That’s a good price. What sort of weights were they?
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
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Farmer1001
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I'd say 270/280 kgs average but that would be generous.
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I did hear there were some good ones up thereA fair bit of money, they were good steers though.
beaconsboy
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- south powys
Anyone got a price on bulls at abp next week please
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Medium keep store lambs easily up today at sedge to sell around the £59/64 mark.
Would be a good £5/6 up on 12 months ago yet fhinshed price is the same or slightly less.
Beef and dairy farmers were driving lamb trade today!
Would be a good £5/6 up on 12 months ago yet fhinshed price is the same or slightly less.
Beef and dairy farmers were driving lamb trade today!
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Make sure that your store cattle qualify for PGI status now seems to be the case!
spin cycle
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- north norfolk
whats pgi?
Protected geographical indication i think. So scottish beef or welsh lamb or cornish pasties melton mowbray pork pies or whatever. Never heard it mentioned in a market though.
Demolition Man
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- Wales
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Yea that is correct.
Some buyers wanted to know the status of cattle today, never heard it asked for before either!
Demolition Man
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- Wales
Which PGI region did they want?
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Would it not be Farm assurance status they were asking,I thought it was only Scottish beef that had pgi.
gone up the hill
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- Devon
Westcountry PGI for beef and lamb is what they wanted to know if they qualified for!
I think Sainsbury's sell lamb under the brand for one!
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- north Wales
We buy calves in at a couple of weeks old, 2 years later in the fat ring , they don't qualify as Welsh beef despite living in Wales for 99% of their lives [emoji37]
Lovegoodstock
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- Buckinghamshire
Not a big pro ahdb lover before I get misunderstood, but the old saying you pay peanuts you get monkeys... we as an industry are stuck in the dark ages, we all loved the lamb price june to august. It was great!! It was great compared to the year before. Go back 30years and add on inflation and see where a lamb should be. Whether ahdb wages are a b xor y they are not high, yes massive for the farming industry but you are going to get a junior, half rate or retiring cant be arsed type at those figures. Anyone with drive or ability wont consider that job and budget. @guth said if in private sector they would be answerable for performance, yes maybe, but also if in private sector they wouldn't have taken the job at that wage. Also I saw of interest their income/ expenditure, a decent tv marketing campaign would cost what? Not a 25 second advert at 11.40 am or 2.15pm, prime time, I have no idea but I bet if you advertised in the break of coronation street, prime time for a month, that would eat into a million of that budget? Without the cost of making a decent ad worthy of that expenditure, yet if asked/ told levy was to quadruple to fund this, how many of us wouldn't be moaning like hell on here? Remember a" high quality burger firm " in a service station half way up m6, guess would have been set up by a few individuals with maybe some investment from backers/ shareholders, would most of us gladly pass over 10k each to go big in a rival chain, franchises of a competitive yet tastier, healthier, carbon foot print friendlier product, accept no dividends for 3 years to build and look long term for a better future, or would 20% maybe invest and the other 80% hope to have a short term gain on the back of others and then be the first to moan when it failed, despite the reality they sold their meat to rivals at a short term inflated price to kill opposition.
Demolition Man
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- Wales
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
What a pile of rubbish...wonder if they wanted to know what region the Clydesdales came from when they were buying them for the steak pies!