Sounds like the phone call that went out for Kirkby suckled calves the other weekAccording to AHDB the SQQ at Carlisle was 301p. I've just had an email from Kirkby Stephen saying lambs are going to be in extreme demand tomorrow
they are out there , a lot of catch crops gone in that need eating off (and dairy keep) that grew well this autumn , turned my ram lambs into 6-7" of red clover today it was nearly cuttable ,and will prob get another quick rotation on what they have already been on if frost stays away , turnip / rape/ wheat/ barley is growing well for next move after that .
Not with this trade, that might of been the plan but anything with meat will surely be burning a hole in a few peoples pockets! I bet they’ll be a few sheep brought into the pens in the next few days to have a hand run over them!!
When I spoke too him he pre-empted my reply…The way the lamb trade is at the moment, is anyone brave enough to go and try and buy some stores off Dougall tomorrow in Bentham
I know that feeling. I have a bunch of tidy texel cross ewe lambs with another 4 weeks to go still - the price had better not crash in December.I would be thinking about killing some big Suffolk ewe lambs (50-60 kg), but cydectin 2% them 2 weeks ago so still have 90 odd days on withdrawal.
Grandad reckons every time he can remember the trade pre Christmas (bar last year) being good, he’s had his backside kicked with those he’d held on too until February onwards.
Be nice if it doesn’t turn out like that this time but it’s happened all before. Think we’ll start drawing this week. If job does fold a bit I’ll have extra crop left too hang fire with for a while.You drawing off lambs you bought in? What weight you reckon?? Not horned lambs ?Grandad reckons every time he can remember the trade pre Christmas (bar last year) being good, he’s had his backside kicked with those he’d held on too until February onwards.
Oh Jesus no!!
we’ve 1100 homebred texel and beltex cross lambs too sell before we get too the bought in lambs! Then there’s the cross and Cheviot lambs before we touch the horned lambs. Apart from the tup lambs inside that is. These should be anywhere from 42-50kgHuge numbers of dairy cows for sale so something will be needed to eat the grass before its maybe ploughed up in the spring. I should think cull cow trade will drop with many of these dairy cows going to end up culled to. Even without any environmental pressure to reduce cattle numbers i can see a huge reduction in cattle being bred in the uk because of the loss of huge numbers of cows, both dairy and suckler .
Why are so many cows being sold...heard Auctioneers are holding sales back so as not to flood the Market..GTH
Many around 75/80 quid?Blackmoor Gate store lambs average £95.80,(2000+)
Alot of small lambs!!
Nice to meet you @Shebb90 you picked up a lorryload of bargins!!
People/prices/tb
Input costs are killing them for one , labour shortages and lack of decent contract/milk buyer. Over 300 herds sold in the last 12 mths with trade being pretty good on them but that has changed now, the average and also rans are for nothing.
Grandad reckons every time he can remember the trade pre Christmas (bar last year) being good, he’s had his backside kicked with those he’d held on too until February onwards.
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I thought what the fecks he been feeding them, jet fuel!!Oh Jesus no!!
April born your own?Tbf though if your keeping massive numbers of cows dairy or beef , you would have to always think that tb is going to strike at some point. So i dont understand why more of these big units are not set up to cope with farming with tb and to take the shock and worry out of an outbreak.
