Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Hampton]

You have to give Scotbeef credit though. Angus is the only “brand” of beef in the supermarkets and is the only breed with a price premium and point of difference (Devon cattle do have this to a lesser extent in southwest in Waitrose).
Ahdb should have done the same thing in England with Herefords and Lincoln reds etc.

 

[Skintagain]

Canadian angus

 

[jendan]

I thought he ran a char bull over his blue cows?

Fairly sure he had a run of pics up of angus x calves off his blue cows and they looked superb.

 

[jendan]

Thing is we had Angus bulls 35/40 years ago and they were shite then. Most people that have bought them can’t remember how bad they were then.
Einsteins theory of idiocy is doing the same thing and expecting different results

We sometimes used Milk Board Angus on our dairy heifers for easy calving then.They were even more shite.Some werent even easy calving either. I maybe thought Angus out of a Blue suckler cow,the calves might be a bit better,but as you say,i might just be proving Einsteins theory out a bit more.

 

[muleman]

42.4kg lambs at £92 this morning.

A good trade no doubt.....but all the people that say deadweight needs to catch up with live trade are simply wrong.....at 4.65 (even though your type lambs would prob be 70 or 75) they would come to £93 and a pound less takeoffs.

 

[tinsheet]

Angus, most popular breed worldwide after Brahman. They must do something right.
My margins are certainly higher with them and herefords, than when we used continentals.
Don't get me wrong continentals have their place but inputs are to high for me

 

[Woolless]

Angus, most popular breed worldwide after Brahman. They must do something right.
My margins are certainly higher with them and herefords, than when we used continentals.
Don't get me wrong continentals have their place but inputs are to high for me

Balanced, reasonable posting. I think @JP1 should have a quiet word with you, the forum needs controversy and bluster!

 

[tinsheet]

Balanced, reasonable posting. I think @JP1 should have a quiet word with you, the forum needs controversy and bluster!

Apologies gone off topic also.
£4.38 for crappy Angus last week at ABP (organic)
Perhaps I should start feeding concentrate.
Well peed off

 

[had e nuff]

Cull cows were a tremendous trade at darlo today. Plenty of good cows making 160ppk plus.

 

[had e nuff]

Angus, most popular breed worldwide after Brahman. They must do something right.
My margins are certainly higher with them and herefords, than when we used continentals.
Don't get me wrong continentals have their place but inputs are to high for me

Visited a few large ranches in the US and Canada, nearly all Angus, hereford or baldies. We need to tell them they are doing it all wrong

 

[Optimus]

Where do the poor AA bulls fall down?

Not enough length on them and poor conformation.I know they are probably true to type but there no good for the fat job in my opinion. I tend to find bulls from blelack are very good for what I want in fat cattle.

 

[tinsheet]

Visited a few large ranches in the US and Canada, nearly all Angus, hereford or baldies. We need to tell them they are doing it all wrong

Don't forget Argentina Aus, NZ.
we're just small fry in the beef world!
breeding baldies here, certainly got some get up and go!

 

[muleman]

Visited a few large ranches in the US and Canada, nearly all Angus, hereford or baldies. We need to tell them they are doing it all wrong

Get them on here...they will soon be told they are doing it wrong!

 

[Sid]

I used Angus as easy calving on Maiden heifers.
Easy calving means smaller type

I saw them as an arable farmer sees his straw , as a by product to my main business.

 

[Henarar]

Fairly sure he had a run of pics up of angus x calves off his blue cows and they looked superb.

Blue bull on a angus cow is usually a good calf

 

[glensman]

Balanced, reasonable posting. I think @JP1 should have a quiet word with you, the forum needs controversy and bluster!

We have a man for that.

 

[harperfarmer]

I thought he ran a char bull over his blue cows?

I used to run a char bull over the blue cows but when he went I replaced him with a lim as weights limits reduced.

Fairly sure he had a run of pics up of angus x calves off his blue cows and they looked superb.

Very kind of you to say unfortunately they're not Angus's. All lim x out of the blue so whilst they may have looked good for Angus's that means they are only poor/average looking for a lim ?. The angus premium has tempted me but I hate the breed with a passion so have held off for now.

 

[livestock 1]

Angus, most popular breed worldwide after Brahman. They must do something right.
My margins are certainly higher with them and herefords, than when we used continentals.
Don't get me wrong continentals have their place but inputs are to high for me

They say Nissan Micras are popular too

 

[tinsheet]

Blue bull on a angus cow is usually a good calf

Yeah should have tried that, except we used a blonde, did well at the calf sales, hungry cattle mind.

 

[tinsheet]

They say Nissan Micras are popular too

My first car cracking little thing, cost fudge all to run!