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[andybk]

Anyone gets to Sedgemoor today...could not get there as too much to do..how was trades...

according to facebook top hoggs were £134 ! (prob ewe lambs) breeding ewes £130 they did have a biggish lot of mules from beeswax (dyson)

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[Henarar]

according to facebook top hoggs were £134 ! (prob ewe lambs) breeding ewes £130 they did have a biggish lot of mules from beeswax (dyson)

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I wonder if @gone up the hill was there

 

[Ross121]

Anyone know how trade was at rugby in lamb ewe sale today?
Farmers fresh £5:20 for lambs Monday

 

[Farmer1001]

Their lambs are making much more than that a kilo old tip!

On what basis do you make that claim when you are so clearly wrong, I can confirm OldTip is bang on at £3.50 kg for NZ lamb at the moment.

 

[TomD]

On what basis do you make that claim when you are so clearly wrong, I can confirm OldTip is bang on at £3.50 kg for NZ lamb at the moment.

Based on being the Oracle of global prices....dont you dare question him else he be wanting to have a word with you...

 

[cattleman123]

On what basis do you make that claim when you are so clearly wrong, I can confirm OldTip is bang on at £3.50 kg for NZ lamb at the moment.

Assuming your correct that really could put a spanner in the works if a couple of boatloads end up coming this way...its all pie in the sky but I would never be surprised at anything...possibly just in time for easter

 

[jendan]

Assuming your correct that really could put a spanner in the works if a couple of boatloads end up coming this way...its all pie in the sky but I would never be surprised at anything...possibly just in time for easter

They will probably be on route already.

 

[Top Tip.]

They will probably be on route already.

I did hear a rumour that one of the main Scottish lamb buyers had just flown back from NZ this was about 10 days ago.

 

[Shebb90]

People paying over £100 for store lambs now are taking a big risk I would say.

 

[beefandsleep]

They *think* they are making profit yes. It takes a pretty good lim type beast to make £1300 dead.

An average bullock will be 1300 deadweight

 

[z.man]

I did hear a rumour that one of the main Scottish lamb buyers had just flown back from NZ this was about 10 days ago.

Definitely true, think they are looking longer term than this season but does that mean June? Also heard it’s a curve ball and he was sourcing a dedicated supply of beef ,rumours eh ?

 

[Sheeponfire]

Definitely true, think they are looking longer term than this season but does that mean June? Also heard it’s a curve ball and he was sourcing a dedicated supply of beef ,rumours eh [emoji848]

Aye....
Let the great and the good of TFF chuck in another curve ball to counter it...
The power of the Internet eh!!!!!!!

 

[z.man]

Do know for certain lambs £5.30 +10 ppk in spec for tomorrow ?

 

[Shebb90]

I did hear a rumour that one of the main Scottish lamb buyers had just flown back from NZ this was about 10 days ago.

So when would this effect UK prices

 

[Farmer1001]

Assuming your correct that really could put a spanner in the works if a couple of boatloads end up coming this way...its all pie in the sky but I would never be surprised at anything...possibly just in time for easter

Yes th NZ lamb schedule is currently $7/kg. it's not all CV, the drought across the top of the North island is biting hard leading to more lambs being processed on top of the usual Jan/Feb flush. The affect of CV is having limited impact (as I understand) on the lamb trade, the cold stores are not full of lamb, but full of the manufacturing beef and mutton/ewes, as such plants have stopped killing ewes and manufacturing beef which is posing a bigger on farm challenge as they can't shift ewes, bulls and culls cows in the numbers required. I have no doubt UK buyers are active in NZ upping orders for lamb to dampen the UK price, but I suspect (a guess, not a fact ) UK FG prices will remain strong until Easter and the festival have passed, what happens then when we may have more NZ lamb, UK numbers of spring lamb building, Easter passed and no imminent festival, well who knows. The longer term concern is the fact NZ producers are making money at £3.50/kg.

 

[spin cycle]

plenty of farmers on here can make it pay at £3.50kg i would suggest.....whether you'd want to bother is another question

 

[andybk]

plenty of farmers on here can make it pay at £3.50kg i would suggest.....whether you'd want to bother is another question

its the regulatory costs that kill it here like simple stuff , carcase disposal ,

 

[cattleman123]

Yes th NZ lamb schedule is currently $7/kg. it's not all CV, the drought across the top of the North island is biting hard leading to more lambs being processed on top of the usual Jan/Feb flush. The affect of CV is having limited impact (as I understand) on the lamb trade, the cold stores are not full of lamb, but full of the manufacturing beef and mutton/ewes, as such plants have stopped killing ewes and manufacturing beef which is posing a bigger on farm challenge as they can't shift ewes, bulls and culls cows in the numbers required. I have no doubt UK buyers are active in NZ upping orders for lamb to dampen the UK price, but I suspect (a guess, not a fact ) UK FG prices will remain strong until Easter and the festival have passed, what happens then when we may have more NZ lamb, UK numbers of spring lamb building, Easter passed and no imminent festival, well who knows. The longer term concern is the fact NZ producers are making money at £3.50/kg.

Well after all this wet weather one would think spring lambs would be a little slower than last year to hit the market...but what do I know

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Well after all this wet weather one would think spring lambs would be a little slower than last year to hit the market...but what do I know

Having just driven from Kent to Somerset and back over different routes, I can honestly say I have never seen less hoggets and only 2 lots of very unhappy looking lambs about a month old which would be going back if they survive the floods.
I saw 4 lots of hoggets, 3 on turnips which looked awful and one lot on grass that looked very fit but could of been ewes.

We have hoggets on turnips and They have never done so badly and I think this is why prices at the moment are so high. I see Newark yesterday averaged over £2.45 and ewes average over £100.00
I would suggest with all this talk of lots of cheap NZ coming it will be best to sell everything that is fit, especially as the pound has strengthened significantly.

 

[cattleman123]

Frank I have been saying the same as yourself that's numbers are currently short simply because so many are not fit and a lot are unsaleable because they are plastered in mud ...but I keep being told that numbers are short...this virus has certainly thrown a spanner in the works, the total truth is as always that farming is a total gamble and reliant on what is happening around the globe, These spring lamb boys are certainly going to need a good price or else a lot of the bigger boy will just cut numbers....as always time will tell