Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[muleman]

What he didn’t say was that his calculator is broken an he wears rose tinted glasses!!

Good quality will pay as well as bad uns....well better than bad uns i would say, and job far more enjoyable, but good job we're all different and like summat different!

 

[JSmith]

Who going to number 4000 page

I’m going to market. Dunno about 4000 pages

 

[muleman]

I’m going to market. Dunno about 4000 pages

3880 pages of sheep, 19 pages of cattle and 1 page of pigs

 

[JSmith]

Good quality will pay as well as bad uns....well better than bad uns i would say, and job far more enjoyable, but good job we're all different and like summat different!

The thing is, it’s all about the profit margin, and some people seem to forget this until they do some truthful sums!! There’s plenty that buy the big fancy cattle because that’s what they’ve always done an like you say they like looking at cracking cattle but I bet if they looked at the books of someone buying the lower end cattle but doing them well, they’d wonder what was going wrong! Like you say we’re all different but some people’s egos are more needy than they’re bank account!! I on the other hand have a hungry bank account

 

[muleman]

The thing is, it’s all about the profit margin, and some people seem to forget this until they do some truthful sums!! There’s plenty that buy the big fancy cattle because that’s what they’ve always done an like you say they like looking at cracking cattle but I bet if they looked at the books of someone buying the lower end cattle but doing them well, they’d wonder what was going wrong! Like you say we’re all different but some people’s egos are more needy than they’re bank account!! I on the other hand have a hungry bank account

It all depends on individual circumstances doesnt it, this lad has his own farm ,all paid for, going into middle age, he was buying our blk calves for £1200.....he'll make them pay but it isnt all about money as long as you are paying your bills.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

@muleman is there any chance of having the famous Angus portrait up for the 4000’th page please??it was there for the 3900’th, only seems fitting

 

[muleman]

@muleman is there any chance of having the famous Angus portrait up for the 4000’th page please??it was there for the 3900’th, only seems fitting

Certainly!

 

[Estate fencing.]

3880 pages of sheep, 19 pages of cattle and 1 page of pigs

15 of those 19 pages of cattle where people moaning that there are no cattle prices (then not putting any up)

 

[RMSLLOYD]

.....any markets doing store pig sales ? .....

Ruthin

 

[Greythundercloudys]

5500 lmbs at ua average 2,70ppkg. Some trade.

 

[sherg]

Good quality will pay as well as bad uns....well better than bad uns i would say, and job far more enjoyable, but good job we're all different and like summat different!

With cattle good ones will pay better at the moment with corn prices where they are

 

[Nithsdale]

.....any markets doing store pig sales ? .....

Not sure if there are stores but Dumfries do a pig sale each month. Here are the sale reports - they held a sale on Monday but appears to be no report for it. I've never been in at one of these sales so no idea if any good (I also know bugger all about pigs except for liking bacon!)

Dumfries Pig Sale Report

C & D Auction Marts Ltd held their show and sale of pigs in Dumfries Mart.

www.cdauctionmarts.co.uk

 

[neilo]

With cattle good ones will pay better at the moment with corn prices where they are

Even where native breeds & composites will finish on less of that expensive corn?

 

[Ross121]

Lambs 5:80 for next week, £6 mentioned soon
The magic £8 also mentioned this morning
Interesting times ahead

 

[bobajob]

Who is that with? Lambs going next Monday morning to woodheads. 5.70

 

[Shebb90]

Anyone at Exeter today? Store lambs?

 

[Hawthorn]

Who is that with? Lambs going next Monday morning to woodheads. 5.70

I’d cancel and sit on them till the end of the week if possible

 

[bobajob]

I’d cancel and sit on them till the end of the week if possible

Yeah probably should, they are getting heavy enough for deadweight.
I will probably switch to liveweight selling for the remainder of our lambs.

 

[Hawthorn]

Yeah probably should, they are getting heavy enough for deadweight.
I will probably switch to liveweight selling for the remainder of our lambs.

Liveweights well ahead atm if you’ve got plenty of weight

 

[Greythundercloudys]

See ua has 300 tups and 4000 breeding sheep on Monday. Getn late in the day.