Spring lamb prices

wrangler

charolais0153 wrote: »

Dawn

Some demand now, our group'll be 5.55 and 5.65 tomorrow.
They use in house graders and they're very fair, could never complain

paddysdream

wrangler wrote: »

Some demand now, our group'll be 5.55 and 5.65 tomorrow.
They use in house graders and they're very fair, could never complain

Much difference in grades when sold flat or on graded price.?

wrangler

wrangler wrote: »

Some demand now, our group'll be 5.55 and 5.65 tomorrow.
They use in house graders and they're very fair, could never complain

I sent lambs up to them aswell,and they would likely been in lorry all day etc and i was never yet disappointed with grades/kill outs


Cant fault them,i know many beef farmers have issues now tbf

charolais0153

Sami23 wrote: »

Its always a flat rate across the board when I send mine to Ballyhaunis

In a group

wrangler

paddysdream wrote: »

Much difference in grades when sold flat or on graded price.?

Never sold ungraded in the last 30 years,
They'd probably do it more casually if they're not paying on grade, we breed our own replacements so there'd be a fair maternal influence in the flock but it never varied much from 50/50 Us and Rs, Lleyns drag it down a bit

paddysdream

Always sell flat price here mainly kildare or icm , some to kepak but not in last 2/3 year's.
Mostly terminal sires so would grade 90% plus U .Wonder if that would change on graded price?

wrangler

paddysdream wrote: »

Always sell flat price here mainly kildare or icm , some to kepak but not in last 2/3 year's.
Mostly terminal sires so would grade 90% plus U .Wonder if that would change on graded price?

Probably would, they'd be a lot more careful with U's, If you're using suffolky ewe.s and terminal sires, there's not much problem getting Us ,
Even if you do , it's only €2 on a €100 lamb

charolais0153

paddysdream wrote: »

Always sell flat price here mainly kildare or icm , some to kepak but not in last 2/3 year's.
Mostly terminal sires so would grade 90% plus U .Wonder if that would change on graded price?

We only get 10c for u's, just checked it there 27.8% graded u, all texel and suffolk ewes and charollais, texel and vendee rams used, ewes would be big so lambs wouldn't be very fat when at the weights

Lads with suffolk lambs would get more u's in athleague compared to us, and they not getting paid for them

Sami23

charolais0153 wrote: »

In a group

Sent through an agent

Young95

wrangler wrote: »

Some demand now, our group'll be 5.55 and 5.65 tomorrow.
They use in house graders and they're very fair, could never complain

There’s some boom in the sheep trade at present. Will it last tho ?

kk.man

Young95 wrote: »

There’s some boom in the sheep trade at present. Will it last tho ?

An awful lot of sheep killed. UK trade booming also and many new markets on the continent. I cant see it falling apart now.

memorystick

kk.man wrote: »

An awful lot of sheep killed. UK trade booming also and many new markets on the continent. I cant see it falling apart now.

Sheep could be a better option than dairying for some lads. It’s a pity beef isn’t booming.

charolais0153

memorystick wrote: »

Sheep could be a better option than dairying for some lads. It’s a pity beef isn’t booming.

Any number of sheep doesn't really suit part time and it's a lot handier to get into a 1000 ewes Versus 100 cows with regards capital costs

kk.man

memorystick wrote: »

Sheep could be a better option than dairying for some lads. It’s a pity beef isn’t booming.

Sheep is not 'sexy' enough for young ppl and diary has proven to be a more stable income.

wrangler

charolais0153 wrote: »

Any number of sheep doesn't really suit part time and it's a lot handier to get into a 1000 ewes Versus 100 cows with regards capital costs

A neighbour has a nice little earner partime with over 200 ewes, but he seems to be able to change jobs easy enough as he takes off 6 weeks for lambing.
Not everyone would be as lucky

Green farmer

Have a few 25kg and 30 kg lambs knocking around. Lowland Charolais x , any idea what their worth in mart atm ? I saw 35 kg ones making big money in the mart, but dont know that these ones are worth.

razor8

Green farmer wrote: »

Have a few 25kg and 30 kg lambs knocking around. Lowland Charolais x , any idea what their worth in mart atm ? I saw 35 kg ones making big money in the mart, but dont know that these ones are worth.

Any pictures?

Green farmer

razor8 wrote: »

Any pictures?

I dont have any specific pics, but the charolais x ones at the back of this pic, they're between 25-30kg. The rest are in the front are bigger lambs

orm0nd

Green farmer wrote: »

I dont have any specific pics, but the charolais x ones at the back of this pic, they're between 25-30kg. The rest are in the front are bigger lambs

€2.60 - €2.85/kg (not been smart but only way is to show them)

Green farmer

orm0nd wrote: »

€2.60 - €2.85/kg (not been smart but only way is to show them)

No bother, that pic was taken today of some of my ewe lambs. Alot of the ones nearer the front would be up around 40kg. I haven't gone through them yet to pull the small ones out, just trying to gauge what type of store is worth.

kk.man

Green farmer wrote: »

No bother, that pic was taken today of some of my ewe lambs. Alot of the ones nearer the front would be up around 40kg. I haven't gone through them yet to pull the small ones out, just trying to gauge what type of store is worth.

Are you selling speckle face Borris ewe lambs by any chance?

Green farmer

kk.man wrote: »

Are you selling speckle face Borris ewe lambs by any chance?

Haha, no, that's the result of a easycare put to a black face mountain ewe. Most of my sheep are all white faced, but theres still the odd black faced ewe that throws them lambs.

razor8

Green farmer wrote: »

I dont have any specific pics, but the charolais x ones at the back of this pic, they're between 25-30kg. The rest are in the front are bigger lambs

If bringing them to the mart I would batch them by size & type. Seems to be a premium when they all look the same. With prices at the moment I would be disappointed if they didn’t make €85 plus

razor8

If you go into the LSL app for any sale you can look back at the prices & videos of each lot

Bleating Lamb

Watched about 30 mins of Manorhamilton trade on Wednesday on the phone,compared to the last few weeks it looked like well fed cull ewes and thin cull ewes were up 15 to 20 euro in price,back to the prices that were going back in August.Store lambs up 4 or 5 euro as well.

arctictree

Made €112 for a dozen heavy cast ewes in Baltinglass earlier. It's good to get similar prices to when they were bought as ewe lambs a few years back...

Green farmer

For lads that put stock up on donedeal and sell from home, what way do people work it ? Is it different when selling a few grand worth of sheep ie a full trailer versus a handy ram ?

Jjameson

Green farmer wrote: »

For lads that put stock up on donedeal and sell from home, what way do people work it ? Is it different when selling a few grand worth of sheep ie a full trailer versus a handy ram ?

Bank transfer or cash.

Green farmer

Jjameson wrote: »

Bank transfer or cash.

Sheep stay in field until funds clear so

arctictree

Bought sheep a few weeks ago from a stranger and seller insisted I do the bank transfer in the field and that the funds were in his account before I left. He said that he was stung before.