Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Mc115reed]

We have an inch or two of snow this morning and are lambing outside.
Down here in the south east it is not all milk and honey, our major issue is usually droughts which can last from June to September. The climate here is always quite harsh and normally winters are very cold when the winds blow from the East.

@GUTH is quite right there is a lot of land for very little or no cost in the summer months, however that has to be balanced against the lack of fences or maintenance of the land and City folk who have ideas about "Rewilding or Regenerative" without having a clue what they are talking about.

The Romney sheep which we have always had is very good at recovering from extremes and luckily the lambs are born with wool and a layer of fat. We have improved the genetics partly by using NZ and also high index native Romneys. Lambing & now above 150% and weaning weights around 25% better than ten years ago.
Yes they don't suit everyone but they will survive in the Hills.

I agree with you there frank I farm quite a lot of “free” land and I often wonder if it costs me more than I he £150 acre prime land It’s a balancing act like you say ..

 

[jendan]

We have an inch or two of snow this morning and are lambing outside.
Down here in the south east it is not all milk and honey, our major issue is usually droughts which can last from June to September. The climate here is always quite harsh and normally winters are very cold when the winds blow from the East.

@GUTH is quite right there is a lot of land for very little or no cost in the summer months, however that has to be balanced against the lack of fences or maintenance of the land and City folk who have ideas about "Rewilding or Regenerative" without having a clue what they are talking about.

The Romney sheep which we have always had is very good at recovering from extremes and luckily the lambs are born with wool and a layer of fat. We have improved the genetics partly by using NZ and also high index native Romneys. Lambing & now above 150% and weaning weights around 25% better than ten years ago.
Yes they don't suit everyone but they will survive in the Hills.

I wouldnt mind trying a few. Its a long way from Northumberland though.

 

[Top Tip.]

Hoggs don’t look too silly in Dingwall. Big sale of ewe hoggs on today. 9000 in.

 

[Blue.]

Is shortage of milk down to people getting out or cutting back on inputs???

Our milk buyer said they were seeing lots of well run farms just packing in,farm assurance and staffing were the main reasons,we’ve lost 5 dairy herds in the parish in the last 12 months,another is just on with packing up.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Hoggs don’t look too silly in Dingwall. Big sale of ewe hoggs on today. 9000 in.

Was saying this morning, be a lot of cheap ewe lambs there today. Dear fert, fats not over clever. Good job subby has paid for the keep.

 

[jendan]

Was saying this morning, be a lot of cheap ewe lambs there today. Dear fert, fats not over clever. Good job subby has paid for the keep.

How much will the uplift be to sell as shorn gimmers in 5 months time?....................and allowing for one or two that die on their backs in the meantime.

 

[Werzle]

Our milk buyer said they were seeing lots of well run farms just packing in,farm assurance and staffing were the main reasons,we’ve lost 5 dairy herds in the parish in the last 12 months,another is just on with packing up.

Massive investment needed in upgrading slurry storage has tipped many towards packing up too.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

How much will the uplift be to sell as shorn gimmers in 5 months time?....................and allowing for one or two that die on their backs in the meantime.

I don’t know, but I don’t think breeders will be mad money this time. Unless the input costs drop or the output rises too match. And I can’t see that happening

 

[Skintagain]

I don’t know, but I don’t think breeders will be mad money this time. Unless the input costs drop or the output rises too match. And I can’t see that happening

I agree. Job has just tipped wrong way all round.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Ewe hoggs 104 to 120 there afew mins ago, can't be dear at that.

 

[BrianV]

Sent Lim store bullocks to Exeter this morning, 23 mths old heifers £1,700 & £1,690, good to know someone loves livestock farmers!

 

[Hfd Cattle]

1200 cattle in Hfd next Thrs

 

[Northern territory]

Sent Lim store bullocks to Exeter this morning, 23 mths old heifers £1,700 & £1,690, good to know someone loves livestock farmers!

Wow they must have been about killers ?

 

[harperfarmer]

Sent Lim store bullocks to Exeter this morning, 23 mths old heifers £1,700 & £1,690, good to know someone loves livestock farmers!

Were they bullocks or heifers....?!

 

[Celt83]

Were they bullocks or heifers....?!

I bet they were modern cattle that don't want to be identified as either!

 

[Boydvalley]

What about the positives in the sheep job.

A lot more flocks are late lambing. This is taking the top off the peak supply in summer/early autumn giving much better returns and more lambs to take around to the spring to make up for the loss of early lambs and evening out supply.

SQQ hasn’t really dropped below £2.50 since early last summer even in times of higher supply. The dip now was very predictable and March will probably be a poor month for selling in the future but I don’t think fundamentally we produce enough lamb now. Supply and demand will be tight going forward.

Judging by comments on here scannings are 5/10% down which will support prices.

I know costs are up but I don’t think we’ll be hit by a double whammy of low prices.

Next year we’ll all be millionaires Rodders.

 

[BrianV]

I bet they were modern cattle that don't want to be identified as either!

Said on their passport female but that doesn't seem to count anymore!

 

[adda]

1200 cattle in Hfd next Thrs

Ffs and guess who is nearly at the end of the sale

 

[Plain steer]

Anyone heard what abp/woodhead/dunbia done with cattle next week

 

[Anymulewilldo]

What about the positives in the sheep job.

A lot more flocks are late lambing. This is taking the top off the peak supply in summer/early autumn giving much better returns and more lambs to take around to the spring to make up for the loss of early lambs and evening out supply.

SQQ hasn’t really dropped below £2.50 since early last summer even in times of higher supply. The dip now was very predictable and March will probably be a poor month for selling in the future but I don’t think fundamentally we produce enough lamb now. Supply and demand will be tight going forward.

Judging by comments on here scannings are 5/10% down which will support prices.

I know costs are up but I don’t think we’ll be hit by a double whammy of low prices.

Next year we’ll all be millionaires Rodders.

I wouldn’t judge the sheep trade or make any big forecasts based on the last 2 years. Needs too level out then we can find that sweet spot again