Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Woolless]

That’s very true. To many older people in sheep farming that want to by couples, store lambs or run dry sheep. I think the next couple of years could be good for people that want to lamb sheep.

I do hope you're right! The problem with the store lamb job to me is that the majority are sold over a reasonably compact period in the autumn, so the buyers can pull faces and be picky in the expectation that something else will come along. They don't want to lamb ewes, though!

 

[pine_guy]

There is always a reason for couples in mart , not that many just draft out on age any more , so often they are the problem/ unlucky , ones bought autumn tupped lambed and returned . often carrying resistant worms , codd , maybe scab and lice etc .

And the rest. Unexplained mortality rate was lifting. Some of the last ones I bought. Small Welsh mules with lambs, looked like they just wanted food. Think I killed two ewes out of 24 life’s bought ?‍

 

[Estate fencing.]

Must of been someone else who thought they were worth nearly what he paid.

I did hear one very worrying story of someone local with confirmed mv who the vet told to sell the ewes with lambs at foot. Two years later the vets husband sold all his poor ewes (that looked like they wanted some food) at market with lambs at foot, so read into that what you will!!

 

[gone up the hill]

Only 1600 store lambs ...where are they all too? are they really that short and that included 150 from a dealer as well

Sorry it was actually 1770 store lambs and about 1065 cull ewes!

I wonder if sheep numbers were partly down due to the very wet weather on Friday.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Last spring we were very heavily over stocked with sheep and sucklers. No grass so as we lambed I pulled out 50 full mouth mule ewes with texel twins a piece, put them in small lots in the few crofts we have dotted about and trickled nuts to them until the lambs were 3 week old. Took them 12 families at a time (12 fit nice on bottom of wagon plenty of space so no hurt legs/ getting sh!t up) to market and cashed them avg £54/life. They would only be worth that at weaning! So this year I've bought an extra 50 tupping ewe lambs and ill out the older ewes again that way. Like someone said before, it's a nice draw just after I've finished with Hoggs, it's a long time till first draw mid July!

 

[andybk]

Trade for lambs good at sedge this morning most 90s low 00s , yellow heavies best trade (pph), we had 105 for mixed zwart x char late born cade lambs / small trips, neighbour some at 108

 

[hendrebc]

Copied and pasted from the text I get about welshpool every Monday. 4ppk more than last week for the average and sqq and an extra 400 lambs in
Welshpool 20/01/20 SL 170p LT 204.5p STAN 215.5p MED 217.4p HVY 204.5p o/w 192.9p SQQ 215.7p o/a 210.1p 3354 Hogs

 

[livestock 1]

Did anyone see the store cattle sold at Darlington today?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Did anyone see the store cattle sold at Darlington today?

Yes

 

[Beef farmer]

Did anyone see the store cattle sold at Darlington today?

No sorry

 

[livestock 1]

Yes

Some didn’t look as dear as I expected

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Some didn’t look as dear as I expected

I got two cows and calves and some bullocks

 

[livestock 1]

What did you make of the trade?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

What did you make of the trade?

They were dear at The start but eased back later on a bit

 

[livestock 1]

They were dear at The start but eased back later on a bit

What were the cows and calves like for value?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

What were the cows and calves like for value?

I was happy

 

[Shebb90]

I was happy

What breed did you buy

 

[Northeastfarmer]

What breed did you buy

One Angus x Friesan and one lim x friesan (proper friesans) with lodge hamlet calves

 

[cattleman123]

What breed did you buy

I expect he bought a couple of Dexters ..he likes them small so they wont be over the weight limit

 

[livestock 1]

Must have been a bargain because it’s like drawing teeth