Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[JSmith]

What a load of rubbish you write sometimes!
At this time of the year butchers do not want large carcasses, I have orders for 17 to 19 kg and not over so lambs at 35 or even down to 33 kg are ideal as they will kill (in local abattoir!) well over 50% if they are nice fresh and fleshed lambs.
So getting around £90.00 at the moment I would have said was a good move.
The numbers that are now coming forward will mean the price will be dropping every week and by the time these lambs get to 40's they will probably only be £2.20'

As someone else pointed out you can't sell them twice so there are less later on!!

I can’t like this enough, for about 2seconds I thought I’d got the job wrong supplying what the market wants

 

[hally]

I can’t help but think there’s going to be a glut of lambs coming forward very soon...lambs are doing in this heat and are growing like mushrooms

Not many losses this year due to weather and big scans around here, get them gone

 

[Woolless]

What are native-sired, dairy-bred weaners making at the minute, say 200-250kg, northern England/Scotland (TB4)?

 

[george 600]

Breaking: beef exports to China suspended

Following the confirmation of an atypical case of BSE earlier this month, the export of beef to China has been suspended.

www.farmersjournal.ie

Irish beef suspended from china. what will this do for beef prices in ireland?

 

[Celt83]

What are native-sired, dairy-bred weaners making at the minute, say 200-250kg, northern England/Scotland (TB4)?

If they're anything like down here ?

 

[Woolless]

If they're anything like down here ?

Expensive then?

 

[Celt83]

Expensive then?

I can only comment on the prices down here, and they are mind blowing!

Yesterday some "real dairy type" 6-7 month Hereford went for £525.

But saying that a decent bb bull calf was nigh on £400, which one was the better buy I don't know?

 

[Werzle]

What are native-sired, dairy-bred weaners making at the minute, say 200-250kg, northern England/Scotland (TB4)?

Take a look at Barbers (market drayton) market reports, they probably hold the biggest dairyxbeef weanling sales and would give you the best idea on trade .

 

[Woolless]

Take a look at Barbers (market drayton) market reports, they probably hold the biggest dairyxbeef weanling sales and would give you the best idea on trade .

I'll have a look at that, thanks. But presumably prices up here will be a bit higher? Perhaps @Raider112 would have an idea?

 

[Woolless]

I can only comment on the prices down here, and they are mind blowing!

Yesterday some "real dairy type" 6-7 month Hereford went for £525.

But saying that a decent bb bull calf was nigh on £400, which one was the better buy I don't know?

Calves seem expensive in general at the minute.

 

[jendan]

I'll have a look at that, thanks. But presumably prices up here will be a bit higher? Perhaps @Raider112 would have an idea?

Dont do it. You will bring TB up.

 

[Woolless]

Dont do it. You will bring TB up.

I have no intention of going down there for cattle, as I would then have to go through the rigmarole of testing my own very small herd. Exempt at the minute. The market report is very good, some marts up here could do with having a read.

 

[Werzle]

I have no intention of going down there for cattle, as I would then have to go through the rigmarole of testing my own very small herd. Exempt at the minute. The market report is very good, some marts up here could do with having a read.

Its good because its still a large dairying area and large numbers bring buyers from far and wide. Good growthy sorts too

 

[Raider112]

I'll have a look at that, thanks. But presumably prices up here will be a bit higher? Perhaps @Raider112 would have an idea?

Depends on the type as with anything but Carlisle weaners are on the live stream right now if you have time for a look

 

[Raider112]

I'll have a look at that, thanks. But presumably prices up here will be a bit higher? Perhaps @Raider112 would have an idea?

I just flicked in and out of here before as the volume went off on the live stream so was in a hurry sorry, three or four weeks ago bulls were selling well but heifers were not much better than calf trade but there seems more demand now. Wasn't really any of the type you describe in today that I saw but if buying maybe you're a month late.

 

[Woolless]

I just flicked in and out of here before as the volume went off on the live stream so was in a hurry sorry, three or four weeks ago bulls were selling well but heifers were not much better than calf trade but there seems more demand now. Wasn't really any of the type you describe in today that I saw but if buying maybe you're a month late.

Not really thinking of buying currently. Just mulling over some ideas. Basically, I just wanted to double check that if you reared autumn-born calves then purchase price + rearing costs would come to less than what it would cost to buy weaners in the spring. I imagine it would currently, as calves were pretty reasonable last backend and weaner trade seems good now.

Reared three the winter before last and they've done really well, something the whole family enjoyed too.

 

[Boydvalley]

NSL Frome. 39kg £2.30 £90

 

[fieldfarmer]

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Just had Kepak on the phone, base price next week £3.45

ffs, that's 5p better than they told me for next week, but they paid 3p more than their quote this week so I will report back when the kill sheet comes through .

Just had the payment email, £3.48 +.05p for inspect.

 

[thorpe]

That what I was about to say but couldn’t be bothered to write it, it’s the same with the beef job.

i hate selling underfinished bullocks r3 u-3 but got to keep them under 400 loved it when we took them to 420+ and no deductions had one last week 418 u- i cud of wept fed him a month for nothing! my fault!

 

[dinderleat]

i hate selling underfinished bullocks r3 u-3 but got to keep them under 400 loved it when we took them to 420+ and no deductions had one last week 418 u- i cud of wept fed him a month for nothing! my fault!

Could you Start feeding them earlier?