Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

mghley

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Location
Derbyshire
Needs to lift 25p now and 25p again before christmas or there is going to be carnage in the beef supply.
I understand what your saying, I have cattle of my own, I got rid of my cows afew years ago because I didn’t think they paid well enough.
Why are the store cattle so keenly sought after and such a competitive trade. Why oh why are dairy bred calves the trade they are when they face substantially increased rearing costs, autumn looms fast and a winter of expensive corn and housing costs.
Many people on here saying Sucklers will soon be a thing of the past and are being sold week on week and yet most seem to think they are a damned good trade and no shortage of buyers.
It doesn’t add up, but has that always been the case ??!!
 

Jackov Altraids

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Devon
I understand what your saying, I have cattle of my own, I got rid of my cows afew years ago because I didn’t think they paid well enough.
Why are the store cattle so keenly sought after and such a competitive trade. Why oh why are dairy bred calves the trade they are when they face substantially increased rearing costs, autumn looms fast and a winter of expensive corn and housing costs.
Many people on here saying Sucklers will soon be a thing of the past and are being sold week on week and yet most seem to think they are a damned good trade and no shortage of buyers.
It doesn’t add up, but has that always been the case ??!!
Processors have actively dis-incentivised small farms so they can get their cattle from a few big units.
These big units then have to source their cattle from the smaller farms.
The fat cow price is keeping the breeding sales buoyant, similarly with ewes.
If you look at the figures, its the killing of breeding stock in both cattle and sheep that are maintaining meat supplies.
That is not sustainable.
And keeping suckler cows without BPS and with ELMS looking as it is, isn't sustainable either.
 

Sid

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
Have to take price movements in context to prices.

Higher the price the bigger the movements could be, but in percentage terms similar to the past.
£3 down to £2.85 is same percentage drop as £6 down to £5.70.

Heard of a premium product have demand drop by nearly 30%. Consumers are baulking at inflation and changing habits
 

Hilly

Member
well less than 3 if you count the one that's on her, always get £1000 to 1100 for any calves by his bull and £900 to 1000 for subsequent calves ay 9 months.And always a chance of them making a lot more if heifer calves
It will take 3 calves to keep her to get three calves . Their is little in any of them and nowt when buying them in , that is why in unsubsidised beef producing countries the bast majority breed not buy .
 
Sent heifers yesterday and had £4.48 for R's. ABP talking 2p more next week that'll take them back to £4.50. Woodheads stood on. However speaking to both men they seem to think things will have risen by the end of the month. So the climb might start soon. Just need to get a ruck more cattle bought this next three weeks.
 

crofteress

Member
Livestock Farmer
Hilly it Costs the exact same to feed as the sim luings and the luings . And they like a bite of heather too. Don’t knock it until you try it . I’ve luings and sim luings give me more hassle than the good cows and get less for them cull
 
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