Sheep marts

sea12

What sheep marts are on a Saturday apart from balintinglass. Want to sell some hoggets snd don't want to take day off work to sell them?

Jimbo789

Headford

orm0nd

mountbellow

Box09

sea12 wrote:

What sheep marts are on a Saturday apart from balintinglass. Want to sell some hoggets snd don't want to take day off work to sell them?

I can't understand why more marts haven't moved to Saturdays. I've been to Baltinglass but it is very inefficient and a poorly laid out mart

timjack

Looking for the same or evening marts. I see Newport in Tipperary has evening mart

Doctors room ghost

Box09 wrote: »

I can't understand why more marts haven't moved to Saturdays. I've been to Baltinglass but it is very inefficient and a poorly laid out mart

Truckers prefer the weekday mart where they can haul straight to the factory

ganmo

Box09 wrote: »

I can't understand why more marts haven't moved to Saturdays. I've been to Baltinglass but it is very inefficient and a poorly laid out mart

obviously they're getting enough business on the weekdays.
the factories accept lambs on sundays so they're not stuck just limited.

grayh0und

Dingle

Doctors room ghost

ganmo wrote: »

obviously they're getting enough business on the weekdays.
the factories accept lambs on sundays so they're not stuck just limited.

If you send them in on Sunday though wouldn’t they kill out light on Monday when they empty overnight

ganmo

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

If you send them in on Sunday though wouldn’t they kill out light on Monday when they empty overnight

they only empty out grass, and you shouldn't be sending lambs full of grass to the factory anyway.

Box09

Doctors room ghost wrote:

If you send them in on Sunday though wouldn’t they kill out light on Monday when they empty overnight

You should see the amount of lambs left in the factory the night before. It makes no difference to kill out

sea12

orm0nd wrote: »

mountbellow

What's mount bellew like. Many pens of sheep there normally. Is it a buyers mart or a sellers. In others words are there farmers buying there or just sheep agents for factories

thelegend1979

Mounbellew is a big mart. Its a good mart to sell stores or breeding sheep. Not enough men there for heavy or factory lambs.

charolais0153

thelegend1979 wrote: »

Mounbellew is a big mart. Its a good mart to sell stores or breeding sheep. Not enough men there for heavy or factory lambs.

Theres only one man to buy heavy lambs...

thelegend1979

Correct

sea12

thelegend1979 wrote: »

Correct

Just see Roscommon open aswell n a Saturday. Which would be better for selling hoggets?

J.O. Farmer

I don't know about mountbellew but Roscommon on a Saturday is a breeding sale. They have lamb sales on Wednesday.

They'd be good lowland sheep in Roscommon

memorystick

Is Baltinglass a good mart to buy store lambs in?

Box09

memorystick wrote:

Is Baltinglass a good mart to buy store lambs in?

It's ok. Very slow and the design of Mart and parking is terrible.

memorystick

It's the quality of the stock I'd be more concerned about.

thelegend1979

Quality of sheep wouldnt be as good in mountbellew so its easier to stand out with nice sheep there.

sea12

thelegend1979 wrote: »

Quality of sheep wouldnt be as good in mountbellew so its easier to stand out with nice sheep there.

But would u have many buyers there legend. Is it a busy mart?

thelegend1979

Plenty of buyers there for breeders. Neighbour was getting 140 for nice suffolk hoggets in tuam on a tuesday and got 169 for them in mounbellew 4 days later. Nice sheep sell very well there.

Aravo

ganmo wrote:

they only empty out grass, and you shouldn't be sending lambs full of grass to the factory anyway.

It amazing to see the amount of grass, nuts, etc that the factories have to deal with after opening the carcass. Wonder what happens to it. No matter it's the farmer that pays the cost of it.

Vandy West

Aravo wrote: »

It amazing to see the amount of grass, nuts, etc that the factories have to deal with after opening the carcass. Wonder what happens to it. No matter it's the farmer that pays the cost of it.

How long should they be left without feed to leave them empty?

sea12

Went to Roscommon. Very well run mart. Definitely the best and most efficient unloading system for sheep I've seen at any mart.

Big mart. Top price for Suffolk Hoggets 185€ few lots around 160 but vast majority around 130 -140 and lighter ones back to 110-120. Very good sheep in it.
2 and 3 year old ewes were cheap. 100- 120.

memorystick

Selling fat lambs in a few weeks time. Which is the best for me- Kilkenny, Baltinglass, Tullow or Roscrea? I got on well last year in Tullow. Bought in Baltinglass but it’s a Saturday. At least the others it would be straight to factory or butcher,?