Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[andybk]

Where will store lambs be this backend?

will there be many (lowland) stores ? if trade holds up best get creeped and them gone before BT gets them . will have to be three figures for anything with shape

 

[Northern territory]

Hoggs looked a good lump up at Malton today. A lot in 210-220’s

 

[Top Tip.]

Where will store lambs be this backend?

There will be an awful lot of disappointed store lamb producers if they’re not up a fair bit.

 

[kfpben]

There will be an awful lot of disappointed store lamb producers if they’re not up a fair bit.

They were up quite a bit this year. Must be over £100 for anything decent this autumn?

 

[Macsky]

Averaged £71 last year, buyers have doubled their money on them, fancy myself £90+ if this trade holds

 

[casper74]

They were up quite a bit this year. Must be over £100 for anything decent this autumn?

A lot can happen before autumn, I won't worry about how much store lambs will cost until iv'e sold all this years and I start buying in august/September

 

[Hilly]

Averaged £71 last year, buyers have doubled their money on them, fancy myself £90+ if this trade holds

I doubled my money on some stores and went back to the farmer the next year and he wouldnt sell me any as i had made to much , the fact i owned them 2 times longer than him and through winter months cut no ice so i had to go else where …. I was taken aback shall we say .

 

[Top Tip.]

I doubled my money on some stores and went back to the farmer the next year and he wouldnt sell me any as i had made to much , the fact i owned them 2 times longer than him and through winter months cut no ice so i had to go else where …. I was taken aback shall we say .

He’s had to keep the mother’s all year though. Short sighted of the farmer I would say though,as long as you had increased your offer from the previous year . Always good to have a regular buyer.

 

[Macsky]

I doubled my money on some stores and went back to the farmer the next year and he wouldnt sell me any as i had made to much , the fact i owned them 2 times longer than him and through winter months cut no ice so i had to go else where …. I was taken aback shall we say .

Didn’t roll up in a new pickup did you?

 

[Devil's advocate]

I doubled my money on some stores and went back to the farmer the next year and he wouldnt sell me any as i had made to much , the fact i owned them 2 times longer than him and through winter months cut no ice so i had to go else where …. I was taken aback shall we say .

petty, some people like that.

I sold some cheap straw last Autumn ex field. I'm pleased the buyer has done well.

But will put the price up this year.

 

[Shebb90]

Has dead weight gone up any more? On Hoggs?

 

[Hilly]

petty, some people like that.

I sold some cheap straw last Autumn ex field. I'm pleased the buyer has done well.

But will put the price up this year.

I have sold cattle cheap before give luck money amd wish them well, if they make a few quid they will want them again and maybe push a little harder or push someone else on is my out look on it …

 

[Hilly]

Didn’t roll up in a new pickup did you?

Ha older than his for sure my motors are 200k models thats miles not pounds

 

[Top Tip.]

They were up quite a bit this year. Must be over £100 for anything decent this autumn?

The hill bred store lambs were pretty much a stand on trade up here but the x bred lambs were dearer.

 

[Hilly]

He’s had to keep the mother’s all year though. Short sighted of the farmer I would say though,as long as you had increased your offer from the previous year . Always good to have a regular buyer.

Didnt even get to offering stage i should have asked thr mart not to put them in paper and told him i made a loss he had given me some

 

[Stw88]

seams a hell of a lot of hoggs going through Kirby that have been tupped!

 

[Top Tip.]

seams a hell of a lot of hoggs going through Kirby that have been tupped!

Yeld though?

 

[Stw88]

Yeld though?

Are they tho

 

[muleman]

I can remember selling four Hoggs to mek £50 total .....now four comes to a thousand .......and I'm not that old either!

 

[Kentishfarmer]

So what is everyone's theory on what is causing these record hogget prices? I've heard a theory that it is the Houthi rebels disrupting shipping meaning the NZ product is going to take too long to get to the UK ahead of Easter & EID so the retailers are panicking and stocking up on UK produce?
Or is it simply supply and demand from reduced UK flock and lack of hoggets coming to the market in a wet winter?