Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Anymulewilldo]

And yet a fortnight since at Drayton calves were climbing like mad again?

 

[Shebb90]

Good cattle are now making £160/200 head less than 2 weeks ago across the board!

Would they not drop a bit this time of year?
Next week will be the telling more for down here, been a good bit weather, markets is not on people's mind at the moment maybe. Looks wetter next week.

 

[gone up the hill]

Would they not drop a bit this time of year?
Next week will be the telling more for down here, been a good bit weather, markets is not on people's mind at the moment maybe. Looks wetter next week.

Not as fast and as hard as this!

Weather was crap last weekend and that is when the price crashed.

None of the big dealers have any orders for cattle and most of the large farmer buyers week in/out are not that bothered if they get cattle or not.

Some today drive 3 hours to get to Sedge, would normally stay to the end and as hungry from the first lot to the last but today just bought a few then went home and that was the same last weekend.

 

[gone up the hill]

I think for the younger cattle ie stirks if you can hold them a few weeks to possible Jan onwards it will be worth you doing so as things stand.

 

[Werzle]

First weaned sucklerbred calf sale on tuesday at sennybridge, be an indicator on autumn trade. 900 in hereford this thursday, whitland was on today too so perhaps the buyers didnt head to sedge

 

[gone up the hill]

First weaned sucklerbred calf sale on tuesday at sennybridge, be an indicator on autumn trade.

Hopefully they have a really good trade as the last thing the industry needs is to lose even more suckler cows!

 

[Shebb90]

Store lambs are very short on numbers!

Sheep trade is only going to go one way come Jan 2022 onwards!

Was dearer or bout the same

 

[Werzle]

And yet a fortnight since at Drayton calves were climbing like mad again?

Talking to a rearer yesterday who buys around the main centres and he reckons his average calf price paid over the last 7 weeks has dropped £75

 

[Werzle]

Hopefully they have a really good trade as the last thing the industry needs is to lose even more suckler cows!

Be mental

 

[gone up the hill]

Was dearer or bout the same

About the same was the general feeling, strong lambs fit to kill anything from £92.50 to £102 is in the main, smaller long keep lambs looking well sold v the above around the £75 mark and anything worth buying and running on generally £84/87 head.

 

[gone up the hill]

Culls ewes i am told were a lower trade which would tally with the text i got today telling me that they do not want any ewes deadweight on Monday!

 

[thorpe]

Talking to a rearer yesterday who buys around the main centres and he reckons his average calf price paid over the last 7 weeks has dropped £75

it needed to no dought!

 

[Werzle]

How long before the sheep jobs overdone? Hell theres some sheep about and everyman and his dog seems to be at it.

 

[Celt83]

Whitland don't look too bad for mostly dairy bred.

 

[Nithsdale]

The new normal currently is stirks at or below their value of 12 months ago!

Store cattle would be very similar to the above as well.

3 markets now this week that several store cattle have gone home unsold.

Very smart suckle bred 8 month old steers today struggled to get to £660 and them and the heifers from the same farm went home unsold.

Store cattle wise very strong circa 600+ kilo suckler bred steers are now only worth around £1070 at best!

Plenty of strong heifers circa 20 months old now only making mid to late £700's at best.

If anyone else posts this, you'd bitch that they were talking the trade down!!

 

[thorpe]

That was a red letter day. I almost feel sorry for the Man that bought that bloody pillock! I hope he didn’t turn him out…

i dont think my neighbor richard r bought him but dont worry if he did, turn him out put him in a ayard whatever hered turn to gold for him!

 

[mghley]

Was dearer or bout the same

Not as fast and as hard as this!

Weather was crap last weekend and that is when the price crashed.

None of the big dealers have any orders for cattle and most of the large farmer buyers week in/out are not that bothered if they get cattle or not.

Some today drive 3 hours to get to Sedge, would normally stay to the end and as hungry from the first lot to the last but today just bought a few then went home and that was the same last weekend.

You say on more than one occasion the price has “crashed” and then speak of large stores being back £100 over a 3 week period. Is this not the case of “back end comes every year”and also some reality coming into the trade as a result of corn and fert prices.
Sounds more like a backend adjustment rather than a crash in cattle trade

 

[gone up the hill]

If anyone else posts this, you'd bitch that they were talking the trade down!!

It is what it is sadly!

At least some of us actual post prices etc instead of just trolling people like you always seem keen to do.......

 

[mghley]

How long before the sheep jobs overdone? Hell theres some sheep about and everyman and his dog seems to be at it.

Don’t start on sheep , I sense a crash will be looming fast !

 

[gone up the hill]

You say on more than one occasion the price has “crashed” and then speak of large stores being back £100 over a 3 week period. Is this not the case of “back end comes every year”and also some reality coming into the trade as a result of corn and fert prices.
Sounds more like a backend adjustment rather than a crash in cattle trade

Not a crash as such i agree but the cattle dropped £160+ in one week not 3 weeks which is one hell of a drop!

May be a backend adjustment but it wont help the rearers of these store cattle who themselves have much increased costs on 12 months ago but selling at prices at or below prices 12 months ago!

I actually think people should hold the young cattle if they can possible do so as the trade will rise back up again, be that pre or post xmas!