- Location
- Northumberland
How much are you paying now?
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
- Start date
How many rolls are on a pallet?I ordered a pallet of silage wrap 5 weeks ago. £66 a roll…hadn’t been delivered so rang up…said don’t panic you’ll get it…I asked how much it was now snd they said it had gone up £10 a roll in 5 weeks
Do you mix that through a diet feeder?
Christ the doom mungers where on last night. The job hardly a disaster yet, it might not be as good as last spring but it’s still ok. Yeah fuel, feed and fert have gone up and this is probably very bad for the intensive farmers but for most sheep men won’t make much difference. I personally think I’m very very lucky to be in the job I’m in, all fuel through the books so 40% saving, free heat and half our meals are meat from our own stock or swapped with others for there’s as well as a garden big enough garden to grow our own veg.
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
Think it’s 30
d williams
Member
Usually 40
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
I couldn’t remember off the top of my head but cheers
d williams
Member
They may have cut them down to thirty to ease the pain maybe???
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Yes
livestock 1
Member
Do you mind me asking if you are buying and selling store cattle which ones (out of the whole lot) do you think are too dear?
- Location
- North Yorkshire
The ones I’m selling I hope
On yesterday’s trade the half meated dairy bred heifers £1000-1100. Once you get over £1200 a lot of buyers fall away but under it there’s plenty of competition. They won’t take long to get fit but that still costs and they are costing way more per kg to buy than they are worth to sell. The closer they are to killing the less per kg they need to be with £50 transport/killing costs. Each to their own
livestock 1
Member
Yes I’m pretty much in the same boat as you just the only difference is I’m feeding my own not bought inThe ones I’m selling I hope
On yesterday’s trade the half meated dairy bred heifers £1000-1100. Once you get over £1200 a lot of buyers fall away but under it there’s plenty of competition. They won’t take long to get fit but that still costs and they are costing way more per kg to buy than they are worth to sell. The closer they are to killing the less per kg they need to be with £50 transport/killing costs. Each to their own
The sums are exactly the same though
- Location
- East Sussex
Much better thank you!!
The export lambs are increasing significantly.
There were a few very good quality heavies, but the rest were still a struggle.
Ewes are flying with a new record for Ashford of £227.00 and a market average of over £113.00
- Location
- North of Perth
They could do but means you've got a few more mouths to feed.we've 160 cows but the total number of cattle is currently around 400.
- Location
- East Sussex
Romney wool will do it now!
Breeding them is a completely different job to feeding them.
Were you buying or selling yesterday? 2nd sale for us this year and very pleased with the tradeThe ones I’m selling I hope
On yesterday’s trade the half meated dairy bred heifers £1000-1100. Once you get over £1200 a lot of buyers fall away but under it there’s plenty of competition. They won’t take long to get fit but that still costs and they are costing way more per kg to buy than they are worth to sell. The closer they are to killing the less per kg they need to be with £50 transport/killing costs. Each to their own
Yes several trials have proven keeping lambs entire will grow faster, and they will finish off of good grass lays and get to heavier weights. It’s becoming more popular to do this and Hereford store sale now gets thousands of them with several buyers chasing them at times coming to more than the equivalent clean lambs
muleman
Member
Several trials have shown that they will tup all yer ewes and yer neighbours if theyve gone lean an not got away in time aswell!