Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[gone up the hill]

This is not the issue, the problem is the lack of staff. Most of them are East European and they are all planning to go home this year anyway. Once they have left they have to self isolate at the moment and travel into this country for them is very difficult if not impossible now. My Brother in Law who has a Latvian worker is trying to go home but is struggling to find a way. Most flights are now cancelled and the buses have stopped running.

Millions of UK people will be out of a job before long and most of them will get no help from the UK government for weeks if at all..

6 months ago they wouldn't have dreamed of working in a food plant but I think as things stand they will now be happy to take any job they can get for a few months.

If the plants put a job ad on FB they will have plenty of intrest.

Also if there is a total lockdown aka house arrest ( in real terms ) a lot of people will be happy to have a valid reason to be allowed out of the house within 2/3 weeks of being shut indoors 24/7.

 

[Henarar]

No, I said that's what they're taking steps to avoid.
You do like to misquote people.

yep from what I can see the gov is trying to save lives, best do as they say, if you don't need to go somewhere then stay home.

 

[gone up the hill]

Go on then educate us

Think about the F+ M outbreak in the UK in I think it was 2007 and pirbright..

Very similar place very near the outbreak of this virus in China, accidents happen in the UK so can happen anywhere!

 

[gone up the hill]

yep from what I can see the gov is trying to save lives, best do as they say, if you don't need to go somewhere then stay home.

They will destroy more lives than they save if they carry on and lockdown the UK for between 4/12 months at least which looks very likely to happen!

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Millions of UK people will be out of a job before long and most of them will get no help from the UK government for weeks if at all..

6 months ago they wouldn't have dreamed of working in a food plant but I think as things stand they will now be happy to take any job they can get for a few months.

If the plants put a job ad on FB they will have plenty of intrest.

Also if there is a total lockdown aka house arrest ( in real terms ) a lot of people will be happy to have a valid reason to be allowed out of the house within 2/3 weeks of being shut indoors 24/7.

Not sure how many of them will work in an abattoir though! It takes a long time to become a good slaughterman who can do all types of stock.

It is interesting seeing the effect of all this on the local butchers. The shop trade for them has been exceptionally good and those with delivery service and internet ordering are really busy. However they are not sure how long this will last. Surprisingly lamb sales are better than beef sales and there is no logic to this apart from they have watched plenty of TV cooking programs where they use lamb.
At the moment price is not an issue but they think it will change as money gets tight.

Most serious is those that are supplying catering outlets which take all those big joints and steak, topside and ribs, it has completely stopped.
So it is only a matter of days before sales of the more expensive cuts stop and they just sell mince. Mcdonalds, Burger king will still need mince but the expensive cuts will be left with a negative effect on the Beef price. The World market is saturated with beef and Brazil have already suspended killing for shipping into China and other parts of Asia.

Interesting times to come but I won't be hanging on to anything that is finished hoping for more money!!!

 

[Hilly]

SellMyLiveStock / Facebook ?

 

[gone up the hill]

Not sure how many of them will work in an abattoir though! It takes a long time to become a good slaughterman who can do all types of stock.

It is interesting seeing the effect of all this on the local butchers. The shop trade for them has been exceptionally good and those with delivery service and internet ordering are really busy. However they are not sure how long this will last. Surprisingly lamb sales are better than beef sales and there is no logic to this apart from they have watched plenty of TV cooking programs where they use lamb.
At the moment price is not an issue but they think it will change as money gets tight.

Most serious is those that are supplying catering outlets which take all those big joints and steak, topside and ribs, it has completely stopped.
So it is only a matter of days before sales of the more expensive cuts stop and they just sell mince. Mcdonalds, Burger king will still need mince but the expensive cuts will be left with a negative effect on the Beef price. The World market is saturated with beef and Brazil have already suspended killing for shipping into China and other parts of Asia.

Interesting times to come but I won't be hanging on to anything that is finished hoping for more money!!!

Clearly most people cannot do a slaughterman's job but most of the other roles can easily be done by new staff with a bit of training.

If there is a total lockdown as talked about its very unlikely that maccy ds or burger king will be allowed to stay open and if they are it will only be the drive thru's that will still be open at most.

Like any times if the stock are fit to go you should sell them, all very well hanging onto them in the hope of better prices but they can soon go out of spec/ over fat or drop dead in the shed/ field.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

SellMyLiveStock / Facebook ?

Arguing over the price of stock with a tight arse farmer sounds like hell to me

 

[gone up the hill]

SellMyLiveStock / Facebook ?

Facebook has banned sales of animals unless you have a professional page or the animals are for rehoming I believe.

If you try and put a post up saying for example : I have 50 store cattle for sale and they see it they will lock your FB account for 7+ days.

 

[Hilly]

Facebook has banned sales of animals unless you have a professional page or the animals are for rehoming I believe.

If you try and put a post up saying for example : I have 50 store cattle for sale and they see it they will lock your FB account for 7+ days.

Good job mine sold straight away, SellMyLiveStock I’d use that before these dealer types that sniff about .

 

[Timbo]

Good job mine sold straight away, SellMyLiveStock I’d use that before these dealer types that sniff about .

Also great experiences of SML

 

[cull cows]

Go on then educate us

Does he have to?

 

[Hilly]

Also great experiences of SML

Pity they don’t do prime.

 

[Hilly]

Arguing over the price of stock with a tight arse farmer sounds like hell to me

No arguments here , I just put a video of them on face book and a chap turned up bought them and then I deliverd them free as a luck penny , it was good I tempted to try stores these were bulling heifers, might try sell my livestock .

 

[Northeastfarmer]

No arguments here , I just put a video of them on face book and a chap turned up bought them and then I deliverd them free as a luck penny , it was good I tempted to try stores these were bulling heifers, might try sell my livestock .

And how did you value them?

 

[Northern territory]

Macdonalds takeaway and drive thru only, no great surprise. Surely people will buy prime cuts if that’s all they can get there hands on. Not hard to cook a joint. And lasts two meals.

 

[Plain steer]

Stores been a good trade in Bentham today 1 man from "way up north" bought 200!!!!!
I only managed 6 ? But they were gooduns

Pm,d you

 

[Hilly]

And how did you value them?

Well

 

[livestock 1]

The good news is that human nature dictates people only want something badly when they cannot have it.

 

[Henarar]

They will destroy more lives than they save if they carry on and lockdown the UK for between 4/12 months at least which looks very likely to happen!

If folk don't do as they say and stay home they will bring in more stringent measures, they will have to, quit moaning and do your bit or it will get worse