Best outlet for Cull cows in Cornwall or Devon

castlekid

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We have a few cull cows to sell from our suckler herd , Not FA , and ideally would like to send them in direct . Any reccomendations for a buyer in Cornwall or Devon for non assured cows . Thanks
 

Dog Bowl

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Cotswolds
Several lorries / week leave the SW for abattoirs in the north. Travel overnight. Their load is mature bulls and heavy cull cows. The stranglehold Devon / Cornwall outlets have locally is disgraceful. Outrageously greedy and leads to much longer haulage than should be necessary. :mad:
Equally there is a similar set up around here with lorries collecting large loads of non FA cattle and heading over to West Wales. Euro Foods or something like that? Killing non FA bulls and cows from what I've heard?
 

topground

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
North Somerset.
Agent in Somerset will take NON FA cows direct to slaughter, only 5ppk less than FA i think he gets paid for them!

Waste of time currently putting non Fa cull cows thru the live ring

Whereabouts are you OP?
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This shot from the GTH Facebook page 27th September would indicate the opposite. Non assured topped the market at Sedgmoor so a trip up the A30 M5 on a Monday morning might be in order.
 

Kiss

Member
Location
North west
We moved from pickstocks to woolleys last year sheets Iv seen recently I would say we are better off. I’m sure it’s down to your rep to I’d rather them tell me straight there’s no room this week rather than feeding lies

had an Irish cow go a few weeks back was dreading being hammered but was pleasantly suprised
 

egbert

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Livestock Farmer
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This shot from the GTH Facebook page 27th September would indicate the opposite. Non assured topped the market at Sedgmoor so a trip up the A30 M5 on a Monday morning might be in order.
Didn't some know it all just say non FA culls were a waste of time through the ring?

Several lorries / week leave the SW for abattoirs in the north. Travel overnight. Their load is mature bulls and heavy cull cows. The stranglehold Devon / Cornwall outlets have locally is disgraceful. Outrageously greedy and leads to much longer haulage than should be necessary. :mad:

I hate it.
We only went FA because I wouldn't send my old girls on such long trips.
I've no problem with stock moving the length of the country, but not old grannies, moving just to have their heads knocked off.
 

penntor

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Livestock Farmer
Location
sw devon
Mine now go to Pickstocks via a collection from Tavistock Livestock Centre.
Won't put old cows through the ring, rather they have one last trip direct on a lorry. Used to go to West Devon Meats 45 mins up the road before they were bought out.
 
Location
Devon
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This shot from the GTH Facebook page 27th September would indicate the opposite. Non assured topped the market at Sedgmoor so a trip up the A30 M5 on a Monday morning might be in order.

Non assured top the market when stock are wanted be that clean/cull beef/ prime lambs etc which just goes to show what a complete waste of space farm assurance is!

Back to prices, that was the top price, you need to work on averages for non FA stock in the prime ring also back then cull cows liveweight were worth £100 head more than now!

Having seen several grazing cows sold the last couple of weeks non FA have certainly been struggling price wise and would have made more deadweight even with a 5ppk deduction for non FA

OP wants to sell direct and not liveweight anyway which makes all the above irelevant anyway!
 
Location
Devon
Didn't some know it all just say non FA culls were a waste of time through the ring?



I hate it.
We only went FA because I wouldn't send my old girls on such long trips.
I've no problem with stock moving the length of the country, but not old grannies, moving just to have their heads knocked off.

Grazing cow ring currently they are unless you want to sell them far below what they are worth on the hook and i imagine the prime ring is the same unless you have very very well covered cows like in the picture above but anything 2nd grade down will be better off sold deadweight than thru the cull ring most times ( but not always of course ).
 

Sid

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
South Molton
Mine now go to Pickstocks via a collection from Tavistock Livestock Centre.
Won't put old cows through the ring, rather they have one last trip direct on a lorry. Used to go to West Devon Meats 45 mins up the road before they were bought out.
Oh efficiency!

No wonder some consumers think twice about food
 
Didn't some know it all just say non FA culls were a waste of time through the ring?



I hate it.
We only went FA because I wouldn't send my old girls on such long trips.
I've no problem with stock moving the length of the country, but not old grannies, moving just to have their heads knocked off.

Agree 101 per cent. And the older cows do go to Dawn on a FA ticket. As did a slightly damaged bull, on a veterinary casualty note. But a 7 year old angus bull, who'd got too heavy for his cows, they refused. Too big to handle.
He weighed 720kg d/w, in berluddy Sheffield.

As I said, we shouldn't have to be even considering this long haul from the SW.
 

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