Spring lamb prices

Green farmer · 03-12-2018 1:26pm

wrangler wrote: »

A lot of losses this spring in England, whether it's enough to make a difference or not, as usual we're depending on someone elses' catastrophe,
Last time we were paid properly for lambs was the English Foot and mouth

Sad, but true

early_riser · 03-12-2018 4:38pm

Got a text from tullow mart looking for store lambs over 40kg and ram lambs over 32kg for tomorrow

ganmo · 03-12-2018 4:42pm

early_riser wrote: »

Got a text from tullow mart looking for store lambs over 40kg and ram lambs over 32kg for tomorrow

thats a nice bit of notice isn't it

davidk1394 · 04-12-2018 10:59am

Got quoted €5.15 a kg. Any idea what we’ll fleshed cull ewes are making ?

Green farmer · 04-12-2018 12:09pm

Lads, what k.o percentages can I expect to get out of finished lambs. Have a good layer of fat as getting near 1kg of meal over last 4-6 weeks.

wrangler · 04-12-2018 1:48pm

Green farmer wrote: »

Lads, what k.o percentages can I expect to get out of finished lambs. Have a good layer of fat as getting near 1kg of meal over last 4-6 weeks.

We'd be getting 48 -50% of empty weight when they're 6 weeks on ad lib,
They'd be weighed after being three hrs starved in a yard, They'd have no balls or tails either

kk.man · 04-12-2018 2:02pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Got quoted €5.15 a kg. Any idea what we’ll fleshed cull ewes are making ?

That s some jump. Lambs must be scarce .!

davidk1394 · 04-12-2018 3:01pm

kk.man wrote: »

That s some jump. Lambs must be scarce .!

Got 5.20. Price is going to sky rocket.

Cran · 04-12-2018 6:03pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Got 5.20. Price is going to sky rocket.

Was offered that Friday, even when told them someone going into hospital this week was out, said are you sure can’t bring some

Green farmer · 04-12-2018 6:08pm

Cran wrote: »

Was offered that Friday, even when told them someone going into hospital this week was out, said are you sure can’t bring some

I can remember a few months ago ringing factory buyers mobile when they were plentiful and if the factory was full up, they wouldn’t answer their phone.

davidk1394 · 04-12-2018 7:08pm

Green farmer wrote: »

I can remember a few months ago ringing factory buyers mobile when they were plentiful and if the factory was full up, they wouldn’t answer their phone.

A neighbor finishes thousands of lambs and has sheds full at the moment. 2 factories came to him with supply agreements. They said they’d pay an extra 20/30c a kg on top of the quote to hold them until a certain month

wrangler · 04-12-2018 7:57pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

A neighbor finishes thousands of lambs and has sheds full at the moment. 2 factories came to him with supply agreements. They said they’d pay an extra 20/30c a kg on top of the quote to hold them until a certain month

If they're referring to the quotes on IFJ/indo they'd be better to keep their options open, because that'd be available anyway. They're always acting the brat on those quotes, ICM especially
Today the quotes are 4.80/4.90, you're talking about getting 5.20. QED

razor8 · 04-12-2018 8:29pm

davidk1394 wrote: »

Got 5.20. Price is going to sky rocket.

Is that to 22.5?

wrangler · 04-12-2018 8:40pm

razor8 wrote: »

Is that to 22.5?

Some are paying to 23kg......or so I'm told, Shouldn't believe the Lords Prayer outa some don't ya know

Willfarman · 04-12-2018 9:56pm

5.10 to 22.5kg was paid by icm today for a largish bunch of lambs but most of us mortals were in at 5.00. However the lairage was empty and lambs were going straight from the trailer to the line. Great to see and interstimg times ahead.

Our farther who art in heaven ........

Lambman · 04-12-2018 10:03pm

Got a phone call last Friday till go till the mart on Saturday and buy lambs between 40kg and factory weight for a dealer who couldn't make it so they knew this was coming and I'd imagine that's it's gonna be on the up for a while... left him a near 13k bill on Saturday so I won't be back for him if price doesn't hold haha.

farming93 · 04-12-2018 10:40pm

Lambman wrote: »

Got a phone call last Friday till go till the mart on Saturday and buy lambs between 40kg and factory weight for a dealer who couldn't make it so they knew this was coming and I'd imagine that's it's gonna be on the up for a while... left him a near 13k bill on Saturday so I won't be back for him if price doesn't hold haha.

Imagine if he planted you with that bill and said he never asked you to buy them for him wouldn't you be sick haha

razor8 · 04-12-2018 11:33pm

Tried to buy stores for friend last few weeks. Prices are gone through the roof

32kg making 80 plus & nothing special

Lambman · 05-12-2018 12:57am

I was given a heads up on what he was happy till pay and how many he needed so I'd say he's happy he got them... I actually know he's happy he got them I'd say lamb will hit €5.5 per 22kg or if they start paying till 23kg the equivalent.

farming93 · 05-12-2018 9:32am

Will that be long term or just in the run up to Christmas do you think ?

ganmo · 05-12-2018 10:44am

farming93 wrote: »

Will that be long term or just in the run up to Christmas do you think ?

they'll try to pull back after christmas

razor8 · 05-12-2018 11:25am

Lambman wrote: »

I was given a heads up on what he was happy till pay and how many he needed so I'd say he's happy he got them... I actually know he's happy he got them I'd say lamb will hit €5.5 per 22kg or if they start paying till 23kg the equivalent.

You must of Bought every Lamb in mart

Lambman · 05-12-2018 3:22pm

Bought 134... most I give was €105 for 48.2kg ewe lambs rest were lighter and a good few ram lambs aswell

Green farmer · 07-12-2018 7:47pm

Any quotes for prices next week ?

Oldira · 08-12-2018 1:08am

Have a few store lambs left. From 25-40kg. What sort of price are they going. Have no grass to finish

razor8 · 08-12-2018 9:49am

Oldira wrote: »

Have a few store lambs left. From 25-40kg. What sort of price are they going. Have no grass to finish

What breeds? What part of country are you?

Dickie10 · 08-12-2018 2:40pm

if u could i would shed them on straw or peat and build up to ad lib with hay and plenty of clean fresh water

eorna · 08-12-2018 2:56pm

Have a collection of lambs here as well.. was thinking of selling the small ones (25-30kg) as stores but with the prices rising i am tempted to keep at them.
Some have small frame so hard to know the best thing to do..
Lambs wont b coming in as need silage and straw for ewes..
Then again if i can get a reasonable price at mart be better off in the bank and fatten the decent frame ones here..
Hard to know..

wrangler · 08-12-2018 3:14pm

eorna wrote: »

Have a collection of lambs here as well.. was thinking of selling the small ones (25-30kg) as stores but with the prices rising i am tempted to keep at them.
Some have small frame so hard to know the best thing to do..
Lambs wont b coming in as need silage and straw for ewes..
Then again if i can get a reasonable price at mart be better off in the bank and fatten the decent frame ones here..
Hard to know..

Hard to know is right, you'd need a crystal ball, I can't believe there isn't a lot of lambs out there with the turn people got outa them last year.
Less lambs killed this year, are they still out there or were they killed in the snow.

eorna · 08-12-2018 3:27pm

wrangler wrote: »

Hard to know is right, you'd need a crystal ball, I can't believe there isn't a lot of lambs out there with the turn people got outa them last year.
Less lambs killed this year, are they still out there or were they killed in the snow.

I think there was a lot of losses between snow, droughts... a hard year...
it hasnt reflected yet but surely they will have to be scarce sometime...maybe we will see it from now on...(uk got bad beating too so be harder for factories to keep that tap flowing..)
Crystal ball be handy alright...
Still scratching my head over what to do with the runts...

Spring lamb prices

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