Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Skintagain]

There ain’t many herds left near us and a lot are a dozen cows wound down form maybe 30 cows 20 years ago

 

[Skintagain]

I'm the opposite at the moment ..... just seem to keep gathering them up .

Too much thatchers

always looking on the bright cider of life and keep getting more cows

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Too much thatchers

always looking on the bright cider of life and keep getting more cows

There's quite a few 'hobby' farmers who ave got no grass around here and are off loading 'pet' cows . They put them on 'pre-loved' or 'SML' and very often quite cheap . Have bought 7 in the last 2 wks .
It's in dry times like these that it suddenly dawns on them how expensive feed is when you are having to feed out in July !

 

[Estate fencing.]

No people with 20/30 cows left round here now, couple of 200/300 cow herd but no small producers.

 

[Al R]

No people with 20/30 cows left round here now, couple of 200/300 cow herd but no small producers.

Know of a few 30-50 suckler herds but there as common as a sheep farm to be honest, predominately dairy down here and it’s rare to see a herd of under 300 milkers.

 

[ritchiekirkland]

It’s possible, you just need a BIG clamp and the balls to get in the hole while its gushing and get the fitting on.

Your missing a trick , you can get clamps now that tap in live without you having to wear armbands

 

[Al R]

Your missing a trick , you can get clamps now that tap in live without you having to wear armbands

Or goggles?

 

[Bob the beef]

You can tap off live mains up to 7" with these no bother
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Brass saddleback connectors work really well too. Have used them a couple of times with no problems on live pipes

 

[57shepherd]

Lambs shorn, wool delivered, £1.00 kilo, 90 days payment another job out the way

 

[Alias]

Yes they mature the individual cuts in the vac packs, much of the rest will be long sold/eaten by the time they come out. Don’t forget not all of it by any means ends up on Supermarket shelves these firms all have multiple meat brands of their own for the wholesale trade, it’s quite interesting if you go on their websites

When I was in they had the usual boxes for Sainsburys, Co-op, Lidl, but they also had trays of kneecaps, all nicely packed, going to China, and trays of the rubbery tendon from the back of the head all going the same way. And they weren’t for the dogs to chew on either !

 

[Estate fencing.]

Lambs shorn, wool delivered, £1.00 kilo, 90 days payment another job out the way

Who’re paying £1?

 

[57shepherd]

Brannach olann

 

[Mc115reed]

Big new dairy set up 15 miles from us,word is they have tapped into water main & helping themselves! (no idea if this is possible or not)

Does 15 miles from you even get you down off the mountain onto some level ground?

 

[Al R]

Lambs shorn, wool delivered, £1.00 kilo, 90 days payment another job out the way

Had lorry picking up 46 here last night

 

[Woolless]

Lambs selling away £2.60-2.70 at St Boswells this morning.

 

[Al R]

How’s that on last week

Lambs selling away £2.60-2.70 at St Boswells this morning.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Yes, lmbs selling fine at lanark, around the 260ppkg.

 

[Woolless]

How’s that on last week

£2.42 (-10p) last week, according to report. Trade maybe cooled a little now.

 

[Nithsdale]

Lambs selling away £2.60-2.70 at St Boswells this morning.

What weights making that, or is it pretty much across the board?

 

[copse]

Yes, lmbs selling fine at lanark, around the 260ppkg.

Did you see any 50 kg lambs sold? As have 100 here ready to go.