I used a crossbred ram and all of the lambs came out with ALOT of variance,
not good when selling live in a market
They have to look good and look equal
As to the suffolks, they are always penalized in the market I sell in, usually a good 5-8 pence per kilo less if its a suffolk/southdown/hampshire or has a wooly/black face, they have really gone off down breeds,
the best prices per kilo are actually for lambs weighing from 32-36 kilo, as soon as they weigh more than 42 kilo the price per kilo plummets
Market last week had 33.5kg lambs selling at 185ppk but had 46kilo lambs selling at 152ppk, so only £8 difference for a lamb weighing 13 kilo less
When I sold my first lambs in June, my 38 kilo pen of lambs fetched the same amount as the 42 kilo lambs, as they fetched more per kilo
