- Location
- Northumberland
What? A Scotsman who doesnt go to Kelso?
Breeding ewe sales-outlook
- Thread starter Jerry
- Start date
No I have never felt the need!!
- Location
- North Antrim
perhaps they feel the need to put in more effort (produce higher quality stock) when prices are lower, but don't feel the same pressure when prices are better.It's a funny thing but in my experience dear lambs usually means cheap tups and the year lambs are cheap tups are dear,I have never been able to figure out the reason for this
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
It's worth going for a look.
Not as impressive as it used to be, but still a fair sight!
CharcoalWally
Member
- Location
- West of Scotland
I've never been to Kelso either. My father used to go to buy , but it's been a fair few years since we've bought tups there. When we found other tup breeders that suited us to buy off but who weren't selling at Kelso, that finished the need to go there.
Several years in the past , I thought the local mart tup sales looked incredibly dear compared to the Kelso trade in relation to the quality of tups being sold.
Several years in the past , I thought the local mart tup sales looked incredibly dear compared to the Kelso trade in relation to the quality of tups being sold.
Woolless
Member
- Location
- Berwickshire, Scottish Borders
Waiting in the queue at Kelso sucks, that's for sure!
sheepwise
Member
- Location
- SW Scotland
He used to buy quality when he went there.
CharcoalWally
Member
- Location
- West of Scotland
He most certainly did @sheepwise .
Remember him coming back one year with a cracking young Charollais tup lamb that went on to leave years of damn good lambs!
If only I could remember where that tup came from........
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- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Depends which market you buy from... as soon as your bought up, get paid up!
Forget the tup taxis. Take your pickup in - they allow you to load at the outside ends of the tents.
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Lovegoodstock
Member
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Dad for 50 years and myself 20 have lambed ewe lambs and sold as shearlings, be strong good lambs bought and equally hopefully strong decent things sold. Realise wrong, but more accurate, we work figures on shearlings sold say this august, and lambs bought few weeks after, just for interest. For decades it was barely a penny out, that the profit on the ewe sale compared to purchase price covered losses, wormers dips etc, the sheep enterprise % of farm running costs, fert, fuel etc and left the lambs as profit. Been a fair few years since this has been the case, almost certainly down to the surplus of running ewe lambs on estates and elderly farmers, and people not fancying the work runners were very profitable, easy money a decade ish ago, the normal of supply and demand has stopped that, but whilst still a big premium for lambed shearlings, it has dragged the price down due to choice and numbers. Think a fiver across the board up, lamb trade will stop the useless runners coming into the breeding chain, thankfully, but still a lack of money in the kitty for a lot of sheep farmers after some not so special years, I think? Got some good Suffolk mules, Suffolk cheviots and cheviot mules at Exeter Tuesday if anyone fancies some ewes that can sell early lambs without creeping
beltextexel
Member
- Location
- Scorton, North Yorkshire
I've got 500+ beltex and beltex x texel gimmer lambs out of Chev mule and texel x ewes if your interested? 85% of them are tupping lambs.
- Location
- Devon
Exeter's a long way for you to go?!
Lovegoodstock
Member
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Not at all. as sadly I don't go!! Got to know Russell at bentham, where we sold our cattle, even further to go!! Top guy and think the world of him, we started selling these 6 tooth ewes about 4/5 years ago, he used to call in now and again,partly friendship, partly to see what we had about. We had a good year and saw the advantages of selling our weaned ewes at an early breeding sale which we don't see around here. Had an odd year when been held up on lorry and sheep look lesser sorts than they are, but literally come in from getting them in, load in a few hours so hopefully look themselves.
Lovegoodstock
Member
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
I hope the shearlings your interested in are in pens 1119,1120,1121, wont be down there sadly but dad will be, along with Suffolk 6 tooths and cheviot 6 tooths pens 1025 onwards and 258 onwards. Poor old boy getting old but knows his stock far better than me and loves a chat so please say hello. Think if you say a friend from internet forum he will clock on hopefully!! Good luck with tups and spend money wisely on pens 1119,1120 and 1121
CharcoalWally
Member
- Location
- West of Scotland
Hope you and your dad get a good trade @Lovegoodstock !!I hope the shearlings your interested in are in pens 1119,1120,1121, wont be down there sadly but dad will be, along with Suffolk 6 tooths and cheviot 6 tooths pens 1025 onwards and 258 onwards. Poor old boy getting old but knows his stock far better than me and loves a chat so please say hello. Think if you say a friend from internet forum he will clock on hopefully!! Good luck with tups and spend money wisely on pens 1119,1120 and 1121
He sounds like my dad. He also knows of the forum , and I think he'd just about realise what someone meant. I don't post his musings on here as I don't want to start World War 3
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- Location
- N.Lincs
He sounds like my dad. He also knows of the forum , and I think he'd just about realise what someone meant.
I don't post his musings on here as I don't want to start World War 3
I'll bet a lot of us on here can relate to that.
CharcoalWally
Member
- Location
- West of Scotland
I've lost count of the times I've thought , I can't post that , they'd all cry......
I'll bet a lot of us on here can relate to that.
Lovegoodstock
Member
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Can imagine the things, but sadly if they are anything like my dads, they are probably spot on but what people don't want to hear!! Funnily enough first time we went to Exeter, we were milking so never went, and actually havnt for various reasons since, mainly loading at silly times, but dad is a quiet man and puts himself down, or at least doesn't talk himself up, better person than the too vocal son!! But mum said at least 20 people came up to him on his first visit, and said are you the pl morris that sold those strong theaves as Bicester sheep fair, credit to him, that's why I farm, pride before a fall is a well known saying, suits a lot of businesses, often farming as well, but also in farming there are a lot of old folk that says "good stock will always sell", ok not a lot of help if you have paid over the odd for them, but if you have bred them, good stock will always get you out of trouble is my belief and how I have been brought up. If anyone is at Exeter tomorrow its worth a chat with my unassuming dad, good good stockman, don't judge him by his too much to say son!!!