Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[JockCroft]

DINGWALL, Dingwall & Highland Marts Ltd., (January 31st) sold 521 Prime Sheep. Old Season Lambs (308) sold to 226.8p per kg for a pen of 48.5kg Beltex Crosses from Smallburn Farms, Elgin and £111 gross for a 51.5kg Texel Cross also from Smallburn Farms. SQQ Lambs 25.5kg to 45.5kg (114) averaged 212.4p (-9.7p) and sold to 224.7p. Feeding Sheep (213) sold to £176 gross for a Texel Ewe from 2 Dounie, Edderton.


“Hoggs are unfortunately continuing to follow the falling national trade. All classes were less on the week. Ewe trade however remains a little more buoyant. All classes were every bit as dear as last week and more are required to satisfy demand

 

[Jonp]

Or else the sheep job is f@&£ed
Until they accept it was a sh!t idea we are stuck with this carry on and it’s not looking good

It wasn't a sh!t idea for the wealthy using the city to hide/launder their money offshore. All the other "benefits" were a smokescreen.
Didn't the EU want to curtail the activities of the city...and UK left just before it was going to be enforced?

 

[d williams]

Out of interest- do people pay for auctioneers to come and view stock that they are potentially looking to sell?
Had auctioneer out last week to look at store cattle valued them between 1000-1300 nothing specific but as a general
Those cattle aren’t going to that mart, i rang and asked for them to come look at cattle but at the end of visit left it that we would discuss as a family and let them know our decision. Email this morning saying any further valuations will be charged, at no point did we commit to selling them, another company also viewed the cattle they too aren’t getting them and the auctioneer said he was disappointed but would like the chance to view again in future if our plans changed, you can guess who’s going to be invited back

I hope you can write back to him saying his valuation was way out and his service will no longer be needed

 

[Smith31]

£28 was what he give us for the lambs, when he rang for more I told him I would eat them all myself.
A few weeks ago I was in the pub and talking to some folk stopping in the local pods. He said he was called Machin and his family used to buy sheep......pub went quiet

Machin Lamb, they were a big outfit in their time, did a lot of live export from what I remember. Are they still going?

The main man was called Richard I think? To be fair, he was an absolute gentleman the few times I met him at the marts.

Fully agree with you about F&M, farmers got treated extremely unfairly by the majority of abattoirs, none have forgotten.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Machin Lamb, they were a big outfit in their time, did a lot of live export from what I remember. Are they still going?

The main man was called Richard I think? To be fair, he was an absolute gentleman the few times I met him at the marts.

Fully agree with you about F&M, farmers got treated extremely unfairly by the majority of abattoirs, none have forgotten.

Richard died not long ago
The abattoir is under a different outfit but is mothballed

 

[Northern territory]

Richard died not long ago
The abattoir is under a different outfit but is mothballed

Yeah think he died last year, was still buying store lambs until the last.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

£28 was what he give us for the lambs, when he rang for more I told him I would eat them all myself.
A few weeks ago I was in the pub and talking to some folk stopping in the local pods. He said he was called Machin and his family used to buy sheep......pub went quiet

It would probably be Will, Richard’s son. Very different personality from what I’ve seen of him. He’ll learn to keep his mouth shut

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Richard died not long ago
The abattoir is under a different outfit but is mothballed

The abattoir is supposedly re opening soon. No sheep just cattle, putting another line in. Irish run, but not sure who. Somebody mentioned Dunbia

 

[Northeastfarmer]

The abattoir is supposedly re opening soon. No sheep just cattle, putting another line in. Irish run, but not sure who. Somebody mentioned Dunbia

Have shans sold it then?

 

[Northern territory]

The abattoir is supposedly re opening soon. No sheep just cattle, putting another line in. Irish run, but not sure who. Somebody mentioned Dunbia

Didn’t they have some sort of tie up with ABP for lambs, maybe collection centre or something

 

[hally]

It would probably be Will, Richard’s son. Very different personality from what I’ve seen of him. He’ll learn to keep his mouth shut

He would be in his thirties I guess. Tbh I never said we knew his family, it was a long time ago. Life goes on.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Looking back at those f&m days. Take lmbs up to abp bathgate. Away at half 4 in the morning for the gates to open, still there for hrs on end and washing out. Hellish women vet sending you back to wash again, Jesus when you look back it was grim times and the price you got for the sheep was shocking. Remember that dealer RS who near sunk the cally have a shed full of hog's and they though it was among them. But it wasn't, lm sure he wished they had it. Those defo weren't the days for sure.

 

[Northern territory]

Looking back at those f&m days. Take lmbs up to abp bathgate. Away at half 4 in the morning for the gates to open, still there for hrs on end and washing out. Hellish women vet sending you back to wash again, Jesus when you look back it was grim times and the price you got for the sheep was shocking. Remember that dealer RS who near sunk the cally have a shed full of hog's and they though it was among them. But it wasn't, lm sure he wished they had it. Those defo weren't the days for sure.

My abiding memory was having to tip every heavily pregnant ewe up for the vet to inspect before we could bring them home for lambing. Plus the disinfect carpet across the road.

 

[gone up the hill]

Just had a quick look to see what trade for Hoggs was like today.

Gave up and went back down the hill after looking at the figures for the first two markets.........

Brecon SQQ 205.8 PPK ( down 18.9 ppk on the week )

But even worse...

Hawes SQQ 189.9 PPK ( down 26ppk on the week )

 

[gone up the hill]

A boat load of NZ lamb

Several boat loads of lamb both into the UK and EU country's that normally take our lamb like France.

Milk price is starting to drop by the looks of it with most dropping the price for March around 4ppl today with more drops likely which surely will mean a lot more dairy cows being culled before long.

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Have shans sold it then?

It don’t think so, maybe leasing it out? They seemed very keen to stop any sheep ever being killed there, why they bought it and closed it to start with

 

[Full of bull(s)]

He would be in his thirties I guess. Tbh I never said we knew his family, it was a long time ago. Life goes on.

Tall lean with thinning hair that will be him

 

[casper74]

Have shans sold it then?

yes it got bought by the man who was in with dunbia before it sold out to Dawn (I think) But I can't remember his name

 

[muleman]

Just had a quick look to see what trade for Hoggs was like today.

Gave up and went back down the hill after looking at the figures for the first two markets.........

Brecon SQQ 205.8 PPK ( down 18.9 ppk on the week )

But even worse...

Hawes SQQ 189.9 PPK ( down 26ppk on the week )

How is a man supposed to make a living at that?

 

[Full of bull(s)]

Didn’t they have some sort of tie up with ABP for lambs, maybe collection centre or something

Richard used his farm as a collection centre for a while for ABP Yetminster, Greenwoods were taking them down I think