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hogget ewes prices

  • 03-08-2011 9:27pm
    #1
    hedgecutting eddie
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    need to buy 50 hogget ewes to keep up no.s , just heard some people talking 200 euro ahead or more ,was always told to put the price of a lamb and a cull ewe to buy back a hogget ewe!!!!!!!! how do people expect to make a profit from these . will the price of lambs go through the roof later on with the price of cattle,

    is there anyone getting into sheep again


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  • #2
    snowman707
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,279 ✭✭✭snowman707


    hedgecutting eddie wrote: »
    need to buy 50 hogget ewes to keep up no.s , just heard some people talking 200 euro ahead or more ,was always told to put the price of a lamb and a cull ewe to buy back a hogget ewe!!!!!!!! how do people expect to make a profit from these . will the price of lambs go through the roof later on with the price of cattle,

    is there anyone getting into sheep again

    we sold culls at €114


    we are fully stocked , but I would buy ewe lambs between 100 to 110 before i would give 200 for shearlings

    some nice stock on done deal


  • #3
    Box09
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    210 for hoggets in Blessington this week!


  • #4
    eorna
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    box09, what were ewe lambs making in blessington?, around 44-45kg


  • #5
    caseih
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    in delvin today handy size hoggets 160-175euro...40-45kg ewe lambs 100-120 euro


  • #6
    easymoney!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭easymoney!


    caseih wrote: »
    in delvin today handy size hoggets 160-175euro...40-45kg ewe lambs 100-120 euro

    What was fat sheep and thin sheep making???


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  • #7
    Box09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 243 ✭✭Box09


    eorna wrote: »
    box09, what were ewe lambs making in blessington?, around 44-45kg

    Good ones suitable for breeding next year up to €130.


  • #8
    Sunset V
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    Ewes are looking about 2.80 - 3.00/kg which isn't too bad.

    Lambs are being quoted as high as €5.00/kg but though job to get them that high. More likely to get 4.80-4.90/kg. Factories aren't paying out on the full 22kg either, some are only going up to 17/18, push for weight over price it seems.


  • #9
    flatout11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭flatout11


    how do you make money off a hogget costing 200 euro?


  • #10
    caseih
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    easymoney! wrote: »
    What was fat sheep and thin sheep making???
    didnt wait to see the culls sellin,, started to rain,, there were only 20 r so in it....


  • #11
    Box09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 243 ✭✭Box09


    A good few pens of Hoggets made around 230 at Baltinglass mart on Saturday. The average types were commonly making 200. Ewe lambs 170 for good breeding types. Big money.


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  • #12
    johngalway
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    flatout11 wrote: »
    how do you make money off a hogget costing 200 euro?

    If prices hold for a couple of years you might, at that not a lot. If everyone and their mother are buying breeding sheep with the same intention then I can't see it happening. It's a gamble I don't think I'd take myself.


  • #13
    flatout11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 609 ✭✭✭flatout11


    johngalway wrote: »
    If prices hold for a couple of years you might, at that not a lot. If everyone and their mother are buying breeding sheep with the same intention then I can't see it happening. It's a gamble I don't think I'd take myself.

    there will be fellas spending a fortune on getting back into them, wont have made any investment in handling equipment on fencing and will up selling in a few years with a bad taste in there mouth again!!! the joys of farming :rolleyes: still if i was selling them i would be a happy farmer going chashing the cheque this year


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