Is it a bad idea to send calves to market over Easter weekend?
Id rather not be feeding them and I imagine that potential buyers might feel the same .
Chanced a trip to oswestry market not been for a month, not because of the virus I'm just anti social.
50kg Hoggs £90
47kg (better) Hoggs £92
33kg Hoggs (daughters cades) £66
Cull ewes.
Best made £135
Poorest made £60
One dyer 20quid
Averaged £89
Glad to have had a clear out.
Pleased with the trade and the market staff who ensured people to people contact was kept to a minimum.
You think easter is gonna have a bigger effect than the fact they are out of jerseys?Is it a bad idea to send calves to market over Easter weekend?
Id rather not be feeding them and I imagine that potential buyers might feel the same .
You think easter is gonna have a bigger effect than the fact they are out of jerseys?
You having a laugh.
Treat everyone the same is the fairest policy.
Wish we could just tell the virus to take note of business interests ...
You think easter is gonna have a bigger effect than the fact they are out of jerseys?
That's what I thought but thought also that you was h man..... Reading there market report for today looks like trade was good all things considered.
If your thinking of Exeter don’t think they have a market on good FridayIs it a bad idea to send calves to market over Easter weekend?
Id rather not be feeding them and I imagine that potential buyers might feel the same .
Hopefully common sense will prevail before very long!
No, I only buy dairy cows this time of year, and that auction jobs stopped. irrelevant anyway at the moment as the milk jobs falling apart..Were you buying as well today @mixed breed ??
I think that the spring dairy boys are going to keep them longer and feed some of the milk the buyers are telling them to dump.Trade is good, Easter wont make any difference, get them gone if they are ready to sell.
Calve numbers have halved at most markets when they really should be rising every week, sooner or later these calves will hit the market.
No, I only buy dairy cows this time of year, and that auction jobs stopped. irrelevant anyway at the moment as the milk jobs falling apart..
I think that the spring dairy boys are going to keep them longer and feed some of the milk the buyers are telling them to dump.
Makes sense to turn some of that milk into money.
I'm confused, im sorry if I implied differently, but I took my stock in, they came and took my paperwork, then unloaded and sorted my stock and I left.. I phoned this afternoon to see what they made..So how come Owerstry are allowing sellers in at this time?
Yeah that's right. I think some of the big boys will have to cull a bit as I read somewhere some buyers are asking for a 3% cut in production until May. At the beginning of spring!!I agree and that's what I would do in that situation.
Better they do that than cull cows as that will just make the beef job even worse than it currently is!