Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[z.man]

I’m just thinking about what one of my mates said in October
‘We should sell every sheep on the place now then buy them back when they drop again’
Probably seemed sense then but they’ve gone up £20 + since then so what would you do now?
Same scenario with selling/killing ewe lambs.
Price now could be irrelevant if none of us know what thy are going to be worth later
I had 400 mule shearlings in September which I still have. Everyone told me to sell them or some of them probably near £160 at the time
But what would it have cost to replace them

Would hazard an educated guess that breeder will be as dear if not more so this backend than they were last

But to me, cost of replacing an empty ewe lamb at scanning with an extra one from next years crop is minimal the only bit that gets me is the £8 in vaccines they had in October and to be fair I would be hoping to be closer to £120 than £110 if I have many to sell .....will find out on Wednesday most will be in lamb

 

[kps]

no he didnt.

Did you what was the trade like?

 

[livestock 1]

Would hazard an educated guess that breeder will be as dear if not more so this backend than they were last

But to me, cost of replacing an empty ewe lamb at scanning with an extra one from next years crop is minimal the only bit that gets me is the £8 in vaccines they had in October and to be fair I would be hoping to be closer to £120 than £110 if I have many to sell .....will find out on Wednesday most will be in lamb

I tend to try not to import female breeding sheep unless I have a good reason to do so.
Bought 180 in lamb in the spring off one farm
Another similar batch off 2 farms
I certainly wouldn’t be buggering about selling a handful of ewe lambs then replacing them in September with the associated risks involved it’s not worth doing it

 

[thorpe]

Did you what was the trade like?

hot only bulls were buyable because rr wasnt there, they got dearer as the day went on my beast in top ring were better tan those out the bottom and thats not normal.

 

[livestock 1]

 

[livestock 1]

 

[livestock 1]

Something to discuss

 

[thorpe]

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hope he has plenty of time , lovly cattle but slow in my experiance.

 

[kps]

hot only bulls were buyable because rr wasnt there, they got dearer as the day went on my beast in top ring were better tan those out the bottom and thats not normal.

Thanks. I wasted my time going to thrapston sounds like leek wouldn't have been any better option and its a lot further.

 

[livestock 1]

hope he has plenty of time , lovly cattle but slow in my experiance.

I think this is the reason why some of us have chased some shape in our cattle

 

[thorpe]

I think this is the reason why some of us have chased some shape in our cattle

why because we like looking at them? my lads a bugger for it he loves a bit of arse!

 

[livestock 1]

why because we like looking at them? my lads a bugger for it he loves a bit of arse!

My aim is to sell in the stores at lower age for the same or more money less time on the farm cheaper to rear more room for something else

 

[thorpe]

yea and me and my lad are the tw4ts buying them and stuffing them with barley at £160 aton & straw at £150 a ton to lie on we must be mad .

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I still think it cost too much too produce those top 10% cattle. I’ll stick too producing cattle in the next band down. Good COMMERCIAL cattle pay way better than fancy bred types!

 

[livestock 1]

I still think it cost too much too produce those top 10% cattle. I’ll stick too producing cattle in the next band down. Good COMMERCIAL cattle pay way better than fancy bred types!

I wasn’t trying to get into the top 10% top 50% would do me

 

[thorpe]

I still think it cost too much too produce those top 10% cattle. I’ll stick too producing cattle in the next band down. Good COMMERCIAL cattle pay way better than fancy bred types!

tell my lad please.

 

[thorpe]

I wasn’t trying to get into the top 10% top 50% would do me

set your sights higher 50% is only top end of dairy bred.

 

[Mc115reed]

I wasn’t trying to get into the top 10% top 50% would do me

50% your ambitious [emoji23] with my sheep I aim for Aslong as they’re somewhere near alive I’m doing well [emoji28]

 

[Fake it ‘til you make it]

Not exactly surprising that a breeder of Pedigree Parthenaise cattle is telling people that they should be chasing shape. Achieving a high grade will be important in making a profit in a high input system.

 

[thorpe]

Not exactly surprising that a breeder of Pedigree Parthenaise cattle is telling people that they should be chasing shape. Achieving a high grade will be important in making a profit in a high input system.

but you need dlwg . but he wont need to worry about going overweight!