Spring lamb prices

46 ram lambs Going Tuesday 7.50 to 23kgs including Qa.....not sure we're lorry man takes them possible kepak

All Dorset x lambs ewes and weathers . One lot is 40 kilos another 45 and another 48. All have flesh besides a few in the 40 kilo group.

Any factory quotes for monday

I have something similar here..my withdrawal date is 6th January but it's for the shower dip. I'm waiting till it's up.

If you bring them to the mart you will have to announce it. Agents might see this as a way to knock the price. If you fail to announce then your qa could be in jeopardy.

Mart would be a better place agents, butcher and wholesaler competing.

I think butchers etc in marts creates competition for the heavy lambs. I see beef and lamb prices have taking a hit in the UK now that Christmas demand is over but like yourself I had to consider the withdrawal dates.

I doubt if anyone will guarantee you that you'll get enough protection with one vaccination.

When we used to have 8 - 900 lambs we used to wait until we lost 2 or 3 lambs that were confirmed clostridial. We'd then give them all one vaccine then as they'd only have a few mths to go and it'd be enough. Some years we wouldn't even need to do them once.

When are factories finishing up & starting again?

7:30 in Kildare and 7:20 in ICM to 23kgs for today .Thats QA included .

Obviously went with the higher quote .Shifted last of the ram lambs here along with a few ewe lambs .Ewe lambs should kill in or around full pay weight .Rams vary from mostly decent to about half a dozen that I would be happy to see anything in excess of 17kgs on the returns .On meal a good while so bit pointless hanging to the few small ones .

Trade seems to have stalled somewhat recently .Last few lots were 7:40 ,7:45 ,7:50 and 7:30 .

Getting it hard to get enough staff that are covid free

€7.30 to 23kg

hood price. It takes a good bit of meal to finish on s this time of year. Have 25 left and in two minds rather to finish them , let them off as stores or just keep them ticking over u til April. I always find it useful to have a few to. Graze off the wild bird cover. It away from farm yard so does t really suit ewes.

Where that for

I’m not surprised. I left 24 off last week abs was lucky to get a pen the night before. Lairage was well busy. Still the market is sound and numbers won’t be that plentiful in a month or so.

The problem I would find with the 30kg ones at this time of the year is twofold. They must have been poor doers/runts and at that weight its more difficult to move into higher weights. I think there is more value in the ones up at the higher weights. If you look at the trend in prices for the last number of years prices stall/decline around this time but February they accelerate again. That is almost a certainty because the lambs are not here or in the UK.

The best way to finish those light types imo is to put them on good grass and they would be ready by April.

Some of them can be great buying. They can have serious compensatory growth. If you had grass they would be finished for the end of March.