They always seem to get up same day to be fair. Seems like trade may have dropped a little today compared to beginning of week.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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FordFarmer
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- Location
- Devon
Have numbers been up or down today? Price usually finds them
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Any prices on young bulls?
Hereford Store Lambs - Wednesday - 4446
An excellent entry of stores with a good show of hoggs on offer. Trade was exceptionally animated throughout with all hoggs keenly sought after. An excellent crowd of purchasers were present from the south west and midlands, together with all the local finishers. More hoggs were required, with several going away with half numbers. Strong stores from £87 to £97.50, with several trading over £90. An excellent show of farming hoggs, which was commented on by several purchasers, these easy to place throughout and generally all £77 to £86, with no end of large bunches trading £80 to £85. A super bunch of 80 Suffolk x Mules to £83.20, another excellent run of 112 Texels from one farm to £90.50, to average £84.65. Plainer types £75 to £80, providing they had plenty of frame. Smart Texels again exceptional, these £80 to £90.
Medium keeping hoggs sharper, these from £68 to £75 throughout, level bunches of continental lambs all £72 to £75, harder bred types from £67 to £70 but finding plenty of customers. Longer keeping types £60 to £67 for the small well bred types, these nearly all mid to late £60’s, harder bred and plainer sorts £60 to £64. A large entry of small Welsh and Scotch x mixed lambs, these finding customers, but from £30 to £55 depending on strength -these have just reduced the overall average.Ram hoggs still got plenty of life -strongest £80 to £90, farming sorts with condition £75 to £80. Welsh and Mules trading from £65 to £75 for the stronger sorts, smaller hard bred Welsh from £42 to £55 with excellent conformation throughout.Over 1200 lambs trading over £80, highlighting the strength of the trade. Hoggs to £94 in the last pen with trade maintained.
An excellent entry of stores with a good show of hoggs on offer. Trade was exceptionally animated throughout with all hoggs keenly sought after. An excellent crowd of purchasers were present from the south west and midlands, together with all the local finishers. More hoggs were required, with several going away with half numbers. Strong stores from £87 to £97.50, with several trading over £90. An excellent show of farming hoggs, which was commented on by several purchasers, these easy to place throughout and generally all £77 to £86, with no end of large bunches trading £80 to £85. A super bunch of 80 Suffolk x Mules to £83.20, another excellent run of 112 Texels from one farm to £90.50, to average £84.65. Plainer types £75 to £80, providing they had plenty of frame. Smart Texels again exceptional, these £80 to £90.
Medium keeping hoggs sharper, these from £68 to £75 throughout, level bunches of continental lambs all £72 to £75, harder bred types from £67 to £70 but finding plenty of customers. Longer keeping types £60 to £67 for the small well bred types, these nearly all mid to late £60’s, harder bred and plainer sorts £60 to £64. A large entry of small Welsh and Scotch x mixed lambs, these finding customers, but from £30 to £55 depending on strength -these have just reduced the overall average.Ram hoggs still got plenty of life -strongest £80 to £90, farming sorts with condition £75 to £80. Welsh and Mules trading from £65 to £75 for the stronger sorts, smaller hard bred Welsh from £42 to £55 with excellent conformation throughout.Over 1200 lambs trading over £80, highlighting the strength of the trade. Hoggs to £94 in the last pen with trade maintained.
Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Local slaughterhouse/kepak. £3 20 base.
Hereford Cull Ewes - Wednesday - 2361 (Apparantly including some Ewes from as far away as Kent)
Another excellent entry of ewes sold to another buoyant and competitive trade. Those strongest ewes would be slightly easier, but not enough to really notice, with ewes still to £145/head for Texel ewes from G P & M Jones, Llanthomas, who had others at £142/head. Another full pen of 26 ewes sold to £137/head. Those smaller plainer ewes were just as dear, if not dearer than last week. Nice meated Cheviot ewes to £80, North Country Mules to £102 and Suffolks to £118.50. Those £65 to £75 Welsh ewes looked a serious trade.
Rams also a sharper trade, especially those better continental types, selling to £116/head. Goats still a fantastic trade, selling to £119/head. A significant majority of plain, lean ewes forward, which would bring the average back on paper, but for what was forward it was considered an excellent trade. Every major firm was represented, resulting in this super trade.
Another excellent entry of ewes sold to another buoyant and competitive trade. Those strongest ewes would be slightly easier, but not enough to really notice, with ewes still to £145/head for Texel ewes from G P & M Jones, Llanthomas, who had others at £142/head. Another full pen of 26 ewes sold to £137/head. Those smaller plainer ewes were just as dear, if not dearer than last week. Nice meated Cheviot ewes to £80, North Country Mules to £102 and Suffolks to £118.50. Those £65 to £75 Welsh ewes looked a serious trade.
Rams also a sharper trade, especially those better continental types, selling to £116/head. Goats still a fantastic trade, selling to £119/head. A significant majority of plain, lean ewes forward, which would bring the average back on paper, but for what was forward it was considered an excellent trade. Every major firm was represented, resulting in this super trade.
lloyd
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
I found Hereford market can be hit or miss depending
on where you are in the run.
Tried to book in some breeding hoggs a year ago and
left a message with the auctioneer.
Never rang me back so prefer to use other more amenable local markets.
on where you are in the run.
Tried to book in some breeding hoggs a year ago and
left a message with the auctioneer.
Never rang me back so prefer to use other more amenable local markets.
casper74
Member
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Thirsk cattle been a good trade today I averaged £2.29 575kg, Quite a few clean over £2.50 Some plainer R grade cattle would look as good as anything today,
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Thanks @Chae1 got offered the same. Fantastic looking stores on Facebook btw.
Sheeponfire
Member
Agreed... Tremendous well bred cattle..
- Location
- north Wales
Nearly the last ones so not the best lambs! 25 odds and sods left now. Small entry of lambs and cull ewes there today
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
Need some advice, decided we need to get wrid of some sheep for several diffrent reasons, one batch we have now lambed are dorset hogs, all have single or double at foot, hogs would be about 16 months old, so a young sheep and heathly lambs, will these sell ok as couples or do people expect to buy old cull ewe with lambs, will they pay the extra for the young ewe.
Cornish farmer
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Sell them as couples, the trade is on fire
Agreed. Had 6th ewes last week with twins at foot born Christmas.
Sold for £205 per outfit.
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
have about 55 ewe and lambs, exeter looks best to sell but haulage will kill it. Holsworthy any good
No expert on Holsworthy.
There’s a buyer in Exeter that pays a premium for couples this time of year.
Might be worth speaking to Russel (Exeter sheep Auctioneer) in advance so he can put the word out to draw in buyers.
Where bouts are you. Holsworthy had double at 220 on Wednesday thought it was very good, very few in tho.
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
near callington. 55mins holsworthy 1.15 exter pulling.
Would you do it in one load? If not try some at both? Don't think you will hurt either way really.
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Young outfits like that aren't making quite as much as old ewes that will be culled once the lambs are sold as most couple buyers aren't intrested in running on/lambing the ewes next year!
Cull ewe trade is what is driving the couple's trade!
If you are going to put them in the market then either Exeter or Sedge, far too early in the season for Holsworthy etc.