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- Bedfordshire
Yes, and I think it was worse that it rained all night, I got them in for 6.30am and I don't expect they got selling till gone 11am, because all the full timers had to have breakfast first
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Yes, and I think it was worse that it rained all night, I got them in for 6.30am and I don't expect they got selling till gone 11am, because all the full timers had to have breakfast first
This is an interesting point, the drop in weights.
At Exeter lambs are weighed, most within about 30mins of arriving on site and sold in individual pens starting 9:30am. I always stay to see mine wieghed and have a chat with the auctioneer as he handles them as they go onto the scales.
They dont go through a ring to be sold so in theory weight loss should not be an issue.
How common are ring based sales vs pen based sales for lambs?
I guess Exeter peaks at about 2,000 lambs a week, prob average closer 1,200 for suck lamb.
At Exeter lambs are weighed, most within about 30mins of arriving on site and sold in individual pens starting 9:30am. I always stay to see mine wieghed and have a chat with the auctioneer as he handles them as they go onto the scales.
They dont go through a ring to be sold so in theory weight loss should not be an issue.
How common are ring based sales vs pen based sales for lambs?
I guess Exeter peaks at about 2,000 lambs a week, prob average closer 1,200 for suck lamb.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
They're sold in the pen, and I expect they were weighed before 7, its just that they'd have looked like 37kgs lambs, rather than 40kgs, that have lost a bit iyswim
gone up the hill
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- Devon
12/13 month old commercial Lim x suckler bred steers/ heifers making £1260 £1300/ £1360 etc etc at Sedgemoor today!!
Store lambs yet again one hell of a trade for anything with shape/ cover about them!
Store lambs yet again one hell of a trade for anything with shape/ cover about them!
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Hope they're going to get £1700 back for them
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Well beef is edging nearer to £4 a kilo as I predicted
Anything half decent/ with shape today were a hell of a trade, only secondary/ small steers/ heifers would have been easier on last week by a shade.
Store lambs well into the £80's..
The weight limit will have to be cancelled to make anything on them cattle
Ive said it before and will say it again. Some people who buy stores need to learn how to count!
Lovegoodstock
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- Buckinghamshire
For decades you make a fortune, you lose a fortune. Last year youd have bought those horrible early 20 kilo lambs, few non growers, most twins off of hogs, at 40 something in late sept, theyd looked dear early march, come late april theyd have made 100 and whatever. This year though you doubt anything looks value for money
Totally agree @Lovegoodstock those folk who held on to the very end and had nerves of steel cashed in well. Most folk were lucky to break even so there's been a lot of Store lambs sold for a bit less up here this time. Averages are about a fiver down on last year from the auction reports apart from those which are already fat and they've been making their value
Its still a big gamble though. Lambs arent too bad but i dont see were the margin is when someone pays £1300+ for store cattle 
which would leave most margin ,1 steer at £1300 or 20 lambs at£65 or should I say the smallest lossIts still a big gamble though. Lambs arent too bad but i dont see were the margin is when someone pays £1300+ for store cattle
beefandsleep
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- Staffordshire
If the steer is 650 kgs and FA then it will leave very good money.
beefandsleep
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- Staffordshire
It's a lot of money to stand out on a beast but if you have the balls and know what you are doing it beats most things.
so say ko at 55% as store weights generally are better than fat market weights times £3.85 if graded well is worth £1376 hung up straight away before costs
beefandsleep
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- Staffordshire
Unless you see the beast sold its wrong to say 1300 is too much to pay for a store. Say it's 625 kilos good R grade quality, FA. Get it home, full bellied it's 650, keep it 60 days and kill it at 740 kgs on farm weight. It will be 410-420 kg dead and £1500. Not a bad 2 months work.
gone up the hill
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- Devon
These cattle were top end stock, backs as flat and wide that you could put a row of dinner plates on them and they could walk around all day with them on their backs and they wouldn't fall off, proper back ends as well.
They will kill out at 58/60% so at 650 come back at £1500 on your £3.85/ kilo ( and that is assuming the buyers aren't getting a base higher than the quoted base )
They would/should be U+
- Location
- Northumberland
The same happens in the store sheep rings.Big buyers all standing in the pen before the ring,picking off the ones that are already fat.
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Heifers and bullocks would be going well to weigh 650 at 12/13 months
- Location
- Northumberland
So if they are as good as that ,why dont the sellers just put them straight in the fat themselves and have the extra £200 in their own pocket?