Light lambs grading well

[Kazak]

Sent 10 lambs to factory.. 43 to 46 LW, weight straight from field with loads of grass and dropped the evening before.
Got factory reports average weight 18.2 which is lower than they would normally kill here.. ( normally around 20kg) however 5 are R3 snd 5 U3, which in my eyes means they were fit to kill.. was I right to sell them or should waited longer to get more weight on them as someone suggested to me??
Just curious to see what people think.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Right to sell

 

[Jerry]

Sent 10 lambs to factory.. 43 to 46 LW, weight straight from field with loads of grass and dropped the evening before.
Got factory reports average weight 18.2 which is lower than they would normally kill here.. ( normally around 20kg) however 5 are R3 snd 5 U3, which in my eyes means they were fit to kill.. was I right to sell them or should waited longer to get more weight on them as someone suggested to me??
Just curious to see what people think.

What breeding were they?

 

[Kazak]

What breeding were they?

Mostly Ch X lleyn

 

[aangus]

Sent 10 lambs to factory.. 43 to 46 LW, weight straight from field with loads of grass and dropped the evening before.
Got factory reports average weight 18.2 which is lower than they would normally kill here.. ( normally around 20kg) however 5 are R3 snd 5 U3, which in my eyes means they were fit to kill.. was I right to sell them or should waited longer to get more weight on them as someone suggested to me??
Just curious to see what people think.

Sell.
Could keep them longer and be the same price or less, or worse still lose one or two.

 

[Nithsdale]

Right to sell. When they are ready, they've got to go...

But im surprised at the weights, they've killed out pretty poorly (and I'm guessing thats why you were told you should've kept them longer?). Has it been very wet where you are?

 

[Marennydd]

If you've weighed them straight from the field then i'm not surprised they've ko as they have.

 

[CopperBeech]

Aye, they'd have lost a couple of kilo by the time they died.