The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Dundonald hens on July 04, 2013, 07:57:09 pm
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I went to lanark today there was 4 pens of 5 saddlebackX weaners 10 weeks old that made £25-£30 , oldspot x berkshire 9 of them at £24 , 6 kune kube st 8 weeks that made £9 !
I am no expert but they all looked good healthy pigs to me .
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IME the pig prices at Lanark have always been low - great opportunities for buyers though I suppose ???
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did you buy any?
regards bb
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are those prices each?
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That's how they usually run the bidding - price per animal - still outrageously low for the seller though, esp when they take the commission out of it too.
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we only paid 30 for a breeding pair of pigs at market by use they healthy and very easy ti handle
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yes those prices were per pig i bought 2 good healty looking weaners with nice round bums !
£63 in total for them
I spoke to one of the sellers who had 11 from the one pig he kept one to fatten up and got £300 - comision for the rest
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Go to any market and coloured pigs aren't worth a light. The commercial rearers and butchers simply don't want them.
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There were 3 lovely Tamworth gilts and a nice Berkshire sow, I thought.
The poor wee Kunekunes looked like they'd been taken from their mammy that morning :'( Much smaller than mine are at that age and just laying in a pile shivering :( I had to walk away before they started selling them, would have been too tempted to take them home with me :innocent:
It's the first time I've looked at the pigs there for months, and it reminded me why I don't :'(
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The tammies made about £60 each.The kunnies looked to be pure with no other breed in the mix.The pigs with the round bums were the product of a 4 way mix and the two pigs that made £108 and £102 were pietrain crosses not GOS as the vendor stated and were 14 months old.
regards bb
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The kune kunes did look nice i was tempted ! did you buy any bob ?
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No ,but i know a man that buy quite a lot because they were cheap.This sale had better pigs than the sales before.So next sale will be flooded out with pigs.
regards bb