Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Frank-the-Wool]

Kepac down 45p kg for next week

From what?
If they went to £6.00 then I doubt they will get many next week at £5.55 where the live price is!!

 

[neilo]

From what?
If they went to £6.00 then I doubt they will get many next week at £5.55 where the live price is!!

They were on 580p this week.

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

They were on 580p this week.

They better shut their doors at £5.35 then!!!

 

[Werzle]

Price went up too fast and could only go one way after jumping 40p in about ten days surely

 

[livestock 1]

Price went up too fast and could only go one way after jumping 40p in about ten days surely

Do you know where the prices will be from now to June please??

 

[Estate fencing.]

Live weight has buggered the dead by people selling rubbish rare breeds and poor half fleshed lambs.

 

[cattleman123]

Getting £4.10 in foyle for tesco Angus next week

Good luck with that

 

[gone up the hill]

Exeter today :

Yet another massive entry for the time of year with 3738 sheep penned.

Store hoggs, about 2500 penned sold to a solid trade but back £6 head on average to average across the board £91.70

In lamb breeding ewes, a terrific run of 602 off one farm being a genuine dispersal sale topped out at £158 head for 8 pens of FM in lamb mules, all 602 head averaged an incredible £147 head.

Orphan lambs, 36 penned up sold to what could be one of the dearest trades ever seen with no end of buyers looking to buy lambs to keep their kids busy so they don't have to home school them! all 36 averaged £32 head with very small lambs exceptionally dear making between £28/33 head ( for comparison 12 months ago these £28/33 lambs were making £3/8 head.

Couples, a massive entry penned with many outfits showing the effects of the weather were a much dearer trade on the week to average £199 outfit all in, top was £265 for doubles and a staggering £200 outfit for singles.

I didn't see any sold but i'm told stirk's were an unreal trade and the dearest for a long long time!

 

[Stw88]

Abp down 35p to £5.45. Was to be expected. Be quite a few swale lambs 115-130 this week. Wouldn’t be anywhere near in the ring.

 

[z.man]

You don't honestly think processors are making 30-40% margins do you? They will be getting squeezed by their customers constantly, and running on very tight margins, which is why they need massive throughput to keep running.

Unfortunately it will be close to 0.3% margin on huge turnover that’s why the occasional one goes bang

 

[Northern territory]

Exeter today :

Yet another massive entry for the time of year with 3738 sheep penned.

Store hoggs, about 2500 penned sold to a solid trade but back £6 head on average to average across the board £91.70

In lamb breeding ewes, a terrific run of 602 off one farm being a genuine dispersal sale topped out at £158 head for 8 pens of FM in lamb mules, all 602 head averaged an incredible £147 head.

Orphan lambs, 36 penned up sold to what could be one of the dearest trades ever seen with no end of buyers looking to buy lambs to keep their kids busy so they don't have to home school them! all 36 averaged £32 head with very small lambs exceptionally dear making between £28/33 head ( for comparison 12 months ago these £28/33 lambs were making £3/8 head.

Couples, a massive entry penned with many outfits showing the effects of the weather were a much dearer trade on the week to average £199 outfit all in, top was £265 for doubles and a staggering £200 outfit for singles.

I didn't see any sold but i'm told stirk's were an unreal trade and the dearest for a long long time!

Seriously what is driving store cattle prices. Fat is better yes but with straw and feed expensive margins have to be questionable?

 

[fieldfarmer]

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I didn't see any sold but i'm told stirk's were an unreal trade and the dearest for a long long time!
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The quality of the expensive stirks was exceptionally good though! But every thing sold well.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Unfortunately it will be close to 0.3% margin on huge turnover that’s why the occasional one goes bang

Similar margin to farming then...plenty of farmers going pop as well

 

[Six Dogs]

Abp down 35p to £5.45. Was to be expected. Be quite a few swale lambs 115-130 this week. Wouldn’t be anywhere near in the ring.

Is that for Monday?

 

[Timbo]

Seriously what is driving store cattle prices. Fat is better yes but with straw and feed expensive margins have to be questionable?

Addiction.

 

[Mc115reed]

What happens when lambs are there?

Doomed ! All doomed I tell ye!

 

[Hawthorn]

Is that for Monday?

Yes

 

[Northern territory]

Addiction.

Stakes getting higher.

 

[Stw88]

Lambs were always going to drop back when they shot up so quick. 70p increase in 1 week was unreal.

 

[Celt83]

Seriously what is driving store cattle prices. Fat is better yes but with straw and feed expensive margins have to be questionable?

My store cattle don't live off crow shite and rain water!