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Spring lamb prices

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    #5042
    joe35
    Registered Users Posts: 458 ✭✭joe35


    wrangler wrote: »
    We had a triplet here yesterday, all over 6kg and she lambed the second and third herself, first was breech

    Had a triplet Sunday morning, 3 monsters, either one could have been a single. She was getting well fed, meal 3 times a day and beat with them too. She was in poor enough condition all the same. Putting it all into the lambs


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    #5043
    memorystick
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    Duke92 wrote: »
    €7:50 tomorrow icm

    Fair play. Fantastic prices being got for stock.


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    #5044
    Tileman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭Tileman


    memorystick wrote: »
    Fair play. Fantastic prices being got for stock.

    I have 15 ready to go. Were meant to go last week but something happened and to postpone it. Went out this morning and 1 dead in the field. Sicken u. After eating the whole winter and decided now to drop.


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    #5045
    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    Tileman wrote: »
    I have 15 ready to go. Were meant to go last week but something happened and to postpone it. Went out this morning and 1 dead in the field. Sicken u. After eating the whole winter and decided now to drop.

    Don't talk to me - went out last week to find a hogget after getting stuck in a tree, and breaking her leg...
    And acourse she was one of the best ones, it wouldn't ever be the raggy bad ones that keel over :rolleyes:


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    #5046
    Bass Reeves
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    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    Don't talk to me - went out last week to find a hogget after getting stuck in a tree, and breaking her leg...
    And acourse she was one of the best ones, it wouldn't ever be the raggy bad ones that keel over :rolleyes:

    Is she in the freezer now

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #5047
    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    Bass Reeves wrote: »
    Is she in the freezer now

    She isn’t Bass - to be honest I didn’t think of it.
    But, she wouldn’t have been out of withdrawal for a fluke dose either...


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    #5048
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users Posts: 18,548 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    She isn’t Bass - to be honest I didn’t think of it.
    But, she wouldn’t have been out of withdrawal for a fluke dose either...

    Was she farm from the withdrawal date. AFAIK you can test meat for residue's. What dose was it and withdrawal length.

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #5049
    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    Bass Reeves wrote: »
    Was she farm from the withdrawal date. AFAIK you can test meat for residue's. What dose was it and withdrawal length.

    She was a fine hogget, but she wasn’t fit for killing either.
    Was a triclabendazole based dose, 56 day withdrawal, she had probably 3 weeks to go...

    Ah, she was fcuked Bass, she was there for a while and had had pulled her leg half asunder and broke her shoulder as well... The one day an issue came in at work and I didn’t get to see them, so she was there for a day or longer I’d say when I found her...
    Was sickened with myself when I found her...


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    #5050
    Bass Reeves
    Registered Users Posts: 18,548 ✭✭✭✭Bass Reeves


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    She was a fine hogget, but she wasn’t fit for killing either.
    Was a triclabendazole based dose, 56 day withdrawal, she had probably 3 weeks to go...

    Ah, she was fcuked Bass, she was there for a while and had had pulled her leg half asunder and broke her shoulder as well... The one day an issue came in at work and I didn’t get to see them, so she was there for a day or longer I’d say when I found her...
    Was sickened with myself when I found her...

    Last year I was carrying a few bullocks to the factory. I carried two up and came back for the other two to find a Friesian had tried to jump a barrier and got his hind leg stuck between the top two bars.

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #5051
    memorystick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭memorystick


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    She was a fine hogget, but she wasn’t fit for killing either.
    Was a triclabendazole based dose, 56 day withdrawal, she had probably 3 weeks to go...

    Ah, she was fcuked Bass, she was there for a while and had had pulled her leg half asunder and broke her shoulder as well... The one day an issue came in at work and I didn’t get to see them, so she was there for a day or longer I’d say when I found her...
    Was sickened with myself when I found her...

    A few years ago I found one hanging from the electric fence. She got the wire looped around her neck. It was in a paddock entrance where the wire is a little slacker. Anything can happen with sheep.


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    #5052
    orm0nd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,198 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    spring lambs 46 kgs .€184

    underfinished springs starting to appear at marts


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    #5053
    Dinzee Conlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭Dinzee Conlee


    orm0nd wrote: »
    spring lambs 46 kgs .€184

    underfinished springs starting to appear at marts

    How long more you think is in the hogget trade Ormond?

    I was planning to send the last of mine mid-April, but maybe I'd be better off sending them sooner...


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    #5054
    Duke92
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    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    How long more you think is in the hogget trade Ormond?

    I was planning to send the last of mine mid-April, but maybe I'd be better off sending them sooner...

    Probably 1st of may feck all spring lambs


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    #5055
    orm0nd
    Registered Users Posts: 4,198 ✭✭✭orm0nd


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    How long more you think is in the hogget trade Ormond?

    I was planning to send the last of mine mid-April, but maybe I'd be better off sending them sooner...
    Duke92 wrote: »
    Probably 1st of may feck all spring lambs

    might slip a bit but great demand for well fleshed sheep now

    stores are slipping each week especially long keep animals


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    #5056
    kk.man
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    orm0nd wrote: »
    might slip a bit but great demand for well fleshed sheep now

    stores are slipping each week especially long keep animals

    Lambs are extremely scase and in the UK. You might even see a rise again.

    I'd expect stores to fall alright better be going down to paddy power than purchasing those at this time of the year.


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    #5057
    148multi
    Registered Users Posts: 1,495 ✭✭✭148multi


    Dinzee Conlee wrote: »
    How long more you think is in the hogget trade Ormond?

    I was planning to send the last of mine mid-April, but maybe I'd be better off sending them sooner...

    I'd say there will be a trade till May, possibly middle of the month, lambs not there.


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    #5058
    kk.man
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    Two mart managers rang neighbour (lge sheep farmer) today begging for lambs/sheep.


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    #5059
    arctictree
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭arctictree


    kk.man wrote: »
    Two mart managers rang neighbour (lge sheep farmer) today begging for lambs/sheep.

    Got the call earlier, I'm very tempted to fill the trailer in the morning with a few 1 year olds scanned empty and some that lost their lambs...


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    #5060
    farming93
    Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭farming93


    Rang the factory during the week, they were saying they'd give me 7.30 a kg for my hoggets and to send all the hoggets even the lighter ones.. I only had 15 weather's. They were kind of saying that prices were going to be dropping later in the week and they were doing me a favour.. Needless to say I took my chance and sent them to the mart. I got on a 10er a head better in the mart than I would have in the factory. Averaged €145 for the hoggets. When it seems like the factory is doing you a "favour" run a mile or bargain hard if you have numbers.


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    #5061
    Robson99
    Registered Users Posts: 4,298 ✭✭✭Robson99


    farming93 wrote: »
    Rang the factory during the week, they were saying they'd give me 6.30 a kg for my hoggets and to send all the hoggets even the lighter ones.. I only had 15 weather's. They were kind of saying that prices were going to be dropping later in the week and they were doing me a favour.. Needless to say I took my chance and sent them to the mart. I got on a 10er a head better in the mart than I would have in the factory. Averaged €145 for the hoggets. When it seems like the factory is doing you a "favour" run a mile or bargain hard if you have numbers.

    I hope it's 7.30 they offered or we are all ****ed


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    #5062
    farming93
    Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭farming93


    Sorry it was 7.30 haha


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    #5063
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭kk.man


    arctictree wrote: »
    Got the call earlier, I'm very tempted to fill the trailer in the morning with a few 1 year olds scanned empty and some that lost their lambs...

    IMO there is more in it. When they call like that it's getting desperate.

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    #5064
    DJ98
    Registered Users Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭DJ98


    What sort of money would 50 kg ewe hoggets make in the mart?


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    #5065
    Bleating Lamb
    Registered Users Posts: 4,653 ✭✭✭Bleating Lamb


    Will be interesting to see if there is a rush of people back into sheep when they see the high prices.


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    #5066
    Bass Reeves
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    Bleating Lamb wrote: »
    Will be interesting to see if there is a rush of people back into sheep when they see the high prices.

    It might encourage the mountain Man back into producing the 20-35kg store. However it's unlikely to encourage lowland production as summer prices are not filtered exactly shooting the stars any year.

    It might also see some lads switching to April lambing but margins would be very variable as your lamb might still be finished pre Christmas

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #5067
    Green farmer
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    I think "trust" or lack of is the main issue with our sector. The prices are good at the moment, but from past experiences farmers know that as soon as the slightest opportunity arises factories will be slashing prices again. There needs to be some certainty or stability in prices. If lads change their operations or increase supply, that they'll be properly rewarded for it and not hammered 12 months down the line. Theres a reason some left the sector in the first place.


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    #5068
    [Deleted User]
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    Green farmer wrote: »
    I think "trust" or lack of is the main issue with our sector. The prices are good at the moment, but from past experiences farmers know that as soon as the slightest opportunity arises factories will be slashing prices again. There needs to be some certainty or stability in prices. If lads change their operations or increase supply, that they'll be properly rewarded for it and not hammered 12 months down the line. Theres a reason some left the sector in the first place.

    Local lad near me,about 300 lowland v.good quality ewes,has a track machine in,digging out a milking parlour/yards etc for next spring


    Probably one of best about at sheep,who i could only dream on being close to as good as,still getting out inspite of record prices


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    #5069
    arctictree
    Registered Users Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭arctictree


    Had a mixed pen of ewe hoggets in Baltinglass earlier, some very light, some heavy. Average 48kg. Made €140.


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    #5070
    farming93
    Registered Users Posts: 367 ✭✭farming93


    DJ98 wrote: »
    What sort of money would 50 kg ewe hoggets make in the mart?

    My uncle sold 54 kg Suffolk hoggets in carnew on Thursday, two were very nice the rest were average at best. He got €166 each


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    #5071
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭kk.man


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Local lad near me,about 300 lowland v.good quality ewes,has a track machine in,digging out a milking parlour/yards etc for next spring


    Probably one of best about at sheep,who i could only dream on being close to as good as,still getting out inspite of record prices
    Know of a fella near me, same as above. I was shocked when I heard it cause they eat and sleep sheep. They will be no mass entry into sheep, youth don't rate them at all.


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