Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[ffukedfarmer]

Can you imagine if you sent a load of your hoggs there? You would end up paying him to take them [emoji23]

That's what I thought

 

[spin cycle]

and all need to be farm assured....all that b other for that grid......tumbleweed surely

 

[gone up the hill]

Store lambs at Exeter yesterday averaged just shy of £65 head.........

Highest average so far for the 2016/17 season!

 

[gone up the hill]

Sedge today.

Store cattle : A super entry of 750 head which were a mixed quality entry sold to a much easier trade for all types except for named angus cattle which again were trading to some quite incredible prices for the age/size/grade of cattle, Fri steers of which many were entered sold to pre xmas levels, however some SUPERB well breed/ farmed lim suckler heifers sold to a an impressive £1190 head with many other lots from the same farm to £1140/1150 etc etc, these cattle are a real CREDIT to their seller and many more cattle of this quality are badly needed.

Stirks, a very poor entry numbers wise and of a mixed quality sold to an INCREDIBLE trade and looked EXCEPTIONALLY dear compared to the store cattle ring, prices of note were some proper BF steers to £495 head and some SUPERB Lim x small but E/U grade suckler breed steers to £1030/1040 etc etc, Smaller suckler bred steers of any breed found bids from all sides of the ringside.

The difference between cattle that have been well fed over the winter months and the ones that have not been was very evident today in both condition and prices achieved.

 

[jendan]

Store lambs at Exeter yesterday averaged just shy of £65 head.........

Highest average so far for the 2016/17 season!

How big for £65? Might as well get England to buy them out of longtown and truck them down to the south west.Will be £10-£15 head cheaper.

 

[gone up the hill]

How big for £65? Might as well get England to buy them out of longtown and truck them down to the south west.Will be £10-£15 head cheaper.

Didn't see them but a normal entry would be a mix of good contx cross lambs and many small hill lambs off Dartmoor.

Really small lambs ( think 25/30 kilos ) were making £60 at sedge today and they were scruffy/ poorly bred lambs!

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Anyone go to Newark today? No report on AHDB!

GUTH how old were the Friesian £495.00 Stirks?

 

[Average Farmerboy]

Anyone go to Newark today? No report on AHDB!

GUTH how old were the Friesian £495.00 Stirks?

 

[gone up the hill]

Anyone go to Newark today? No report on AHDB!

GUTH how old were the Friesian £495.00 Stirks?

12/14 months from memory!

TBH they looked very expensive given that there was pen after pen of usefull 400 + kilo steers in the store ring ( more HF mind ) only making around £530/630 head.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Limmy bulls at Carlisle a good trade today, didn't see many passed out (2 from what I saw)

 

[cattleman123]

How big for £65? Might as well get England to buy them out of longtown and truck them down to the south west.Will be £10-£15 head cheaper.

Reckon he brings down a few now if i am told correctly

 

[Henarar]

The difference between cattle that have been well fed over the winter months and the ones that have not been was very evident today in both condition and prices achieved

you can say that again
plenty there looked like they wanted a decent meal a decent bed and some decent farming

 

[jendan]

Reckon he brings down a few now if i am told correctly

I hope he will bid a bit more next tuesday

 

[gone up the hill]

you can say that again
plenty there looked like they wanted a decent meal a decent bed and some decent farming

Its the old adage, put nothing in and get nothing out and that was never more evident than Sedge today and Exeter yesterday!

 

[cattleman123]

I hope he will bid a bit more next tuesday

So what numbers of store lambs would you get up there?

 

[Lovegoodstock]

That grid will screw anyone that creeps their lambs

 

[Stewartry hill]

That grid will screw anyone

 

[jendan]

So what numbers of store lambs would you get up there?

They are still getting 2000-3000 head every tuesday.

 

[cattleman123]

They are still getting 2000-3000 head every tuesday.

surprising...is that normal..or is there more this year?

 

[Woolless]

Went to St Boswells today to cash the empty ewes. Caught about 45 minutes of them selling the prime hoggs. The run I saw would have averaged under £1.50/kg. Four main buyers in attendance. Interesting to read the mart report having been on the spot.

Only saw a few ewes sold before mine went through. Easycares at £49 and £41. Also got shot of a mental Hampshire tup for £67. Reasonably satisfied. Felt that being there in person made a difference, in contrast to the kicking I got last time when I just dropped them off.