Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[livestock 1]

Commercial bulls looked 2-3k cheaper to me than the last sale.

Did you go or just watched a bit same as me?
I thought exactly the same what was making 10 was 7 now

 

[livestock 1]

Probably due to all the suckler herds going

Yes and not even a big entry of bulls either

 

[Stw88]

Did you go or just watched a bit same as me?
I thought exactly the same what was making 10 was 7 now

Was just watching at dinner time. Got one at the last sale

 

[livestock 1]

Was just watching at dinner time. Got one at the last sale

I’ve got an older bull here I’ve been spending a bit of time with keeping him going when I watched that I thought they were surprisingly cheap compared to what I was expecting him to cost to replace

 

[livestock 1]

Was just watching at dinner time. Got one at the last sale

What’s he looking like the one you bought?
I’ve just remembered about that

 

[muleman]

Usually the junior bulls are dearest, yesterday most of those went unsold.
Hard to tell quality on screen, unless they were a poor show they were quite a bit cheaper

 

[muleman]

Same story tho, they're cheap when your watching, get there and pick one and it's a different matter!

 

[muleman]

And ringside looked sparse, I wonder why

 

[Optimus]

And ringside looked sparse, I wonder why

I think it's always a strange time to have a sale.

 

[livestock 1]

Some I watched that had the breeding and looked the part still were making a decent price
As you say if you were there they probably wouldn’t look as cheap but looked like you could easily pick a bull up yesterday
I was told by one of the breeders a couple of years ago that they needed £3500 to get anywhere for a bull prepared and sold at association sales not sure if that’s right or wrong but if it was right that will be more now and plenty were sold or passed yesterday for that or less

 

[livestock 1]

I think it's always a strange time to have a sale.

At a busy time you mean

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I think it's always a strange time to have a sale.

Usually the dearest in may

 

[Optimus]

At a busy time you mean

Yes, a lot of potential buyers can't make it.

 

[livestock 1]

Was the entry less? I thought it was maybe?

 

[livestock 1]

I was thinking yesterday this lack of stock is going to have an effect on auctions and go right through the system

 

[muleman]

I wonder if nowadays when they are boiled up so much folk would rather buy in Feb and get them acclimatised before turning them out into the big wide world

 

[Shepherd12]

Some I watched that had the breeding and looked the part still were making a decent price
As you say if you were there they probably wouldn’t look as cheap but looked like you could easily pick a bull up yesterday
I was told by one of the breeders a couple of years ago that they needed £3500 to get anywhere for a bull prepared and sold at association sales not sure if that’s right or wrong but if it was right that will be more now and plenty were sold or passed yesterday for that or less

I was told by a top Charolais man that bulls were costing £5k to get them to sale

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I wonder if nowadays when they are boiled up so much folk would rather buy in Feb and get them acclimatised before turning them out into the big wide world

Takes at least a year for a bull to become acclimatised to your farm and weaned off ad lib hard feed

 

[livestock 1]

I wonder if nowadays when they are boiled up so much folk would rather buy in Feb and get them acclimatised before turning them out into the big wide world

Quite likely that is. There’s a few of them folks selling/breeding bulls that aren’t on as severe as of a ration that they could be they include a bit more silage those bulls aren’t boiled as badly and don’t loose as much ground. A lot will be the other way on and those bulls will take handling at home. Folks get to know as time goes on those more sensibly fed have seen a more solid trade in some ways

 

[Henarar]

I was told by a top Charolais man that bulls were costing £5k to get them to sale

Takes at least a year for a bull to become acclimatised to your farm and weaned off ad lib hard feed

Oh FFS