Exactly our point. He can buy an R3L texel x mule lamb for £84, if he buys an R3L texel x masham or Suffolk x mule for £79 due too it’s rough wool or wrong colour face and he sends them all too the same abattoir requiring R3L lambs and they come too £87 on the hook then he’s just made £3 margin on the tex mule (barely covers costs) and £8 on the Suffolk or masham bred lambs.
but the processor isn’t just ordering “R3L” lambs, their requirements are a lot more specific than that. It’s the difference between having two or three options on the lambs or just being able to pitch them in.