Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[livestock 1]

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That’s taken from my garden. It’s above the small patch of trees to the upper left and the gateway on the right, up to the skyline. We border it to the left 2200 ft at the highest to 1500 at a guess at the lowest.

 

[livestock 1]

Will it not take stock,or only just good for the shooting? Still more than £1000/acre. How high is it?

It will take stock it was in a scheme so likely a rate to adhere to maybe not much on if any in the winter. NE’s winter is 5/6 months

 

[Cows 'n grass]

Steers or heifers ?

Just looking to sell steers now. The heifers will fatten off grass next year.

 

[aangus]

What's the trade like for smaller growing cattle? These would be 350ish kilo, 15 month grazing cattle. I don't need to move them but they've just passed a TB test and I wouldn't mind selling some.
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Would they do better in Exeter or Sedgemoor?

TIA

£750-780

 

[jendan]

Just looking to sell steers now. The heifers will fatten off grass next year.

Just thought the heifers might make good sucklers.

 

[Sid]

What's the trade like for smaller growing cattle? These would be 350ish kilo, 15 month grazing cattle. I don't need to move them but they've just passed a TB test and I wouldn't mind selling some.
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Would they do better in Exeter or Sedgemoor?

TIA

I would say Sedgemoor.

Just thought the heifers might make good sucklers.

No disrespect to @Cows 'n grass but would they have big enough frame out of his grazing type cows? How much Jersey in them?

 

[Hilly]

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I'm sorry my post is a bit harsh. It's just I have worked in other industries and I know how big companies aim to control and manipulate small suppliers. I think farmers are very naive about marketing. This price tracker would read very differently if the live markets weren't supported. I never see many entries for pig prices for example!

I'm not saying this to deliberately upset people but it's something I feel very strongly. When you see how the live markets system is pushing prices upwards, anyone who has been selling dead weight rather than live in recent years should be hanging their heads in shame

Your 100% correct but you won’t change them.

 

[muleman]

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Your 100% correct but you won’t change them.

nothing will change till lambs are cheaper in the abbatoir than the auction mart...market economics.

 

[Cows 'n grass]

I would say Sedgemoor.

No disrespect to @Cows 'n grass but would they have big enough frame out of his grazing type cows? How much Jersey in them?

Just the small half

I actually think some would make good sucklers, they mature into a far more sensible size animal than a Holstein X.

 

[Sid]

Just the small half

I actually think some would make good sucklers, they mature into a far more sensible size animal than a Holstein X.

I was told by a suckler guy that a 6500litre cows offspring would have too much milk to be a suckler cow

 

[Jackov Altraids]

One thing is for certain we have all seen the effects of dw only being available and it ain’t good.
Worryingly lw has been in decline and some auction marts accounts are in a poor state of health.
Often as prices rise lw leads the way and when prices drop the same applies.
Theres a danger that dw will keep attracting more vendors causing the end of more markets then we know what the next move will be then.
As for the hundreds of lambs causing gluts in live auctions and the effects of such wouldn’t be such an issue. The numbers would be just the same and lambs could still be placed as they always were/are

I agree with this until the last line.
I can only speak from my experience locally but with the loss of many markets, there are only a couple days a week for selling primestock. Theses markets are already at capacity in peak season and the haulage companies keep themselves busy with deadweight on non-market days.
As I and several others have said before, we need markets to thrive but we shouldn't demonise deadweight as the combination works quite well at the moment.

 

[Skintagain]

I was told by a suckler guy that a 6500litre cows offspring would have too much milk to be a suckler cow

I would have said they were perfect. With a fast growing calf by their side that is.

 

[Hilly]

nothing will change till lambs are cheaper in the abbatoir than the auction mart...market economics.

They are most of the time trade dead trails behind live and for long time is steadily been rising , so they are cheaper dead . I’m commenting any further it’s been done to death here and no one will
Change either way .

 

[DB67]

They are most of the time trade dead trails behind live and for long time is steadily been rising , so they are cheaper dead . I’m commenting any further it’s been done to death here and no one will
Change either way .

Our lambs will be £10 a head dearer in the abbatoir usually once costs etc are factored in.

 

[muleman]

They are most of the time trade dead trails behind live and for long time is steadily been rising , so they are cheaper dead . I’m commenting any further it’s been done to death here and no one will
Change either way .

Aye, its one of those things that crops up time and time again on here...like ive always said,each to their own and leave it at that.

 

[Hilly]

Our lambs will be £10 a head dearer in the abbatoir usually once costs etc are factored in.
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Aye good for you , I hope you invest it wisely .

 

[Shebb90]

Any news on sedge today

 

[livestock 1]

I agree with this until the last line.
I can only speak from my experience locally but with the loss of many markets, there are only a couple days a week for selling primestock. Theses markets are already at capacity in peak season and the haulage companies keep themselves busy with deadweight on non-market days.
As I and several others have said before, we need markets to thrive but we shouldn't demonise deadweight as the combination works quite well at the moment.

It’s noticeable that some of the north west auctions have a small amount of prime stock now which has been reduced by what is now going dw. These numbers were previously bought out of the auctions by the same buyers in some cases.
It’s not as if there would be any more in the system or any less buyers just taking a different route.

 

[gone up the hill]

Any news on sedge today

Harvest market, especially in the stirks, trade for them, esp the better dairy bred and medium suckler sorts can only be described as a very difficult trade and the lowest I have seen them for several months!

I reckon store cattle were back £40/50 on the week as well thou some thought they were as dear as last week!

Store lambs, lambs that can only be described as very small and about the size of a 6 week old orphan lamb were making crazy money around the £50/55 head mark, prices overall with the exception of the former would be £5 ish back on Exeter prices yesterday, good to see the sheep back on Saturdays it has to be said

 

[Shebb90]

Harvest market, especially in the stirks, trade for them, esp the better dairy bred and medium suckler sorts can only be described as a very difficult trade and the lowest I have seen them for several months!

I reckon store cattle were back £40/50 on the week as well thou some thought they were as dear as last week!

Store lambs, lambs that can only be described as very small and about the size of a 6 week old orphan lamb were making crazy money around the £50/55 head mark, prices overall with the exception of the former would be £5 ish back on Exeter prices yesterday, good to see the sheep back on Saturdays it has to be said

Would store cattle be back because of harvest too?