Livestock Mkts - past and present.

[Farmer1001]

As above, share some photos and stories of memories gd and bad. The Carmarthen mart thread shows how integral they are/were to rural and city society. I missed nearly every Wednesday at primary as “I had to help Dad take a barren cow to Frome Mkt”. This video is of the old Frome Mkt from 1990.

 

[goodevans]

Theres a very good thread running already called long forgotten livestock marts,of course most of those are closed and nearly forgotten

 

[Happy]

Theres a very good thread running already called long forgotten livestock marts,of course most of those are closed and nearly forgotten

Long forgotten Livestock Marts

Anyone got any pictures of Livestock Marts in their Hey day, that are now closed down. To start it off. Salford Mart - now a suburb of Manchester, once had its own Mart. In its Time I understand it to have been the 2nd largest Market in the country. With over 2.5k Cattle and 11k sheep going...

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[Samcowman]

As above, share some photos and stories of memories gd and bad. The Carmarthen mart thread shows how integral they are/were to rural and city society. I missed nearly every Wednesday at primary as “I had to help Dad take a barren cow to Frome Mkt”. This video is of the old Frome Mkt from 1990.

Too young to have gone to the old market there and grandad used to go to Chippenham but still liked playing spot the auctioneer.

 

[Farmer1001]

Theres a very good thread running already called long forgotten livestock marts,of course most of those are closed and nearly forgotten

Didn’t know that thread was on here, thanks?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Why have so many markets closed, less livestock or more selling direct
I can think of at least 3 within a short distance of here that would have been full of stock in tbe 70ts .now closed

 

[Skintagain]

Why have so many markets closed, less livestock or more selling direct
I can think of at least 3 within a short distance of here that would have been full of stock in tbe 70ts .now closed

Dairy cattle have for more efficient so a lot less produce more same with all animals I suppose. Lots of cattle go direct at all stages whether it’s farm to farm, slaughter etc.

It’s very sad how many have gone

 

[livestock 1]

Is there any pictures of Tyneside Auction?
I spent many a Friday there queuing on the bank but can’t find any pictures of it. It’s a B and Q now

 

[Tarw Coch]

Why have so many markets closed, less livestock or more selling direct
I can think of at least 3 within a short distance of here that would have been full of stock in tbe 70ts .now closed

TB?
When I was young it was something I’d merely heard of, nowadays there aren’t many farms around here that haven’t been down at some point whilst others have been down for years on end, none of them can support the markets and many that have been down and now clear carry on trading direct, having had to find new contacts for selling when down they tend to maintain these contracts in case they go down again.

 

[Bob the beef]

Tarbert Mart in Kintyre was a favourite of mine in the middle of the village. Tarbert fair last Friday in July was great fun when I was a kid . Dad buying cattle, us kids down on the pier on the fair ground rides

 

[som farmer]

Sturminster mkt, at peak, had 3,000 calves a week. Local to stur, Dorchester, yeovil, axminster, Glastonbury, and a few more, all selling calves, now, very few top 500 a week, stock numbers must have reduced, quite severely !

 

[Farmer1001]

Sturminster mkt, at peak, had 3,000 calves a week. Local to stur, Dorchester, yeovil, axminster, Glastonbury, and a few more, all selling calves, now, very few top 500 a week, stock numbers must have reduced, quite severely !

I’d lift 200 FR bull calves from Stur on a Monday!

 

[som farmer]

I’d lift 200 FR bull calves from Stur on a Monday!

you wouldn't be able to get 100, hf calves, from any market today, but it shows the decline in cow numbers !

 

[Still Farming]

More to add to lists soon looks like?

 

[Norfolk Hill Farmer]

Why have so many markets closed, less livestock or more selling direct
I can think of at least 3 within a short distance of here that would have been full of stock in tbe 70ts .now closed

My theory is chicken and poultry, in the old days people lived on all cuts of beef lamb and mutton, and chicken was a luxury. Now because of modern farming methods chicken breast etc is much more affordable and arguably easier to cook than secondary cuts of beef and lamb. 40 years ago most farms around here would have some cattle, now just me and and the odd other one . You can probably plot a graph with the parallel rise of the large scale poultry shed, with the demise of the livestock markets.

 

[DRC]

Time must be another factor . Dad would dress up with collar and tie ,tweed jacket to go to market. But he had two or three men at home to do the work .

 

[Henarar]

Time must be another factor . Dad would dress up with collar and tie ,tweed jacket to go to market. But he had two or three men at home to do the work .

Yep Dad had time to go to market
We have time to chat on tin tin net, broad as tiss long really

 

[Tarw Coch]

Yep Dad had time to go to market
We have time to chat on tin tin net, broad as tiss long really

At least market was usually only one day a week ???

 

[som farmer]

my old man, stur Monday, yeovil Friday, Bristol city, every home match !

 

[Sid]

Time must be another factor . Dad would dress up with collar and tie ,tweed jacket to go to market. But he had two or three men at home to do the work .

They got time to go hunting,shooting,skiing, french chateaux cause they got men to do the work.