A cleaner way to trade livestock
Buy and sell direct, farmer to farmer, from your own yard. The technology stays out of the way so the trade can happen.
Your money is safe by design
Funds settle on account before any animal moves. Your money sits with Trustap, our regulated payment provider, and is released once the terms are met.
The weight is the seller's
The weight on a lot is the seller's own figure, given as an estimate or as a figure off a scales, and the buyer sees which it is. The weight the deal settles on is taken on a certified weighbridge at collection. Farm Fayre records the figure; the instrument certifies it.
You stay in control
You set your terms and you accept the offer. Farm Fayre stands with both sides, and if an issue is raised we resolve it and the decision is final.
For buyers
Be a market maker, not a taker
Post what you are after and let sellers come to you. You name the terms instead of taking whatever the ring throws up on the day.
Best in class access to data
Every lot carries real figures: the seller's own weight with its source shown, the settling weight taken on a certified weighbridge at collection, and genetics where they exist. You buy on the facts that matter and that you can verify.
No more full days out for a few cattle
Buy the right stock from your phone in minutes. No early start, no long drive, no coming home empty because the ones you wanted made too much.
For sellers
The market's price, in your own yard
Reach every buyer who is looking, from home. The market comes to you, so your cattle make what they are worth without a day away at the ring.
Your sale is protected, start to finish
The buyer's money settles on account before the stock moves, and only releases when the terms are met. You are covered from the first offer to the final payment.
Funds on account before they load
The money is on account before a single animal is loaded. You send the cattle knowing the payment is already on account.
Two ways to list
Connect ICBF and list by tag
Link your herd once and pull your animals straight from ICBF by tag. The animal's details fill the listing for you, which gives buyers more confidence in what they are looking at. Higher confidence in a listing turns into higher prices for your cattle.
List it yourself
Prefer to keep ICBF out of it? Enter your lot by hand in a couple of minutes. Same cattle for sale, same buyers.
A sale, step by step
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Create your free account
A few small details, in under a minute. That is all it takes to look around.
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List in minutes
By ICBF tag or by hand, your lot is ready in a couple of minutes. Or post what you are after in Market Maker and let sellers come to you.
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Buyers make offers on your lot
Your lot goes live to real buyers. You watch the offers come in, in plain sight.
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You accept
The best offer is yours to take. You decide, every time.
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Funds settle first
The buyer's money lands on account with Trustap, our regulated payment provider, before a single animal is loaded. Farm Fayre keeps it fair for both.
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Haulage is arranged
Haulage is arranged through our haulier network, and the haulier is in touch with you the day before collection or delivery. The cost of haulage is shown on every lot before you make an offer, and the settling weight is taken on a certified weighbridge at collection.
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You get paid
One payment, the fees shown up front, and the money on account. Once the animals are delivered and the terms are met, the money is released to you.
If something needs sorting
Raise an issue from your deal at any point. Farm Fayre reviews it fairly, resolves it, and the decision is final. Farm Fayre stays with you until it is put right.