- Location
- Northumberland
How many £100 fines came through your post afterwards?
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
livestock 1
Member
Mainly
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
None. It would have been before the A9 average cameras, but I recall it took 3:50 to Perth Tesco petrol station and one and half from there up.
Worth pointing out that plane was cancelled from snow, and wasn’t fun until over Shap - but my mate drove that part and he’s fearless.
There’s your problem. That’s the reason a lot of feeders won’t touch them.
You were not hanging about !!
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
I know the A9 & M6 very well.
I know the A9 very well thus the reason for my comment
- Location
- Cheshire
Yes, but I’m English. If I got caught speeding on the A9 by all those cameras I’d be locked up for months!!
John Uffold at Ludlow used to average 3 beasts a minute in the fat ring when he was in his prime at the old market and 600 hundred in front of him to sell I think
- Location
- Northumberland
I have found Scots police take great delight in doing English drivers.............
- Location
- Cheshire
Hence my caution!
do 80 up the M6 but the moment I get to the metal bridge drop her back too 70!
- Location
- Cheshire
Yes but farmed correctly they pay as good as anything and you get a lot more blackies for your money than Cheviots
True ,but in my experience and other folks experience you have to accept the losses and the poor thrivers. They are cheap to buy for a reason. I don’t know why they are like that they didn’t use to be .
- Location
- Cheshire
Too much bloody swale in them? Don’t know really.
I really like the blackie for finishing. But I can soon tell as they grow if someone has been using swale tups. Razor backed blackie lambs! Give me the old fashioned blocky blackie any day. As you say you have too accept the mortality and poor doers with them. A lot of folk I feel wouldn’t be laid back enough with them to manage it though. I treat them for EVERYTHING when they arrive, put them on mediocre pasture and just sit back and clean up the inevitable deaths. After 6 weeks and another fluke dose they are usually ready for the winter.
You also need too be able too give them plenty of time. You need to wait until now at the earliest really to start drawing fats. (Unless you buy the BIG ones too start with). But I’ve found I’m better buying medium Cheviots than big blackies. Same money and the Cheviots always sell better
- Location
- North of Perth
You wouldn't do that now anyway.once did Perth to Edinburgh airport in about 25 mins.my mate doesn't do slow.
Plain steer
Member
You’ll not be able to buy them next year now because you ve told everyone your secret and everyone and there auntie will be there next year
- Location
- Cheshire
Like I say, they aren’t for everyone. Almost certain most folk won’t want the hassle of blackie lambs!
It’s no secret the cheap lambs come out of the north. But there is always a catch! You can’t just buy and turn out from up there. That puts a lot of people off!
- Location
- Cheshire
Plus they will have too compete with Big John E. If John’s on form you don’t get anything cheap anywhere!
If people want too try them I won’t be offended, I will just make certain that they get nothing cheap. Got too love the auction system!
Norfolk Hill Farmer
Member
You must drive faster than me! I’m about 30 miles from Thelwall and Dingwall is a 8 hour drag! That’s not including a break on the M74 somewhere. Usually Annandale.
I do Stirling in the day, anywhere further up I’ve got a B&B I use. Good way too kill myself I’d have thought doing Dingwall and home in a day!
Is the haulage home expensive ? Do you have to fill a lorry ? or do you have your own lorry?