Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[dinderleat]

Can't you sell them as calves? PPK they look even dearer

Been shut down with tb a year ago clear now, they won't make the money as calves sold 5 HF bull calves all five came to £100 sold 5 24month old HF steers made £1000 each

 

[dinderleat]

What did you value todays cattle at before you sold them?

Bit less than they made they probably all made £100 more that I thought, thought the brb steer would make 1200 the old man laughed at me made 1240. So really pleased

 

[dinderleat]

Well his might be ?

These top prices are 42+ day old calves not 12 day olds

 

[Northeastfarmer]

These top prices are 42+ day old calves not 12 day olds

I wasn't signalling you out...I just meant around here you see farmers selling stores at 20 months + for not a great lot more than others selling them as weaned suckled calves

 

[Henarar]

Only for the very top end calves, anything that is an improver is better ran on.

we have run on a couple of not so good ones and seen a good return on it , some that don't quite look the part at ten months look bloody good run on for six months or more
the only problem is the cost of pre movement testing stops you selling when you want, tb costs lots of money even if you have never had it

 

[dinderleat]

I wasn't signalling you out...I just meant around here you see farmers selling stores at 20 months + for not a great lot more than others selling them as weaned suckled calves

Totally agree with you when 8 month old weaned calves make 850+ why keep them 12 months more for an extra £200. Probably because they've always done it!

 

[Average Farmerboy]

Thought the lamb trade would of been better in Newark today, according to eblex sqq was only 165.3.

 

[cattleman123]

Anyone wanting store lambs wants to head up to Longtown next tuesday.These medium keep lambs were £45-£55 last week.

What breed would they be up there?..Mainly that is

 

[bread and jam]

U-3 quotes (base in Northern Ireland) range from 340-346p/kg across the plants.

Thanks. So approx 10-15p/kg behind mainland UK. Is there a lot of cattle about in NI or is it southern Ireland.

 

[jendan]

What breed would they be up there?..Mainly that is

Every breed you can think of,apart from woolless/shedders.Plenty Texel x,Suffx at around £50,and not just little rubbish.

 

[cowboysupper]

Thanks. So approx 10-15p/kg behind mainland UK. Is there a lot of cattle about in NI or is it southern Ireland.

Supplies of clean cattle are pretty steady in Northern Ireland, cull cows seemed to have dropped off a bit with milk prices improving. I'd dread to think what prices would be if the Euro was weaker.

Supplies in ROI are forecast to be stronger again this year than last year (which was stronger than 2015 as well), but the Irish Farmers' Journal would be reporting that finished cattle are tight enough at present. I think base quotes for R grade cattle are about 305-310p/kg. They've had the benefit of a weak Euro for a few years which has helped them but now that has turned against them they're have a more difficult time. On the positive they have recently agreed a beef export deal with Egypt. I'm not old enough to remember but they say Egypt was a big market for Irish beef pre BSE

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Woodheads paying 5p more on cattle under 400 kilos as of this week

 

[gone up the hill]

Woodheads paying 5p more on cattle under 400 kilos as of this week

Sounds like the start of them bringing in a weight limit..

What I don't understand is why Morrisions shelves are practically empty of UK beef and lamb currently....??

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Sounds like the start of them bringing in a weight limit..

What I don't understand is why Morrisions shelves are practically empty of UK beef and lamb currently....??

They won't bring the weight limit down

 

[gone up the hill]

They won't bring the weight limit down

I wouldn't be too sure about that in the long term if they are going to deduct 5pk for cattle over 400 kilos ( which is what they are basically doing )

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I wouldn't be too sure about that in the long term if they are going to deduct 5pk for cattle over 400 kilos ( which is what they are basically doing )

Their base price is the same over 400 just an extra 5p under (which is basically a bonus)

 

[gone up the hill]

Their base price is the same over 400 just an extra 5p under (which is basically a bonus)

Cant see them paying 5pk more than anyone else just for the sake of it or for the long term either, clearly they want lighter cattle and offering a carrot rather than a stick to try and get producers to supple them lighter, if you look at the size of their steaks etc on the shelve they are getting smaller and smaller all the time.

Of course they could set their base price 5pk less than anyone else.

 

[gone up the hill]

Exeter today,

Sheep SQQ 164.6 -1.3pk ( numbers down quite a bit )

Sedge today

Sheep SQQ 170.5 + 6.6pk ( numbers also well down )

Steers 185.7 + 13.2pk

Heifers 185.7 - 6.6pk

 

[Farmerbuti]

165 today at lancaster mine ave tex x 45kg same as last week thought job might have been a bit sharper

 

[kps]

Woodheads paying 5p more on cattle under 400 kilos as of this week

They told me they were paying +5p for r grade or better over 300kg under 30 months. That was last week.