gone up the hill
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Yep and those auctioneers that use that on fire emjo thingy for trades where the hoggs only averaged £122 and spring lambs not much more the other day need to be taken aside and made clear to them just what a pathetic averages they are at this time with feed going up £70/80 a ton in less than 3 months let alone all the other increased costs we now face across the board.GUTH cool your fans I agree with you…
Finished cattle should be 3k a piece by now, finished lambs/hoggs should be £200 a piece.
anyone who’s thinks current prices are good wants a slap across the giggots
What these auctioneers should be saying in their reports for hoggs/ spring lambs is :
While its good that trade is going upwards it is still FAR below where it needs to be and it is NOT anywhere near high enough at this time to cover such rapid and high input costs the sector has seen the last few months and if we are to ensure that the UK does not lose its critical mass or the production of high welfare/ low carbon meat production in the sheep sector in the UK and end up dependent on imported lamb meat in these very uncertain times to feed the nation then UK farmgate prices need to rise much higher and quicker than is what they have been doing !