Ewes with lambs at foot

[Rowland]

Any one sold any this year? Price per life ?

 

[Jerry]

Any one sold any this year? Price per life ?

Sold some in January at £75 per life. They’ve backed of since then.

 

[Agrivator]

Any one sold any this year? Price per life ?

In the Scottish Borders, good 4 to 5 crop Texel cross Mules or Suffolk crosses with tight-skinned Texel, Beltex or Suffolk cross lambs are being valued at about £65/life for farm-to-farm sales.

Anything with too much Lleyn or with Charollais cross lambs will be devalued by about £10/life. And for most buyers, the cull value of the ewe is a major consideration, so lean Mules are also discounted.

If Cov19 hadn't happened, we could well be talking about normal market prices of £73.33/life - making ewe with twins worth £220. At that rate, even New Zealanders might concede that it is worth treating every sheep as an individual. But we have a duty to treat all domesticated animals as individuals anyway - we look after them, and in return, they look after us.

 

[Agrivator]

And if anyone is selling ewes with lambs at foot privately, they should wait to tag lambs until just before they are loaded, so that they will have sequential numbers. It makes life easier all round. And give the buyer a list of the ewe numbers.

 

[Alexander27]

Ive had fm mule and tex lambs for sale at 64 a life and not much genuine interest but its no problem will turn them out now till lambs ready to come off... i said to a fella today no matter how low fat lambs / ewes / hoggs price goes unfortunately the inputs dont drop inline with them . Oh well one can hope haha