Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[tinsheet]

Can only go on what I was told...they had to be over 12 months have a full set of dentures and be fit and healthy

Horns tails and balls, they go crazy for them for a couple of weeks

 

[cattleman123]

Used to be tup lambs and hoggs ewes and such as. There’s a lot of hoggs still about. I’ve seen a few thousand still on hoppers. I’m assuming these are for the festival

Hogs on Hoppers in July ...really..

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Hogs on Hoppers in July ...really..

They’ll be dripping...I hope they’re going to be £200 each...

 

[Woolless]

So, can anybody give us the definitive requirements for the up coming festival? (Is this one Qurbani???)
I reckon that last year we signed a form to say that our tup lambs met the requirements but I can't remember what they were.
@Woolless ??? @Smith31 ???

Edit ... and when is the best date to take them to market, please.

IIRC, the proper spec is a male over six months with no injuries or mutilations. For many outlets, I would think any lamb with nuts would do. There can't be many January-born tup lambs hanging about now? Or tup hoggs? Week commencing August 5th would be the week for market, the festival is the weekend 10/11.

 

[yellowbelly]

There can't be many January-born tup lambs hanging about now?

Thanks - that's why I was asking. Now's the time we pick the Lincoln tup lambs that we are retaining for breeding, the rest are killed and last year they went under a signed declaration for the qurbani festival which meant they sold well.
It's only 1 or 2 pens but the premium was well worth having.

 

[onthehoof]

Horns tails and balls, they go crazy for them for a couple of weeks

Does the meat taste different?

 

[livestock 1]

Hogs on Hoppers in July ...really..

They’re not mine! For once. The people that are feeding them at the moment aren’t by any means daft. They are well informed and have an abacus. Still it’s intriguing though.

 

[FordFarmer]

Heard smolton were selling them with signed declaration yesterday, anyone know if holsworthy did on Wednesday?

 

[livestock 1]

Actually thinking about it the last batch that went from here were the usual tail end types, mostly sold to Weasel in the beginning of June. Maybe he has them laid up ready

 

[tinsheet]

Does the meat taste different?

No idea!

 

[Leyland255]

Dunbia Wales lambs £3.80 mon

 

[Northeastfarmer]

What a fanny on signing declarations and what not for this festival...I won’t be doing owt like that...there’s nothing to celebrate in taking an animals life

 

[ISCO]

Dunbia Wales lambs £3.80 mon

Dunbia £3.75 England for Monday

 

[Werzle]

Cattle kill numbers up this week in ireland but cull cow/bull prices are up too.

 

[Smith31]

So, can anybody give us the definitive requirements for the up coming festival? (Is this one Qurbani???)
I reckon that last year we signed a form to say that our tup lambs met the requirements but I can't remember what they were.
@Woolless ??? @Smith31 ???

Edit ... and when is the best date to take them to market, please.

Some require over 12 months old ...some are happy with healthy lambs...some want tup lambs ...some want goats, yet others will happily purchase cast ewes and tups with no teeth!!!

Every buyer seems to have a different spec.

Everything we have here is at least over 6 months old, all fit and healthy absolutely no lame sheep or anything with any visible damage. Everyone seems to be happy with that. Alot of our older sheep are too good to slaughter, but they are willing to pay the premium and have been purchased from store marts.

Usually trade starts picking up a week and a half before the festival, to meet the butchers demand. However, it is so hot this year it is hard to predict the demand seems to be low.

 

[livestock 1]

Any news from Carlisle trade today?

 

[gone up the hill]

What is clean beef doing next week?

 

[kps]

What is clean beef doing next week?

Foyle and woodheads stand on. So hopefully we've hit the bottom.

 

[Shebb90]

What is clean beef doing next week?

You go Exeter today? What was trade like?

 

[gone up the hill]

You go Exeter today? What was trade like?

Didn't have time to go, too busy on field work.