But does that class as over 16 months or under? I can never remember
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gone up the hill
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Northeastfarmer
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I don’t know, it’s 16 months on that day....I don’t keep bulls, prefer a rubber ring
gone up the hill
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Exeter today
Prime steers to £1459 head
Cull cows to 182ppk and £1419 head.
Prime steers to £1459 head
Cull cows to 182ppk and £1419 head.
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Does that not make your knackers turn purple?
Northeastfarmer
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Na...lockdown did that...
gone up the hill
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Lamb SQQ down 7pk but that was because there were a lot of under finshed/ very stale lambs penned trading sub £2 kilo apparenty but a red hot trade for the well finished/ covered/sappy lambs with a top price of 259ppk.
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Too old on its birthday [emoji19]. Under 16 months is the rule. Like over 12 months to be beef they have to be twelve months and one day
Northeastfarmer
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Are you sure cos if a beast is killed on its 30 month birthday it’s not docked
pine_guy
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Seem to remember different plants work it differently
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- North Yorkshire
That’s because that is the over thirty month rule not under over thirty is thirty months and a day. Bulls are under 16 not over 16 months
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- central scotland
Bet it would be ok just now definitely wouldn’t have been ok in January ?
Farmers Fresh Kenilworth 4.80 today.
Live way ahead of dead for well finished lambs, just a lot of folk desperately short of grass so selling on weight rather than finish
Lot of people keep saying there desperately short of grass but they’re still Asking big money for the ewes they have for sale and quoting January’s cull price as there reason ??
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thing is , all this disruption has caused a temporary price drop due to logistical issues and temporary closure of end markets , world price is still high and lamb in demand where it gets through ,Lot of people keep saying there desperately short of grass but they’re still Asking big money for the ewes they have for sale and quoting January’s cull price as there reason ??
That early price , though a bit overcooked , will be back to near that point in time (assuming a trade deal) , maybe not till next year , but you can only sell your stock once and as a breeder you need to maximise that as much as you can ,
I suspect a lot of 2t breeding hoggs went early on the fat after many held on and got caught 2018 , after all they were trading at upto £150 few months ago for fats and that was a good incentive to cash breeders , there were a lot of very strong hoggs at sedge till the price crash so replacement breeding numbers will be down . Add to that there maybe a livestock element to future elms claims .
I have had enquiries for breeding ewes over that issue and very early enquiries / sales for commercial rams , so demand is there, no one is having a fire sale just yet till things settle down .
Might be different if this weeks if rain comes to nothing , never been so short of grass here for early june
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Northeastfarmer
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Like a morgue in here
kfpben
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I imagine they’re pretty busy at the moment...
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Plenty of cull cows going in to ABP today, mostly sucklers.