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Where to send cull ewes & odds'n'sods around Scotland and Northern England.
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<blockquote data-quote="Obi Wan" data-source="post: 7270207" data-attributes="member: 90094"><p>Hello folks, thanks for the comments, sorry I was busy elsewhere. I've read through them all and picked up on a few key points which I've answered below to give supporting detail to the OP and help steer the conversation.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We're in quite a remote area with a limited number of livestock markets, agents and haulage companies. Local sale days have been cut massively over the last 15 - 20 years, so inevitably the local dealers have died out over time. For the past 15 -20 years the vast majority of non prime or store stock would have been sent to a large livestock market in the NW of England, the last few years we've noted a lack of consistency with their performance. Other outlets have been tried but haven't rendered an sort of stability. To compound the situation more recently the travelling Livestock agents/dealers have some sort of ceasefire agreement leaving the price unacceptably low. As said in the OP we're looking for alternative options.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>They need generate competition in the market place, work for the seller. If the dealers are given an Inch they'll take a mile, what business wouldn't.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No this isn't a concern.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Totally agree, the days of 3 legged 50p ewes ended 20years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Obi Wan, post: 7270207, member: 90094"] Hello folks, thanks for the comments, sorry I was busy elsewhere. I've read through them all and picked up on a few key points which I've answered below to give supporting detail to the OP and help steer the conversation. We're in quite a remote area with a limited number of livestock markets, agents and haulage companies. Local sale days have been cut massively over the last 15 - 20 years, so inevitably the local dealers have died out over time. For the past 15 -20 years the vast majority of non prime or store stock would have been sent to a large livestock market in the NW of England, the last few years we've noted a lack of consistency with their performance. Other outlets have been tried but haven't rendered an sort of stability. To compound the situation more recently the travelling Livestock agents/dealers have some sort of ceasefire agreement leaving the price unacceptably low. As said in the OP we're looking for alternative options. They need generate competition in the market place, work for the seller. If the dealers are given an Inch they'll take a mile, what business wouldn't. No this isn't a concern. Totally agree, the days of 3 legged 50p ewes ended 20years ago. [/QUOTE]
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