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If you think £100 for lamb is enough guess your happy with £1600 for fat cattle aye?170 ewes
If you think £100 for lamb is enough guess your happy with £1600 for fat cattle aye?170 ewes
Just the mention of the word Jogging sends me into a state of panic ....Yes same here
A vendor came into the ring in Carlisle with a head wound, not a good advert for your stock!I wont touch anything out the weaners that are flighty.Im too old for it now. Used to be the same when i was milking cows and the odd one i bought.Stand just outside the entrance race and get your hand on their backs.You could tell straight away what their temperament was like.
One of mine jumped over the gates into the ring I felt the draft on the back of my head as it passed must have been in a hurry quiet as a mouse at home you could rub it’s back in the shedA vendor came into the ring in Carlisle with a head wound, not a good advert for your stock!
To be fair, a lot of those suckled calves have had a bit of upheaval on sale day and most settle down after a while. There's always the odd one that will be fine until something different happens and then spooks the lot of them.
I agree but i do agree compared with cattle sheep do have a lot less costs....and 100/120 quid for a lamb is still a very good return, yes i know other things are dearer but thats the same whether you keep sheep or not.Do you actually farm??
£100 today will hardly fill up the farm truck with juice let alone anything else!
Seen them try that, the trouble is that no matter how wild they are you're not expecting the danger to come from there.One of mine jumped over the gates into the ring I felt the draft on the back of my head as it passed must have been in a hurry quiet as a mouse at home you could rub it’s back in the shed
Can anyone copy and paste from the Hexham mart page the champion Angus bull from wednesday? Would be interesting to hear what the collective forum thinks of it.is that a good angus theres no dip in its back?
Do you actually farm??
£100 today will hardly fill up the farm truck with juice let alone anything else!
£100/120 for a lamb in this day and age is far from a good return!I agree but i do agree compared with cattle sheep do have a lot less costs....and 100/120 quid for a lamb is still a very good return, yes i know other things are dearer but thats the same whether you keep sheep or not.
Well if they all read this they will be quiting sheep...i am not paying for than 70 quid for my store lambs..so there you go£100/120 for a lamb in this day and age is far from a good return!
In fact its more like a complete waste of time for the work /hassle/ money involved in lambing/ rearing sheep!
Much easier at the moment to make the cattle numbers stack up v the sheep numbers!
Video of a £1700 pound Char steer sold today on Kivells FB page.Any body been to Exeter Store Cattle Sale today what's trade like down South?
You must want to retire soon then as if store lambs are only making £70 this year there will be few ewes around in 1 or 2 years time!Well if they all read this they will be quiting sheep...i am not paying for than 70 quid for my store lambs..so there you go
This is what I was meaning by store lambs being cheap this timeWell if they all read this they will be quiting sheep...i am not paying for than 70 quid for my store lambs..so there you go
Store lambs need to be £100/120 head.This is what I was meaning by store lambs being cheap this time
There will be a few more folks thinking the same
Store lambs are partly valued on retrospective prices ie winter spring of 20/21 hoggs
21/22 winter/spring didn’t deliver the same did it?
Creep is only a small percentage of the true costs. By the time you've vaccinated against everything you can think of, taken the fleece off that's worth nothing, cliked and whatever else to try and save them. Then deal with the pantomime they call lambing, you want at least £100 a lamb. Even a flipping ear tag is 70p. You add it up and you'll frighten yourself. Like Hfd cattle said "some still die".do many people use creep? lot to be said for keeping grass reseeded i use to creep, not done it for 10yrs now though
The trouble is the costs of feeding hoggs will unfortunately come back onto the store lambI’m sure there will be plenty of lambs in the £70’s.
T E will find you some cheaper.I’m sure there will be plenty of lambs in the £70’s.
I got handed his business card earlier in the week…I thought ‘I recognise those initials!’T E will find you some cheaper.
Copy and paste, whereve i heard that phraseCan anyone copy and paste from the Hexham mart page the champion Angus bull from wednesday? Would be interesting to hear what the collective forum thinks of it.