Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[serf]

Only costs me £30 killing, cutting and vac pac so a 20kg carcass at £140 is still £110 I’m happy enough with that really but £190 a lamb would get me a little happier lol

Hassle factor too of dealing with people has got be worth £10/kg

 

[Mc115reed]

Hassle factor too of dealing with people has got be worth £10/kg

All going too old biddys who live on my street so no hassle at all really

 

[gone up the hill]

the handbags are coming out

Lurn something new everyday.

I knew you could find lesions at different parts of the body but never heard of it in the udder. My grandparents and uncles all drink raw milk from the tank as they hate bottled milk. Does make you think!

I had a 2nd calver a few years ago ( lovely and healthy hereford cow ) that was an IR, went clear the next test, about three weeks later she would not stand up, fine in herself and eating/ drinking fine but would not stand! vet tried everything, lifted her two/three times a day, had to call it quits after a week.

Vet opened her up as he wanted to know what was wrong with her as it made no sense she would not stand and she was riddled with TB lesions along her spine!

 

[serf]

All going too old biddys who live on my street so no hassle at all really

Thing is with boxing them you can clear some of the non so marketable type lambs out the way!

 

[Mc115reed]

Thing is with boxing them you can clear some of the non so marketable type lambs out the way!

Iv a few of them just not fat enough got one that goes round in circles constantly and has done since a lamb when ever we move the sheep have too pick it up and take it on the bike…
1 that had a deformed leg at birth
1 that broke its leg and I didn’t splint it back properly
think that’s it for my retards this year

 

[livestock 1]

A back end with stores as dear as ever takes a bit of believing tbh ! But as my dad says if you’ve nowt you can’t earn nowt!

The price of anything store usually makes no sense when you buy them. I think they are all bought on what could happen rather than what is happening at the time.

 

[JSmith]

The price of anything store usually makes no sense when you buy them. I think they are all bought on what could happen rather than what is happening at the time.

I keep telling myself that when I look at the lambs I’ve bought, that and preying

 

[Al R]

Lurn something new everyday.

I knew you could find lesions at different parts of the body but never heard of it in the udder. My grandparents and uncles all drink raw milk from the tank as they hate bottled milk. Does make you think!

A lot I know won’t drink their own milk without pasteurisation because their always down with TB, others won’t drink it because it’s to creamy (once a day jersey’s)

 

[thorpe]

Iv a few of them just not fat enough got one that goes round in circles constantly and has done since a lamb when ever we move the sheep have too pick it up and take it on the bike…
1 that had a deformed leg at birth
1 that broke its leg and I didn’t splint it back properly
think that’s it for my retards this year

my neighbor keeps bringing me lambs like that in plastic bags and a box, i wish he had left the last one out for fox bait cus thats what im goner do!

 

[livestock 1]

I keep telling myself that when I look at the lambs I’ve bought, that and preying

It’s either pay a bit more than the next man or do without

 

[Rogstores]

Farm near me lost a lot of cows to Tb and his son ended up in hospital with it from drinking milk out the tank. Calves are going to get it easily they are more susceptible to anything at a young age.

 

[Mc115reed]

my neighbor keeps bringing me lambs like that in plastic bags and a box, i wish he had left the last one out for fox bait cus thats what im goner do!

I had one last year with a deformed leg and the butchers just minced it… sold it as a lamb box without thinking about it and they rang up complaining there was a leg missing and they didnt want any mince explaining where the mince came from was akward

 

[Woolless]

Farm near me lost a lot of cows to Tb and his son ended up in hospital with it from drinking milk out the tank. Calves are going to get it easily they are more susceptible to anything at a young age.

Most of my mum's family went down with brucellosis due to a Jersey house cow that was riddled with it.

 

[Beef farmer]

Not fake news at all. Wales are certainly considering the above ban on feeding raw milk to calves and if they do it would not surprise me if they do not follow suit this side of the bridge as well!

Thou i agree with you its complete BS and a complete nonsense!

I'm intrigued now. Can you foward a link please with the above recommendation

 

[gone up the hill]

I'm intrigued now. Can you foward a link please with the above recommendation

No as i am not that technical but i read it a couple of days ago in an article about the new arrangements for TB testing where they were talking about the fact they will need 3 clear whole herd TB tests to be allowed to sell breeding/store stock after a TB breakdown!

Also they were only suggesting that feeding whole milk to calves should be banned and not that it was now policy but clear from what i read some are pushing for it to be made policy sooner rather than later!

 

[livestock 1]

No as i am not that technical but i read it a couple of days ago in an article about the new arrangements for TB testing where they were talking about the fact they will need 3 clear whole herd TB tests to be allowed to sell breeding/store stock after a TB breakdown!

Been caught up in radial testing a few times now and that ends up with testing for six month intervals minimum 3 tests but can be up to 2 years to go from tb 1 to tb4 also requires pre movement testing

 

[gone up the hill]

Been caught up in radial testing a few times now and that ends up with testing for six month intervals minimum 3 tests but can be up to 2 years to go from tb 1 to tb4 also requires pre movement testing

TB4 is an utter nonsense and should be stopped!

Nearly every week they are getting TB4 cattle at sedge, more risk buying them than cattle from a TB1 area.

On the 6 monthly testing, that is now standard here, will cause some farms massive problems having to test cattle in the summer months as routine every year!

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Thing is with boxing them you can clear some of the non so marketable type lambs out the way!

That’s why I don’t charge top whack for my freezer lambs. Bent legs etc can all go for that job but can’t go mart! So if you take what you would get for them realistically and add a nice bit on, you’re still having a good do

 

[livestock 1]

TB4 is an utter nonsense and should be stopped!

Nearly every week they are getting TB4 cattle at sedge, more risk buying them than cattle from a TB1 area.

On the 6 monthly testing, that is now standard here, will cause some farms massive problems having to test cattle in the summer months as routine every year!

You might say that but the fact is anyone bringing cattle north from your end usually ends up with a fat lip and a lump on their nose
So your theory is bullshite

 

[Al R]

TB4 is an utter nonsense and should be stopped!

Nearly every week they are getting TB4 cattle at sedge, more risk buying them than cattle from a TB1 area.

On the 6 monthly testing, that is now standard here, will cause some farms massive problems having to test cattle in the summer months as routine every year!

Most here have either a decent mobile system or a decent handling system at each block. Talking to some who are testing 4,000 head every 60 days they said it’s been ongoing for so long now it’s just part of the routine now.