Spring lamb prices

Dinzee Conlee

Green farmer wrote: »

Think their starting the Easter kill next week, so hopefully things will start improving from there on out.

Easter isn’t til 21st April this year.

Next week would be 5 weeks out, would they start killing for it that early?

Duke92

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Easter isn’t til 21st April this year.

Next week would be 5 weeks out, would they start killing for it that early?

They can hang them for a month some look for 21 to 28 days hanging

Green farmer

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Easter isn’t til 21st April this year.

Next week would be 5 weeks out, would they start killing for it that early?

Afaik, yes, one of Larry’s men gave an interview in the farming independent and said mid March

Green farmer

Any change in quotes this week ?

MD1983

neighbor who is a large store lamb man says offered €5.90 to 24kg

Duke92

MD1983 wrote: »

neighbor who is a large store lamb man says offered €5.90 to 24kg

Are you sure it wasn’t €4:90

Green farmer

Duke92 wrote: »

Are you sure it wasn’t €4:90

I wouldn’t dismiss the €5.90 for the select few. Ifa said prices are starting to move off €5.40 with talk of €5.60. wonder how the marts are today ? If it’s starting to feed through ?

memorystick

Sold the last of mine today. 44kgs Suffolk made 109. 47 kgs Chevy type 120. 40kgs mountainy type made 109. The last were the worst but they left the most- cost €63 at 28kgs. I cleared over €1100 on 37 and lost 1. Not massive money but good for first time.

MD1983

Green farmer wrote: »

I wouldn’t dismiss the €5.90 for the select few. Ifa said prices are starting to move off €5.40 with talk of €5.60. wonder how the marts are today ? If it’s starting to feed through ?

same guy more often than not gets a good deal, he had a contract up to a few years ago to supply hoggets at any time up till the end of may at 6.50 to 24kg, people were wandering why he would be buying hoggets in March!

Duke92

All hoggets gone worked it out gave away 1050kgs of free meat to the factories

FarmerDougal

Duke92 wrote: »

All hoggets gone worked it out gave away 1050kgs of free meat to the factories

What weight they paying to?

Duke92

Send of the last of them up to 23

early_riser

Duke92 wrote: »

All hoggets gone worked it out gave away 1050kgs of free meat to the factories

You say in earlier post you buy 350 hoggets, thats 3kg a head over weight or am i missing something?

Duke92

early_riser wrote: »

You say in earlier post you buy 350 hoggets, thats 3kg a head over weight or am i missing something?

No your not missing anything 365 in total I held a lot hoping for a price rise but had to let them to have grass for cattle

Cran

Duke92 wrote: »

No your not missing anything 365 in total I held a lot hoping for a price rise but had to let them to have grass for cattle

Where they being fed while holding them? 3kg over weight on average is a lot of over weight lambs out of 365

Duke92

Cran wrote: »

Where they being fed while holding them? 3kg over weight on average is a lot of over weight lambs out of 365

Only fed 50 of the smaller ones had a rye grass crop taken of a tillage farmer that was cut in October for silage did very well on it never stopped growing

Duke92

They where a lot I only had 2 that didnt make the weight
34kgs was my heaviest lamb
This time last year I only had 110 gone

MD1983

5.45 to 23kg quoted, Agent says they are eager for lambs, no sign of it in the price yet

Green farmer

MD1983 wrote: »

5.45 to 23kg quoted, Agent says they are eager for lambs, no sign of it in the price yet

Fair frustrating. Will have to move up.

Duke92

Green farmer wrote: »

Fair frustrating. Will have to move up.

I got fed up waiting had to let them of last week 5:40 to 23 kgs

Green farmer

Duke92 wrote: »

I got fed up waiting had to let them of last week 5:40 to 23 kgs

I’m offloading them every week or two as well, just hope the last of them make up for the rest

Duke92

Was there any stir in hoggets after or are they still at €5:40 to 23kgs

sheepfarmer92

5.50 in navan tomorrow to 23 kgs

MD1983

5.60 in kildare to 23.5kg, 5.80 in camolin to 23.5

sheepfarmer92

MD1983 wrote: »

5.60 in kildare to 23.5kg, 5.80 in camolin to 23.5

Fairplay if your getting that, may send the lorry to camolin

Duke92

Well he said his neighbor was getting 5:90 to 24kgs 2 weeks ago
Then I could only get €5:40 to 23kgs
It must be spring lambs he’s talking about

charolais0153

Duke92 wrote: »

Well he said his neighbor was getting 5:90 to 24kgs 2 weeks ago
Then I could only get €5:40 to 23kgs
It must be spring lambs he’s talking about

Spring lamb would be nearer 7e/kg and less than 21kg dw

sheepfarmer92

charolais0153 wrote: »

Spring lamb would be nearer 7e/kg and less than 21kg dw

No spring lamb should be at least 7 euro per kilo but they're only quoting 6 which is no good glad we got out of them years ago

farawaygrass

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

charolais0153 wrote: »

Spring lamb would be nearer 7e/kg and less than 21kg dw

No spring lamb should be at least 7 euro per kilo but they're only quoting 6 which is no good glad we got out of them years ago

Are they quoting 6 for spring lamb? Can’t see any quotes printed yet

farawaygrass

sheepfarmer92 wrote: »

charolais0153 wrote: »

Spring lamb would be nearer 7e/kg and less than 21kg dw

No spring lamb should be at least 7 euro per kilo but they're only quoting 6 which is no good glad we got out of them years ago

Are they quoting 6 for spring lamb? Can’t see any quotes printed yet