The price of fat lambs.

[icanshootwell]

With the price so good, if you have ewe lambs you are intending to run on for breeding, who in there right mind would not cash them in now? I sold some that did,t get in lamb for £143 each! why keep them all summer?

That said, will there be a shortage if every body cashes them in now?

 

[Top Tip.]

With the price so good, if you have ewe lambs you are intending to run on for breeding, who in there right mind would not cash them in now? I sold some that did,t get in lamb for £143 each! why keep them all summer?

That said, will there be a shortage if every body cashes them in now?

2018, I have a friend that was selling gimmers in the back end for £50 less than what he could have got for them fat in the spring.

 

[dinderleat]

It’s a no brainer will drive the price even harder if everyone starts killing breeding stock.

 

[exmoor dave]

Would help keep a cap on the national flock number,
As has been said else where on TFF, it wouldn't exactly be great if everyone piled into sheep cause we've had one good autumn-winter for lamb/ hogg prices.

 

[Nithsdale]

I wouldn't dream of killing my ewe lambs, no matter how deer trade got

 

[AftonShepherd]

I wouldn't dream of killing my ewe lambs, no matter how deer trade got

You've got a regular stock, I think OP is talking about folk that normally sell gimmers in the backend.

 

[hill shepherd]

Get them cashed in then get to Lazonby end of September for some more

 

[Optimus]

If you breed your own replacements.I don't think its too wise to sell now and buy in autumn.the way its looking breeding sheep are going to be expensive

 

[Hilly]

I think if intending to sell as gimmers I’d behaving them away now , but if home bred keepers I’d be keeping them .

 

[Northeastfarmer]

That said, will there be a shortage if every body cashes them in now?

I think you’ve answered your own question...

sell them now for £143 and buy them back at the backend for £250....
Makes perfect sense

 

[Hilly]

I think you’ve answered your own question...

sell them now for £143 and buy them back at the backend for £250....
Makes perfect sense

Your confident 250

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Your confident 250

They will be if everyone kills them....easily

 

[serf]

And a bit of CODD and scab as a bonus prize when you buy them back in

 

[icanshootwell]

I think you’ve answered your own question...

sell them now for £143 and buy them back at the backend for £250....
Makes perfect sense

I won,t be keeping sheep at that price, last autumn i paid £155 for yearlings, most i,ve ever paid, got one of them in a pen that lost both her lambs and has no milk, so can,t foster one on, what do i do with her. cull her at £100!!!

 

[z.man]

In certain situations it’s a no brainier, for example if your keeping your own replacements and you lamb them as ewe hoggs, pretty sure you can keep a few extra back to cover the ones that are being sold and if they are empty just now why would you keep them ????

However if they have never seen the ram and are part of your replacement policy obviously it’s a harder decision in fact unless your downsizing I would say leave them where they.....are as they say one size doesn’t always fit all

 

[z.man]

I won,t be keeping sheep at that price, last autumn i paid £155 for yearlings, most i,ve ever paid, got one of them in a pen that lost both her lambs and has no milk, so can,t foster one on, what do i do with her. cull her at £100!!!

Definitely......you know the answer

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I won,t be keeping sheep at that price, last autumn i paid £155 for yearlings, most i,ve ever paid, got one of them in a pen that lost both her lambs and has no milk, so can,t foster one on, what do i do with her. cull her at £100!!!

No you can cull her at £160 like what they are making

 

[z.man]

No you can cull her at £160 like what they are making

Needs to be a fair ewe to be that price though, definitely not a mule would need to be almost pure terminal bred

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Needs to be a fair ewe to be that price though, definitely not a mule would need to be almost pure terminal bred

He hasn’t said what it is

 

[z.man]

Needs to be a fair ewe to be that price though, definitely not a mule would need to be almost pure terminal bred

Hope they may go a little more but will need to wait and see