Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[andybk]

GTH - Agriculture & Sedgemoor Auction Centre - Greenslade Taylor Hunt​

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Monday 5th February 2024
Today at a glance...........
Prime Cattle (76)
Steers sold to £2068.83 and 296.5ppk
Heifers sold to £1940.12 and 299.5ppk
All UTM/OTM Av £1605.85 ++
Barren Cows (39)
Limousin sold to £1844.59 and 225.5ppk
Devon sold to £1422.14 and 169.5ppk
Angus sold to £1396.13 and 193.5ppk
Hol/Fr sold to £1384.53 and 177.5ppk
Charolais sold to £1344.59 and 159.5ppk
Cull Bulls sold to £1886.70 and 165.5ppk
Prime Hogs (391) sold to £161 and 324ppk
SQQ AV 310.97 All av 288.4ppk and £140 ++

 

[gone up the hill]

yes i sold some pure bred 40kg charollais to a top market price last year at just over £100 , so the rest would have been less . feed is still mid £300s .

What feed are you getting and from who for mid £300s ??

 

[andybk]

What feed are you getting and from who for mid £300s ??

bridgemans £360 , and had quote from forfarmers ,similar , for 3t blown , wynnstay totes were £390

for farmers quote (copy /paste) :

Prices based on 3 tonne bulk
P23053 - Ewbol NS 18 Nut - £325/t
P02423 - Ewbol 19 - £337/t
P02017 - Prestige Lamb £365/t
P02259 - Lamb Creep 16 £340/t
P09612 - Lamb Finisher 16 £350/t

 

[gone up the hill]

bridgemans £360 , and had quote from forfarmers ,similar , for 3t blown , wynnstay totes were £390

What cake? ewe or lamb and protein %?

 

[andybk]

What cake? ewe or lamb and protein %?

look at post above ^^just added !

 

[gone up the hill]

bridgemans £360 , and had quote from forfarmers ,similar , for 3t blown , wynnstay totes were £390

for farmers quote (copy /paste) :

Prices based on 3 tonne bulk
P23053 - Ewbol NS 18 Nut - £325/t
P02423 - Ewbol 19 - £337/t
P02017 - Prestige Lamb £365/t
P02259 - Lamb Creep 16 £340/t
P09612 - Lamb Finisher 16 £350/t

What were the wynnstay totes quote for?

 

[livestock 1]

I must admit my finishing blend is £80 a tonne less than some of those but I have to pick it up in full trailer loads

 

[Devil's advocate]

We'll meet halfway, £150 plenty

Good price for a lamb

3 * £150 = £450 per ton for barley. As said I'd settle for £300.

Its actually a very good deal, the last thing sheep farmers want is arable farmers going into sheep big time & they won't be breeding Swaledales.

I'm planning to increase my flock by 25%, arable so terrible at the moment.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

the last thing sheep farmers want is arable farmers going into sheep big time

I think we can all sleep easy knowing that’ll never happen

 

[Devil's advocate]

I must admit my finishing blend is £80 a tonne less than some of those but I have to pick it up in full trailer loads

I'm horrified at the price of sheep rolls.

For hoggs, oats in hoppers must be an option?

I like to throw ewe rolls on the floor to save my old knees, but big saving to use an oat based ration.

Those with other enterprises are feeder wagons good for sheep or do they just pick out the nice bits?

 

[Devil's advocate]

I think we can all sleep easy knowing that’ll never happen

Apart from urban fringe land, I don't see how arable farmers can survive without cashing in on the sheep boom.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Apart from urban fringe land, I don't see how arable farmers can survive without cashing in on the sheep boom.

Barley this time last year was over £300 wasn’t it?

 

[Hawthorn]

I'm horrified at the price of sheep rolls.

For hoggs, oats in hoppers must be an option?

I like to throw ewe rolls on the floor to save my old knees, but big saving to use an oat based ration.

Those with other enterprises are feeder wagons good for sheep or do they just pick out the nice bits?

Oats are worth £270 /t if milling quality they’re desperate for them

 

[e3120]

Apart from urban fringe land, I don't see how arable farmers can survive without cashing in on the sheep boom.

I'm confident they will choose to spend their time browsing bird seed catalogues over wire & stake publications. Much more lucrative for much less unsociable work.

 

[Optimus]

Good price for a lamb

3 * £150 = £450 per ton for barley. As said I'd settle for £300.

Its actually a very good deal, the last thing sheep farmers want is arable farmers going into sheep big time & they won't be breeding Swaledales.

I'm planning to increase my flock by 25%, arable so terrible at the moment.

Seriously? Arable farmers going into sheep! Behave!

 

[cattleman123]

What feed are you getting and from who for mid £300s ??

CMC are around 325 for lamb finisher in bulk

 

[Devil's advocate]

Barley this time last year was over £300 wasn’t it?

Just over £200, 20 months ago £300. But for the wrong reasons of course.

 

[Devil's advocate]

I'm confident they will choose to spend their time browsing bird seed catalogues over wire & stake publications. Much more lucrative for much less unsociable work.

I think some will go down the joint venture route, rent land on FBT to sheep farmers who have planted trees or rewilded. Will suit both parties.

Different for me, I have sheep anyway so just need to up them a bit. No brainer with herbal leys, grants for infra structure & the prospect of 1st wheats after grazing & worm free (well almost) grazing for young lambs.

 

[livestock 1]

Good price for a lamb

3 * £150 = £450 per ton for barley. As said I'd settle for £300.

Its actually a very good deal, the last thing sheep farmers want is arable farmers going into sheep big time & they won't be breeding Swaledales.

I'm planning to increase my flock by 25%, arable so terrible at the moment.

You would need to know something about it first
If you knew something about it you would know that you couldn’t successfully breed Swaledales on arable land even if you wanted to but that’s not for me to be saying it
You will be telling us you are going to be buying a suckler herd next and sitting up all night calving cows
All for the love of £200 on a store beast and 35p a kilo on a fat hogg
Crikey things must be bad
It’s hard work you know
I bet it’s even harder work when you aren’t used to doing it

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Fine words of encouragement
I’m thinking of becoming an optimist, any advice?