Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Farmer1001]

we will get a trade deal it might be last minute -but it will happen

Agree. But all the talk about negotiating EU deals makes it easy to forget we already have one. But still leaves the risk of a free trade deal with the states.

 

[Top Tip.]

Scottish lambs up today Ayr up 11p Boswell’s up 3.5p

 

[Lovegoodstock]

Fine paying top dollar for these people at the AHDB if they deliver top dollar results for levy payers but the trouble is nearly all the current lot are FAR from delivering for levy payers!

They spend to much time on Spin/ writing statements about KPI/ Knowledge exchange etc and none of this will make any difference to farmers bottom lines.

The wage of JK is not far off what the PM of the UK earns!

Oh im with you not against, not saying it works at all at the minute, not at all. The lack of promotion for a long long while has created a situation like now, where the uk don't eat lamb as a whole. Cant remember who said above that us east 1/2k per head of lamb a year, interested what uk is against say us, france or Belgium etc. Ok wage similar to PM, but we all know PM wage is a mere stepping stone to moving up the ladder and earning the bucks post the retirement of the position. The way I see the required money in an effective successful ad campaign, is the same way a farm is treated, replace a few sheep, an odd tractor, repair/ improve buildings each year, regardless of if you have had a good year financially or not, have a bad year, then another and then try and buy a lot more ewes, after spending a lot more maintenance on an old tractor and repairing an old building that should have been done cheaper and sooner. Inefficiency over many years, has created a situation now where a major investment is required, even when things have been good, as most other industries would do you keep investing and don't sit on your laurels, which we are very good at doing thinking we produce a good product, which we do, but thinking as we know that, others, being general public, do as well , they don't, they need telling and putting it in their face, the way of the world. People on the whole cant think, we need to do their thinking and inform them that buying british meat is the way forward, safe and minimal carbon footprint, maintaining the hedges and hills, they wont become immune to AB as they will consuming US beef, or they can keep breathing oxygen as opposed to not being able to buy eating Brazilian beef and losing all rain forests!!

 

[Sheeponfire]

Scottish lambs up today Ayr up 11p Boswell’s up 3.5p

Looking at Ayr average last week... the 11p up just takes it to "par" with all the rest around the 165p mark

At least thats my take on the situation...

still its a + on the week!

 

[Top Tip.]

Looking at Ayr average last week... the 11p up just takes it to "par" with all the rest around the 165p mark

At least thats my take on the situation...

still its a + on the week!

I’m sure your cup is always half empty

 

[S J H]

Well not wishing to be a pessimist, but the US population consume an average of 1/2kg of sheep meat per head of population per year, whereas they consume approx 30kgs of beef per consumer - lamb quite simply isn't a big seller. The other point of interest is the market gets through a lot of BIG ribs, the sort you don't find on a 20kg carcase. So whilst there is an opportunity for say bigger carcass, it's not the saviour many would need to offset the possible flood of beef and chicken coming the other way. When considering new trade deals we must look at the overall nett position of imports v exports. In simple terms I am afraid the US will never replace the EU market for lamb and a free trade deal with the US could be economic suicide for many British farmers in beef and lanb production, if we have no trade deal with the EU and a free trade deal with the US then....

So the US could take 1/2 of our production?

 

[Farmer1001]

So the US could take 1/2 of our production?

Yes if all the US sheep farmers pack in, and all imports from other countries are banned..

 

[Sheeponfire]

I’m sure your cup is always half empty

If Its'a decent malt...... empties very quickly!

 

[cudota]

They have sold several hundred at Exeter over the last 2 months as well.

There seams to be a lot of shearlings heading back north to the auctions that own them this year

 

[jendan]

There seams to be a lot of shearlings heading back north to the auctions that own them this year

Bought but not paid for?

 

[texhex]

Could any one give me a guide price for putting lambs on turnips?

 

[hendrebc]

some almost overfat ewe lambs in ruthin today all nz texel cross lleyns. And one 55kg that was a bit leaner

 

[sticky]

Lambs were give or take £1.65 today in Stratford. ( my take on it.)

 

[neilo]

View attachment 593632 some almost overfat ewe lambs in ruthin today all nz texel cross lleyns. And one 55kg that was a bit leaner

Ouch!

 

[hendrebc]

Ouch!

Yup. Average 1.53 or something iirc. Dont know what market average was though im usually about there

 

[jendan]

View attachment 593632 some almost overfat ewe lambs in ruthin today all nz texel cross lleyns. And one 55kg that was a bit leaner

They are shocking prices! Think i will give Longtown a miss on thursday.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Didn’t go but the old man said suckled calves were venomous at Barny today...5-6month old ones making over 1k

 

[hendrebc]

They are shocking prices! Think i will give Longtown a miss on thursday.

No they werent good were they thought everyone would appreciate the heads up. They were quite nice lambs too even if i do say so myself. Not trade topping texels but still very decent. They had just come out of withdrawl period of 3 weeks and had gotten really fat in that time if id left them any longer they would have been way too fat. Didnt see the sale myself so cant comment on how others sold

 

[had e nuff]

Didn’t go but the old man said suckled calves were venomous at Barny today...5-6month old ones making over 1k

Did he fill a wagon

 

[R tea]

No they werent good were they thought everyone would appreciate the heads up. They were quite nice lambs too even if i do say so myself. Not trade topping texels but still very decent. They had just come out of withdrawl period of 3 weeks and had gotten really fat in that time if id left them any longer they would have been way too fat. Didnt see the sale myself so cant comment on how others sold

I sold not the best looking tex x mule 41kg ram lambs for £66, and some nice clean looking 38.5kg ewe lambs for £64 there today.
The cheque said 163p/kg, last week they were just over 170p/kg but the ram lambs last week were slightly better looking and 2kg heavier which the seem to favour.