Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[gone up the hill]

Oh @Shebb90 ref Sedge.

Week on Week for last sat V last year sedge had about 47% more store cattle penned up this week compared to 12 months ago and prices on average were £95 head more than 12 months ago but I think the in-spec cattle are more than this and the out of spec cattle less than this £ head compared to 12 months ago!

What we did see at Sedge on Sat was a lot of 4/5 month old dairy bred stirks which I reckon many were held back by dairy farmers after lockdown started after the amount of milk they could send was cut back!

 

[Shebb90]

Oh @Shebb90 ref Sedge.

Week on Week for last sat V last year sedge had about 47% more store cattle penned up this week compared to 12 months ago and prices on average were £95 head more than 12 months ago but I think the in-spec cattle are more than this and the out of spec cattle less than this £ head compared to 12 months ago!

What we did see at Sedge on Sat was a lot of 4/5 month old dairy bred stirks which I reckon many were held back by dairy farmers after lockdown started after the amount of milk they could send was cut back!

I think there will be a lot less cattle about come autumn in the store rings. Think people are selling now when price is good, but if finished price holds up and no new lockdown type thing, is possible they will rise more?

 

[Shebb90]

Anyone get to the Exeter ewe sale today?...

There's a video report on there Facebook page.

 

[gone up the hill]

I think there will be a lot less cattle about come autumn in the store rings. Think people are selling now when price is good, but if finished price holds up and no new lockdown type thing, is possible they will rise more?

There will certainly be more stirks about come the autumn months for sure!

Store cattle wise on numbers it is hard to say either way, grass fed cattle are doing like hell this year that is for sure, that is partly due to the young fresh grass and partly because cattle were turned out early at the end of March/ start of April and cattle that are turned out early will always do a lot better than cattle turned out late in May/June etc.

On the lockdown, the Gov may try another lockdown even if its just say pubs but looking at SM/ talking to people they are rapidly having enough of this BS, especially when the hospitals etc are all but empty of virus patients so if the Gov try's another lockdown it may well backfire rapidly on them and be unenforceable! interestingly nightclubs are still banned from opening but some have now decided enough is enough and are going to re-open regardless ...

 

[wellingtonfarmer]

What would she make in the live ring 686kgView attachment 899099View attachment 899101

£1600 give or take

 

[Werzle]

There will certainly be more stirks about come the autumn months for sure!

Store cattle wise on numbers it is hard to say either way, grass fed cattle are doing like hell this year that is for sure, that is partly due to the young fresh grass and partly because cattle were turned out early at the end of March/ start of April and cattle that are turned out early will always do a lot better than cattle turned out late in May/June etc.

On the lockdown, the Gov may try another lockdown even if its just say pubs but looking at SM/ talking to people they are rapidly having enough of this BS, especially when the hospitals etc are all but empty of virus patients so if the Gov try's another lockdown it may well backfire rapidly on them and be unenforceable! interestingly nightclubs are still banned from opening but some have now decided enough is enough and are going to re-open regardless ...

Everybody is supplementary feeding around here, not a strand of grass. Hopefully higher store trade will go towards extra feed now rather than be the bonus we were hoping for

 

[Sid]

Everybody is supplementary feeding around here, not a strand of grass. Hopefully higher store trade will go towards extra feed now rather than be the bonus we were hoping for

Variations as per normal, more grass in the Devon hills than at any other time this year.
Only animals have any supplementary feeding is dry cows as grazing way too lush atm.

Cattle have grown like mad the last 6-8 weeks.

 

[muleman]

Pen of 44 kg mules we sent to dunbia come back at £97.26.
Pleased with that for august....well for any time of year!

 

[Stewartry hill]

Pen of 44 kg mules we sent to dunbia come back at £97.26.
Pleased with that for august....well for any time of year!

Wales or preston?

 

[Jerry]

Variations as per normal, more grass in the Devon hills than at any other time this year.
Only animals have any supplementary feeding is dry cows as grazing way too lush atm.

Cattle have grown like mad the last 6-8 weeks.

I’ll just leave this here, these Devon hills not got much grass on them....,

 

[Sid]

I’ll just leave this here, these Devon hills not got much grass on them....,


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That's not hills that's pimples!

 

[muleman]

Wales or preston?

Preston

 

[rhifsaith]

Dunbia Llanybydder back 10p tomorrow. 4.55

 

[Jerry]

That's not hills that's pimples!

next you’ll be saying I’m not in the ..........

 

[Sid]

next you’ll be saying I’m not in the ..........

Well you can't be on a hill and in a valley make your mind up you.....

Ive decided Im going to be grumpy barsteward, even more grumpy than I thought I was in fact.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I’ll just leave this here, these Devon hills not got much grass on them....,


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Still looks plenty of grass for dry ewes

 

[livestock 1]

Still looks plenty of grass for dry ewes

I haven’t had any more than that since July 2019

 

[Jerry]

Still looks plenty of grass for dry ewes

Im hoping I could get them on a rising plane of nutrition now. Not long til tupping and want them in good nick

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Just back from callys first store sale of the season, mine would be 7£up on the year, so happy with that nice white face lmbs around 70£ plus. Heard that John e wife died yesterday. Also the fat was back abit yesterday for some reason. But happy with mine.

 

[livestock 1]

Just back from callys first store sale of the season, mine would be 7£up on the year, so happy with that nice white face lmbs around 70£ plus. Heard that John e wife died yesterday. Also the fat was back abit yesterday for some reason. But happy with mine.

It was a few weeks ago very sad do