Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[gone up the hill]

My cousin just got a job on a farm , thick end of 30k plus a house , their sheep must give birth to solid gold lambs.

In this part of the country you can easily be looking at£1600/ £2000 month rent now on a 3/4 bed farmhouse/ cottage so the only way you are likely to attract good staff and keep them if not very local is to offer free accom with the job.

 

[Hilly]

In this part of the country you can easily be looking at£1600/ £2000 month rent now on a 3/4 bed farmhouse/ cottage so the only way you are likely to attract good staff and keep them if not very local is to offer free accom with the job.

You have to have them doing very profitable work to give them a house worth 2k month ! Id just tske the two k and cut back

 

[livestock 1]

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Think there’s more than one expert hogg finisher on the go what you reckon @Northeastfarmer ?

There’s probably a few on here

 

[livestock 1]

@gone up the hill what you reckon about the flying trade hoggs averaging a staggering 255ppk !!!???

 

[The Seeker]

I noticed the same thing this morning as there was no wind.
I wonder how many trees for a 777 on a 12 hour flight?
Or how many cattle to come to the same amount of emissions?

Guys it’s ok the carbon from the plane is being “off set” in a magical third world country a long long long way away

 

[Hilly]

Guys it’s ok the carbon from the plane is being “off set” in a magical third world country a long long long way away

Aye thats what will happen right enough

 

[Optimus]

How much is biscuit meal tipped atm?

I think for summer it's around £300 think we're £270 for a mix load of bread an biscuit.made the load more bread than biscuit to try keep cost down.an hope they finish the same on it.

It might be more now but we've go it on contract.

 

[gone up the hill]

@gone up the hill what you reckon about the flying trade hoggs averaging a staggering 255ppk !!!???

Ha ha i think the sheep auctioneer at that market is living either in cloud cuckoo land or in 1922 and not 2022!

No two ways about it current hogg and spring lamb prices are very poor for this time of year!

Few would have been happy selling prime hoggs 12 months ago in May for £90 head or spring lambs at £100 head but in real terms with input inflation like we have had/ are getting that is the net prices in real terms we are getting today !

I cannot see how these prices are anyway sustainable for long unless input prices sharply drop which is very unlikely to happen!

 

[Hfd Cattle]

What are people's views on Frome markets new commision cap announced today for prime/ cull cattle and their new loyalty scheme for sellers of prime/ cull cattle if you buy so many store or stirk cattle from the market each year??

Trying to get my head around this . Are you sayin that if they buy their stores from the market and sell them back in as prime then you get some sort of commission cap ?

 

[Hilly]

Trying to get my head around this . Are you sayin that if they buy their stores from the market and sell them back in as prime then you get some sort of commission cap ?

They should get a good deal for that imo .

 

[gone up the hill]

Trying to get my head around this . Are you sayin that if they buy their stores from the market and sell them back in as prime then you get some sort of commission cap ?

Details on Frome markets FB page.

But basically all prime/ cull cattle comm is capped at £35 head and if you buy more than 50 store cattle/ stirks or calves in a year from the market and sell more than 50 prime/cull or store cattle a year at the market they will take £5 head off the prime/cull or store cattle comm you pay as well.

( that is how i read it )

 

[neilo]

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A couple of weeks ago, the IFJ were complaining that they were so far behind German dw prices (over 6 euro at the time iirc).
UK is lagging well behind for some reason, even though numbers are supposed to be short?

 

[Hilly]

A couple of weeks ago, the IFJ were complaining that they were so far behind German dw prices (over 6 euro at the time iirc).
UK is lagging well behind for some reason, even though numbers are supposed to be short?

Uk beef trade is controlled , Irish pikey .

 

[Mc115reed]

Details on Frome markets FB page.

But basically all prime cattle comm is capped at £35 head and if you buy more than 50 store cattle/ stirks in a year from the market and sell more than 50 prime cattle a year at the market they will take £5 head off the prime comm of every prime cattle you sell at the market as well.

( that is how i read it )

Seems good idea and very fair/ attractive … after all why shouldn’t loyal market goers be rewarded ?

 

[aangus]

I think for summer it's around £300 think we're £270 for a mix load of bread an biscuit.made the load more bread than biscuit to try keep cost down.an hope they finish the same on it.

It might be more now but we've go it on contract.

How long will that keep until it goes off

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Details on Frome markets FB page.

But basically all prime cattle comm is capped at £35 head and if you buy more than 50 store cattle/ stirks in a year from the market and sell more than 50 prime cattle a year at the market they will take £5 head off the prime comm of every prime cattle you sell at the market as well.

( that is how i read it )

Interesting ....bit tough on the suckler boys who will possibly be putting better cattle in the prime but never buying out of the stores
Not a criticism but just an observation .
A lot of cattle come up here from Frome !

 

[gone up the hill]

Interesting ....bit tough on the suckler boys who will possibly be putting better cattle in the prime but never buying out of the stores
Not a criticism but just an observation .
A lot of cattle come up here from Frome !

Very much a dairy area.

But you are correct it is a bit unfair on suckler producers who sell store/ cull or prime animals at the market!

They ought to extend the £5 head off loyalty scheme to include HB suckled cattle if you sell 50 head ( be that store/ prime or cull cattle in total ) as well .

 

[Hilly]

I think of you lot cattle together 4 plus should be cheaper and over 50 on one day cheaper ..

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Very much a dairy area.

But you are correct it is a bit unfair on suckler producers who sell store/ cull or prime animals at the market!

They ought to extend the £5 head off loyalty scheme to include HB suckled cattle if you sell 50 head ( be that store/ prime or cull cattle in total ) as well .

Now that's worth mentioning to them next time you passing !
Yes a lot come up here that are dairy bred 15/20 mth old things . Mate of mine has some regular and gets them finished pretty quick too.