Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[JSmith]

That depends on what weight you sell your lambs at I guess ..I’d be aiming for 0.4kg a day (on corn) so in 5 weeks a 25kg lamb would be 39kg which I personally think is where the best value is and on today’s average of £2.30 would give £90 return...

£2.30 would be nice in five weeks time!! How about if it’s £1.80? Hope not but now the numbers are coming forward trade usually drops an buyers don’t need to much encouragement to screw the price down! Store lambs aren’t all glory, even in five week turn around, worm, mineral, food, dead lambs, an if they start itching!!! How much profit ?

 

[livestock 1]

That depends on what weight you sell your lambs at I guess ..I’d be aiming for 0.4kg a day (on corn) so in 5 weeks a 25kg lamb would be 39kg which I personally think is where the best value is and on today’s average of £2.30 would give £90 return...

How many average 0.4 kilos a day?
All of these big feeding boys must be doing it all wrong

 

[andybk]

How many average 0.4 kilos a day?
All of these big feeding boys must be doing it all wrong

would like to know what feed . straight grain wont give that growth

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I can never make short keep stores pay. Doesn't matter how I scheme it out they never leave more that a couple of quid after costs. I'll stick to buying them long term jobs and giving my own away during the glut!

Although if I find enough keep they can stop till price suits!

 

[livestock 1]

would like to know what feed . straight grain wont give that growth

Exactly

 

[Mc115reed]

How many average 0.4 kilos a day?
All of these big feeding boys must be doing it all wrong

Wouldn’t know I’m not a store lamb buyer Iv never been very good at gambling but that’s what my own bred lambs are averaging growth wise...

 

[livestock 1]

Wouldn’t know I’m not a store lamb buyer Iv never been very good at gambling but that’s what my own bred lambs are averaging growth wise...

Now you haven’t been reading some rubbish off a feed rep now have you??
I will let you in to a little secret!
It’s not actually true

 

[Mc115reed]

£2.30 would be nice in five weeks time!! How about if it’s £1.80? Hope not but now the numbers are coming forward trade usually drops an buyers don’t need to much encouragement to screw the price down! Store lambs aren’t all glory, even in five week turn around, worm, mineral, food, dead lambs, an if they start itching!!! How much profit ?

I never said store lambs were glory, if I thought it was it’s a game I’d be involved in lol Iv never been any use at heads or tails so a much more complexed form of gambling id be terrible at! .. personally don’t see trade dropping below £2 in a hurry or at all this year I think a lot of under finished lambs have already been killed early due too lack off grass hence why price is still good now but never really boomed like it normally does for the early lambers.. but I’m ever the optimist...

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I never said store lambs were glory, if I thought it was it’s a game I’d be involved in lol Iv never been any use at heads or tails so a much more complexed form of gambling id be terrible at! .. personally don’t see trade dropping below £2 in a hurry or at all this year I think a lot of under finished lambs have already been killed early due too lack off grass hence why price is still good now but never really boomed like it normally does for the early lambers.. but I’m ever the optimist...

I'm afraid I'm a cynic. seen it too many times before. Lambs a hell of a trade, one little change and BANG 150ppk. There are a lot of lambs ticking along on grass that will be fit too kill at weaning. I'm expecting the usual glut. I'm pretty sure most people had better crops of lambs than average (I know I have) Mine stalled a bit in the drought but are romping on now. Will be a good draw ready when clik retention runs out early august. I hope you are right! £2 straight off the ewe sounds good!! But I'll take 180 before bringing them home!

 

[JSmith]

Store lambs -big out lay-big cost- massive risk!! No guarantee where trade is concerned, nerves of steel needed!! Did think of one certainty... your mental health will definitely be effected!! Can I claim for that?? Maybe that’s where the profit is?

 

[Woolless]

I'm afraid I'm a cynic. seen it too many times before. Lambs a hell of a trade, one little change and BANG 150ppk. There are a lot of lambs ticking along on grass that will be fit too kill at weaning. I'm expecting the usual glut. I'm pretty sure most people had better crops of lambs than average (I know I have) Mine stalled a bit in the drought but are romping on now. Will be a good draw ready when clik retention runs out early august. I hope you are right! £2 straight off the ewe sounds good!! But I'll take 180 before bringing them home!

We moved here five years ago, never sold deadweight lambs at a price starting with a four yet. But everything else goes up in price?!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Store lambs -big out lay-big cost- massive risk!! No guarantee where trade is concerned, nerves of steel needed!! Did think of one certainty... your mental health will definitely be effected!! Can I claim for that?? Maybe that’s where the profit is?

When the price went bang in March and I was looking at just over 1000 hoggs still happily eating their way through hoppers full of corn my nerves did start to shake somewhat... BUT got to be in it too win it!

 

[@dlm]

There will be plenty of buyers I expect. I might be buying.

last weeks trade was decent I thought. I bought a couple pens of 25kg lambs and happy enough with money.

what sort of lambs is the guy bringing down?

Never actually found out if neighbours lambs went fat or stores, presumed stores as off ewe lambs, but description fitted the exeter sale what people posted on here. They were amongst lambs today, fat or stores who knows??!!

 

[DB67]

A 25kg lamb in July Will not put on 0.4kg a day. It’s 25kg at 10-12 weeks old, therefore it’s genetically a smaller lamb.

 

[hubbahubba]

Never actually found out if neighbours lambs went fat or stores, presumed stores as off ewe lambs, but description fitted the exeter sale what people posted on here. They were amongst lambs today, fat or stores who knows??!!

You sound like my neighbours, there always out with the binoculars. They even tell me they were watching me through them at times. ?

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Couple of years ago my grandad rang next door at breakfast.
"Hey up, just wondering what we are going to do today?"
Reply "how should we know?"
"Well you always seem to know everything we're doing before we do!"
???

 

[Old Tip]

I have a neighbour who if you said you’d sh!t yourself that morning he would have done it twice before breakfast

 

[Jameshenry]

I have a neighbour who if you said you’d sh!t yourself that morning he would have done it twice before breakfast

Reminds me of an old mechanic/ fitter i know, he always smoking a pipe and laid back and dry as you can get, i was talking to him once about a guy that was bit of a know all ...he said "yeah i know the type if you've pee'd on the hard shoulder he's been out and sh!t in the fast lane"

 

[DRC]

A strongly worded text from Shrewsbury market. Sounds like folks aren’t complying with rules .

 

[Northeastfarmer]

A strongly worded text from Shrewsbury market. Sounds like folks aren’t complying with rules .View attachment 893257

One rule for farmers and one rule for the general public