounds. I would say they are£10 to £12 a head dearer than a month ago. Fat better too. Deadweight will have to lift to £4 now

 

[sherg]

Probably because their scales are accurate!!!

Used to sell in oswestry a few years ago as well as welshpool , we always felt the lambs weighed better in welshpool, I've spoken to others who say you can't beat oswestry for lambs weighing

 

[hendrebc]

What breed of fat lambs do they sell at Oswestry? They always seem to be way below the market average elsewhere.

I always used to wonder that and was passing one Wednesday so went in for breakfast and a look at the lambs. What I saw there was a good show of lambs but what I would have said we're a touch under finished. I'm told this is always the case.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

How did they not see this coming after halving the national kill for weeks with protests just before the seasonal peak

 

[Northeastfarmer]

larry will be bent over double laughing

 

[Hampton]

Everyone in this area is getting out of sucklers not into them

Agree. Bought some second class Angus x dairy bulls the other day, could have had my pick and several yards if I’d wanted. 6 month old 270kg around £320 average.
should make £1000 fat all day long. Makes me wonder why I bother with my 7/8 red lims (because I am a proud of them and whilst they wash their face financially, they keep my hunger for farming going).

 

[aangus]

How did they not see this coming after halving the national kill for weeks with protests just before the seasonal peak

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Time to turn that screw just a little more!!

 

[Whitepeak]

What is barren cow trade like atm? Our local market has put a post on Facebook that cows are wanted this Monday, and I've never seen them post anything like that before.
We've got several cows to go, so I wouldn't be surprised if trade drops now ?

Well in answer to my own question, we took 2 cows in on Monday. Both made 128p/kg, which we didn't think was too bad. Both pure Blondes, 6 & 7yrs old. Bit disappointed with how the old cow weighed though.

 

[Raider112]

Anyone see rearing calves sold at Carlisle today? I had intended to go and maybe buy a few but recovery from injury and work backing up dictated otherwise. Report says they were back a bit.

It wasn't as good a show of calves as 3 weeks earlier, the very top would maybe be a similar trade and while the bottom end 3 weeks ago struggled, this week they sold better in spite of there being a lot more of them in. These types were sought after by one man in particular and if he wasn't there they might have struggled to sell.

 

[ford4000]

Lambs were a bit better today, A mixture of different types (there is 5 breeds of rams here!)

 

[Woolless]

It wasn't as good a show of calves as 3 weeks earlier, the very top would maybe be a similar trade and while the bottom end 3 weeks ago struggled, this week they sold better in spite of there being a lot more of them in. These types were sought after by one man in particular and if he wasn't there they might have struggled to sell.

Were there many native X calves in?

 

[aangus]

Were there many native X calves in?

No, just a little few AAX