Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[I thats it]

Has festival trade for sheep gone last week or will there be some this week?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Has festival trade for sheep gone last week or will there be some this week?

Starts Wednesday or Thursday so only be Monday or Tuesday

 

[Jerry]

Has festival trade for sheep gone last week or will there be some this week?

Auctioneer in Exeter calling for lambs to meet festival trade.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Auctioneer in Exeter calling for lambs to meet festival trade.

Have you ever heard an auctioneer saying he doesn’t want any stock...

 

[Shebb90]

Auctioneer in Exeter calling for lambs to meet festival trade.

You got some to go tomorrow?

 

[exmoor dave]

Is their a difference between south ruby and north ?

Like chalk and cheese,
Red/ruby/north devons are really common on exmoor, often grazed on higher ground and moorland.
Not massive cows, have mega horns, but are usually disbudded as calves.
Got 10 or so here, they are our go to breed when we need to up numbers as we can outwinter them like the rest of the herd.

Souths are more like continentals.

 

[Jerry]

You got some to go tomorrow?

No. All mine tomorrow are going in boxes tomorrow

 

[Werzle]

I've been a bit slow this week, no excuse but I've been on silage duties.

Whitland Calf Report: Tuesday 21st August 2020

Less calves on the previous week’s bumper entry and possibly an easier trade on recent weeks also. Still some very impressive prices with the best quality ranging from £250 to £500. Top price if the day was a very showy Blue heifer from Hughes, Hafod at £500, who also sold a Blue bull calf at £490. Black and Whites were again hotly contested for averaging £85 and reaching a high of £130.

The Angus sired calf promotion at week 3 saw some quality calves forward with both bull and heifer calves selling over £300. Angus bull calves averaged £241 and the top price rosette and prize money went to Langdon Mill Farms Ltd for their £345 bull calf.

Averages: Bull calves £231 / Heifer calves £181 / Fr bulls £85.

Leading Prices:

Bull calves:
£490 Blue. Hughes, Hafod Farm
£405 Blue. Langdon Mill Ltd
£395 Blue. Thomas, Bronwydd Farm
£365 Blue. Thomas, Bronwydd Farm
£360 Char. Davies, Castelldwyrain
£360 Blue. Langdon Mill Ltd
£350 Blue. Langdon Mill Ltd
£350 Blue. Jackson, Pantygwyddil
£345 Angus. Langdon Mill Ltd
£345 Blue. Langdon Mill Ltd
£345 Lim. Williams, Lords Park
£342 Char. Davies, Castelldwyrain
£340 Char. Humphreys, Crachty Uchaf
£340 Char. Humphreys, Crachty Uchaf
£330 Her. Langdon Mill Ltd
£330 Lim. Morgan, Cilau Fach
£330 Her. Jones, Bryncerdd
9 more over £300; 24 more over £250; 40 more over £200

Heifer calves

£500 Blue. Hughes, Hafod
£430 Lim. Davies, Brynhyfryd
£395 Blue. Thomas, Bronwydd Farm
£330 Angus. CGMT LTD
£315 Blue. Jackson, Pantygwyddil
18 more over £250; 22 more over £200.

I think calf trade although still great eased a touch last week, perhaps everybody was haymaking but a few centres were a touch back

 

[adda]

Starts Wednesday or Thursday so only be Monday or Tuesday

Rpf on tup lamb's all week £4.90

 

[livestock 1]

the grade is not important its what profit you make out of the animal that is the important bit,
no good chasing fancy cattle at any cost any more than it is chasing fancy women till you be bankrupt

I wasn’t aware of having any fancy cattle. It costs more money to feed a bad one than it does to feed a good one.

 

[gone up the hill]

Deadweight for lambs is back 10ppk for tomorrow morning!

 

[livestock 1]

Deadweight for lambs is back 10ppk for tomorrow morning!

It might just be the festival to blame for that hopefully temporary. They bought too many for last one.

 

[kps]

Deadweight for lambs is back 10ppk for tomorrow morning!

Farmers fresh 470 same as last Monday

 

[gone up the hill]

Farmers fresh 470 same as last Monday

One quote of £4.55 and another for £4.75 for the morning!

 

[livestock 1]

One quote of £4.55 and another for £4.75 for the morning!

There was a big drop week after last one too

 

[Shebb90]

One quote of £4.55 and another for £4.75 for the morning!

Did you go sedge yesterday?

 

[Northern territory]

Have you ever heard an auctioneer saying he doesn’t want any stock...

Usually means they will be down.

 

[gone up the hill]

Did you go sedge yesterday?

Yep I managed to get their via the car park aka the M5 eventually

 

[Shebb90]

Yep I managed to get their via the car park aka the M5 eventually

Store cattle still doing OK? And what was store lamb like

 

[muleman]

Has festival trade for sheep gone last week or will there be some this week?

Ewe trade hasnt really been on fire....a lot will have gone, they probably won't be any cheaper after the festival.