Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
It's a cut throat job this meat business....we moan we don't get enough for our produce but I certainly wouldn't want to run an abattoir and try and sell the stuff myself
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
He is going into liquidation, any limited company wanting to wind up has to do this it is different to insolvency. I'm not saying whether everyone will be squared up or not,I don't know, and on paper he lost money the last two years but he hasn't gone bust
- Location
- North Yorkshire
As far as I know he will continue trading until Friday presumably to clear all stock. I think the costs of upgrading the ageing plant and seeing no real future in the job with no successor I think I would have made the same decision and got out. The site still has development value. I can't help but feel it could be the beginning of the end of more markets though.
As a farmer and meat wholesaler I see things from both sides. Independent abattoirs that have to compete with supermarkets for stock then have to sell the meat to butchers/ farm shops/ depots and worst case scenario Smithfield market are really struggling with spiralling costs and a declining customer base. I know as a farmer I want as much for my stock but without competition in the market place the supermarkets will be in total control. We've seen recently Dawn taking over Dunbia which just means less buyers.
Farmers need to support the independent abattoirs as when they are all gone or all in the hands of the muslims (as a local one here has gone ) we will kick ourselves
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Anyone sold any cull cows live lately? Got some nice barley finished ones... @cull cows
£3.15. £3.05 for 0-
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
I've never sold cows dead before
Cows are best trade for years.id off said Darlington would be you spot for them but with Cleveland missing I'd take them to thirsk.best place if you don't mind a ride out would be Carlise on Monday you wouldn't be disappointed
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
Clevelands bought every single cull cow I've ever sold...what ppk would youngish well finished cows be?
1st time for everything. Yours would be 400kg u grade? So 1250 quid touches
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
They've been on ad lib barley so will grade well
In Carlise young well fed beef cows u grades 175p to 200p
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
gone up the hill
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- Location
- Devon
Aye they are in such high demand because the demand for Mince is OFF the scale, thus why Fri steers are now in such high demand as well and every slaughterhouse and his dog is chasing them.
- Location
- Durham, UK
Is that because old larry cant hawk polish beef in so cheap with the weaker pound.
smallholder99
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is anywhere offering better than 320 odd for o- friesan steers under age
Well said that man, sounds like the poor chap has enough on his plate with out folk cold shouldering him because they think he's stiffed the auctions
Lindens? Foyle? Pickstocks?
pine_guy
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- Location
- North Cumbria
Was 343 0+ at linden a couple weeks ago I think. Not sure what the drop to 0- is.
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Unfortunately it appears now marts will be left out of pocket don't know any figures though. He tried until the very end, started killing some elsewhere to try and keep going.