Sheep profits??

[Top Tip.]

Got too start sometime!

Don’t you worry there will be plenty £45 lambs for you in Dingwall this backend. I’m not saying how big they will be but they will be there !!!

 

[Hilly]

And yet some buy only top end stock year after year after year, do you think they are doing it at a loss ? cos I don't
as one said to me just as well to give the same feed to something good as something crap

It’s hard to tell when some get no subsidy and others get 100s thousands some have wind turbines and some don’t etc the job ain’t star sight forward bu any means.

 

[andybk]

Yeah I don’t get it either, I know it’s to do with supply and demand but when the best/healthiest lambs are gone by 10-16 weeks with most people the lambs make £70-90. The ones with erysipelas, joint ill, continued lameness, scab, gastroenteritis etc etc are the ones making big money now! This is a total generalisation but it’s the only lambs I see near me after February, couple hundred next door at the moment that need a .22 to sort them out

But they have all the hidden costs of feed wormer / fly treatment , sales/ transport , looking after and the dead ones , not so much margin as you think over and above headline prices , the early singles might seem cheap but they are gone before most of the outlay .

 

[Woolless]

None of you have said you’re going to improve your ground with lime and nutrients.
My work for sheep farmers has dwindled to virtually nothing in the last few years.

I spread some lime last year!

Do I win a curly wurly??

 

[Highland Mule]

I spread some lime last year!

Do I win a curly wurly??

I’ve got a few bags of prilled in the shed, ready to spread when the snow has all buggered off.

 

[steveR]

I'm spending mine on a or 2 when chance arises

My sort of chap!!

 

[Highland Mule]

I’ve got a few bags of prilled in the shed, ready to spread when the snow has all buggered off.

Today’s efforts:

That’s hailstones, not the lime - think it would be a bit thick if it was n

 

[spin cycle]

read a few on here after keeping more....fair enough

i'm gonna cut numbers back + take some cash.....the way i see it if prices stay good= happy days...save bit on vc plus less work so time for other projects.....if things go bad i'm not over exposed and can always grow flock back up a bit

i am odd though

 

[Anymulewilldo]

Don’t you worry there will be plenty £45 lambs for you in Dingwall this backend. I’m not saying how big they will be but they will be there !!!

No no, be fair too yourselves up there. I’ll go too £46.50 this next time...

 

[spin cycle]

No no, be fair too yourselves up there. I’ll go too £46.50 this next time...

you'll be looking for more 'luck money' then

 

[Top Tip.]

No no, be fair too yourselves up there. I’ll go too £46.50 this next time...

Generous to a fault

 

[Anymulewilldo]

M

you'll be looking for more 'luck money' then

Meaning no offence too @Top Tip. but I bought fairing of sheep up there last year including a drag of top end Cheviot mule ewe lambs and shearlings. The only luck I received was £5 on a pen of 10 ewe lambs I gave £128 a piece for!!

So I’ve given up on luck money north of the border!!

 

[Al R]

M

Meaning no offence too @Top Tip. but I bought fairing of sheep up there last year including a drag of top end Cheviot mule ewe lambs and shearlings. The only luck I received was £5 on a pen of 10 ewe lambs I gave £128 a piece for!!

So I’ve given up on luck money north of the border!!

I thought that’s where luck money became a “thing” was up north?

 

[Top Tip.]

M

Meaning no offence too @Top Tip. but I bought fairing of sheep up there last year including a drag of top end Cheviot mule ewe lambs and shearlings. The only luck I received was £5 on a pen of 10 ewe lambs I gave £128 a piece for!!

So I’ve given up on luck money north of the border!!

Last year would not have been very good for luck money as the sellers were not able to interact with the buyers,some folk do leave luck in the office but it’s not something I’ve ever done because I see the giving of luck as a way to introduce yourself to the buyer so that they will remember you next time.

 

[unlacedgecko]

I thought that’s where luck money became a “thing” was up north?

North England. Scots have deep pockets and short arms.

 

[Highland Mule]

Last year would not have been very good for luck money as the sellers were not able to interact with the buyers,some folk do leave luck in the office but it’s not something I’ve ever done because I see the giving of luck as a way to introduce yourself to the buyer so that they will remember you next time.

I would always want to understand what trade was before leaving luck too - if I only scrape a lowball trade I’m not likely to leave any, but if it’s a flier then I’m as generous as the buyer was.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

I would always want to understand what trade was before leaving luck too - if I only scrape a lowball trade I’m not likely to leave any, but if it’s a flier then I’m as generous as the buyer was.

That’s a fair way too put it. If the fat buyers are only just hitting reserve they don’t get any “grease”. When they shape themselves I leave a decent envelope or 2 in the office.

But ewe lambs at £130+ and not even £5 luck on the pen was getting demoralising! it’s nice too feel the sellers appreciate if you push on for their stock.

 

[Devil's advocate]

I would always want to understand what trade was before leaving luck too - if I only scrape a lowball trade I’m not likely to leave any, but if it’s a flier then I’m as generous as the buyer was.

I always give luck because the buyer on the day is your best friend, not his fault the under bidder was too tight.

Of couse if there is a market stictch up???

 

[Highland Mule]

That’s a fair way too put it. If the fat buyers are only just hitting reserve they don’t get any “grease”. When they shape themselves I leave a decent envelope or 2 in the office.

But ewe lambs at £130+ and not even £5 luck on the pen was getting demoralising! it’s nice too feel the sellers appreciate if you push on for their stock.

With drop and go, we couldn’t hang around to see what we got - many times I didn’t find out until the cheque arrived a few days later. I’m sure we will be more grateful when we meet next.

 

[Anymulewilldo]

not his fault the under bidder was too tight.

I’m going too remember that one!! that’s brilliant