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Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: YoungRasher on January 22, 2015, 03:39:42 pm

Title: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: YoungRasher on January 22, 2015, 03:39:42 pm: This is my first year buying in my own ewe nuts. could you tell me what your paying for yours? pm's are fine if you don't want to post up details.
My local store is doing 25kg bags of premium ewe 18 nuts for £5.95 but i've no idea if this is a good price or not.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Foobar on January 22, 2015, 04:40:38 pm: yes, if you are not buying in bulk then anything under £6 is a good price. (IMHO)

does of course depend on the quality of the ingredients, but yes, in general that is a good price.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: YoungRasher on January 22, 2015, 04:46:56 pm: I'm comparing the prices from mole valley. They start at 7.15 then I get 10p off per bag for bulk ordering but if i wait till february they are dropping the price by £1 making a total of £6.05. So the other shop seems to be a fair price. I haven't even asked about a bulk order price. that is just what they have it advertised at.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Me on January 22, 2015, 05:23:12 pm: As Foobar said it really does depend on ingredient quality whether that's a good price or not and its not that easy to understand and compare feeds straight off. CP % alone doesn't give you a great idea of whether its a good feed, but per bag that's not a bad price.

Its like baled silage "I've got silage £10 per bale" (its literally horse shite and woody stems, it will cost you a fortune in concentrates, twin lamb disease and general poor performance etc because its so bad) "I've got silage £20 a bale delivered" (many pennies but really good stuff) they are both selling bales of silage - which ones the con-man?

All you know for sure is you are getting a bag for £5.95! That being said it doesn't mean it is bad! Good luck
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: YoungRasher on January 22, 2015, 05:29:11 pm: just to add. the 5.95 one is the same product my boss uses on the farm so its one we've used for years and i'm happy that its a good feed. I just wondered if the price was about right.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Womble on January 22, 2015, 06:24:06 pm: Looks ok to me! Today I paid £7.77 per 25kg bag for 18% ewe nuts. However, that's in Central Scotland, and the prices always do seem a little higher here.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: ScotsGirl on January 22, 2015, 09:41:47 pm: That all seems cheap. I buy from a Scats and I'm sure it was about £8.45 a few weeks ago for a bag. I will be going back at weekend for 5 so hope it's cheaper.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Foobar on January 23, 2015, 09:47:58 am: I use MVF Premier EWE 18% nuts, having compared quite a lot of feeds I thought this was was quite good in terms of ingredients and price. Better than the BOCM shite. It's tricky cos they can change the ingredients from year to year :(. I was quoted £7.35 a bag a couple of weeks ago (from SCATS Bridgend), but I think they have 80p off on bagged feeds atm, so that would make it £6.55. I'll be getting some next week, so fingers crossed it's around £6-something!
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Garmoran on January 23, 2015, 01:38:44 pm: Ok, this is one of the times when I (briefly) wish I was living further south. I pay just under £10 for a 25kg bag of premium ewe nuts - beet nut pellets are about £1 cheaper. :'(
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: beagh-suffolks on January 23, 2015, 02:42:32 pm: from my local meal mill, course mix ewe and lamb nuts are working out at £32 for 100kg ..so £8 per 25kg....our calf nuts are working out at £18 for 100kg :0
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: mowhaugh on January 23, 2015, 06:10:47 pm: We are paying £205/t for 18% protein, 12.5MJ, which is £5.12 per 25kg, and we are buying 6t at a time blown into hoppers - you need to buy 3t minimum from our suppliers, and in 25kg bags it would be an extra £40/t making it £6.12 kg, so as long as you're happy with the feed, sounds like you've got a good price for buying in small quantities.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: sheepandponies on January 24, 2015, 07:49:34 am: Mowhaugh - where are you buying from?
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: mowhaugh on January 24, 2015, 08:09:35 am: Quote from: sheepandponies on January 24, 2015, 07:49:34 am
Mowhaugh - where are you buying from?

Davidson's Animal Feeds - our rep is Steven Turnbull from Jedburgh.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Small Farmer on January 25, 2015, 07:07:20 pm: For those pining for the lower prices in the South my nearest supplier sells BOCM for £9.24/25kg and A&P Smallholder for £8.90/20kg and those are the collect it yourself prices.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Foobar on January 26, 2015, 02:08:04 pm: Just been into SCATS/MVF today - got 6 x 25kg bags for £6.35 each (that incls £1 off each bag promo).

And £8.80 got me a bag of Badminton Pedigree Sheep Mix at another smaller merchant.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Treud na Mara on January 26, 2015, 02:15:56 pm: Harbro Premium ewe nuts 25kg - £7.45 in Wick this morning.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Garmoran on February 07, 2015, 12:43:19 pm: Quote from: Treud na Mara on January 26, 2015, 02:15:56 pm
Harbro Premium ewe nuts 25kg - £7.45 in Wick this morning.
Harbro in Corpach are still asking £9 a bag. Next trip to Inverness I'll have to see if it's any cheaper there.
Title: Re: How much are your ewe nuts?
Post by: Ladygrey on February 07, 2015, 08:42:06 pm: Mole valley today in Sherfield on Loddon, £6.47 a bag