Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Stw88]

I try and tot everything, surprising how they fritter away, most years 40 or 50 have gone before lambing ever starts
Yes I won't know properly till we've dosed and marked and had a count up

This is why I never bother counting them till I’ve seen them on the kill sheet….only guaranteed way to know what you’ve got

I have a clip board behind the headrest in the buggy and try to mark them down as I go round. Have reasons that I put a mark too. Dad mithers On that it’s not worth doing but I think it’s good to look back at and see where the losses are and if you can improve somewhere.
One farm last year had a lot of non viable/ premature lambs, mainly out of shearlings which was where a lot of the losses toted up. Discussed it with the vet and he said classic toxo symptoms. Vaccinated the shearlings this year and they’ve been like different sheep. Think there’s only 1 gone away with nothing that chucked lambs early on.

 

[muleman]

Don't count mine till speaning time

I count mine before they've hatched!

 

[som farmer]

Good to see so many positive posts on this thread tonight

And at least the longest day of the year is only 52 days away from tomorrow

oh no, only 52 days left, before it goes down hill.............

reckon there's a lot of work piling up, to busy to notice longest day.

turning stores out today, , till we had a phone call from the vets, who had one from BCMS, who had one from the police.

A303 shut, both ways, cattle on the road. Turns out, 1 store steer, must have run straight through hedge and fence.

No damage done thankfully, steer back in shed. Had a few scares, but that is the first cattle that reached the main road, in 40 yrs. Had sheep on it once, and got someone else's cattle off twice.

someone else's sheep got on one day, helping to get them off, police parked their car, all lights flashing, in the middle of one side of the dual carriageway, cars never slowed down, just went on by, that was scary.

 

[Stw88]

Yes there's not a lot of point really but it does help a bit for budgeting if you know roughly what there is going to be to sell in the backend

And you know how many tags to order roughly.

 

[muleman]

I have a clip board behind the headrest in the buggy and try to mark them down as I go round. Have reasons that I put a mark too. Dad mithers On that it’s not worth doing but I think it’s good to look back at and see where the losses are and if you can improve somewhere.
One farm last year had a lot of non viable/ premature lambs, mainly out of shearlings which was where a lot of the losses toted up. Discussed it with the vet and he said classic toxo symptoms. Vaccinated the shearlings this year and they’ve been like different sheep. Think there’s only 1 gone away with nothing that chucked lambs early on.

Yes I jot down reasons as a tally and why ewes have died, how many have slipped lamb etc, prolapses etc,
See if improvements can be made

 

[Hilly]

I count mine before they've hatched!

I count mine and spend the gross income at scanning no wonder im down in the dumps at lambing

 

[hill shepherd]

I have a clip board behind the headrest in the buggy and try to mark them down as I go round. Have reasons that I put a mark too. Dad mithers On that it’s not worth doing but I think it’s good to look back at and see where the losses are and if you can improve somewhere.
One farm last year had a lot of non viable/ premature lambs, mainly out of shearlings which was where a lot of the losses toted up. Discussed it with the vet and he said classic toxo symptoms. Vaccinated the shearlings this year and they’ve been like different sheep. Think there’s only 1 gone away with nothing that chucked lambs early on.

Our vet told us to do that one year, it got too depressing so I gave up

 

[Hilly]

i count pigs religiously its funny how you forget yet look back ….

 

[Devil's advocate]

I bet not many livestock farMers paying
Themselves 50k a year 40hrs week ….. and its more skilled that most so called skilled jobs. .

Owner occupiers might be earning that a month, on paper anyway.

100 acre is 100 acres whatever the price, but gets harder to buy all the time.

 

[muleman]

I count mine and spend the gross income at scanning no wonder im down in the dumps at lambing

You do right, cash em afore the had chance to dee!

 

[Stw88]

Yes I jot down reasons as a tally and why ewes have died, how many have slipped lamb etc, prolapses etc,
See if improvements can be made

I’ve had a disaster with prolapses this year. Think only 1 has survived.

 

[Devil's advocate]

In other news grass has grawn an inch today

Nice to see the damp areas between drain lateralls start to green up.

 

[Hilly]

I’ve had a disaster with prolapses this year. Think only 1 has survived.

Ive a cow prolapsed tonight , push in vagina comes out push vagina in arse comes out , get them both in stand back and both come out , sew them both in and pushes till stiches burst , hmmm .

 

[Devil's advocate]

Does he come and help you?

With accountants yes & sends me a big bill.

He asks me for help with his family, house & garden & says thank you.

I don't mind he is there if I need him.

 

[Jonp]

oh no, only 52 days left, before it goes down hill.............

reckon there's a lot of work piling up, to busy to notice longest day.

turning stores out today, , till we had a phone call from the vets, who had one from BCMS, who had one from the police.

A303 shut, both ways, cattle on the road. Turns out, 1 store steer, must have run straight through hedge and fence.

No damage done thankfully, steer back in shed. Had a few scares, but that is the first cattle that reached the main road, in 40 yrs. Had sheep on it once, and got someone else's cattle off twice.

someone else's sheep got on one day, helping to get them off, police parked their car, all lights flashing, in the middle of one side of the dual carriageway, cars never slowed down, just went on by, that was scary.

I had 8 cows and 8 calves grazing on the hard shoulder of the M4 between the broken highways fence and the crash barrier just before the Brynglass tunnels. During the drought 2 years back, they were looking for food.
Luckily I managed to call them back through the fence before anyone important noticed.
That was the year I sold them all before I had a heart attack.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Ive a cow prolapsed tonight , push in vagina comes out push vagina in arse comes out , get them both in stand back and both come out , sew them both in and pushes till stiches burst , hmmm .

You've had a day of it

 

[z.man]

Per day

Per suckler calf

 

[ritchiekirkland]

Our vet told us to do that one year, it got too depressing so I gave up

Snap

 

[som farmer]

i count pigs religiously its funny how you forget yet look back ….

my 'busy' time is coming up, going around the cattle now they are out. Been a very long wet winter, yards get a bit greasy, then l get banned from going up there, bit too wobbly on me pins.

and l count them into a field, and count them every day. Son isn't so good at that.

easy way to wind him up, just ask, 'is that 20, with the bull, or not counting the bull'.

l have always counted stock, every time l go round, sometimes even the neighbours, if l feel nosey. Just don't understand why he doesn't.

 

[Hill Ground]

Yes there's not a lot of point really but it does help a bit for budgeting if you know roughly what there is going to be to sell in the backend

I think it's important to, so you know why your loosing them, so you can see if you can improve the job.

Our vet told us to do that one year, it got too depressing so I gave up

You should count the live ones too, that should cheer you up!!