Greythundercloudys
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Some difference in trade at kirby, some struggling at 90 odd other's at 150£.
Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker
- Thread starter TFF
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- Location
- Northumberland
Very moderate store lamb trade at Longtown today i thought. Like for like,they must be £20-£30/head back on the year.
My man get many? he rang me on the way home moaning about the weather but didn't say how he got on.
livestock 1
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Yes he was steadily getting a few gathered up. Bought some nice 3/4 fleshed Cheviot mule lambs good sheep and plenty more
bobajob
Member
- Location
- Sw Scotland
I had 50 there but I haven’t heard how they did. Dropped them off at 7 this morning.
It’s all a bit rubbish, the fat trade is moderate at best. I’m glad I sold a lot early on. With the weather now it’s getting to the stage of just sell the last of them store and move on to next year’s lamb crop..
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Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Alright for Albanians in rubber dinghies .
livestock 1
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I think they were all very well sold the way everything is the way I look at things
- Location
- Northumberland
What did you think of the trade?
bean
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- Location
- holsworthy
Dunbia 405 for a r grade
livestock 1
Member
Considering how bad the trade for finished hoggs is, considering feeding them is a waste of time at best and how wet it is I thought they were a marvellous trade
- Location
- East Sussex
Ashford today was stacked out with sheep.
All in all the hoggets were depressing with an SQQ of £2.16.
Over a thousand store hoggets sold to a selective trade. Better shaped ones in the £80's but long term around £60. Some that had been bought in October would have been less today.
The greatest concern was the ewes are much harder to sell. The reason being that there is a very large amount of frozen Australian mutton appeared on the market at a very low price. One large ethnic buyer said it had cut demand by up to 50%!! The average at Ashford was up but the ewes were mostly good quality.
Cows and friesian bullocks were very dear, but clean cattle were back a little.
Numbers are likely to stay high of stores and poorly finished hoggets as the wet and very poor turnips are forcing people to sell.
All in all the hoggets were depressing with an SQQ of £2.16.
Over a thousand store hoggets sold to a selective trade. Better shaped ones in the £80's but long term around £60. Some that had been bought in October would have been less today.
The greatest concern was the ewes are much harder to sell. The reason being that there is a very large amount of frozen Australian mutton appeared on the market at a very low price. One large ethnic buyer said it had cut demand by up to 50%!! The average at Ashford was up but the ewes were mostly good quality.
Cows and friesian bullocks were very dear, but clean cattle were back a little.
Numbers are likely to stay high of stores and poorly finished hoggets as the wet and very poor turnips are forcing people to sell.
- Location
- Northumberland
Aye,i suppose so if you look at it that way. I had a handful of Tex x in near the end,got sold just before 4pm,and they still had 1st alley second penning to sell. £78 for near 40kg. Disappointed.Was hoping to get to £80 +. Dont think i will be taking any next week. When MaCleary is shouting "who wants them" after they are knocked down,its not much good for the seller.
How long do you think they’ll take to rattle through that Aussie mutton? Not ideal I’ve loads of culls to get rid of!
Doesn’t sound much good news on the horizon for sheep then. Got plenty of culls and hoggs.
muleman
Member
If its anything like lambs, when theyve eaten it all they'll get another load
Basically then we have been getting a false price for the last few years because china were shielding us from it. Now back to the good old days.If its anything like lambs, when theyve eaten it all they'll get another load
livestock 1
Member
I know but what are you going to do with them? Would you pay near £80 for any store hoggs?
They haven’t hit the bottom yet i keep getting told we have £4.50 dead to look forward to before we get over this carry on.
Honestly everything was a wonderful trade more than I valued them at the way things are.