Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Shebb90]

Sedge store cattle today.

571 head penned sold to a much stronger trade to top out at £1600 head with the same vendor having other well bred steers over £1500 head.

Stirks, a small entry of only 257 head penned sold to a red hot trade to top out at £1195 head for a 10 month old Lim steer, prices of note 10 month old 280 kilo ish dairy bred blue heifers at £870 head, similar blue steers but circa 240/50 kilo £810 head and so trade went on, prices overall would be up £50/70 head on last weeks strong trade with heifers seeing the biggest jump.

Calves....

Trade really was on fire in this section to top out at £840 head for a 16 week old Blue steer and its 8 week old stable mate to £792 head...
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Video of the top price calve is on the markets facebook page.

Looks like a show type really...... Cracking thing tho.

1600 store bullock looks finished to me.
How come there store lambs are a lot less than Exeter?
How much do you think stores was up buy?

 

[Anymulewilldo]

 

[jendan]

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Did you buy any? At £1600-£1700 average they dont seem out of the way . If they had strong calves it looks like many could have been bought as "splitters",which would have made for a sad day.

 

[Woolless]

Well they know who to call if they need an 'artist' .......

Aye, he could do a bit of contracting. Might be difficult drawing distinguishing features on an Angus

 

[Woolless]

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The Red Polls look dear enough, judging by what I paid for my handful. Mind, maybe those cows won't try and kill you when you bolus them

 

[bean]

There will be some good runs of genuine lambs.

Yeah been coming to that sale for last 6 years always good lambs

 

[Shebb90]

Yeah been coming to that sale for last 6 years always good lambs

What does transport cost?

 

[serf]

Aye, he could do a bit of contracting. Might be difficult drawing distinguishing features on an Angus

He could start with drawing a hat stand and work from there !

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Did you buy any? At £1600-£1700 average they dont seem out of the way . If they had strong calves it looks like many could have been bought as "splitters",which would have made for a sad day.

I didn’t go. Nearly all the male calves were rung, and from the photos I was sent they looked too good a type of cattle too come here and grow.

 

[gone up the hill]

Looks like a show type really...... Cracking thing tho.

1600 store bullock looks finished to me.
How come there store lambs are a lot less than Exeter?
How much do you think stores was up buy?

A lot less buyers today than yesterday and even the large scale volume buyers were a lot less keen than they were yesterday for the lambs!

+ Few realized yesterday morning the lamb price was going to drop 25ppk for Monday!

+ There was a large on farm dispersal machinery sale near Exeter today which no doubt pulled some store lamb buyers away from the market!

Hard to say on the store cattle, i saw about 80 sold and only about 3/5 of them made less than 1k.

Stores were cheaper today than the stirks if you take weight into account, did not take much of a stirk to make £800+ but you could buy double the weight stores for £1000/1100 head.

 

[Shebb90]

That farm sale look like there was some good kit there.

 

[gone up the hill]

That farm sale look like there was some good kit there.

Yea not sure what the reason for the sale was?

 

[Shebb90]

Yea not sure what the reason for the sale was?

No idea

 

[Anymulewilldo]

A lot less buyers today than yesterday and even the large scale volume buyers were a lot less keen than they were yesterday for the lambs!

+ Few realized yesterday morning the lamb price was going to drop 25ppk for Monday!

+ There was a large on farm dispersal machinery sale near Exeter today which no doubt pulled some store lamb buyers away from the market!

Hard to say on the store cattle, i saw about 80 sold and only about 3/5 of them made less than 1k.

Stores were cheaper today than the stirks if you take weight into account, did not take much of a stirk to make £800+ but you could buy double the weight stores for £1000/1100 head.

I’d go with your first point being the reason for hesitation?

 

[gone up the hill]

I’d go with your first point being the reason for hesitation?

The price drop is only due to the amount of fat lambs that came out last week as people did not draw the week before as they were too busy on field work/ far too hot to be working dogs/ gathering sheep just to weigh them.

Will be intresting to see how many lambs come out this week coming.

 

[Cecil snear]

Sedge store cattle today.

571 head penned sold to a much stronger trade to top out at £1600 head with the same vendor having other well bred steers over £1500 head.

Stirks, a small entry of only 257 head penned sold to a red hot trade to top out at £1195 head for a 10 month old Lim steer, prices of note 10 month old 280 kilo ish dairy bred blue heifers at £870 head, similar blue steers but circa 240/50 kilo £810 head and so trade went on, prices overall would be up £50/70 head on last weeks strong trade with heifers seeing the biggest jump.

Calves....

Trade really was on fire in this section to top out at £840 head for a 16 week old Blue steer and its 8 week old stable mate to £792 head...
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Video of the top price calve is on the markets facebook page.

Good report rodney!

 

[Greythundercloudys]

8000 stores advertised at ua on Monday, report last week up about 15£ on the year, this week afiver back on the year.

 

[bean]

What does transport cost?

Havnt asked this year yet last couple of years 600 for artic

 

[copse]

Store lambs couldn’t stay at the price they were really, would think price will settle around the £70 mark.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Store lambs couldn’t stay at the price they were really, would think price will settle around the £70 mark.

I wish you the best of luck… If you survive the night let me know in the morning!!!