Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[muleman]

Here’s some good news, neighbour of mine got £160 for cull Swaley ewes last night at Kirkby. Wonder what drafts will be this time

I had a new draft with no milk so sold it fat and made profit!
Usually if the fella asks how ewes have done I would not make a fuss but tell him i had sold it fat and he'd give me a few notes to make up the difference. ......I wonder if I have to pay him this time!

 

[muleman]

Joking aside they must of being really good sheep

Must have had a lot of meat on them!

 

[Attam]

I had a new draft with no milk so sold it fat and made profit!
Usually if the fella asks how ewes have done I would not make a fuss but tell him i had sold it fat and he'd give me a few notes to make up the difference. ......I wonder if I have to pay him this time!

Once you get into the habit of selling your ewes fat for more than you paid for them drafts you will understand what’s it’s like to run cheviots. I can see your edging nearer to trying some

 

[livestock 1]

I like my Cheviots I’ve had some that I equally disliked

 

[Attam]

I like my Cheviots I’ve had some that I equally disliked

I think I have quite a few that dislike me there not scared of launching an assault on your knee caps

 

[livestock 1]

I think I have quite a few that dislike me there not scared of launching an assault on your knee caps

I’ve bred a few which have been ok although the mrs hates them I’ve bought a few this year I’m on the third attempt and they appear to have do very well in all respects. I think they must be like sbf where there’s a lot of breed types within the breed some good and some bad at a guess

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

What a great trade for ewes, probably the highest ever average price today at £147.70 up over £12.00 on the week.
Hoggets stopped falling and they were up a little today and New season lambs also up.

Spring is certainly here now and all that long winter will quickly be forgotten, there will just be less breeding sheep so hopefully these higher prices will be sustained.

 

[Skintagain]

I’ve bred a few which have been ok although the mrs hates them I’ve bought a few this year I’m on the third attempt and they appear to have do very well in all respects. I think they must be like sbf where there’s a lot of breed types within the breed some good and some bad at a guess

What does Mrs prefer?

my Mrs loves Swales and n of e mules.

 

[livestock 1]

What does Mrs prefer?

my Mrs loves Swales and n of e mules.

Mules better to deal with at at lambing time

 

[Attam]

I’ve bred a few which have been ok although the mrs hates them I’ve bought a few this year I’m on the third attempt and they appear to have do very well in all respects. I think they must be like sbf where there’s a lot of breed types within the breed some good and some bad at a guess

Had a few from more local places that do a decent job but as you say they’re hit and miss. Best I’ve had are ex-Dingwall, hard as nails, pile flesh on and just get on with lambing.

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Mules better to deal with at at lambing time

I've around 60 mule shgs lambing in the pasture near our house. There is only 1 or 2 left to lamb. I've caught one to get a big single out with a leg back and brought a few in overnight when the weather was bad, done nothing else. So far they have only lost 6 lambs. Is that easycare or not

 

[ritchiekirkland]

Went through last ewes to lamb on Monday and drew out ones that had slipped lambs ect for tomorrow. One lambed today ! Not sure if I should be happy or not ???

 

[livestock 1]

I've around 60 mule shgs lambing in the pasture near our house. There is only 1 or 2 left to lamb. I've caught one to get a big single out with a leg back and brought a few in overnight when the weather was bad, done nothing else. So far they have only lost 6 lambs. Is that easycare or not

They definitely suit my system only trouble is they take a bit of looking after in the wet winters like we have had. It’s noticeable here with haven no indoor housing for sheep how the tighter skinned ewes have survived better. I can see me with more Cheviot x ewes they hold themselves together better

 

[livestock 1]

They also graze better in the winter

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

They definitely suit my system only trouble is they take a bit of looking after in the wet winters like we have had. It’s noticeable here with haven no indoor housing for sheep how the tighter skinned ewes have survived better. I can see me with more Cheviot x ewes they hold themselves together better

These have never been housed

 

[livestock 1]

Our hill grazing was very wet and sour with all the rain we were dragging the ewes outwards into dryer cleaner grazing land every day
The Cheviots were already there

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

They also graze better in the winter

I can't fault the Cheviot mules either, they do seem easier to keep condition on and do have a better quality lamb. The lambs to a Texel can be a bit bald though for bad weather but will definitely be worth more

 

[neilo]

Went through last ewes to lamb on Monday and drew out ones that had slipped lambs ect for tomorrow. One lambed today ! Not sure if I should be happy or not ???

I drew a small handful like that a fortnight ago. Running them up the mart alley towards the cull pen, I thought that one looks to have a bit of a bag (enough that might have raised eyebrows anyway), so I chucked her back on the trailer.
She lambed twins about 3 hours later, when she would have still been in the cull pens.

One of the problems with having feckwit walkers about that leave gates open/let sheep through, but admittedly I shouldn’t have missed her when I sorted them either.

 

[Macsky]

Their deckers are coming to the stage they need replacing. £250k a piece for new ones.

Is that tractor unit and trailer or trailer only?

 

[gone up the hill]

It's just folk tired and run down after lambing time, I used to think I was almost depressed, now I know what it is and am ready for it to come and go. ....as I said the other day, not a time of year to make decisions to jack in or whatever!

Main thing is you have your health, every other problem can be overcome one way or another.

Sadly at least one very well respected and knowledgeable TFF member/ livestock farmer who posts often on this and other threads on TFF has suffered a sudden out of the blue life changing health issue a few weeks ago and which puts into perspective just what is important in life and that certainly is not the weather and livestock prices.

And i am sure we all wish this member well and hopefully we will see them back posting on TFF when they are well enough to do so.

No one knows what is around the next corner at the end of the day.