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    #362
    Jonnyc135
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Jonnyc135


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119180629#Comment_119180629

    Just went onto LSL after I seen your posts not many store lambs in Stanolar mart this evening, good few ewes with lambs though. There still knocking about at around €200 a piece depending on age and strength of lamb, but if I was you I look for ewes already sheared save you the hassle - 10 ewes fleeces at 2kg a fleece wouldn't even get you and your missus a 99 cone.



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    #363
    memorystick
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    Will there be many lads buying them this year? Trade is good but meal will be expensive.



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    #364
    tabby aspreme
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    Looking at Tullow mart online, 35-39 kgs making 100 with the weight, fat lamb's making 115-120 with the weight, margin would be small even if finished off grass alone.



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    Bleating Lamb
    Registered Users Posts: 4,669 ✭✭✭Bleating Lamb


    Didn't the fat lambs take a jump back in price last week?



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    #366
    Dickie10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    yeah ill buy again , prices will come back once we get into september. grass will disapeer quick from mid august this year with not much fertiliser spread.



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    #367
    Kevhog1988
    Registered Users Posts: 4,011 ✭✭✭Kevhog1988


    Some prices in Drumshambo for stores last Thursday

    11 lambs €68 @26kg

    56 lambs €115 @36.5kg



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    #368
    Bleating Lamb
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    Wonder will it be another ten days to fortnight before men that have got hay/silage saved off meadows in last few good spells will be coming into the market to buy store lambs?......is there much nice aftergrass coming from the midlands down to Southeast?



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    #369
    tabby aspreme
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    Screenshot_20220712-123644.jpg

    Some price's from Tullow yesterday



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    #370
    Young95
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    I think light store are gona be a terrible trade this year if your selling. If your buying there will be value got !



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    #371
    Country lad
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭Country lad


    sold 60 lambs yesterday to a neighbour of mine as he buys them every year probally averaged about 34 kg and got 97 euro for them happy enough.kept the heaviest and smallest lambs myself as its great to have a good customer for my store lambs .



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    #372
    memorystick
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    Are stores a good trade this year? I haven't been in the mart yet.



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    #373
    White Clover
    Registered Users Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭White Clover


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119621511#Comment_119621511

    If you're buying, there was better value a couple of weeks back. I heard today that there was a much better trade in Macroom yesterday.



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    #374
    Dickie10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    bought 51 last week 38kg averaged 102 eur. reseeded 20 acre field so didnt go to kerry this year, bought a batch of 25kg lambs last year in it and lost a few, ill never buy anything under 32 kg again , trying get stronger lambs from now on. no money in dead ones.



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    #375
    Jonnyc135
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Jonnyc135


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119648631#Comment_119648631

    Was hard get 32kg lambs last year at fair value though, I ended up having to buy lighter ones too as didn't want spending over 100 euro for store lambs over 30kg. Luckily they went very well for me, but bought full bred texel ewe store lambs this year at 30kg for 85 euro a piece 8bweeks ago and there averaging 41kg now already



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    #376
    Dickie10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    thats good business



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    #377
    memorystick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭memorystick


    That’s serious thrive. I thought a kg per week was good. Fair play



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    #378
    daviddenis
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭daviddenis


    Bought light lambs 25/30kg. Puting them into shed with bale and trading them to eat. Shearing and dosing them.

    Would you hetevac p them?



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    #379
    Jonnyc135
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Jonnyc135


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119918810#Comment_119918810

    I would always heptavac, especially important if shearing them as they will be more suseptible to the cold even in doors. More than pays for itself with the cost of a few dead ones.

    Will take serious amount of meal now to finnish them lambs. They will at least eat minimum a kilo of meal each a day, and should be gaining minimum 1kg weight a week providing the have a decent frame. My advice would be if they are smallish and don't have a frame that could hold 22kg dead weight then leave them outside and throw your best silage as well as a decent grass field at them and try get a frame on them of at least 35kg before fattening on full meal in the shed.



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    #380
    Dickie10
    Registered Users Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭Dickie10


    lost a few lambs to sudden death so heptavp plus everything last weekend, i must have a growing problem of pasteurllia here the last few years so im going to do all lambs on the farm in mid august when weaned from now on and all stores bought in



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    #381
    kk.man
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119942540#Comment_119942540

    I lost 4 last year and they got one shot. I have done the two this year.



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    #382
    daviddenis
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭daviddenis


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    It will be interesting I'm going to weigh mine after shear them and weight them after every 30 weeks. I'll see how get on. Pure gamble. 🙈



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    #383
    Jonnyc135
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Jonnyc135


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119945420#Comment_119945420

    30 days I presume, heed be fairly tuff after 30 weeks.



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    #384
    wrangler
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119945001#Comment_119945001

    one shot runs out after a couple month and is never as strong as two shots



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    #385
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭kk.man


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119946757#Comment_119946757

    Yes those died about 10 weeks after the injection.



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    #386
    memorystick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭memorystick


    Are lads feeding much meal at the minute? Only bought 30 this year as I've too many cattle. Was thinking of feeding 3 bags a week for 2 months. What are lads paying for bagged meal at the minute? The grass has been great so far.



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    #387
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭kk.man


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119986700#Comment_119986700

    Did you see this utube vlog https://youtu.be/8F6ogprLD2c

    very interesting ... I'd say not many in a rush to feed till price vastly improves. If price doesn't go up to justify feeding then going to have an overhang of hoggets in the spring which will also damage the spring lamb trade.



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    #388
    Jonnyc135
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Jonnyc135


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119988821#Comment_119988821

    Yeah will be interesting to see the hogget carryover this year



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    #389
    memorystick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,594 ✭✭✭memorystick


    A nice shed and race.



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    #390
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,552 ✭✭✭kk.man


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119989698#Comment_119989698

    Lovely operation.....You wouldn't want to build it on the returns of the store lamb trade.



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    #391
    Jonnyc135
    Registered Users Posts: 1,023 ✭✭✭Jonnyc135


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119990362#Comment_119990362

    Definitely not this year, since 2018 there has been fairly decent returns. This year is an absolute disaster, the worst year I have ever seen for store lambs meal up on 13 euro a bag and with the dire prices at the factory now, you called it spot on the carryover into next spring with hogget's for factory will be something fierce and it will F'Up the Easter early lamb trade, where producers will also get hole opened with meal feeding ewes 20% protein nuts indoors.



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