Spring lamb prices

charolais0153

6.40/kg 128 ave

Siamsa Sessions

Weighed a few lambs today born last week of Feb and first werk of March. Surprised there were several over 40kg and more 35-38kg. They’ve been getting 100g/head creep but thats it.

God knows what we’ll get for them if prices keep dropping the way they have in last 2 weeks but it’ll be good to get a few away anyway.

Cran

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Weighed a few lambs today born last week of Feb and first werk of March. Surprised there were several over 40kg and more 35-38kg. They’ve been getting 100g/head creep but thats it.

God knows what we’ll get for them if prices keep dropping the way they have in last 2 weeks but it’ll be good to get a few away anyway.

Must be well breed sheep 😉

Siamsa Sessions

Cran wrote: »

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Weighed a few lambs today born last week of Feb and first werk of March. Surprised there were several over 40kg and more 35-38kg. They’ve been getting 100g/head creep but thats it.

God knows what we’ll get for them if prices keep dropping the way they have in last 2 weeks but it’ll be good to get a few away anyway.

Must be well breed sheep 😉

They’re not too bad in fairness! I’d have to give some credit to the ram as well - he’s done some work and the lambs are very shapely out of him. As Keano might say, “All credit to the breeder!”

IH784man

What price are lambs and ewes now?

charolais0153

IH784man wrote: »

What price are lambs and ewes now?

Ewes 2.90 lambs 6.30 on monday

razor8

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Weighed a few lambs today born last week of Feb and first werk of March. Surprised there were several over 40kg and more 35-38kg. They’ve been getting 100g/head creep but thats it.

God knows what we’ll get for them if prices keep dropping the way they have in last 2 weeks but it’ll be good to get a few away anyway.

How do you manage to restrict lambs to 100g a day creep

farming93

charolais0153 wrote: »

Ewes 2.90 lambs 6.30 on monday

Are they quoting lambs at €6:30 this coming Monday? I've a couple of lambs 41kg that were grass fed I'll let off if they are so

IH784man

A well bred lamb is bound to die 50% this time of year

wrangler

razor8 wrote: »

How do you manage to restrict lambs to 100g a day creep

+1, even the petlambs here are eating over a kg/day., they'd eat 100g in a mouthful
Often wonder about farmers claiming creep feeding at small amounts.
If I left the creep feeder empty to restrict them, there'd surely be a lamb killed in the rush when I would put it in

charolais0153

farming93 wrote: »

Are they quoting lambs at €6:30 this coming Monday? I've a couple of lambs 41kg that were grass fed I'll let off if they are so

Talk of below 6 euro i think for this week

Siamsa Sessions

wrangler wrote: »

razor8 wrote: »

How do you manage to restrict lambs to 100g a day creep

+1, even the petlambs here are eating over a kg/day., they'd eat 100g in a mouthful
Often wonder about farmers claiming creep feeding at small amounts.
If I left the creep feeder empty to restrict them, there'd surely be a lamb killed in the rush when I would put it in

Crude weight measurements here - 40 lambs get 4kg, which they get to when they pop out thru the creep gate. Some will eat more, some get none. The average in one way tells very little.

I’m not claiming we’re great farmers or anything (the breeding might be above average but management certainly isn’t at this point). All I was saying above is that lambs have surprised us by doing well without much meal. To be honest, the lesson for us is that we should have fed more creep and we might have had a few up the ramp before the price drop.

wrangler

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Crude weight measurements here - 40 lambs get 4kg, which they get to when they pop out thru the creep gate. Some will eat more, some get none. The average in one way tells very little.

I’m not claiming we’re great farmers or anything (the breeding might be above average but management certainly isn’t at this point). All I was saying above is that lambs have surprised us by doing well without much meal. To be honest, the lesson for us is that we should have fed more creep and we might have had a few up the ramp before the price drop.

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forward creep grazing seems to work well with sheep, is your land reseeded lately, very good to have them ready to go now.
Nothing even close here, but there's 210 between ewes and lambs on eleven acres.
We're getting the same lamb Growth rate as Athenry, so happy enough.
Farm I was on in Scotland were claiming growth rate of 600gms/day with creep and yet only had 350 gone out of 850 Feb lambing ewes

razor8

Weighed a sample of my own last week when I put a few pens through the scales when dosing, 60 were averaging 330 which I was delighted with. I’d be surprised if whole average wasn’t at least 300

600 is crazy but achievable off creep. Had one lamb last year went to factory at 67 days old off grass

farming93

I pulled out seven that are forty plus kilograms this morning. As I was going through the lambs I noticed maggots on one so cliked all bar the seven I pulled out . The withdrawal date is only seven days and I've a lot of lambs 35kg so that'll sort them out .

DJ98

Have a handful of lambs over 40 kg and some between 36 and 40 was planning on bringing all to the mart, would I be best to bring them now or wait for the prices to rise, or is it all down hill from here? Also what would these lambs likely make, all charollais x, mix of ewes and rams.

IH784man

Wait a few weeks and finish them,can't see price rising any more for a while.
36-40kg I'd value at €90-€100

charolais0153

DJ98 wrote: »

Have a handful of lambs over 40 kg and some between 36 and 40 was planning on bringing all to the mart, would I be best to bring them now or wait for the prices to rise, or is it all down hill from here? Also what would these lambs likely make, all charollais x, mix of ewes and rams.

Price wont rise until autumn. Id finish them but if grass quality is slipping and running out, you might be aswell off to send them now

DJ98

charolais0153 wrote: »

Price wont rise until autumn. Id finish them but if grass quality is slipping and running out, you might be aswell off to send them now

What would the finished weight be?

charolais0153

DJ98 wrote: »

What would the finished weight be?

42-45 depending on flesh

Siamsa Sessions

charolais0153 wrote: »

42-45 depending on flesh

Butchers tend to like them a little heavier.

We're in a similar position here: have a few 40+ and more 35-40 so they'll go to factory in a few weeks rather than finishing them for the local butcher. Nothing stopped for silage yet and have some reseeding to do too, so we need to reduce the load!

wrangler

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Butchers tend to like them a little heavier.

We're in a similar position here: have a few 40+ and more 35-40 so they'll go to factory in a few weeks rather than finishing them for the local butcher. Nothing stopped for silage yet and have some reseeding to do too, so we need to reduce the load!

Our group coordinator claimed today that KO has been falling over the last few weeks, probably due to the deterioration in grass quality.
Grass has gone very stemmy everywhere

charolais0153

Siamsa Sessions wrote: »

Butchers tend to like them a little heavier.

We're in a similar position here: have a few 40+ and more 35-40 so they'll go to factory in a few weeks rather than finishing them for the local butcher. Nothing stopped for silage yet and have some reseeding to do too, so we need to reduce the load!

Butchers will take them if there's nothing else available.

Neddyusa

Any quotes for this week?

charolais0153

Neddyusa wrote: »

Any quotes for this week?

A slight rise i think

FarmerDougal

6€ base

charolais0153

€6.15/kg 19.2kg avg €118 avg

charolais0153

42kg well fleshed lambs made 119
44kg made 125.
At mart today

farming93

charolais0153 wrote: »

42kg well fleshed lambs made 119
44kg made 125.
At mart today

Many lambs there ? Will prices hold for another few weeks do you think ? Lamb thrive is pretty bad here between the poor start then the drought all my grass burnt up .

Lambman

Any quotes this week have about 17 till go and have about the same number in around the 42-43kg half ram half ewe lambs which I'd let go of the price outlook is poor.