NH homesteader
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Wow that's small! I would go a few extra months too!
Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal
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Bruce
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Still lamb until a year old so if they are growing well, no reason to hurry to put them in the freezer when the feed is basically free.
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Mike CHS
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It's a strange market. The younger lambs have been bringing more money but that is at auction. The direct buyers that we have been talking to prefer to wait till later especially once they find out how much more they get.
Bruce
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Maybe the people at auction are looking for animals to finish off themselves before slaughter? But you said they pay more. Is that more per pound or more per animal?
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Mike CHS
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At auction they are on the hoof and priced each. Last week 45 lb lambs were sold at $247 per for prime. The two wethers we are selling will go by the pound (hanging weight) $3.50 a pound and they will be around 120 lbs. 70 pounders were going for $230. Slaughter ewes were going for $104 but those are usually culls, and if we cull a ewe we will keep it ourselves but we aren't culling any of the current flock.
Feeder lambs 36 lbs brought $268 and 30 lbs $248.
That was all taken from the sale sheet for the 13th.
Feeder lambs 36 lbs brought $268 and 30 lbs $248.
That was all taken from the sale sheet for the 13th.
NH homesteader
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Wow those seem like strange prices, but I know nothing about the sheep market.
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Mike CHS
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We just started looking at prices and it doesn't make any sense to us either. We need to spend some time with our mentor getting educated on the whys of that range.
Baymule
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There isn't a decent sheep auction near us (that I know of). Most seem to be in west Texas. I am confused by the auction prices too. Just doesn't make sense to me. I have 3 wethers presold at $8 per pound hanging weight.
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Mike CHS
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Baymule, I wouldn't look for an auction if you can get that kind of price. We decided to keep two of our wethers for the freezer and the other 3 will stay on the farm for dog training.
Maisy has been given a lot more freedom now that the lambs are looking like sheep and she isn't as excitable. The male lambs have even started to challenge her and Hoss even went after her when she was doing the stare and dare you to run thing. It is looking like the sheep will assist in doing things we aren't sure how to accomplish. I really think now that we were over correcting her when she appeared to be getting aggressive (playfully). We are letting things play out now to see what she is really trying to do when she is bored.
On an even better note we are using a CPA this year since we had no idea how to do this farm thing to please the IRS. We went in and signed our taxes today and I was truly expecting to have to write a check and instead we saw a hefty refund including most of what we had paid in SC taxes before we moved. I don't know how complicated everyone's taxes are but we only paid to day not much more than we had been paying for a software DIY program like Turbotax.
Maisy has been given a lot more freedom now that the lambs are looking like sheep and she isn't as excitable. The male lambs have even started to challenge her and Hoss even went after her when she was doing the stare and dare you to run thing. It is looking like the sheep will assist in doing things we aren't sure how to accomplish. I really think now that we were over correcting her when she appeared to be getting aggressive (playfully). We are letting things play out now to see what she is really trying to do when she is bored.
On an even better note we are using a CPA this year since we had no idea how to do this farm thing to please the IRS. We went in and signed our taxes today and I was truly expecting to have to write a check and instead we saw a hefty refund including most of what we had paid in SC taxes before we moved. I don't know how complicated everyone's taxes are but we only paid to day not much more than we had been paying for a software DIY program like Turbotax.
CntryBoy777
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Sounds like ya made out like a Champ on those taxes. Glad it turned out so well for ya. Really good to hear about Maisy too, I think it will all work out for ya....
