Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Chris123]

I’m more shocked you have the grass to want some more sheep.

If someone offered me some at £10 per life I would turn them down at present. Looks like I am going to be chasing grass all summer.

If they are nice sheep that you actually want £60 per life. If not £45 per life as that leaves you with some actual profit for buying them and summering them - you will have a ewe worth £60-80 to kill (hopefully) and store lambs worth 50-60 a piece (hopefully).

Some will say I am too cheap but there is rarely profit in bought couples.

Wouldn’t fancy selling at £45 a life they are young ewes. Would think the ewes Alone would of made that sold in the autumn or a few months ago in lamb, the work has been done now, just got to watch them grow, and pick up the odd dead one?

 

[Skintagain]

Wouldn’t fancy selling at £45 a life they are young ewes. Would think the ewes Alone would of made that sold in the autumn or a few months ago in lamb, the work has been done now, just got to watch them grow, and pick up the odd dead one?

Just shearing, foot bathing, worming sorting, moving, fencing, watering......

Work is never done with sheep.

I stand by my post, I do know where you are coming from and if He wants the ewes to keep - £60 per life for commercials is ok.

Remember the seller has no commission, Haulage, hassle, wasted day at the mart on a private sale which is worth £5.00 per life to the seller.

 

[Tanker driver]

Yes.

They were hellish dear, well up on last week im told, no end of 12 month feeding steers around £870/900, didn't take much of an animal to hit £1000 head.

Stirks, nearly all dairy bred, a few pens of suckler heifers that were serious money at £650/700 head, no end of plain char steers around the 350 kilo mark easily making £675/700 head, small dairy bred heifers up/down the £500 mark, trade well up on the week and some cattle would be £150/200 head up on 2 months ago.

Numbers of stirks are tight everywhere currently, I don't get it with this trade, they are better sold sooner rather than later because I cant see this trade holding in 2 months time.

Calves I was told were serious money, £200 wouldn't get you very much today!

that sounds positive then

 

[Martyn]

Anyone know if St merry taking cull cows again i have some that should of gone weeks ago but wernt wanted.

 

[Sid]

Anyone know if St merry taking cull cows again i have some that should of gone weeks ago but wernt wanted.

Am I right in thinking you are organic?

Are they organic?

 

[Martyn]

Am I right in thinking you are organic?

Are they organic?

Yes everything organic but unfortunately these where born years ago so cant be sold as organic as was convetional at the time!

 

[Martyn]

Am I right in thinking you are organic?

Are they organic?

Where do you send your organic cows? meadow quality?

 

[wiggyv8]

By the report Hexham store cattle were good trade ,anybody there to confirm , Is the job improving

 

[livestock 1]

By the report Hexham store cattle were good trade ,anybody there to confirm , Is the job improving

@Gedd was there

 

[Old Tip]

I know this for large livestock but does anyone sell poultry, looking for a few pol hens and ducks

 

[cull cows]

Where do you send your organic cows? meadow quality?

Pickstocks have a job for organic cows
20p above base price I think

 

[firther]

So the finisher would rather kill heavily in-lamb hoggs than lamb them? The same bloke will doubtless be trying to beg store lambs off folk prepared to do the work involved lambing ewes!

hardly gonna go down well with joe public either

 

[cattleman123]

Anyone know if St merry taking cull cows again i have some that should of gone weeks ago but wernt wanted.

Send them to Dawn

 

[Jimbojrf]

Pickstocks have a job for organic cows
20p above base price I think

I think its 25p above base

 

[Sid]

Base for my organic buyer is £3 how does that compare with Pickstocks?

 

[BRBX]

Foyle +4 clean +5 cows and +6 Angus. Better sales.

Or recognising they were behind par?

Think you hit the nail on on the head , melton a tearing trade this week .
They cant force trade when sellers have options

 

[Chae1]

THAINSTONE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (Friday 1st May 2020) Sold 2,051 Store Cattle.

Bullocks (1,147) averaged 218.8p to 270.3p per kg and £1,325 gross.

Heifers (885) averaged 214.5p to 280.1p per kg and £1,280 gross.

Bulls (19) averaged 177.5p sold to 204.1p per kg and £1,150 gross.

THAINSTONE, Aberdeen and Northern Marts (Friday 1st May 2020) Sold 2,051 Store Cattle.

Bullocks (1,147) averaged 218.8p to 270.3p per kg for a pair of 296kg Limousin crosses from Crichie, Inverurie and £1,325 gross for a 644kg Limousin cross from Braco Park, Rosehearty.

Heifers (885) averaged 214.5p to 280.1p per kg for a 282kg Limousin from Auchernack, Grantown on Spey and £1,280 gross for a 604kg Limousin cross from Westerloch, Wick.

Bulls (19) averaged 177.5p sold to 204.1p per kg for a 436kg Limousin cross from Auchernack and £1,150 gross for a Limousin bull from Crichie, Inverurie.

“Aberdeen and Northern Marts held their biggest store sale of the season to date when they sold 2,051 cattle at Thainstone on Friday 1st of May. Once again, it was the quality bred yearling stirks that created the biggest premium selling readily to a full ringside of bidders. Stronger cattle were a plainer show but despite this still realised decent returns especially given the continually depressed finished price.”

Leading Prices per Head & per Kg
Bullocks up to 300kg – Crichie £800, Farewell, St Margarets Hope 265.1p;301-350kg – Easter Greenigoe, Kirkwall £870, 255.9p; 351-400kg – North Cranna, Aberchirder £1,065, 267.6p; 401-450kg – 122 Main St, Aberchirder £1,035, 246.4p; 451-500kg – Langlanburn £1,130, Strath, Watten 234.8p; 501-550kg – Hatton Manor, Auchterless £1,135, Bridgend, Hatton 221.1p; 551-600kg – Crichie £1,200, 206.9p; 601-650kg – Braco Park £1,280 (twice), Diamonds, Deerness 207.1p; 651-700kg – Braco Park £1,300, 194p.

Heifers up to 300kg – Auchernack £790, Farewell, St Margarets Hope 260.3p, 301-350kg – Auchernack £930, 267.2p, 351-400kg – Nigley £1,010, Cairntack 268.8p, 401-450kg – Dalrachie £1,070, Housebay, Stronsay 254.9p, 451-500kg – Langlanburn, Deskford £1,130, 237.2p 501-550kg – Sebay View, Tankerness £1,200, Cairntack 229.5p, 551-600kg – Hools £1,240, Mill of Gellan, Aboyne 203.6p, 601-650kg – Gladhill £1,210, Westerloch 211.9p. 651-700kg – Backhill of Seggat, Auchterless £1,200.

Bulls up to 350kg – Mains of Draidland, Gamrie £690, 201.8p; 351-400kg – Goval Cottage, Rothienorman £700, 181.3p; 401-450kg – Auchernack £890, 194.3p; 451-500kg – Crichie £980, 202.5p; 501-550kg – Hools £1,000, 195.3p; 551-600kg – Crichie £1,150, 184.9p.

 

[Gedd]

By the report Hexham store cattle were good trade ,anybody there to confirm , Is the job improving

Never been anything else than a good trade compared to the fat price but its farmers forever the optimists

 

[Werzle]

Trade on the good quality grazing stores is off the clock. Some massive store sales coming up it will be interesting to see what the trade is on 2nd and 3rd quality. If trade isnt good in May we might as well pack up.

 

[wiggyv8]

Seen it sticky in may before often better in jan / feb imo

Trade on the good quality grazing stores is off the clock. Some massive store sales coming up it will be interesting to see what the trade is on 2nd and 3rd quality. If trade isnt good in May we might as well pack up.