Greythundercloudys
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A lamb made 160 grand at Lanark, l saw blackie stores make 6£ at stifling . people read this and wonder why farmers are always moaning.
every right to moan if your selling store lambs for £6A lamb made 160 grand at Lanark, l saw blackie stores make 6£ at stifling . people read this and wonder why farmers are always moaning.
every right to moan if your selling store lambs for £6
Replace the R with a C if it's only worth £6Well you’ve used two extreme examples.
The 160k was on paper the best blackface lamb of the year. One at £6 is clearly a runt.
And poor back pasterns and a weak back line.Well you’ve used two extreme examples.
The 160k was on paper the best blackface lamb of the year. One at £6 is clearly a runt.
Why people continually get their knickers in a twist over blackface tup prices I’ll never know. The auctioneer isn’t running them up, it’s folk bidding. Can’t say I know many non fermers who are aware of it either, you might get one or two who would ask why such a high price. Rams and bulls of good stock should always be a good trade otherwise what’s the incentive to produce them.
And if the 160 generitcs filter down to the bottom commercial producer, there will be less £6 lambs as he was a massive beast with good carcass aswell as breed character.
Should be pretty easy to turn a profit on them.
There wouldn’t be much meat there if you clipped them? Wonder what weight?
if a prime lamb at 40kg is going for 60 quid, then if they cost 10% of 60quid they're probably 10% of 40kg surelyThere wouldn’t be much meat there if you clipped them? Wonder what weight?
Ayeif a prime lamb at 40kg is going for 60 quid, then if they cost 10% of 60quid they're probably 10% of 40kg surely