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Livestock => Other => Topic started by: Luce747 on February 05, 2011, 08:52:44 pm

Title: Livestock Auctions
Post by: Luce747 on February 05, 2011, 08:52:44 pm: Does anybody know of any livestock auctions in Worcestershire/ West Midlands?

All I can find is a poultry auction at Henley In Arden but its on Wednesdays.

Could do with a weekend one!
Title: Re: Livestock Auctions
Post by: gapcap on February 06, 2011, 03:28:19 pm: Hi Lucy, depends what "livestock" you're after. Worcester has an auction market,I think its every other saturday, cattle and sheep.
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Post by: HappyHippy on February 06, 2011, 05:08:33 pm: If you're fairly new to keeping stock, I'd always suggest trying to find local breeders and buy direct from them. This gives you a handy back up source of information that you can call on should you have any problems. Sorry can't be of more help :-[
Karen
Title: Re: Livestock Auctions
Post by: Luce747 on February 08, 2011, 05:12:40 pm: Hi both

Sorry i wasn't clear enough - I just meant poultry auctions. Not cattle & sheep!

There are a number of bits and bobs we are looking for of various breeds and would love to go to a poultry auction in order to meet some traders and breeders who might be working with the same breeds as us.
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Post by: daddymatty82 on February 08, 2011, 10:06:15 pm: cirencester market got a poultry market this thurs and a sataday end of month voyce pullin is the auctioneers
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Post by: TheGirlsMum on February 09, 2011, 03:01:31 pm: What about Penkridge?
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Post by: Luce747 on February 09, 2011, 04:50:00 pm: Great! Thanks both - will google those :chook: ;D
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Post by: Frieslandfilly on February 09, 2011, 06:35:58 pm: We are off to the cirencester auction tomorrow, as a general rule of thumb, if you are buying go to the thursday auction and if you are selling put in for the saturday, the price reached is better!!
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Post by: Luce747 on February 13, 2011, 04:58:36 pm: thanks for the tip ;)
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Post by: daddymatty82 on February 14, 2011, 08:53:59 pm: Quote from: Frieslandfilly on February 09, 2011, 06:35:58 pm
We are off to the cirencester auction tomorrow, as a general rule of thumb, if you are buying go to the thursday auction and if you are selling put in for the saturday, the price reached is better!!
let me know next time your there will have to grab a coffee lol
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Post by: Frieslandfilly on February 15, 2011, 06:07:07 pm: Will do daddymatty, we will prob go to the special sale in March.
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Post by: daddymatty82 on February 16, 2011, 11:46:37 pm: theres one on 26th im going to im looking for quail so will maybe buy there but im mainly looking for prices
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Post by: Frieslandfilly on February 17, 2011, 01:44:06 pm: Ha I went tot the thurs one looking for quail ended up with Welsummers!! no quail there
Title: Re: Livestock Auctions
Post by: daddymatty82 on February 18, 2011, 11:16:45 pm: i was looking for quail aswell was 1st time ever i not seen quail will be there on 26th to find some most the stock there was bad but did you notice the townies pushed the prices up mega time not good i was tempted by the doves but nowhere for them to go so did not bother. what did you get them for in the end?
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Post by: garden cottage on February 19, 2011, 12:25:35 am: hereford always had very good poultry sales
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Post by: Frieslandfilly on February 19, 2011, 09:32:48 am: Quote from: daddymatty82 on February 18, 2011, 11:16:45 pm
what did you get them for in the end?

I paid £9.50 as was biding agaisnt someone who also must have wanted them, they were the 25 week old ones, so a bit high for auction, I needed them for a Welsummer cockerel that was going to be dispatched if I couldn't find any!!
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Post by: daddymatty82 on February 19, 2011, 01:23:18 pm: not to bad then. did you see that black orp hen went for £22 or something stupid im hoping to get quail next week
Title: Re: Livestock Auctions
Post by: Frieslandfilly on February 19, 2011, 02:27:42 pm: Yes, the Black Orp went for a goodly sum, mind she was a good specimen, not sure what her age was, the speckledys went for a good price too, I thought about bidding for them but the price rocketed up!
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Post by: daddymatty82 on February 26, 2011, 07:46:37 pm: go to auction today?
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Post by: Frieslandfilly on February 28, 2011, 09:52:19 am: Sorry daddymatty82 didnt go online till Monday morning, no didnt go to auction had too much to do besides hubby got the van stuck in the field first thing Sat morn, I did tell him it was too wet but he wouldnt listen! I am going to try and get to March Sat sale. Did they have any quail there??
Title: Re: Livestock Auctions
Post by: daddymatty82 on February 28, 2011, 09:40:59 pm: we had to get some hay in and went into field to get trailer and dad got the landy stuck trying to get it out. got it out ran few miles up road got 2 bales of hay and got back covered trailer as tractor is broken down and cannot move trailer that easy with out it. anyway arrived the 10 mins after start with in 2 mins i got 6 fertile silkie eggs(golden) and there wernt no quail to be seen got some hylines for £3.50pb and a mistake buy of 4 pol light sussex i thought mum wanted them mum thought i bid for myself and there you go but adds colour to the muddy pen. so anyway there was so many townies the prices went sky high so easily
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Post by: littlemisspiggy! on March 25, 2011, 12:19:42 pm: if you want a good day out poultry buying..your not a million miles from melton mowbray! it would be a day trip for you but if you go to their 'rare and pure bred spring sale' its well worth the trip..check thier web site for date..think its on a sat or bank hol monday..cant remember ???