Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Aspiring Peasants]

I can understand where you are coming from and that would be ok if he pays £175 when they drop back to £150 if thats what he can afford,on that principal you can see the thought in contract selling

Trouble is if we were all contract selling they’d probably be £90

 

[Woolless]

Any farmer want to help a butcher out this Easter?

Any one who know’s me will know I’m a great supporter of the mart system and getting a fair value for stock, in most cases I have paid well over the sales averages and paid top dollar to stock my shop.

With the current inflation in the Hogg trade (I support to an extent) selling hogget/lamb over the counter has become unsustainable and to the customer unjustifiable. It is not as easy as putting the price up week on week until the price levels off. I can not continue to sell at a loss therefore will have to stop selling it altogether.

The point I’m making here is that I’m asking everyone (37 different farms) that I have supported over the last two years of buying for myself to try and support me, there must be someone who can meet me in the middle and help me out with some affordable Hoggs to keep me going until the new season.

46-50kg Hogg’s £175.00 is where I need to be at just to break even with Transport and killing costs taking that to over £210.00 a head! So you can see where I’m struggling to connect the dots when paying £200.00+ at the mart before any other costs.

Thoughts ?? Would you help him or not ?

If he was a regular buyer of my stock, and I had a good few hoggs to sell, I think I would be tempted to help him out with a few in the expectation that this consideration would be repaid with bids over the coming year. It also keeps sheepmeat in front of his customers.

 

[Hilly]

If the butchers cant make a quid and the customers refusing to buy it how actually is buying it ? Supermarkets full of imported .

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I wonder if hoggs go back down to £100 next year he’d give me £150 to “help me out”…

 

[Hilly]

I wonder if hoggs go back down to £100 next year he’d give me £150 to “help me out”…

I wonder

 

[ImLost]

Any farmer want to help a butcher out this Easter?

Any one who know’s me will know I’m a great supporter of the mart system and getting a fair value for stock, in most cases I have paid well over the sales averages and paid top dollar to stock my shop.

With the current inflation in the Hogg trade (I support to an extent) selling hogget/lamb over the counter has become unsustainable and to the customer unjustifiable. It is not as easy as putting the price up week on week until the price levels off. I can not continue to sell at a loss therefore will have to stop selling it altogether.

The point I’m making here is that I’m asking everyone (37 different farms) that I have supported over the last two years of buying for myself to try and support me, there must be someone who can meet me in the middle and help me out with some affordable Hoggs to keep me going until the new season.

46-50kg Hogg’s £175.00 is where I need to be at just to break even with Transport and killing costs taking that to over £210.00 a head! So you can see where I’m struggling to connect the dots when paying £200.00+ at the mart before any other costs.

Thoughts ?? Would you help him or not ?

Tell him to put his prices up. If it's selling then why wouldn't you?

 

[hill shepherd]

If his costs are spiraling out of control he should become more efficient

 

[aangus]

If the butchers cant make a quid and the customers refusing to buy it how actually is buying it ? Supermarkets full of imported .

Some suppliers are on contract and have to supply it no matter what its costing to buy, or they fold

 

[Hilly]

Some suppliers are on contract and have to supply it no matter what its costing to buy, or they fold

Yes , still must not be to bad or they would fold either way ….

 

[aangus]

I wonder if hoggs go back down to £100 next year he’d give me £150 to “help me out”…

I suppose it will depend on the 2024 crop of lambs

 

[digger64]

Any farmer want to help a butcher out this Easter?

Any one who know’s me will know I’m a great supporter of the mart system and getting a fair value for stock, in most cases I have paid well over the sales averages and paid top dollar to stock my shop.

With the current inflation in the Hogg trade (I support to an extent) selling hogget/lamb over the counter has become unsustainable and to the customer unjustifiable. It is not as easy as putting the price up week on week until the price levels off. I can not continue to sell at a loss therefore will have to stop selling it altogether.

The point I’m making here is that I’m asking everyone (37 different farms) that I have supported over the last two years of buying for myself to try and support me, there must be someone who can meet me in the middle and help me out with some affordable Hoggs to keep me going until the new season.

46-50kg Hogg’s £175.00 is where I need to be at just to break even with Transport and killing costs taking that to over £210.00 a head! So you can see where I’m struggling to connect the dots when paying £200.00+ at the mart before any other costs.

Thoughts ?? Would you help him or not ?

yes but on condition that in a month or so s time when some good hogs have teeth coming through or later on when the last hogs are ready I would expect the favour to be returned and not be discounted .

 

[Hilly]

Tell him to put his prices up. If it's selling then why wouldn't you?

Nothing to do with me really i just saw it and wondered how folk would reacted…

 

[Hilly]

yes but on condition that in a month or so s time when some good hogs have teeth coming through or later on when the last hogs are ready I would expect the favour to be returned and not be discounted .

Yes i think that would be a good approach , keep tally of how many sold cheaper buy say £25 and when they trading less he pays £25 more for same amount of lambs , everyone is a winner .

 

[hill shepherd]

Where will store lambs be this backend?

I expect they'll be deer, won't be out much good under £100

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I suppose it will depend on the 2024 crop of lambs

It’ll depend on wether the supermarkets can import as much as they can to screw us over…

 

[Optimus]

Nothing to do with me really i just saw it and wondered how folk would reacted…

If this became the new norm and beef followed suit.he would have no option but to put prices up.

Do tractor dealers say this part is x but we'll let you have it at x price to help you out as long as you come back for other things

 

[Hilly]

If this became the new norm and beef followed suit.he would have no option but to put prices up.

Do tractor dealers say this part is x but we'll let you have it at x price to help you out as long as you come back for other things

No they dont, but i can see how it would work with a regular customer and they can average ….

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Any farmer want to help a butcher out this Easter?

Any one who know’s me will know I’m a great supporter of the mart system and getting a fair value for stock, in most cases I have paid well over the sales averages and paid top dollar to stock my shop.

With the current inflation in the Hogg trade (I support to an extent) selling hogget/lamb over the counter has become unsustainable and to the customer unjustifiable. It is not as easy as putting the price up week on week until the price levels off. I can not continue to sell at a loss therefore will have to stop selling it altogether.

The point I’m making here is that I’m asking everyone (37 different farms) that I have supported over the last two years of buying for myself to try and support me, there must be someone who can meet me in the middle and help me out with some affordable Hoggs to keep me going until the new season.

46-50kg Hogg’s £175.00 is where I need to be at just to break even with Transport and killing costs taking that to over £210.00 a head! So you can see where I’m struggling to connect the dots when paying £200.00+ at the mart before any other costs.

Thoughts ?? Would you help him or not ?

Well… what about last January to early March when we were selling hoggs at or below the cost of production? Did the butcher drop the price at the counter accordingly or use it to line his pocket? Personally I’d say go whistle, but then I’m nice like that

 

[Anymulewilldo]

If his costs are spiraling out of control he should become more efficient

Definitely

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Nothing to do with me really i just saw it and wondered how folk would reacted…

With laughter?