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Yes I have to agree it does look that wayThey must be making a hell of alot of money out of them in August/September/October when they were only £65-£75 average.
Yes I have to agree it does look that wayThey must be making a hell of alot of money out of them in August/September/October when they were only £65-£75 average.
Silly prices are boom and bust...£5 kilo is fine but any higher and folk will switch...I want high prices but one has to be sensible..does any one agree?
They are crap like last week middle of the road chax heifers £1.95 bestNever mind bloody sheep...let’s have your cattle report
yep good post , problem is prices been too low for years , simply because tesco etc have played silly games with targeted imports at peak season (easter on) and kept prices down , now there is no imports to have as NZ and aus is going to usa and china , exports are driving trade now as it would have done last year had politics not made exporters nervous , (they still kept the difference on what they did export to europe though) ,there was always going to be a correction at some pointWhat other industry other than farming would talk down their prices like above??
Utter madness and MUST stop!!
£5 kilo deadweight is the min sheep prices need to be in the 12 month cycle!
Farm input prices rise year on year and so MUST farm gate prices of livestock/ produce etc if the industry is to have a sustainable future!
2027 subs are gone, the new ELMS scheme will be an utter disaster for smaller family farms ( esp livestock ones ) will you still be happy with £5 kilo then??? aye right
Its just depressing, coming to the end of my fat cattle for a couple of months.hopefully by then price will be up, doubt though were going to see £3.80 again.Has this turned into Hogg price tracker or beef just not worth talking about ?
What other industry other than farming would talk down their prices like above??
Utter madness and MUST stop!!
£5 kilo deadweight is the min sheep prices need to be in the 12 month cycle!
Farm input prices rise year on year and so MUST farm gate prices of livestock/ produce etc if the industry is to have a sustainable future!
2027 subs are gone, the new ELMS scheme will be an utter disaster for smaller family farms ( esp livestock ones ) will you still be happy with £5 kilo then??? aye right
Every industry knows what prices the market will stand for their product. Push it too far and demand will drop, or the competition will undercut you.
I agree that prices sub £4 earlier in the season were a waste of time, but if you cannot produce for less than £5 I fear you will be disappointed, at least some of the time.
Ranting that it must be more won't make it so. Farmers will keep prices under £5 in peak season because if they got near that, over production would follow.
Having said all that, world prices mean the future is currently positive, as long as we're not sold down the river with trade deal tariffs. But ranting won't alter world prices, for good or bad.
See south Moulton had a good trade today better than holsworthy yesterday.
If you're not ranting Guth, why do you need an exclamation mark after every sentence??No one is ranting so stop making rubbish like that up trying to make yourself look clever!
No industry talks its prices down like some in the farming industry do!
Other industry's work out their cop and then price their product price to cover this and leave a sensible profit margin unlike farming where a few seem to be on a race to the bottom!
If subs go ( which they will ) lamb prices will have to be £5 a kilo min, your fooling yourself if you think otherwise!
If you're not ranting Guth, why do you need an exclamation mark after every sentence??
Chill Guth, stick to the discussionAnd why do you have to be so childish and try to make yourself look clever by point scoring all the time??
All your doing PBH is ruining a good thread and discouraging people from posting! Pathetic !
No Preston,but I see Wales is the same.Was that dunbia wales?
I see both sides but I have to say I agree with guth. We can't can't keep going back wards in price on farms. I think some said earlier on here if lamb goes to dear they will swap well its seems simple to me put the price on everything up be level playing field then. At end of the day people got to eat and they got to realise that it cost a lot of money keep theses stock and I think a lot don't know that.Every industry knows what prices the market will stand for their product. Push it too far and demand will drop, or the competition will undercut you.
I agree that prices sub £4 earlier in the season were a waste of time, but if you cannot produce for less than £5 I fear you will be disappointed, at least some of the time.
Ranting that it must be more won't make it so. Farmers will keep prices under £5 in peak season because if they got near that, over production would follow.
Having said all that, world prices mean the future is currently positive, as long as we're not sold down the river with trade deal tariffs. But ranting won't alter world prices, for good or bad.
Chill Guth, stick to the discussion
Well saidto be honest what would you pay a tradesman if you didnt know better £20 hour ? we all know its nearer £50 hr plus call out , all meat reared outside beef/ sheep price needs to be double and if joe public wants properly reared food and sustainable environment control they better suck it up .some women pay £40 a week just at nail bar before we even get started about hairdresser. This is 2020 not 1980
Other industry's work out their cop and then price their product price to cover this and leave a sensible profit margin unlike farming where a few seem to be on a race to the bottom!
I would have to disagree. I tried both this week and dead ahead. 46/47kg at market lucky if there 45kg x 2.36kg is £106.20. Same lambs do 22kg dead at £4.90 £107.80. These are base prices obviously better grade lambs will achieve more on both fronts. Later have no haulage charge, less costs. Although no chance of name in paper.South Molton had the dearest trade in the SW this week!
SQQ a very impressive 236.1pk ( up 20pk on the week )
Well ahead of deadweight even at £4.95 kilo!