- Location
- Fife
Where’s best for the above?
Long Keep Store Lambs
- Thread starter unlacedgecko
- Start date
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
Your nearest auction? It’s a bit early for long keep lambs yet
- Location
- West Wales
Anyone you know with big flocks of ewe lambs? Like @CopperBeech , those would be the only long keep lambs you’d get these days if their freshly weaned
- Location
- Fife
I've not phrased that well.
I'm after long keep lambs to buy in October and kill end of March.
I'm after long keep lambs to buy in October and kill end of March.
kfpben
Member
- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Bentham or Kendal are good. Scab can be an issue though- may need to dip them.
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
Skipton
- Location
- N.Lincs
Bakewell and Skipton - try to avoid the days when I'm going 
- Location
- Fife
Bakewell and Skipton - try to avoid the days when I'm going
I'll be in touch in advance. We'll go on the same day and form our own buyers cartel.
- Location
- West Wales
Get a map of the UK and look where there’s a hill, get another map which shows the Marts in the UK and put it over the hill map. That’s where the best long keep slow growing lambs come from.
How many out of interest?
- Location
- Fife
500
- Location
- Cheshire
Lake District or Yorkshire Dales. When they get too dear head another 300 miles north and get some real long term jobs!
I find that a nice type of texts lamb out of the horned ewe is as good along term lamb as any. Used to have mule weathers for that job and just grow them big but they have been too dear the last couple of years. Generally buy good texel cross horned lambs £5 less.
If you want some real slow growers head for Broughton. Those damned herdwick crosses don't rush anywhere except onto the neighbours!
I'd second Bentham & Kendal. Both draw decent hill type lambs as well as good gear.
Too many welshmen in bakewell to get lambs at the right money
I've never done any good in Skipton, a couple of the big buyers don't seem too like anyone new. Few I know have said this.
TBH I dip all incoming lambs anyway. Prevention cheaper than cure and all that.
Good luck!
I find that a nice type of texts lamb out of the horned ewe is as good along term lamb as any. Used to have mule weathers for that job and just grow them big but they have been too dear the last couple of years. Generally buy good texel cross horned lambs £5 less.
If you want some real slow growers head for Broughton. Those damned herdwick crosses don't rush anywhere except onto the neighbours!
I'd second Bentham & Kendal. Both draw decent hill type lambs as well as good gear.
Too many welshmen in bakewell to get lambs at the right money
I've never done any good in Skipton, a couple of the big buyers don't seem too like anyone new. Few I know have said this.
TBH I dip all incoming lambs anyway. Prevention cheaper than cure and all that.
Good luck!
- Location
- Easter ross
Dingwall, lots of long keep hill Lambs coming out around sept/October/nov
- Location
- Yorkshire
He'll be alright for 1000 then and more than double his profit
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Surely it’s more a case of what your are going to feed them? Even the smallest lambs that have been checked are going to grow on well if get decent stubble crops in front of them / wormed. The trick will be managing the growth rates.
- Location
- Romney Marsh
Ashford market
September and October there will be 6000 plus every friday, of which a couple of thousand will be long term store lambs.
September and October there will be 6000 plus every friday, of which a couple of thousand will be long term store lambs.
- Location
- Fife
Any ideas on prices?
- Location
- Yorkshire
£20-£80
kfpben
Member
- Location
- Mid Hampshire
I think I averaged c.£55/hd from Ashford in the Autumn after that hot dry summer couple of years ago. Romneys seem a good buy there.