And when 4 buyers pull into the market and there 1000s of lambs there, they haven't got to fight for them and the price goes?????I do agree about the time issue, that is why I'm lucky that my old chap loves the market and is happy to do the selling.
I cannot get my head around the fact that by booking them in deadweight weeks ahead (so that they know exactly how many they are getting), before they set the price can be a good thing. I watch the price tracker with interest and people will post constantly about lag times and then moan that dunbia/St merryn/ a n other have dropped the price for the week when they are due to take theirs, despite the fact that the abattoirs know they are guaranteed all these beasts and so play the farmers against themselves.
I've said it before, but I still can't believe how easily many farmers have forgiven them over the foot and mouth scandal.