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An absolute swine too buy from. But yes, brilliant auctioneer if you’re sellingA real bugger. He’s not my cup of tea but good for the seller
An absolute swine too buy from. But yes, brilliant auctioneer if you’re sellingA real bugger. He’s not my cup of tea but good for the seller
Do you see many well batched big lots at Hexham ? Do they sell well or penalised ? The big man is always at me to bring some down if I do best in pairs or fill the ring ?Not everyone is such a big way yhat they can handle such numbers i prefer to buy them as singles or pairs
A number of reasons.
Firstly it is always cheaper to kill a big lamb as it will be less cost per kg.
Catering outlets have been very busy recently and they want big legs and chops.
Beef price is high and so there isn't the differential between it and lamb. The butchers tell me that the customers have now got used to the high lamb price and demand is increasing.
Export demand may also be driving the demand for heavies as there will be very little lamb in Europe at the moment other than what we are sending them.
Well meated ewes are also increasing in value again.
Why ?I remember at sheep breeders round table a couple of years ago Lesley Stubbins saying we should reconfigure the industry for a 25kg carcass. Apparently it would deliver efficiencies across the supply chain.
He’s working for the one paying his wages!!A real bugger. He’s not my cup of tea but good for the seller
I was in the market concerned on Saturday, whilst I agree an auctioneer should only work for one man when he is selling, the auctioneer concerned is a little more than naughty in the methods adopted.He’s working for the one paying his wages!!
cause there’s nowt on a 20kgWhy ?
Used to be the same in Ayr , three a minute with the weight chalked on a blackboard.Once went to Carlisle many years ago and there was an auctioneer called heslop selling fat cattle he was selling one every 15/20 seconds twice around the ring as fast as they could go they must of had some good drovers because they keeping plenty of cattle at him
Mostly sold in singles and small lots well matched up odd big lots sold 5 upwards not 20s/30s though sell ok though just not for meDo you see many well batched big lots at Hexham ? Do they sell well or penalised ? The big man is always at me to bring some down if I do best in pairs or fill the ring ?
Some kinda of Grant or set-aside thing?I'm not a big store lamb buyer but I've heard of a few farms that are getting paid £35 an acre to have no stock on the fields from Nov 1st. No rhyme or reason to the type of farm either by the sounds of it, 2 good dairy farms, one down on the fylde coast, one in the valley I live, and then a bit of a rough windy corner of a very extensive grazing spot. I think that'll make more difference than till price.
The good ones get pulled down to the worst in the group.If the cattle match up they look better if they don’t they look terrible and are worth less
I also find that cattle will settle far quicker and are more content if they come in with their herd mate with the result that if I do buy a single I will often try to buy another one of the same farm.I bought two hundred store lambs a while ago two lots of one hundred each all off one place easy peasy lemon squeezey , it’s worth another little bit for simplicity all having same tags
Yep, not keen on selling singles for same reason.I also find that cattle will settle far quicker and are more content if they come in with their herd mate with the result that if I do buy a single I will often try to buy another one of the same farm.
A butcher friend of mine reckons that we should be breeding bigger too. His reason is that he would like a loin big enough to bone out and roll, rather than sell chops. People aren't so keen on bone nowadays.Why ?
Just makes sense that it costs the same to transport,kill and process a 500 kg carcass as a 350 kg.A butcher friend of mine reckons that we should be breeding bigger too. His reason is that he would like a loin big enough to bone out and roll, rather than sell chops. People aren't so keen on bone nowadays.