Been issues with being paid poor turnout of buyers to me it looks like bjp dont Seem interested been rumours flying around since the beginning of this year would you chance it
Carmarthen Mart
- Thread starter Celt83
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Pistonbroke
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I was talking to a carmarthen farmer in Hereford and he said he and four of his friends/neighbours book a lorry between them and go to Hereford with cull ewes and lambs and they were £10 a head better off after the transport
You could buy sheep in other markets and get profit pitching them back in hereford!
Pistonbroke
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Just don't assume your big ewes are big until you've seen the big ewes in Hereford! Even the Welsh ewes in the top prices are monsters
- Location
- somerset
Salisbury was going down the decline route, store cattle were virtually non event, calves could be down to single figures, prices weren't bad, and payment was quick, the problem was 'attitude'. They now have a young auctioneer, for the stores and calves, totally changed those two sections round, calves now on a Monday, since Shaftsbury closed, but good numbers, a bit seasonal, with the grazing herds on the plains, and store cattle are in the hundreds now, again, a very good trade, While the young auctioneer, might not be every bodies cup of tea, there can be no mistake of how he has turned the trade around !
kfpben
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- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Salisbury stores are excellent at the moment. Real buzz to the place. 300-500 store cattle most weeks now which for quite an arable area is doing well.
A few of the hill boys around here have started to take lambs to Hereford two or three of them together. Always seemed daft to me but if its as good as you say it is no wonder they are going there.
- Location
- Ceredigion
That mart is the show piece of Wales , no one can force farmers to support it but there is no way it can be allowed to close . Right by the show field as well
Danllan
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- Location
- Sir Gar / Carms
See below...
It is a fact that it is a really fine mart, well located, great facilities, good access and superb breakfasts.
But... there have been slow payments and many are certain the dealers were getting a bit cabalistic.
So, since many weigh a doubt against a certainty, they decide to sell somewhere that they're sure of. ?
Cardi
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- Location
- Mydroilyn,Ceredigion, Wales
Shame to see it so quiet there. One of the best marts in Wales for facilities and transport links.
Hope it turns around soon one way or another.
Hope it turns around soon one way or another.
Mr Jones
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- Location
- Llancwmbwlchrhydyfoncenfach
Yes, ND in NCE. And thriving, resurrected weekly calf sales, not seen since the early 90's.
But unfortunately, some incomers are crying to the local press about cows bellowing, when they are housed at the mart premises overnighr?
- Location
- somerset
took the kids on holiday, years ago now, saw Carmarthen mkt, so, under protest, we went to have a 'look', and couldn't understand the auctioneer, at all, local firm to us, had a lorry there, asked the driver, his answer, nor can i.
It was probably our dodgy Welsh accents!
You can’t really blame the demise of some marts on TB, when there are other marts in the same area that are thriving. It’s more to do with the attitude of the auctioneers and the efforts they’re willing to put in to attract buyers and sellers.
- Location
- Ceredigion
I was there 2 weeks ago . Dead . Tragic to see it like that ,
Maybe, wouldn’t know as I’ve been shut down for so long.
Mr Jones
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- Location
- Llancwmbwlchrhydyfoncenfach
Any idea of who
From what one or two people tell me, bjp seem to be their own worst enemy. Help was offered to them on the dairy side, but the reply was 'thanks but no thanks'