Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[neilo]

£112 for 47kg looks £20 different to anywhere up here. Maybe £15 different if poorer types

Remember that your lambs are weighed empty, as they enter the ring after being penned for several hours. Down here, most marts weigh lambs on entry to the mart, generally with full bellies.
Your 47kg lambs would be 49-50kg down here.

 

[Boydvalley]

£112 for 47kg looks £20 different to anywhere up here. Maybe £15 different if poorer types

Yes but you have to see the the lambs. Not been there for a few years and forgot how many lambs were out of mules which are very popular in the Cotswold’s so they are never going to be top draw. But farmers fresh are big buyer there and lean was what was wanted.
That said a lot I but my hand on ‘needed another coat of paint‘ as my mate would say. The affects of the summer are still showing.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Hahaha

Have them Chevy mules no milk?

our singles run on NT ground, it’s beyond shite. Grows a good store lamb but won’t even fatten singles. So they all come off, get weaned and normally finish here on aftermaths.obviously this year we’ve been very tight on grass (some fool kept buying feeders) so they had to wait until keep came available to get out and start piling it on. I could have corned them… but what’s the point with corn at £360 and lamb at £2.35? Normally shift 200 by mid September but grass situation buggered that plan.

 

[livestock 1]

Hahaha

our singles run on NT ground, it’s beyond shite. Grows a good store lamb but won’t even fatten singles. So they all come off, get weaned and normally finish here on aftermaths.obviously this year we’ve been very tight on grass (some fool kept buying feeders) so they had to wait until keep came available to get out and start piling it on. I could have corned them… but what’s the point with corn at £360 and lamb at £2.35? Normally shift 200 by mid September but grass situation buggered that plan.

My calculations says that too

 

[z.man]

Hahaha

our singles run on NT ground, it’s beyond shite. Grows a good store lamb but won’t even fatten singles. So they all come off, get weaned and normally finish here on aftermaths.obviously this year we’ve been very tight on grass (some fool kept buying feeders) so they had to wait until keep came available to get out and start piling it on. I could have corned them… but what’s the point with corn at £360 and lamb at £2.35? Normally shift 200 by mid September but grass situation buggered that plan.

We do the opposite singles on reasonably good bit and often offer some creep try and off load at 10-14 weeks then cull 50% of the ewes as well helps slacken the grass ...….. everyone has different systems on it also helps that we have 3 outlets for sheep within 4 miles of the farm

 

[DB67]

Was quoted that yesterday Would think they’ll pay more though Hopefully £5.40 + next week ....

When they were at 5.15 a few weeks ago it was well ahead of the marts. There usually on the ball but obviously thinking this week is a one off to not put it up. Really lambs at 250 all week, they should be around 5.40.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

We do the opposite singles on reasonably good bit and often offer some creep try and off load at 10-14 weeks then cull 50% of the ewes as well helps slacken the grass ...….. everyone has different systems on it also helps that we have 3 outlets for sheep within 4 miles of the farm

What buggers it really is the NT are against any kind of feeding on their ground. I have an agreement with the head ranger that I can drop mineral blocks out in secluded areas as long as they are blocks not buckets so his bosses won’t see them. It annoys the hell out of me. On decent doing most of my singles would be gone by the end of July.

 

[z.man]

Probably making it an export sale there.

Heard all the export sheep from Sunday are in quarantine in one farm in Ireland just now not sure how true the story is

 

[Vorest Tat]

Yes but you have to see the the lambs. Not been there for a few years and forgot how many lambs were out of mules which are very popular in the Cotswold’s so they are never going to be top draw. But farmers fresh are big buyer there and lean was what was wanted.
That said a lot I but my hand on ‘needed another coat of paint‘ as my mate would say. The affects of the summer are still showing.

They weren't mules. Were fit!!
Were fairly empty as had been sat in traffic for hours to get there. it was one of those days I wish I'd stayed at home.

I also put my hand on some lean lambs

 

[Mr always wrong]

G

When they were at 5.15 a few weeks ago it was well ahead of the marts. There usually on the ball but obviously thinking this week is a one off to not put it up. Really lambs at 250 all week, they should be around 5.40.

Got 5.40 for yesterdays kill, up to 5.55,

 

[z.man]

When they were at 5.15 a few weeks ago it was well ahead of the marts. There usually on the ball but obviously thinking this week is a one off to not put it up. Really lambs at 250 all week, they should be around 5.40.

They'll end up right enough , usually do

 

[gone up the hill]

FFS makes 530p dead look ok

47.5 kilo lambs will average say 20 kilos dead @ 5.30 = £106 head so live would be better then deadweight unless they average around 21.5+ kilos @5.30

 

[gone up the hill]

G

Got 5.40 for yesterdays kill, up to 5.55,

Deadweight base is now 5.45.

Still at least £1.50 below where it now needs to be to keep up with input inflation!

 

[aangus]

This morning before going to kirkby to keep dry!View attachment 1075462

Same here, sheep have had tough going these last few weeks.

 

[z.man]

Deadweight base is now 5.45.

Still at least £1.50 below where it now needs to be to keep up with input inflation!

Yes , maybe so, but I'm not going to die waiting for them to reach £7 by which time they would need to be £8..... cost of production is irrelevant to the consumer at least until the point is reached when supply becomes limited,...you want more for our produce then we have to undersupply the demand

 

[neilo]

Heard all the export sheep from Sunday are in quarantine in one farm in Ireland just now not sure how true the story is

I hope they’re looking after them well. Most will only be a month off lambing, and used to a very good home.

 

[DB67]

G

Got 5.40 for yesterdays kill, up to 5.55,

With scotbeef?

 

[Boydvalley]

They weren't mules. Were fit!!
Were fairly empty as had been sat in traffic for hours to get there. it was one of those days I wish I'd stayed at home.

I also put my hand on some lean lambs

You was robbed then.
Didnt see any sold because I was late as I nearly rolled the quad sideways on a bank electric fencing. Had to leave it tied to the hedge to stop it rolling.
Wanted a pen of Exlana’s to give them a try to see if @neilo is right but even at killing price I wasn’t tempted I wish I hadn’t bothered as well.
Also wanted to see if I could spot @Electricfencer because I’m sure an alpha male would stand out. Couldn’t see one though

 

[Mr always wrong]

With scotbeef?

Keypak

 

[same crap different day]

Remember that your lambs are weighed empty, as they enter the ring after being penned for several hours. Down here, most marts weigh lambs on entry to the mart, generally with full bellies.
Your 47kg lambs would be 49-50kg down here.

All depends who is on the scales in your local market , a friend unloaded some nice fed lambs that were weighed 35kg after some complaints they were re weighed 38.5kg , 40 lambs