Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Northeastfarmer]

We do deal with more then one farmer, it's a big world out there when you travel past the farm gates and actually come off the farming forum and have a look around.

Following government guidelines travelling past the farm gates is the last thing on my mind

 

[Smith31]

Anyway looks like you wont be buying anytime soon.
Average on Eblex yesterday was better in the main marts
so perhaps time for you to adjust your calculator for when your
legal advice allows.
Edit - Or perhaps change your solicitor.

I am happy that hoggs are doing better, hopefully it will continue with Ramadan approaching, don't forget France has a huge muslim population so hopefully this will encourage more export . Again I have no functional crystal ball to look into the future with, if I did I would be looking up next weeks lottery numbers opposed to next weeks hogg prices

When the solicitors for McDonalds and Gregg's etc feel confident that they are safe to re open without the risk of being sued by their employees, I am sure our solicitors will follow that precedent.

 

[Werzle]

Hereford doesnt sell that many fat Hoggs in a usual week ,its a big store market .

18th march 2020 they sold 2800 prime hoggs, 11th march 1500+ , same week last year 1500+. Looking at the store cattle catalogue today there is alot of native cattle , more than i had noticed at first glance and they could just be a sticky trade imo unless buyers are short of cattle

 

[Woolless]

one of the biggest issues in the industry is the cloak of secrecy that goes on beyond the market . i can only think its to control the price , There is no information on whats required on a weekly let alone monthly basis , if we as farmers knew there was a demand we can get the hoppers in and produce whats required in a few weeks time , or take them out and even out supply Better lambs for you and known cost for us , . Main reason farmers were unhappy last week was getting to mart and no trade they just threw us under the bus , we are well aware of the crisis and it would affect us , , Just issue a statement on what sort of numbers are required as a processing industry (through ADHB if necessary) , then we could stay at home if you dont need lamb or beef , Forward Pricing everything on our behalf is either retrospective , a good guess or blind luck, They would be buying NZ 8 or 10 weeks previous so they must know what they are going to put on shelves and pricing well in advance FFS pass some of that down the chain

Spot on!

 

[Farmer 83563]

I think without a mart guide price we would have to agree a price before the lambs left the farmers yard and work to a happy mid point for both parties.

I always tell farmers to sell half alive through the marts and half dead and work out annually which lambs did best. Instead of listening to the rumour mill on here.

Sell live bois! NZ prices look to be improving due to the resurgence of the Chinese market - good demand and prices for anything which can be sold via takeaway and retail shop

 

[Av Gorritt]

Because this is a public forum it maybe worth me giving the reason for what I call difficult honest and frank discussion rather than ‘bitching’ as you like to put it.
Some of us on here are producers of beef and lamb. We are passionate and hard working and do not make a fortune out of what we do considering the amount of time and effort we put in. At the moment we are seeing empty shelves in supermarkets, high prices in supermarkets, massively reduced farmgate prices for all sheep, massively reduced demand for all sheep, declining demand for beef, declining farmgate beef prices, we are hearing that supermarkets are doing everything they can to feed the nation all the while they are importing NZ lamb and importing Polish beef.
When shelves become empty we as producers get blamed for the shortages by the supermarkets.
We demand answers.
Hope this helps.

It does , and I wasn't specifically targeting you . No, Everything you've said in this post applies to us , and no doubt many many others in the same boat . Nor, indeed do I need to excuse myself for the post . I hold to what I posted , but that's just my opinion . Just sayin' that's all !

 

[andybk]

tesco in ireland in a move , to hold beef prices till june:

Tesco beef move welcome but 'should apply in UK and across food lines' - IFA - Agriland.ie

The move by Tesco to pay its processor suppliers the same price for beef for the next three months has been acknowledged by the IFA.

www.agriland.ie

 

[Woolless]

tesco in ireland in a move , to hold beef prices till june:

Tesco beef move welcome but 'should apply in UK and across food lines' - IFA - Agriland.ie

The move by Tesco to pay its processor suppliers the same price for beef for the next three months has been acknowledged by the IFA.

www.agriland.ie

Am I not right to say that beef price would normally rise late spring/early summer?

 

[livestock 1]

It does , and I wasn't specifically targeting you . No, Everything you've said in this post applies to us , and no doubt many many others in the same boat . Nor, indeed do I need to excuse myself for the post . I hold to what I posted , but that's just my opinion . Just sayin' that's all !

Not taken personally. No offence taken!

 

[Werzle]

tesco in ireland in a move , to hold beef prices till june:

Tesco beef move welcome but 'should apply in UK and across food lines' - IFA - Agriland.ie

The move by Tesco to pay its processor suppliers the same price for beef for the next three months has been acknowledged by the IFA.

www.agriland.ie

I did laugh at this news, its abit like me standing on your neck and announcing i won't kick you in the head just yet! Why dont they announce they are going to step off us, pick us up, dust us off and pay us a fair price?

 

[Werzle]

Kington- Hoggs av 221ppk. NSL av 270ppk

 

[Werzle]

Knighton- Hoggs av 229. Cull ewes av £100/hd

 

[Werzle]

Any report on Herefords cattle trade today? @Hfd Cattle

 

[livestock 1]

Longtown hoggs av 220 for 1558
Ewes av £68 for 236

 

[Smith31]

Longtown hoggs av 220 for 1558
Ewes av £68 for 236

Ewes taken a big hit?

 

[livestock 1]

Ewes taken a big hit?

I wasn’t there to be fair I just got the message.
Usually there’s a good mix of top end ewes and horned ewes. A lot of the top end ewes come in from the Irish lads 2 or 3 artic loads, I suspect they weren’t there looking at the numbers so hard to tell but yes they look back a long way even so.

 

[george 600]

tesco in ireland in a move , to hold beef prices till june:

Tesco beef move welcome but 'should apply in UK and across food lines' - IFA - Agriland.ie

The move by Tesco to pay its processor suppliers the same price for beef for the next three months has been acknowledged by the IFA.

www.agriland.ie

Yes hold the price they pay for mince, so meat plant cant ask for more to make up for losses on steak meat sold to resturant trade.Therefore expect meat plants to pass on steak meat losses to there suppliers,

 

[J 1177]

Dare I ask what were bulls and clean like in Darlington today?

 

[z.man]

Dare I ask what were bulls and clean like in Darlington today?

Better I heard, clean quite ok, bulls not to bad hoggs fair price

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Dare I ask what were bulls and clean like in Darlington today?

Everything better