to early in the morning for talk of that sort of thing but whatever flicks your switch
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Looking at the Southern reports cattle are definitely cheaper in the North. My steers yesterday beef bred R grades hard sorts frame no flesh 14-18 month averaged £775, £2.10/kg. Had to be selective but that’s always the case isn’t it?
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
There will be brass in them.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I would think so but they don’t want to be any more. Silage is plentiful but fodder beet is in the mid thirties, cereals, well enough said, bread I was told is £168 and rising. At least oats are still cheap but there’s no guarantees with the beef price. Retail prices are rising on the back of increased costs but only a fool would think they will just pass it down the line to us they will be covering their own backs
- Location
- Hereford
Got to be fair to Hfd their reports are generally how it was on that day
Like all markets, if your patient you can pick off things that are worth the money if your not proud! If you want your name in the paper and like looking at nice cattle as you drive up the yard then you’ve gotta dig deep to get’m!! Hereford has a good trade with anything on four legs but my comments above still apply!!
- Location
- Northumberland
Where at?
- Location
- Hereford
Yes been many a time and always come back with a trailer load. Not been for a couple of yrs though . There were a lot that used to go from around here but not quite so many now . They seem to drift over to Whitland moreYep assessment of a market is best done by someone that has been there.
Not sure if @Hfd Cattle has been to sedgemoor market ?
I wouldn't give an assessment of Hereford market, I have been there though, bought some heifers and I am a tight wod so must have been an off day
muleman
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Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
Yeah, and its usually me thats selling it !
Ahh you managed to buy some from sedge, perhaps trade had dropped that week LOL
casper74
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
• Forward today 1904 head of stock comprising of 288 Cattle, 1516 Sheep & 100 Pigs
Prime Cattle – We thought we’d seen it all but this week exceeded all expectations with 59 cattle passing 300p and a further 54 passing 270p. 12 cattle sold for more than 320p. Can it keep going forward?!
Top Price Heifer – 328.5ppk for Limousin X from RE Phillips & Son, Warlaby purchased by Worsley Wholesale Butchers, Briestfield.
Best Grossing Heifer - £2069.10 for BRB X from M & A Eddon, Cropton purchased by Kendalls Farm Butchers, Pateley Bridge.
Top Price Steer – 299.5ppk for BRB X from Cole Hill Farm Ltd purchased by R Pearson & Son, Bradford.
Best Grossing Steer - £2021.36 for Limousin X from M & A Eddon purchased by R Pearson & Son.
Leading prices
Heifers per kilo – RE Phillips & Son 328.5 JB Marwood & Son 327.5 RH, RG & JRH Holmes 327.5 B Bowman 325.5 Rodney Bros 323.5 Cole Hill 322.5 WA Wakefield 322.5 TW & SL Parkinson 321.5 RG Fountain 317.5 JE, FM & JK Wilson 317.5 TJ Dennis & Son 316.5 RH Bradley 314.5 B Elsworth & Sons 312.5 M & A Eddon 312.5 MJ Swann 308.5 PW Burgess 306.5 TG & EV Warriner 305.5 NE Dyson & Son 303.5 JA & AG Swann 300.5 FW Penrose & Son 295.5 N Hall & Son 289.5 P Bowe 288.5 GC Hill & Son 287.5 WM Caine 286.5
Heifers per head – M & A Eddon £2069 WA Wakefield £1992 TJ Dennis & Son £1952 Rodney Bros £1928 B Bowman £1924 RH, RG & JRH Holmes £1908 JE, FM & JK Wilson £1891 RE Phillips & Son £1881 RG Fountain £1835 JB Marwood & Son £1827 TW & SL Parkinson £1826 B Elsworth & Sons £1821 RH Bradley £1798 TG & EV Warriner £1796 Cole Hill £1787 NE Dyson & Son £1684 GC Hill & Son £1673 MJ Swann £1650 PW Burgess £1648 FW Penrose & Son £1628 JA & AG Swann £1625 N Hall & Son £1624 P Bowe £1578 WM Caine £1535
Steers per kilo – Cole Hill 299.5 NE Dyson & Son 295.5 M & A Eddon 283.5 FW Penrose & Son 277.5 J Barker 272.5 TJ Dennis & Son 256.5 AL Phillips 250.5 I Woodhead 231.5
Steers per head – M & A Eddon £2021 Cole Hill £1995 NE Dyson & Son £1796 AL Phillips £1743 FW Penrose & Son £1656 TJ Dennis & Son £1559 I Woodhead £1537
Prime Young Bulls – A more varied show for quality with best animals dearer as was the case with black and whites.
Top Price Bull – 295.5ppk for Blonde X from RH, RG & JRH Holmes, Wragby purchased by R Agar, Ilkley.
Best Grossing Bull – £1977 for Blonde X from RH, RG & JRH Holmes purchased by R Pearson & Son.
Leading prices per kilo – RH, RG & JRH Holmes 295.5 JA Birkbeck 294.5 TW & SL Parkinson 291.5 FA Broadwith & Sons Ltd 283.5 JM Shotton 279.5 JG & EA Armstrong 254.5 M & O Trewhitt & Son 246.5 J Brown 243.5 J Garbutt Farms 237.5 PA Walker 235.5 BB & KM Hope 229.5 D Spence 227.5 RG Fountain 227.5 MR English 222.5
Leading prices per head – RH, RG & JRH Homes £1977 TW & SL Parkinson £1945 JA Birkbeck £1931 JM Shotton £1922 D Spence £1713 FA Broadwith & Sons Ltd £1644 BB & KM Hope £1620 JG & EA Armstrong £1609 MR English £1568 J Garbutt Farms £1484
Black and white Bulls per kilo – B & AE Draper & Sons 219.5 MR English 215.5 F Craggs & Son 208.5 RG Fountain 207.5 AS & SM Kemp & Son 207.5 RH Dixon & Son 205.5 GW & M Singleton & Sons 202.5 TA Snowdon & Son 201.5 TJ Taylor & Son 200.5 x2 RA & DR Chapman 196.5 GE Spence & Sons 193.5 C Chapman 181.5 G & JN Taylor 171.5
Black and white Bulls per head – MR English £1452 B & AE Draper £1376 RH Dixon & Son £1343 TJ Taylor & Son £1311 F Craggs & Son £1294 AS & SM Kemp & Son £1261 GW & M Singleton & Sons £1231 TA Snowdon & Son £1211 RG Fountain £1137 RA & DR Chapman £1124 GE Spence & Sons £1116 C Chapman £1112
Cull cattle -
Smaller numbers and another very good trade.
Top Price Cow – 181.5ppk for Limousin X from Amblers Lodge Farm, Shipton purchased by RM Helliwell, Oldham.
Best Grossing Cow - £1393.63 for Limousin X from GL Swiers, Cundall purchased by E Nield & Partners, Betchton.
Top Price & Grossing OTM – 275.5 £1509.74 for Limousin X from TG & EV Warriner, Pickering purchased by RM Helliwell.
Prime Lambs
Top Price Per KG – 352ppk for Beltex X from D & A Livestock, Haverah Park purchased by Halal Meat Store Ltd, Doncaster.
Top Price Per Head - £166.50 for Texel X from MD & IM Medd, Sleights purchased by Radfords Butchers, Sleights.
Leading prices per kilo – D & A Livestock 352 DF Whiteley 347.4 AR Sutcliffe 338 JM Andrews 337.5 C Metcalfe 321 Rodney Bros 312 JD & AJ Tattersall 312 MD & IM Medd 310 FA Broadwith & Sons Ltd 308
Leading prices per head –MD & IM Medd £166.50 D & A Livestock £158.50 JM Andrews £154 Rodney Bros £153.50 J Thorne £151.50 DF Whiteley £151 W Hall £149.50 C Metcalfe £144.50 JD & AJ Tattersall £144 W Fenwick £142.50
Ewes and Rams
Top Price Ewe - £144 from DF Whiteley, Scawton
Top Price Ram - £120 from SL & I McClanachan, Husthwaite.
Prime Pigs
A few more on offer with trade similar.
Top price - 104ppk £110.93 from MJ Gardiner & Son, Edmondsley purchased by Buffalo Produce, Brompton.
Sows and Boars
Top Price Per kg – 23ppk purchased by A Wilson, Easington.
Top Price Per Head - £66.30 from Worsall Manor Farms, Worsall purchased by Cheale Meats, Brentwood.
Upcoming Sales:
~ Prize Show & Sale of Suckled Calves & Store Cattle – Tuesday 9th November 2021
~ “Shorthorn Special” alongside Breeding & Store Cattle & Sheep – Tuesday 23rd November 2021
~ Prize Show & Sale of Breeding Cattle – Saturday 11th December 2021 – Entries Invited.
~ “Two Day Christmas Show & Sale” – Wednesday 1st & Thursday 2nd December 2021
Usually being sold by someone who isn’t there or not prepared to help them along. I was in market last week and someone (with poor lambs) was moaning they where sold to cheaply, I asked why they didn’t help them along even if they had to take them home.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Your back !Many a time you read the market report and think was the author at the same sale.
Last Thursday. No sign of a drop in demand. But some of the pens of Spring-born calves had to be seen to be believed.
ST BOSWELLS ANNUAL SHOW AND SALE OF SPRING BORN CALVES AND STORE CATTLE.
ST BOSWELLS, NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS, MELROSE, TD6 0PP
Harrison and Hetherington held their Annual Show and Sale of Spring born Calves and Store Cattle.Calves presented in full bloom and looking fabulous as ever.
Taking charge of todays judging was Mr A.Waddell, Herdmanston Mains
Awarding champion went to annual consignment from Messrs Richardson, Upper Samieston with a 220kg Limousin.x Bullock raising £1020 to the judge which topped the pence per kilo at 463.6p per kg.
Topping the days trading was Lylestane Farming at £1250
Great run of 104 Charolais.x from Messrs Morton, Kaeside going onto average 309.43p per kilo.
Top pens went to Messrs Cairns and Logan for the second year in a row for both the Bullocks and Heifers.
SHOW RESULTS
Class 1 Best Bullock Calf
1st Upper Samieston 220kgs £1020 (CHAMPION)
2nd Upper Samieston 310kgs £1000 (RESERVE)
3RD Upper Samieston 330kgs £ 940
Class 2 Best Heifer Calf
1st South Riccalton 380kgs £ 960
2nd Kaeside 285kgs £ 950
Class3 Best Pen of 4 or more Bullock Calves
1st South Riccalton 380kgs £1020
Class 4 Best Pen of 4 or more Heifer Calves
1st South Riccalton 380kgs £ 960
Bullocks per head
Up to 6 months: £1020 South Riccalton, Upper Samieston, £1010 Lee, £1000 Kaeside, Upper Samieston
7 to 10 months: £1065 Gledswood, £1020 South Riccalton, £1000 Gledswood, £980, £970 South Riccalton,
11-14 months: £1200, £1185 Earlside, £1135 Earlside, £1130, £1110 Kingside
15-18 months: £1250, £1160, £1150, £1140, £1130 Lylestane
19-26 months: £1150 Lylestane
Bullocks per kilo
Up to 6 months: 463.6p Upper Samieston, 346.4p, 339p Kaeside, 322.6p Upper Samieston, 316p Helmburn, 313.7p Kaeside, 312.5p, 311.5p South Riccalton, 310.3p, 305.1p Kaeside
7 to 10 months: 312.5p, 311.5p South Riccalton, 305.1p Kaeside, 300p Upper Samieston, 296.3p Kaeside, 295.1p Upper Samieston
11-14 months: 250.6p Todshawhaugh, 246.9p, 244.9p Earlside, 240.6p Todshawhaugh
15-18 months: 258.3p Gledswood, 230.3p, 228.3p Lylestane
19-26 months: 225.5p Lylestane
Up to 6 months averaged 284.84p (+20p)
7 to 10 months averaged 257.62 (+10p)
11 to 14 months averaged 235.97 (+9p)
15 to 18 months averaged 226.44p (+10p)
19 to 26 months averaged 225.5p (+16p)
Overall average 263p (+13p)
Heifers per head
Up to 6 months: £950 Kaeside, £940 Lee, £910 South Riccalton, £910 Wester Dawyck
7 to 10 months: £960 South Riccalton, £955 Gledswood, £910 South Riccalton, £885 Kirklands, South Riccalton,
11-14 months: £1010, £995 Earlside, £905 Greenhead, S
15-18 months: £980, £905 Greenhead, S, £900 Gledswood
19-26 months: £1140 Gledswood
Heifers per kilo
Up to 6 months: 333.3p Kaeside, 324.1p Lee, 324p, 314.8p Kaeside, 303.5p South Riccalton, 303.4p Kaeside
7 to 10 months: 303.5p South Riccalton, 303.4p Kaeside, 293.5p South Riccalton, 269.8p, 269.2p Wester Dawyck
11 to 14 months: 238.2p Greenhead, S, 236.8p, 234.1p, 232.2p Earlside, 231p Skelfhill
15 to 16 months: 235.1p Greenhead, S, 228.9p Greenriggs, 2327.9p Greenhead, S
Up to 6 months averaged 294.92 (+22p)
7 to 10 months averaged 250p (n/c)
11 to 14 months averaged 234.12p (+18p)
15 to 18 months averaged 220.86p (+8p)
Overall average 260p (+10p)
cattleman123
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- Location
- devon
Talking to someone this morning..who had not been to Market for 5 weeks,his view is that cattle are well over 100quid a head less than they were then...all except the very forward cattle...which really follow the beef trade,and one guy i know who grazes conservation land...cant feed on it etc etc...well he was nearly in tears...lost a stack on 50 plus cattle
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Job to see how cattle would lose money the way beef price has been, more likely he bought the wrong cattle for the job and/or just paid way over the odds on the day tbh. Smaller average stores always get less money after the spring trade and during harvest and then dont really fire up again until planting/maize and spuds are finished and folks start filling sheds again imo
Yes but ignore the positive spin and study the facts which are the market averagesMany a time you read the market report and think was the author at the same sale.
There is a market round your neck of the woods thats "average" is a work of pure fiction