Spring lamb prices

Dickie10

Theres a good amount of younger girls and early 20s begining to get into it similar to Britain about 15 years ago. Theres absolutely no stigma in ireland anymore about female farmers thank God.
I teach in an all girls secondary school and theres 2 girls already started their own small flocks and their only 17 and lots others very skilled shepherds on their home farms already. Great to see the passion and interest a lot of the girls have for agriculture in general. I always found women make great sheep farmers.

joe35

What's fat ewes making, 2 here that must be empty. Wool falling off them and they're in great form, jumping through the field. Not worth going to mart or factory so might give them to a local agent.

downtown3858

Any prices for tomorrow

weatherbyfoxer

downtown3858 wrote: »

Any prices for tomorrow

800 spring
750 hoggets

downtown3858

Cheers . We’re is that ?

weatherbyfoxer

downtown3858 wrote: »

Cheers . We’re is that ?

kildare

k mac

Are hoggets prices beginning to ease a bit?

Dinzee Conlee

k mac wrote: »

Are hoggets prices beginning to ease a bit?

They are acourse - how do I know, cos I have a few to sell next week...

FFS...

k mac

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

They are acourse - how do I know, cos I have a few to sell next week...

FFS...

Same as that..how much are they cut?

Duke92

k mac wrote: »

Are hoggets prices beginning to ease a bit?

No there not 7:30 yesterday morning
Today they’ll give you 7:50 in icm couldn’t get enough sheep yesterday no spring lambs coming

Western Pomise

Any quotes for cull ewes?

k mac

Duke92 wrote: »

No there not 7:30 yesterday morning
Today they’ll give you 7:50 in icm couldn’t get enough sheep yesterday no spring lambs coming

Thanks, reading this had me worried

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/sheep-trade-hogget-quotes-ease-again-while-spring-lamb-prices-drive-forward/

Green farmer

Haven't been to dawn ballyhaunis in ages and dont see quotes for them in the papers. They still do sheep and are they competitive ?

k mac

Green farmer wrote: »

Haven't been to dawn ballyhaunis in ages and dont see quotes for them in the papers. They still do sheep and are they competitive ?

They still do sheep. I did not get yesterdays Independent but they are always quotes for Ballyhaunis in it, i think last week they were 7 euro plus the 10c QA bonus for hoggets. They seem to be around the same price usually as the other factories bar kildare chilling which always seem to be about 20 or 30 cent more

Green farmer

k mac wrote: »

They still do sheep. I did not get yesterdays Independent but they are always quotes for Ballyhaunis in it, i think last week they were 7 euro plus the 10c QA bonus for hoggets. They seem to be around the same price usually as the other factories bar kildare chilling which always seem to be about 20 or 30 cent more

That's good. Its agriland articles I look at and they only quote kildare, icm and kepak. Good to have another option to go to.

downtown3858

Any more than 7.50 going for hoggets for next week ?

Jjameson

downtown3858 wrote: »

Any more than 7.50 going for hoggets for next week ?

Anyone selling for any less than 7.50 to 23.5 is being screwed. Bring them to the mart and lartvthem compete and pay commission, and for the full weight in the average. ( Mix up the heavy and lighter liveweights if they look anyway uniform at all)
The buyers can’t stand in ring or near scales to handle them now. An ill wind blows in someone’s favour!!

downtown3858

Ringing yday evening looking them for tue morn. I have a feeling there is more to be got

kk.man

downtown3858 wrote: »

Ringing yday evening looking them for tue morn. I have a feeling there is more to be got

The Spring lamb is not in it (factories screwed them for years) and anything that resembled a hogget here or the UK is dead.

epfff

What's happening out there?
Is there 3 weeks left in hoggets?

memorystick

Isn’t there a special hogget sale in Tullow today? Keep us posted if anyone watches. Thanks

Dinzee Conlee

Any prices for this week?

k mac

720 including qa ballyhaunis

memorystick

Isn’t there a special hogget sale in Tullow today? Keep us posted if anyone watches. Thanks

Dinzee Conlee

k mac wrote: »

720 including qa ballyhaunis

Are they back so? I thought they were a bit more?

downtown3858

Ya get 7.50 in plenty of places . Worth more than 7.20 in any mart

Def not less in any mart. Bit more if anything

wrangler

downtown3858 wrote: »

Ya get 7.50 in plenty of places . Worth more than 7.20 in any mart

Def not less in any mart. Bit more if anything

You'd imagine the heat would be off the trade now,, a lot of people buy lamb for easter and butcher shops will give any money for it just to provide the service.

Dinzee Conlee

wrangler wrote: »

You'd imagine the heat would be off the trade now,, a lot of people buy lamb for easter and butcher shops will give any money for it just to provide the service.

I think it’s the Ramadan trade is the big one now.
I think the big Easter lamb market here is gone. Maybe it was higher this year, with more people eating at home, but as a reliable market I‘d say it’s finished?

Duke92

k mac wrote: »

720 including qa ballyhaunis

That’s a shocking bad price at moment most on 7:50 to 23.5 kgs

Green farmer

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

I think it’s the Ramadan trade is the big one now.
I think the big Easter lamb market here is gone. Maybe it was higher this year, with more people eating at home, but as a reliable market I‘d say it’s finished?

Heard alot of tesco ads on radio promoting easter lamb last week, which is good. But over last few years the end of Ramadan was peak demand. I always had a few hoggets kept aside for it and the factories would be flat out on the run up, when I'd be dropping hoggets for it . Also get lads ringing looking for hoggets. Hopefully this year wont be any different.