6Any one go hallworthy market today? Believe it was holsworthy combine today? Many calves in?
6Any one go hallworthy market today? Believe it was holsworthy combine today? Many calves in?
6 Cavles?
Someone has their thinking cap on. Wel
look a tidy trade.50 less lambs here.... Not the prettiest things either! View attachment 851362View attachment 851362
Makes the mind boggle when you read china has destroyed almost 200million pigs from their breeding herd because of swine flu. I was telling a non farming friend over christmas and he couldnt believe it hadnt been all over the news.A very in depth market report! - it even covers the fires in Australia!
At these higher prices its even more annoying when you go out in the morning and there is a dead one.. ?
Fat cattle not a bad trade today
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Don’t think they would have made that price dead weight
Remember you can afford to lose one though because the rest are worth more,I was told once that it was easier to give a bag of potatoes away when they are £10 rather than £2 because he couldn't afford not to sell all the £2 onesA very in depth market report! - it even covers the fires in Australia!
At these higher prices its even more annoying when you go out in the morning and there is a dead one.. ?
That is a solid trade with the way things are, what market was that and were they suckler bred??
If you don't mind me asking what do think you would of cleared/ loss on them?Thirsk. Mainly sucklers bought in at the beginning of the year. Most weren’t to far off doubling up from purchase price
Done well to double ya money since beginning of the year.Thirsk. Mainly sucklers bought in at the beginning of the year. Most weren’t to far off doubling up from purchase price
If you don't mind me asking what do think you would of cleared/ loss on them?
You gave them a fiver/head luck. That's what I like to seeFat cattle not a bad trade today
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Don’t think they would have made that price dead weight
Should be the other way aroundWe look after our buyers at Thirsk.
That's a great tradeFat cattle not a bad trade today
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??? full value?! Send a wagon load of lambs in then get a phone call "oh these hasn't graded as good as you said so we've applied a penalty" what can you do about it? Stuff all. I remember the shafting we all took during F&M when the abattoirs had us all by the balls. Had my fill of that, once bitten twice shy and all that. Mine go through the market and if I don't like it, they all come back. Trouble is lots of people just take the poor price and say nowt although I accept they perhaps haven't got the set up to bring stock back tooAt least with deadweight you know your getting the full value for your stock ,we're not here to subsidise auctions , lamb buyers or abbatoirs ...its us farmers that does all the hard work sitting up at night lambing them,out in all weathers tending to them, you might as well get the full value,auctions can be very hit and miss at times.
When youve been doing the deadweight system for a while you get to know the job ....i know to within 50p or a pound what my lambs will come to before they leave the farm, with the live auction it can be lottery, can be £5 or 8 out....but as said before,thats maybe just my type of lambs....i respect those that use the live and feel they can do better that way.??? full value?! Send a wagon load of lambs in then get a phone call "oh these hasn't graded as good as you said so we've applied a penalty" what can you do about it? Stuff all. I remember the shafting we all took during F&M when the abattoirs had us all by the balls. Had my fill of that, once bitten twice shy and all that. Mine go through the market and if I don't like it, they all come back. Trouble is lots of people just take the poor price and say nowt although I accept they perhaps haven't got the set up to bring stock back too
Top price was £178 in stasaph yesterday!!Great cull ewe trade in longtown yesterday texel x ewes to 144 & topped Suffolk ewes at 134