Spring lamb prices

mrfitz · 18-08-2020 12:12PM

They're making from €95 to about €115 in Carnaross Mart this week.

paddysdream · 18-08-2020 12:48PM

k mac wrote: »

When killing lambs in the factory are you paid whatever the price is up to 21.5 kg and that's it. I mean is there any grading like EUROP with cattle, or just if you are getting say £5 euro a kg you get that regardless x21.5.

If you are going in on flat price then that's it.Some factories adjust price per kilo to reflect heavy lamb eg
Kildare 23 kg carcase at price of 5 euro to 21.5 pays 5 euro a kg to 21.5 so price before deductions is 107.50
Other factory might pay 4.67 to 23 kgs on same deal so max price is same.Makes no difference really.
As regards grading all lambs are graded but irrelevant on flat price unless p grade ( had one a few years ago but was expecting that) or maybe very overweight lamb of 30 kgs.Shouldnt really happen as that's just taking the p**s really letting a lamb get that heavy.
Grading seems rather light handed on flat price but bit different on producer group rates as they are paying on grade and fat score.
Here lambs 95% plus U grade on flat price but maybe 60/70 % on graded price .Fat score similar drop off sometimes.Really depends on what you selling, where you going and deal done.
Producer group grading etc brilliant when sheep plentiful and poorer demand but not hectic when lamb in demand and price rising with processors looking for stock
Well thats my take on it anyways

Box09 · 18-08-2020 02:06PM

5.20 Camolin

foxirl · 18-08-2020 06:45PM

Box09 wrote: »

5.20 Camolin

Is that base price or including qa

Box09 · 20-08-2020 03:00PM

That was including QA

weatherbyfoxer · 20-08-2020 04:29PM

chilling back killing sheep today.. put lambs in at 2.30 this afternoon..tongues seem to be out for them to get going again too

JJayoo · 20-08-2020 05:39PM

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

chilling back killing sheep today.. put lambs in at 2.30 this afternoon..tongues seem to be out for them to get going again too

Great news.

Have 16 obese culls ready to go

Farmer_3650 · 20-08-2020 05:54PM

5.15 in Ballyhaunis this morning for QA lambs.

paddysdream · 20-08-2020 07:18PM

weatherbyfoxer wrote: »

chilling back killing sheep today.. put lambs in at 2.30 this afternoon..tongues seem to be out for them to get going again too

Offered 5:30 for tomorrow for Chilling inc.QA.
Have none sorted so will wait and see for Monday.

Farmer_3650 · 20-08-2020 07:55PM

paddysdream wrote: »

Offered 5:30 for tomorrow for Chilling inc.QA.
Have none sorted so will wait and see for Monday.

Will all factories be increasing prices I wonder or is it just Kildare chilling desperate for lambs

paddysdream · 20-08-2020 08:30PM

Not too sure re price.
Agent rang to tell me they were back killing and mentioned the price.Didnt push him on it as not too panicked here with a good few gone and lots of grass.
Might as well try and run them all into full weight as with steady/ rising price and no meal bill weight gain is cheap at the moment

Tileman · 20-08-2020 09:57PM

paddysdream wrote: »

Offered 5:30 for tomorrow for Chilling inc.QA.
Have none sorted so will wait and see for Monday.

Do I know what weight? I have a few to go but like yourself not Sorted for tomorrow.

paddysdream · 20-08-2020 11:39PM

Tileman wrote: »

Do I know what weight? I have a few to go but like yourself not Sorted for tomorrow.

Assume 21.5 but to be honest never thought to ask as will wait till next week to sort a few

Tileman · 24-08-2020 06:40PM

paddysdream wrote: »

Assume 21.5 but to be honest never thought to ask as will wait till next week to sort a few

5.20 plus QA. Anyone hearing any better.

Farmer_3650 · 24-08-2020 06:48PM

Tileman wrote: »

5.20 plus QA. Anyone hearing any better.

Wheres that? I was getting 5.10 incl QA last week.

Tileman · 24-08-2020 09:46PM

Farmer_3650 wrote: »

Wheres that? I was getting 5.10 incl QA last week.

Midlands

JJayoo · 24-08-2020 10:50PM

Jjameson wrote: »

Go to the mart if they are heavy.

Kildare open again so they should be gone by end of the week

Tileman · 24-08-2020 11:10PM

JJayoo wrote: »

Kildare open again so they should be gone by end of the week

Never did well with culls in Kildare. Always did better in mart.

JJayoo · 25-08-2020 09:06PM

Tileman wrote: »

Never did well with culls in Kildare. Always did better in mart.

Well there gone on their holidays to Kildare now. Not sure what the prices are, got the call last minute, usually for ewes it's about 2.60/2.70

farming93 · 31-08-2020 09:33AM

Anyone prices for this week? Have about 20 lambs fifty plus kilo which I think I'll bring to the mart. Another 20 or so between 44 and 50 which I'll probably factory. Might be a bit more competition in the marts for the heavy lambs.

Tileman · 31-08-2020 01:41PM

farming93 wrote: »

Anyone prices for this week? Have about 20 lambs fifty plus kilo which I think I'll bring to the mart. Another 20 or so between 44 and 50 which I'll probably factory. Might be a bit more competition in the marts for the heavy lambs.

Yea absolutely. Shortage of heavy butcher lambs at the moment so they should do well on mart.

No update on price for this week. Got 5.20 last week. But that was last week and as Phil hogan would say a lot can change in a week.

JJayoo · 01-09-2020 07:23PM

JJayoo wrote: »

Well there gone on their holidays to Kildare now. Not sure what the prices are, got the call last minute, usually for ewes it's about 2.60/2.70

Well thought they had gone to Kildare somehow ended up in Athleague....shocking prices, when a thick fat mountain ewe weighing 75kg has a carcass weight of 19kg there is something up

White Clover · 01-09-2020 07:57PM

JJayoo wrote: »

Well thought they had gone to Kildare somehow ended up in Athleague....shocking prices, when a thick fat mountain ewe weighing 75kg has a carcass weight of 19kg there is something up

Nearly all classes of sheep are a better trade in the marts at present.

Robson99 · 01-09-2020 08:20PM

JJayoo wrote: »

Well thought they had gone to Kildare somehow ended up in Athleague....shocking prices, when a thick fat mountain ewe weighing 75kg has a carcass weight of 19kg there is something up

Jasus something wrong there.
A 50kg mountain lamb would kill out 23kg + with meal

Tileman · 01-09-2020 09:52PM

Heard of 5.50 for lambs today and even 5.60 . What’s driving the price or is all a pyramid scheme.

Store lambs are on fire. Would be reluctant to but at moment as you might not get much more for a finished lamb in 2 months.

wrangler · 02-09-2020 07:59AM

Tileman wrote: »

Heard of 5.50 for lambs today and even 5.60 . What’s driving the price or is all a pyramid scheme.

Store lambs are on fire. Would be reluctant to but at moment as you might not get much more for a finished lamb in 2 months.

The conversion to dairying has to be starting to bite, a good few big suppliers in our lamb producer group are gone now.
I'd rather be producing sheep here now than depending on dairy farmers for my store cattle such is the quality

eire23 · 02-09-2020 10:32AM

wrangler wrote: »

The conversion to dairying has to be starting to bite, a good few big suppliers in our lamb producer group are gone now.
I'd rather be producing sheep here now than depending on dairy farmers for my store cattle such is the quality

Only possible downside is I can see a lot of people getting into sheep if these prices kept up. Although maybe (hopefully) I'm wrong and most sane people don't want the hassle!

Tileman · 02-09-2020 11:34AM

eire23 wrote: »

Only possible downside is I can see a lot of people getting into sheep if these prices kept up. Although maybe (hopefully) I'm wrong and most sane people don't want the hassle!

Yea that’s what generally happens. I sold Hoggets to two new entrants this year.

farming93 · 02-09-2020 12:46PM

The big lads who had sheep numbers here have converted to dairying. There's not a quarter of sheep farmers here as there was a number of years ago. I don't know what it's like anywhere else though.

Siamsa Sessions · 02-09-2020 01:03PM

farming93 wrote: »

The big lads who had sheep numbers here have converted to dairying. There's not a quarter of sheep farmers here as there was a number of years ago. I don't know what it's like anywhere else though.

Lowland here and not too many sheep farmers in general, so any dairy converts have tended to be from the beef side of things.

Maybe they're all starting to realise now that sheep are a good compliment to cows and dairy farmers will pay big money for ewe lambs and hoggets

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