Live export of ram lambs

cattle man

Anyone here anything yet about export for ram lambs

Collection points ?
Price etc.?

Bleating Lamb

Was in Manorhamilton mart yesterday and one of the tanglers was saying that he 'heard' it's going opening up in a few weeks for lighter lambs.

He had very sketchy details!....but it would be a help if it came...what/where did you hear about it?

cattle man

Heard there going to be collecting for EID Muslim festival.

Ram lambs 40 kilos up to 50.

Heard a price 2.2 a kilo something similar to this time last year.

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Was in Manorhamilton mart yesterday and one of the tanglers was saying that he 'heard' it's going opening up in a few weeks for lighter lambs.

He had very sketchy details!....but it would be a help if it came...what/where did you hear about it?

spudeater

Have heard they are set up but price is too steep at present

J.O. Farmer

cattle man wrote: »

Heard there going to be collecting for EID Muslim festival.

Ram lambs 40 kilos up to 50.

Heard a price 2.2 a kilo something similar to this time last year.

Unfortunately I don't think that's true. Eid is the festival at the end of Ramadan and Ramadan was in May this year. I think it's a bit soon for next years festival too.

Green farmer

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

Unfortunately I don't think that's true. Eid is the festival at the end of Ramadan and Ramadan was in May this year. I think it's a bit soon for next years festival too.

Are there two big festivals that create demand or just one ? Remember lads ringing around this time last year looking for ram lambs ( so I thought two) ? I know the dates move each year.

J.O. Farmer

Green farmer wrote: »

Are there two big festivals that create demand or just one ? Remember lads ringing around this time last year looking for ram lambs ( so I thought two) ? I know the dates move each year.

I've just googled it and apparently you're right there is eid al-adha at the end of august though that seems to move too so cattle man could be right.

I think Ramadan keeps moving earlier in the year each year so I think it was closer round now last year.

Green farmer

Just as well these festivals create the demand, because was fair disappointed with the Easter demand this year.

orm0nd

J.O. Farmer wrote: »

I've just googled it and apparently you're right there is eid al-adha at the end of august though that seems to move too so cattle man could be right.

I think Ramadan keeps moving earlier in the year each year so I think it was closer round now last year.

just 1 point the earlier that ramadan moves the demand will be a little less

razor8

Was 1st of September last year that I sold lambs to shipper

kk.man

Green farmer wrote: »

Just as well these festivals create the demand, because was fair disappointed with the Easter demand this year.

Easter lamb is finished the factories saw to that...no one around here doing it anymore. Between using hoggets or imported UK lambs they killed the trade. One good thing about Brexit might see factories change their tune in relation to importation of lamb.

Green farmer

kk.man wrote: »

Easter lamb is finished the factories saw to that...

some factories were worse then others in recent times. Hard to have any respect for the ones that did it most.

Farmer_3650

Wanted: 10,000 ram lambs for export @agrilandIreland
http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/wanted-10000-ram-lambs-for-export/

razor8

Farmer_3650 wrote: »

Wanted: 10,000 ram lambs for export @agrilandIreland
http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/wanted-10000-ram-lambs-for-export/

much needed

farawaygrass

Will they be buying in most marts?

razor8

farawaygrass wrote: »

Will they be buying in most marts?

usually have collection points advertised on done deal in different parts of the country. they have there own weigher that holds 10 lambs at a time

cattle man

razor8 wrote: »

usually have collection points advertised on done deal in different parts of the country. they have there own weigher that holds 10 lambs at a time

How did you find them last year razor ?

Were you happy with weights etc ?

razor8

No problems, paid by electronic transfer and lambs were weighed on digital scales full as ticks in the evening time

cattle man

razor8 wrote: »

No problems, paid by electronic transfer and lambs were weighed on digital scales full as ticks in the evening time

Good to here. I'm aiming to get a lot of my ram lambs away on it over next two weeks.

roosky

cattle man wrote: »

Good to here. I'm aiming to get a lot of my ram lambs away on it over next two weeks.

I see they wont take lambs that dont have tails, that will surely catch a lot of lads

razor8

roosky wrote: »

I see they wont take lambs that dont have tails, that will surely catch a lot of lads

That's a preference, they'll still take them. Did last year anyway

Hard Knocks

razor8 wrote: »

That's a preference, they'll still take them. Did last year anyway

Heard the quarantine period is 21 days, would they lose much weight?
Wonder would they look to export for Ramadan or would the lambs be too soft

razor8

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Heard the quarantine period is 21 days, would they lose much weight?
Wonder would they look to export for Ramadan or would the lambs be too soft

Not sure what you mean. The lambs aren't closed up for 21 days. You just can't buy other sheep in for 21 days or even bring sheep to mart and bring home unsold

Green farmer

How soon after you hand the sheep over are they killed ? Is it a boat their put on or airplane ? You'd imagine they'd have to feed them for a day or two if long boat journey to stop em loosing weight ?

farawaygrass

I have ram lambs that suit the specc now. I was going to go to the mart Monday, but will them buyers not be there? Also a few have very dirty tail ends as there were on after grass for 3 weeks, would that matter?

Hard Knocks

razor8 wrote: »

Not sure what you mean. The lambs aren't closed up for 21 days. You just can't buy other sheep in for 21 days or even bring sheep to mart and bring home unsold

Mentioned to someone before, that Turkey is good for weanling trade, pity there wasn't something similar for lambs.
Their quote was the 21 day quarantine leaves it difficult.
Personally I feel we need more alternatives than factory for early lambs

roosky

They are collecting lambs in cavan next monday

Sheep breeder

Sold lambs to Wicklow cattle company last year out of the trailer on the scales full weight and up on the Lorry to Paris and paid into the bank,the lambs go by road down to be fed and then killed for the festival.

Green farmer

What date is the festival starting and finishing this year ?

cattle man

Going with lambs this week for export.

How did ye that went last year get on we're they sticky on flesh cover ?

roosky

cattle man wrote: »

Going with lambs this week for export.

How did ye that went last year get on we're they sticky on flesh cover ?

It was very straight forward last year but the arabs are meant to be here this time so that might change things,

Any ram lamb i have above 40 kg is going if they dont want a few of them so be it