Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Anymulewilldo]

All very good markets .

I thought J36 would have drawn more trade than they do. Excellent set up, couldn’t be better for access either! Keep threatening too take a ruck there but not done it yet.

 

[livestock 1]

No, I get to read the same one the auctioneers get.

Be surprised if they even look at it

 

[z.man]

Two markets and a abattoir all within 4 miles ........and I can still get my marketing wrong what chance do some have that have to travel a distance

 

[Hilly]

I thought J36 would have drawn more trade than they do. Excellent set up, couldn’t be better for access either! Keep threatening too take a ruck there but not done it yet.

Greg must have it sown up

 

[gwi1890]

Which brings me back too my original point, give them a good loud bollocking (no swearing, that defeats the object) and go elsewhere for a few weeks. That ought too sharpen the buggers up.

Oh I did I’ll only use them ( Gaerwen) early on in the season, also worked out I was better off per head (£3.40) hauling them to Ruthin that including diesel. But I can’t be bothered doing a 90 mile round trip anymore so I just sell deadweight which is a shame because I’m a big believer in selling live but there’s a limit on how much pee can be taken.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Although I will admit that my technique didn’t make an atom of difference on Mr Williams at Chelford. He was still a stick up arrogant pillock. He had his one big buyer and they arranged the trade before the sale. They made an effort after I first started running sheep into Bentham. So I went back too Chelford for 4/5 weeks then POP, back down again. Took lambs home and into Bentham a fortnight later at 30ppk more. Some folk just don’t want too try.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Oh I did I’ll only use them ( Gaerwen) early on in the season, also worked out I was better off per head (£3.40) hauling them to Ruthin that including diesel. But I can’t be bothered doing a 90 mile round trip anymore so I just sell deadweight which is a shame because I’m a big believer in selling live but there’s a limit on how much pee can be taken.

It is a shame when this is the case. Grandad would be the same if he didn’t have a pop bottle like me too run stock about or sort out haulage. As you say, you can only take so much!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

little horned things you keep buying.

Woah woah woah. This last spring I thought everyone was going too try 250 of these “things”

 

[Anymulewilldo]

these sound a fair crack…
HILLBRED SUCKLER CALVES

C&D Auction Marts Ltd held their Annual Suckler Calf Sale together with Store Cattle on Saturday 23rd October 2021.

A smart entry of cattle were presented forward to a very busy ring of potential purchasers ensuring a very buoyant trade throughout.

The pre-sale show was kindly sponsored by Dodd & Co and ably judged by Mr William Miller, High Aketon, Wigton. After much deliberation the championship was awarded to a British Blue x bullock shown by A A Roskell & Partners, Laverhay, Moffat, which later sold for £1,420.

Reserve champion was received by Wanwood Partners, Wanwood Hill, Alston for their first prize Limousin bullock, which sold for £970.

A fantastic run of 70 Charolais cross calves consigned by M/s D Storey, Greenburn, Canonbie, sold to a blistering trade topping at £1,140 for a pen of bulls, with several pens of bull calves from the same home breaking over the £1,000 mark.

The better end of cattle proved very good to sell, with all vendors going home delighted with their days trading at Longtown.

PRIZE LIST:

Limousin bullock:1st Wanwood Hill - £970, 2nd Wanwood Hill - £1,150, 3rd Wanwood Hill £1,150.

Any other bullock: 1st - Laverhay - £1,420, 2nd - Laverhay - £1,160.

Any other heifer: 1st - Whitehill - £1,380, 2nd - Whitehill - £1,320.

PRINCIPAL PRICES:

BULLOCKS:
British Blue £1,420 Laverhay, £1,230 (x2) The Nook, £1,160 & £1,040 Laverhay, £940 Whitehill.
Limousin £1,210 Laverhay, £1,150 (x2) & £970 & £960 (x2) Wanwood Hill, £950 (x2) Ridsdale, £950 & £940 Wanwood Hill, £940 & £930 Ridsdale, £920 Wanwood Hill.
Charolais £1,180 The Nook.
Simmental £1,000 Gowanburn.
Aberdeen Angus £1,090 & £950 & £940 (x3) Spadeadam, £930 Ridsdale, £900 Whitchester.
Hereford £1,090 Bingfield.

HEIFERS:
British Blue £1,380 & £1,320 Whitehill, £1,260 & £1,070 & £1,000 & £980 Lingey Field.
Charolais £1,105 (x4) & £1,100 The Nook.
Limousin £1,020 & £1,000 (x6) Lingey Field, £975 (x2) Greenburn.

BULLS:
Charolais £1,140 & £1,100 (x3) & £1,090 (x6) & £1,045 (x6) & £1,010 (x2) & £985 (x7) & £950 (x2) Greenburn.
Aberdeen Angus £970 Greenburn.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Woah woah woah. This last spring I thought everyone was going too try 250 of these “things”

TBH I’m surprised I didn’t have a pocket full of orders too fill!

 

[Bob the beef]

Two markets and a abattoir all within 4 miles ........and I can still get my marketing wrong what chance do some have that have to travel a distance

It’s the confusion that gets you when you get to town…..leftrightor straight on

 

[Al R]

Tomorrow's paper is the one you really want.

If I could get tomorrow's paper, with tomorrow's racing results, I wouldn't need to feck about with sheep

I’d end having way more of the b4stards if I had endless ammo to spend on them Just like every other farmer

 

[Henarar]

AHDB (& HCC) purely compile average prices from mart reports. What’s not to like about that? I get an HCC text every night, giving me the sqq average over all markets that day. I’ll take that over any fictitious nonsense from an auctioneer.

I’d take their annual predictions of trade with more of a pinch of salt of course.

what if the mart reports the ahdb use to compile are incorrect

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I’d end having way more of the b4stards if I had endless ammo to spend on them Just like every other farmer

Yeah, but you’d be able too employ a couple of top notch shepherds so the actual stressful but wouldn’t be your problem… just ride around in your Range Rover surveying your stock.

hold the phone…

that’s exactly what @livestock 1 does now… so we really need to find him and steal his crystal ball or magic newspaper. Whichever it is… then we’re laughing at the way!!

 

[Top Tip.]

Two good sales tomorrow too, welshpool and knighton. Darlington must have had a crazy sale last year to only just beat it this year on average, i would expect most commercial suckled calf sales this year to be £100 dearer p/head than last year.

I wish you the best of luck with that one,I’ve sold a fair no of calves in two different markets in the last fortnight,stand on in one and up a tenner in the other is what I’ve managed.

 

[ford4000]

I've learnt from experience that if the market phones up wanting lambs or cattle "new buyer coming" or similar its usually best to stay away as the place will have too many and trade will be down!
They'll rarely commit to predicting a trade either, so I go off what other market reports say and my experience

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I've learnt from experience that if the market phones up wanting lambs or cattle "new buyer coming" or similar its usually best to stay away as the place will have too many and trade will be down!
They'll rarely commit to predicting a trade either, so I go off what other market reports say and my experience

We had this problem at Chelford. Whenever they rang it was a sure fire waste of time going.
I take the view that if they won’t predict a trade I won’t chance lambs with them. They ought too be able too give a value within a £ or 2. Always nice when you exceed expectations by a good lump though! As long as you present a pretty consistent sample that is… got too give the auctioneer a chance!
Last spring Longtown predicted my horned Hogg trade pretty much on the nail. Bar a couple of pens that just went “mental” as John put it. I doubted the prediction every week, and every week I was very happily surprised!
When we’re drawing cull ewes it’s all done too the grades and specs Greg has asked for that week. Again he’s within a couple of quid of phone values too 99% of the time. When he’s out it’s usually me who’s trying too shift something that isn’t growing properly so cutting my losses.
there must be a lot of second class auctioneers up and down! A lot of them seem too be down from here too!

 

[livestock 1]

Yeah, but you’d be able too employ a couple of top notch shepherds so the actual stressful but wouldn’t be your problem… just ride around in your Range Rover surveying your stock.

hold the phone…

that’s exactly what @livestock 1 does now… so we really need to find him and steal his crystal ball or magic newspaper. Whichever it is… then we’re laughing at the way!!

Haha if only!!! Although it’s good to talk!! Off out to sort some sheep with the Hilux!!!
No crystal ball here!!

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Reading through this, there does seem to be a correlation between those auctioneers who remember they are supposed to be working for the seller, and the success of the mart

 

[Werzle]

Reading through this, there does seem to be a correlation between those auctioneers who remember they are supposed to be working for the seller, and the success of the mart

Vendor, Buyer and Auctioneer all need each other ,and all need to make a profit for the whole system to work