Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[aangus]

Orf here too never seen it as bad. Will have to scabivax next year

 

[Henarar]

Orf here too never seen it as bad. Will have to scabivax next year

We started to get it so vaccinated the lambs and it seems to have held it off

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

It is all over SM/ the news outlets over that side of the world about the culls/ farmers being forced to cull their stock due to drought/ lack of forage and very poor sheep prices.

This is some months out of date. It was a story around August 2023 and was triggered by a number of different factors.
The main one at the time was the El Nino affect and the forecast was for a long and severe drought. In fact the reverse happened and rains came over a large part of Australia and sheep prices went back up.
The industry was severely stressed as numbers of sheep had hugely increased, partly because the live export trade to the Middle East had mostly been halted and there was not the capacity to slaughter the excess.

Now the lamb price is stabilised but the mutton price is still low.
Fine wool prices are on the up with sub 20 micron making around £7.00 per kg clean. 26 micron at around £3.00.
There may be more Merino wethers kept for the wool if the price keeps increasing so reducing he volume of lamb and mutton in the short term.

 

[Bigsingle]

Those old ewes at lanark were the dearest sheep lv every sold 160 a piece. Still a few but have to clip them and can go in June once they improve abit. Who knows what breeders will be in September but those old girls with history are better away at these prices.

 

[andybk]

It is all over SM/ the news outlets over that side of the world about the culls/ farmers being forced to cull their stock due to drought/ lack of forage and very poor sheep prices.

issue prob compounded by red sea issues , no way would the caterers pass up on cheap meat if there was anyway of getting it here , at some point uk prices will return to normal , We have benefited from euro blue tounge issues as well , we will prob be in same boat end of this summer ,

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Yup, finished lambing here nearly 4 weeks ago, was difficult getting them out the lambing shed at times, but thought I'd dodged the worst of it, but most of March and the first 3 weeks of April were relentlessly wet and cold. Now riddled with orf this year out of nowhere, lambs have it, ewes have it on teets which is leading to mastitis. It's an effort even getting on the bike in the morning to go round things, never seen so many poor looking lambs at a time of year when normally it gives you a lift looking at them flourishing. Utterly demoralising.

When people on here say this year will soon be forgotten about after a few weeks of sun….it won’t be forgotten for forever. It’ll go down in history like the titanic

 

[Hilly]

Im going to have major cut back , ive had enough,, the whole thing is pointLess .

 

[Estate fencing.]

When people on here say this year will soon be forgotten about after a few weeks of sun….it won’t be forgotten for forever. It’ll go down in history like the titanic

Bloody hell you aren’t half a drama Queen.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Bloody hell you aren’t half a drama Queen.

Aren’t you getting rid of all yours cos you’ve had enough?

 

[Henarar]

Anyone else keeping more for next year ?

 

[Bigsingle]

Nearly everyone lv talked to over the last month has had enough. But farmers have sort memorys. But most will have less lmbs to sell l would think.

 

[Estate fencing.]

Aren’t you getting rid of all yours cos you’ve had enough?

Not because of the weather. Only because I got enough else to do and need to buy a house as wasn’t blessed with a family inheritance.

 

[Sierra Lama]

Yup, finished lambing here nearly 4 weeks ago, was difficult getting them out the lambing shed at times, but thought I'd dodged the worst of it, but most of March and the first 3 weeks of April were relentlessly wet and cold. Now riddled with orf this year out of nowhere, lambs have it, ewes have it on teets which is leading to mastitis. It's an effort even getting on the bike in the morning to go round things, never seen so many poor looking lambs at a time of year when normally it gives you a lift looking at them flourishing. Utterly demoralising.

Your right this time of year on a decent morning normally would be zipping round the stock on quad in boots and a hoody etc, lambs playing and skipping about but Christ it's bitter and wet, the stock are all hunched up together and plenty of problems to keep your eye on, it's bloody hard work. We have had a few bad udders of late, wasn't so bad up until the last week or so but it's gone cold. Nobody has escaped un scathed.

 

[copse]

Anyone else keeping more for next year ?

Hoping to squeeze another100 on for next year.

 

[harperfarmer]

We've had a c**t of a year on arable and livestock, mainly weather related but we're upping numbers significantly this year. Utilising the SFI on the arable as that's where the major outputs go. If you have a poor year yield wise, with all the inputs it takes, the arable is just a black hole financially. At least the stock are earning money......for now. So I'd rather stack up those numbers than put more ground under the plough.

 

[som farmer]

Those old ewes at lanark were the dearest sheep lv every sold 160 a piece. Still a few but have to clip them and can go in June once they improve abit. Who knows what breeders will be in September but those old girls with history are better away at these prices.

son saw 50 smart suffolk x mule ewelambs in mkt tuesday, £210, and probably went to kill.

dairy hfrs going into fattening units

where will replacements for both, come from, and at what price ?

 

[Hilly]

Bloody hell you aren’t half a drama Queen.

I thought you packed up and got a job ?

 

[Bigsingle]

son saw 50 smart suffolk x mule ewelambs in mkt tuesday, £210, and probably went to kill.

dairy hfrs going into fattening units

where will replacements for both, come from, and at what price ?

Can't blame them taking that money probably run them all summer and won't get more in September. Clipping etc etc.

 

[Hilly]

The day has got better , not only a dead yow but uad to shoot a heifer that was calving a massive dead calf to a simmy bull ( not mu simmy bull)And shoot an old cow that damadged her hip fell and damadge her eye … two dead cows and dead yow , cant wait for this afternoon s fun.

 

[Estate fencing.]

I thought you packed up and got a job ?

I did, very hard to make a living paying rent for land and house as well as a big loan, what’s that got to do with making out a late spring is as bad as the titanic.