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Spring lamb prices

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    #1082
    red bull
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    Tuam mart looking for lambs for this Tuesday evenings sale at 5 o'clock, lots of customers for store lambs


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    #1083
    sea12
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    22 kg here this week anyway. Actually have s load to go that should have gone over 4 weeks ago but were dipped by mistake by dipper. More butcher lambs than factory lambs but can't take time off to go to mart. Will be over 22 with a good few I'd say


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    #1084
    rangler1
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    sea12 wrote: »
    22 kg here this week anyway. Actually have s load to go that should have gone over 4 weeks ago but were dipped by mistake by dipper. More butcher lambs than factory lambs but can't take time off to go to mart. Will be over 22 with a good few I'd say

    Processors threatening a 10c (at least) drop for tomorrow.
    Big numbers going from our group....my own included.
    Obviously lambs throve well for everyone lately....despite the rain


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    #1085
    razor8
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    Processors threatening a 10c (at least) drop for tomorrow.
    Big numbers going from our group....my own included.
    Obviously lambs throve well for everyone lately....despite the rain

    most lambs on meal now id imagine


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    #1086
    sea12
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    Processors threatening a 10c (at least) drop for tomorrow.
    Big numbers going from our group....my own included.
    Obviously lambs throve well for everyone lately....despite the rain

    Factory rang back to say to leave them until tomo night to drop them in as they were full this evening. Can't do tomo or Friday as away with work so will be next week now. Hope they don't drop in the meantime


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    #1087
    rangler1
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    sea12 wrote: »
    Factory rang back to say to leave them until tomo night to drop them in as they were full this evening. Can't do tomo or Friday as away with work so will be next week now. Hope they don't drop in the meantime

    ICM and KEPAK dropped them 10c/kg according to the ''journal,'


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    #1088
    Dickie10
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    what price this week and into next week? any chance of 22.5 kg coming?


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    #1089
    Green farmer
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    Dickie10 wrote: »
    what price this week and into next week? any chance of 22.5 kg coming?

    Bump , any factory price updates ?


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    #1090
    adam14
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    Only offered 4.70 from ICM camolin. Said no.


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    #1091
    Robson99
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    Green farmer wrote: »
    Bump , any factory price updates ?

    4.70 kepak to 22kg


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    #1092
    Dickie10
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    Brought 12 to Navan sunday night got 4;70 to 22kg averaged €103, all ram lambs most were stores bought in late july for 77


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    #1093
    IH784man
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    Did they get much meal?


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    #1094
    Green farmer
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    Brought a trailer of lambs to factory today. Told overall lambs are killing out poorly at the moment and mine were consistent with this. so think increased meal is the only way ( on my farm anyway ) to finish them this year.


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    #1095
    sea12
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    Green farmer wrote: »
    Brought a trailer of lambs to factory today. Told overall lambs are killing out poorly at the moment and mine were consistent with this. so think increased meal is the only way ( on my farm anyway ) to finish them this year.

    Agree. Git my kill sheet today and couldn't believe how poor some of them killed out. The next batch will be getting meal.


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    #1096
    Green farmer
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    sea12 wrote: »
    Agree. Git my kill sheet today and couldn't believe how poor some of them killed out. The next batch will be getting meal.

    If you think about it, was the end of May this year before we saw a blade of grass around the place, and we've been back peddling ever since.


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    #1097
    rangler1
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    Green farmer wrote: »
    If you think about it, was the end of May this year before we saw a blade of grass around the place, and we've been back peddling ever since.

    46kgs averaged 21.25 here last week, the rest are getting meal now,

    72 cull ewes going in the morning, average weight 78kgs......haven't a clue what ewes kill out at


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    #1098
    Username John
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    46kgs averaged 21.25 here last week, the rest are getting meal now,

    72 cull ewes going in the morning, average weight 78kgs......haven't a clue what ewes kill out at

    If my sums are right - that's about a 46% kill out?

    I wouldn't have thought that was bad at all, given the year and off grass alone.

    What % would lambs that are getting meal kill out at?


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    #1099
    rangler1
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    Username John wrote: »
    If my sums are right - that's about a 46% kill out?

    I wouldn't have thought that was bad at all, given the year and off grass alone.

    What % would lambs that are getting meal kill out at?

    I had them on ad lib meal last year and they went to over 50% KO after 5 or 6 weeks on meal, they were indoors with straw for roughage


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    #1100
    Username John
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    I had them on ad lib meal last year and they went to over 50% KO after 5 or 6 weeks on meal, they were indoors with straw for roughage

    Interesting...

    How much weight did they put on per week, when ad-lib? And how much meal did they get through?


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    #1101
    sea12
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    46kgs averaged 21.25 here last week, the rest are getting meal now,

    72 cull ewes going in the morning, average weight 78kgs......haven't a clue what ewes kill out at

    Some of mine killed out as low as 42 percent. Either that or my scales is broke.
    Or my lambs got switched in the middle of the night. ðŸ˜


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    #1102
    rangler1
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    Username John wrote: »
    Interesting...

    How much weight did they put on per week, when ad-lib? And how much meal did they get through?

    They were eating about 1kg/day to put on 1kg liveweight per week, but they were fully grown lambs, so they were probably putting on nearly .75kg DW for every kg liveweight.

    for example if a lamb killed out at 45% at 40kg or 18kg or feed him meals to 45kg to kill out 50% to kill out 22kg.
    You'd feel better at 22kg......don't know if you'd have any more money though, but you get rid of the crappy little runts


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    #1103
    Green farmer
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    sea12 wrote: »
    Some of mine killed out as low as 42 percent. Either that or my scales is broke.
    Or my lambs got switched in the middle of the night. ðŸ˜

    My scales must be broken as well. 42 % is what mine ko'd at.


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    #1104
    rangler1
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    sea12 wrote: »
    Some of mine killed out as low as 42 percent. Either that or my scales is broke.
    Or my lambs got switched in the middle of the night. ðŸ˜

    we had a KT meeting today and quite a few were quoting 42% KO,
    A lot are considering either Typhon or feeding meal from mid August in future.
    Any ram lambs on your 42% KO lambs


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    #1105
    Green farmer
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    Don't know about you sea, but all of mine were ram lambs today, average 45 kg . I honestly thought they'd ko better.


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    #1106
    Ard_MC
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    46kgs averaged 21.25 here last week, the rest are getting meal now,

    72 cull ewes going in the morning, average weight 78kgs......haven't a clue what ewes kill out at[/quote

    Are they vendeen x lambs rangler?


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    #1107
    rangler1
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    Green farmer wrote: »
    Don't know about you sea, but all of mine were ram lambs today, average 45 kg . I honestly thought they'd ko better.

    The balls must weigh 2kgs this time of the year, and they're dumped before the scales,


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    #1108
    rangler1
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    Ard_MC wrote: »
    rangler1 wrote: »
    46kgs averaged 21.25 here last week, the rest are getting meal now,

    72 cull ewes going in the morning, average weight 78kgs......haven't a clue what ewes kill out at[/quote

    Are they vendeen x lambs rangler?

    yea vendeens, good few coming fit now.
    Grass is melting now so i think I'll go with lighter weights, not as attractive to keep them when meals are being fed


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    #1109
    sea12
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    rangler1 wrote: »
    we had a KT meeting today and quite a few were quoting 42% KO,
    A lot are considering either Typhon or feeding meal from mid August in future.
    Any ram lambs on your 42% KO lambs

    Yea a mixture of ram and ewe lambs


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    #1110
    eorna
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    When feeding ad lib i always wonder if its better to let them off at lets say 20.5kg DW or make real heavy to kill to kill out as close to 22 as posible..??


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    #1111
    Green farmer
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    eorna wrote: »
    When feeding ad lib i always wonder if its better to let them off at lets say 20.5kg DW or make real heavy to kill to kill out as close to 22 as posible..??

    Crystal ball time.depends on what the factory are paying in the day. 20.5 kg at € 4-80 might be better then 22kg at €4-50 but full of meal. Take a profit when it's there.


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