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Spring lamb prices

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    #542
    tomwaterford
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    arctictree wrote: »
    Trying to get my remaining wethers to 46kg. They were 43kg on 1st Nov and are only 44kg now. One has lost weight. Don't really want to feed them as I have enough grass. Will I be waiting until February at this rate?
    in all honesty will the feeding quality not be gone to crap by now and just enough to effectively sustain them in energy requirements to get them through the day/keep warm??
    IMO in shorter days/colder/wetter weather ive always struggled to finish lambs off grass alone


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    #543
    Username John
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    in all honesty will the feeding quality not be gone to crap by now and just enough to effectively sustain them in energy requirements to get them through the day/keep warm??
    IMO in shorter days/colder/wetter weather ive always struggled to finish lambs off grass alone

    I'd agree with this.
    I have been feeding my late lambs about 0.2kg / day, maybe a bit with it. Started sometime in Oct.
    They were doing about 1kg/week on that (plus grass)

    Try to time it so you don't run out of grass, cos then it'll get expensive to finish em...


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    #544
    Green farmer
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    The initial novelty of feeding them ration soon wears off. Gets very expensive very fast. I've eased back on now much ration their getting and moved mine to ad lib silage plus a small bit of ration. Might take abit longer but will keep the costs more under control.


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    #545
    Willfarman
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    Lambs outdoors have hopped out of with thrive the last week since it dried up, I wouldn't be a bit afraid of meal feeding. Lambs eating a kg a day. RTion at 270 a tonne. .27 cent a day. 10 days feeding €2.70. Minimum gain of a kilo carcass gain in that time. Worth €5.00.


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    #546
    tomwaterford
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    Willfarman wrote: »
    Lambs outdoors have hopped out of with thrive the last week since it dried up, I wouldn't be a bit afraid of meal feeding. Lambs eating a kg a day. RTion at 270 a tonne. .27 cent a day. 10 days feeding €2.70. Minimum gain of a kilo carcass gain in that time. Worth €5.00.

    What's an e3 grade??


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    #547
    Willfarman
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    What's an e3 grade??

    BE the top grade possible.


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    #548
    Green farmer
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    Just back from roscrea mart. sold a batch of 3 year old middling sheep. Not put with a ram this year. Got €90 each, which was cull /breeding price. Lambs made around €110 for 50kg. Saw a really nice batch of ewe lambs with pointy faces sell for €113 at 58kg. A lot of 37-40 kg lambs there made about €80+ .
    Good quality lowland ewes scanned on lamb made €125. No buyers other then dealers for breeding sheep.


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    #549
    tomwaterford
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    Green farmer wrote: »
    Just back from roscrea mart. sold a batch of 3 year old middling sheep. Not put with a ram this year. Got €90 each, which was cull /breeding price. Lambs made around €110 for 50kg. Saw a really nice batch of ewe lambs with pointy faces sell for €113 at 58kg. A lot of 37-40 kg lambs there made about €80+ .
    Good quality lowland ewes scanned on lamb made €125. No buyers other then dealers for breeding sheep.

    Breeding ewes are some value at that price given cull price


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    #550
    red bull
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    A pen of 12 ram lambs 48kg Tuam Mart €108


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    #551
    Green farmer
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    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Breeding ewes are some value at that price given cull price

    They were good value alright. I don't think even one farmer was bidding. was tempted but it's hard when you don't really know why ewes are being sold.


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    #552
    sako 85
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    €5.05/kg to 23kg in Camolin this morning


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    #553
    paddysdream
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    sako 85 wrote: »
    €5.05/kg to 23kg in Camolin this morning

    Agent quoted me 5.10(inc. QA) on Monday for the same factory


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    #554
    Green farmer
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    From what I saw at the mart recently a lot of lambs on sale at around the 38-42 kg mark , but they seemed very scarce at the 48-50kg + range.


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    #555
    sea12
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    paddysdream wrote: »
    Agent quoted me 5.10(inc. QA) on Monday for the same factory

    I was quoted 5.10 include QA up to 23 aswell for Kildare


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    #556
    paddysdream
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    Similar quotes for today ie 5.10 inc. QA.


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    #557
    Green farmer
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    Roscrea mart today . 50kg+ lambs making 115-120. Store lambs 30kg lowland x made €75. 3rd crop Suffolk x ewes scanned in lamb at about 1.6 made €185.
    I kept my hands in my pockets.:)


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    #558
    sea12
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    sea12 wrote: »
    I was quoted 5.10 include QA up to 23 aswell for Kildare

    My lambs averaged €109 a piece. Only 12 and it was the last of them. Included a couple of lighter ones but graded well. Happy enough all cleared before Xmas for the first time in a few years.

    Overall it was a great year. Hopefully next year will be as good.


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    #559
    Username John
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    Last of the lambs went last week, got the cheque yesterday. There was one runty lad that came into 93euro, the rest did well enough.

    Glad to be rid of em then. All done now til next year's crop. :)


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    #560
    stonemad222
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    any word what factorys are given for lambs over the christmas


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    #561
    Username John
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    stonemad222 wrote: »
    any word what factorys are given for lambs over the christmas

    I got 5.00 + .10 QA last week anyways.


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    #562
    paddysdream
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    stonemad222 wrote: »
    any word what factorys are given for lambs over the christmas

    5.20 this week as far as I know is the going rate.Can't see anything them rising any major amount between now and Feb.


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    #563
    sea12
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    paddysdream wrote: »
    5.20 this week as far as I know is the going rate.Can't see anything them rising any major amount between now and Feb.

    They often give a but extra for the week between Xmas and new year to secure numbers.


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    #564
    Cran
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    sea12 wrote: »
    They often give a but extra for the week between Xmas and new year to secure numbers.

    5.20 for next week, best I could get anyway


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    #565
    Willfarman
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    5.10 'twas all I could get this week, would have held out but fup it if ya get one dead takes a lot of getting back.


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    #566
    tommy5678
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    what are the prices like now?


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    #567
    Willfarman
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    5.25 going for guys with big numbers I hear


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    #568
    paddysdream
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    tommy5678 wrote: »
    what are the prices like now?

    5.25 freely available earlier this week.Some places trying to buy at 5.20 and giving concessions on weight ie paying to 24kgs.

    Have the last of my lambs to go next week.Mixture of a few good lambs and a few sh**e ones.These are getting meal for the last 8 to 10 weeks and at this stage its a case of killing them and taking whatever they make.

    Decent ones should kill 22 plus whilst a few would surprise me if they killed anything over 16 kgs.These are the ones with chronic foot problems or ones that got major setbacks throughout the year.Keeping them alive was enough so anything they leave will be a bonus.#

    Got 5.25 earlier this month and will ring around this evening but from talking to a few who sent lambs this week 5.20 to 5.25 seems to be the general run in the factories.


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    #569
    Cran
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    5.25 to 23 for Monday


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    #570
    arctictree
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    109 for 6x46kg wethers in Baltinglass this morning


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    #571
    davidk1394
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    We sent lambs down last week got €5.25 but we had the numbers


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