Spring lamb prices

memorystick

Anyone in Baltinglass today?

Sami23

Some prices from Ballinasloe last Thursday:

40kgs - 110
42.5kgs - 112
43kgs - 101
45kgs - 120 (white ewe lambs)
52kgs - 127

farming93

13 lambs sold on Friday in the factory. Average weight 22.3 kg average price 125 each. These were some of the worst lambs of the year. I've a load to go to the mart next week averaging 44 kg or so, very thin a mixture of cheviot, Suffolk etc.. Be interesting to see how they get on.

kk.man

Any quotes this week?

Duke92

heard €6 to 23 kgs

downtown3858

Any quotes for ewes

memorystick

Sold my lambs in Tullow just now.

44kgs sold for €125 and bought in for €53
50kgs sold for €137 and bought in for €60
49kgs sold for €135 and bought in for €62
52kgs sold for €140 and bought in for €70

They put on 19-20kgs since October 5.

Very happy

Jjameson

memorystick wrote: »

Sold my lambs in Tullow just now.

44kgs sold for €125 and bought in for €53
50kgs sold for €137 and bought in for €69
49kgs sold for €135 and bought in for €62
52kgs sold for €140 and bought in for €70

They put on 19-20kgs since October 5.

Very happy

Feeding meal?

farming93

I've a load to go to carnew this week. Mine aren't fleshy probably thin if anything and are averaging 44 kg or so. Ram lambs and weather's. What do you reckon these would make going by your prices?

memorystick

Jjameson wrote: »

Feeding meal?

They’re getting 1 bag per day since after Christmas so around €550 for meal.

memorystick

farming93 wrote: »

I've a load to go to carnew this week. Mine aren't fleshy probably thin if anything and are averaging 44 kg or so. Ram lambs and weather's. What do you reckon these would make going by your prices?

I saw store lambs making €3 per kg. 30kg for €93. Shocking dear

Green farmer

memorystick wrote: »

They’re getting 1 bag per day since after Christmas so around €550 for meal.

How many lambs was that divided by ?
I heard lads saying before that you get 1 good year like in every 4 or 5 , where you make great money. So when these years roll around, whatever money we make is well earned and we're wholly deserving of it. Makes up for the kicking we got this time last year.

memorystick

Green farmer wrote: »

How many lambs was that divided by ?
I heard lads saying before that you get 1 good year like in every 4 or 5 , where you make great money. So when these years roll around, whatever money we make is well earned and we're wholly deserving of it. Makes up for the kicking we got this time last year.

Between 43. I had them last year also. There’s a few pound in them. Certainly better than cattle or selling bales silage.


Had to change the second price from 69 to 60. Glasses and fat fingers

wrangler

Green farmer wrote: »

How many lambs was that divided by ?
I heard lads saying before that you get 1 good year like in every 4 or 5 , where you make great money. So when these years roll around, whatever money we make is well earned and we're wholly deserving of it. Makes up for the kicking we got this time last year.

Not every farm suits having stock on it for the winter. We used to outwinter and the place would be skint in march and that'd be on a good year

Green farmer

wrangler wrote: »

Not every farm suits having stock on it for the winter. We used to outwinter and the place would be skint in march and that'd be on a good year

Cannt burn the candle at both ends

Siamsa Sessions

memorystick wrote: »

Between 43. I had them last year also. There’s a few pound in them. Certainly better than cattle or selling bales silage.

Were they out-wintered or did you put them into a shed?

kk.man

Green farmer wrote: »

Cannt burn the candle at both ends

I had hayledge bales which I knew I couldn't get rid of this year and my 'stores' averaged around 70 euro incl all mart costs. I filled a shed with them. I wasn't expecting to make as much, I suppose you can hit it right sometime. Its a joy to farm and know you are making a few pound! The first of mine coming now as I didn't meal them too much up till now.if they were outside id have no grass for the cattle not that there is much grass anyhow.

memorystick

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Were they out-wintered or did you put them into a shed?

Out on grass but access to a shed for meal. Made it really easy to handle them.

Green farmer

kk.man wrote: »

The first of mine coming now as I didn't meal them too much up till now.if they were outside id have no grass

I've some knocking around on rough grazing and oats. Spent very little carrying then over the winter. Hoping the spring grass will finish them. That's if the land ever dries up.

Dinzee Conlee

Green farmer wrote: »

I've some knocking around on rough grazing and oats. Spent very little carrying then over the winter. Hoping the spring grass will finish them. That's if the land ever dries up.

Have hog out on stubble turnips plus getting silage as well...

They have done poor enough. The weather was ****e on them, the ground was almost a soup a lot of the time

The few that I’m planning on factory-ing will have to be finished out of the shed...

Young95

Have lambs here that are nearly ready to go to factory but the recent weather has them looking muddy from being around the troughs and **** ! I’d be worried about the clean livestock policy crack as if they’d be turned away or is that only scare mongering talk ?

farming93

I know a lad who had lambs turned away not long ago, he had a few dozen lambs and a dozen of them were turned back.

Duke92

Last year was grand not much meal but price was poor
This year different plenty of meal place in ****e where feeding them
Out with bags of meal in wet
More lame sheep to
At least price better dagged 60 of them today
The lads with store lambs deserve a good turn out of them

farming93

10 ram lambs 46.5 kg wouldn't of had much flesh on them €121 euro. 4 ewe lambs fat enough 48 kg 133 euro today.

Duke92

Anyone hearing any quotes

epfff

Duke92 wrote: »

Anyone hearing any quotes

6 euro being got
reports of 620 but wouldn't Guarantee

Robson99

epfff wrote: »

6 euro being got
reports of 620 but wouldn't Guarantee

Athleague ??

epfff

Robson99 wrote: »

Athleague ??

No they are quoting way less to meer mortals anyway

RobinBanks

Robson99 wrote: »

Athleague ??

They are quoting €5.60 - €5.70 for ewe lambs. I sent a batch to them last Thursday

Duke92

RobinBanks wrote: »

They are quoting €5.60 - €5.70 for ewe lambs. I sent a batch to them last Thursday

Heard €6
Anyone hear any thing else and to what weight