Today at work

[roscoe erf]

Off to t'mart today to see 26 stores sold.

Oooohhhhh, the excitement!



And the bacon roll

which mart

 

[Lincs Lass]

Last couple of weeks ,,bit of tidying left but too wet to be laying lawns

 

[Lincs Lass]

Getting them put down

 

[sleepy]

That time of year again, seems like it was only yesterday I was putting sprayer away for Winter.

 

[Dave W]

Couldn't resist so bought another project.

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Most of it was on the trailer

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You're supposed to take the lot number off before pictures

 

[bobk]

You're supposed to take the lot number off before pictures

Lot 426 , didn't pay much more for it chucked the ticket when I tightened up . be on ebay tomorrow .. not .

 

[Bob c]

You're supposed to take the lot number off before pictures

no ,that before you put it in classifieds

 

[Adeptandy]

Been an eventful yet relaxing day on the farm

Teleported didn't start

Tractor didn't start

Sprayer didn't start

Combine surprisingly did start, but looks like it's been partying to hard and promptly threw up on the floor

Finished the day getting the sprayer ready for the off tomorrow if the winds kind

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

which mart

Thame. 45 Miles away. Our nearest livestock mart by far.

You should be able to afford more than a bacon roll if your selling 26!

I took a neighbour for the ride and to see his daughter's calf (she owns 1 cow in our herd) sold. He bought the "refreshments"

We'll expect some pics and a full market report later in the day. Are you treating @Mrs Holwell to a Mart dinner too?

As @Mrs Holwell said - I did offer but she stayed home to keep the hounds company

We were about 1/3 through the catalogue - Ideal by my reckoning.

The sale started slow as they often do and I was getting quite worried about the prices. An 18 month well grown Hereford Rig struggled to £690, several lots of 10 month + beasts failed to reach £600.

By the time our lots went through folk had found some of their spare cash and our beasts sold OK. 16 AAx steers 9 to 14 months old averaged £813 with 5 making £895. 10 AAx heifers 9 to 15 months averaged £673 but 5 were all young and quite small. 1 15 month AAx Heifer made £1058.

Ours were very close to the top of the market for those I saw sold.

We've had better days but I'm satisfied.

And I got my bacon roll/bap/whatever it's called where you happen to be

 

[roscoe erf]

Thame. 45 Miles away. Our nearest livestock mart by far.


I took a neighbour for the ride and to see his daughter's calf (she owns 1 cow in our herd) sold. He bought the "refreshments"


As @Mrs Holwell said - I did offer but she stayed home to keep the hounds company

We were about 1/3 through the catalogue - Ideal by my reckoning.

The sale started slow as they often do and I was getting quite worried about the prices. An 18 month well grown Hereford Rig struggled to £690, several lots of 10 month + beasts failed to reach £600.

By the time our lots went through folk had found some of their spare cash and our beasts sold OK. 16 AAx steers 9 to 14 months old averaged £813 with 5 making £895. 10 AAx heifers 9 to 15 months averaged £673 but 5 were all young and quite small. 1 15 month AAx Heifer made £1058.

Ours were very close to the top of the market for those I saw sold.

We've had better days but I'm satisfied.

And I got my bacon roll/bap/whatever it's called where you happen to be

not a lot of choice i know round your way

 

[Bob c]

Thame. 45 Miles away. Our nearest livestock mart by far.


I took a neighbour for the ride and to see his daughter's calf (she owns 1 cow in our herd) sold. He bought the "refreshments"


As @Mrs Holwell said - I did offer but she stayed home to keep the hounds company

We were about 1/3 through the catalogue - Ideal by my reckoning.

The sale started slow as they often do and I was getting quite worried about the prices. An 18 month well grown Hereford Rig struggled to £690, several lots of 10 month + beasts failed to reach £600.

By the time our lots went through folk had found some of their spare cash and our beasts sold OK. 16 AAx steers 9 to 14 months old averaged £813 with 5 making £895. 10 AAx heifers 9 to 15 months averaged £673 but 5 were all young and quite small. 1 15 month AAx Heifer made £1058.

Ours were very close to the top of the market for those I saw sold.

We've had better days but I'm satisfied.

And I got my bacon roll/bap/whatever it's called where you happen to be

just looked on google maps and we are only 35 miles,.but getting round oxford when crazy hour is on

 

[APJ]

Dry enough to get out on some drier fields, rape looking super.

 

[Adeptandy]

Dry enough to get out on some drier fields, rape looking super.View attachment 483704View attachment 483706

Liked it, but with a bit of jealousy, its getting nearly impossible to grow OSR around here to that standard, do miss the crop in the rotation

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

not a lot of choice i know round your way

I remember 5 livestock marts in our county. Now there are none. From us it's Thame, Maidstone , Colchester (Slaughter mart) or Market Harborough

 

[roscoe erf]

I remember 5 livestock marts in our county. Now there are none. From us it's Thame, Maidstone , Colchester (Slaughter mart) or Market Harborough
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all the good markets have gone used to go to Northampton and Thrapston

 

[Leaky]

Big store cattle sale up here today at Cockermouth 1200 entered, we were drawn in the last 100 not ideal but I took them did consider not to
Didn't take them until 2pm,the Auction was packed with buyers from all over the country .....fantastic trade all day.i wasn't through the ring until 5.30
Dairy bred lim X 20 month old heifers £1090 steers lim X £1150 very happy

 

[robbie]

Spread fert on the one field which didn't get done in feb before it got wet

, just a few bags of K to chuck about tomorrow and I'll be done spreading for a few days until N2 on barley.

 

[Heathland]

Yesterday and today I've been cleaning up after someone was set loose with a chainsaw over winter .

 

[Lincs Lass]

Yesterday and today I've been cleaning up after someone was set loose with a chainsaw over winter . View attachment 483744 View attachment 483748 View attachment 483750 View attachment 483752 View attachment 483754 View attachment 483760 View attachment 483764View attachment 483784

Bale of straw and 10 gl of waste oil

 

[APJ]

Liked it, but with a bit of jealousy, its getting nearly impossible to grow OSR around here to that standard, do miss the crop in the rotation

First crop of rape ever on this ground it does look a picture, stretched the rape to 1 in 5 now in the rotation on our other ground and has made a massive difference to the rape crops!