Spring lamb prices

Green farmer · 08-12-2018 4:58pm

Crystal ball time alright. Yes they’ll be expensive and scarce. They’ll have to be. Main reason is the gap won’t be plugged from Uk as they’ve even higher looses there. But flip side is meal. Coming in at €320 a tonne around these parts. So get out a pencil and do the figures. Lucky I had a small paddock with grass in it, so took my small runty ewes lambs and tucking them away for the next month of two. All other lambs ( male and big females ) are being mealed near Adlib. Funny to observe, much more the batch of males eat in comparison to the batch of females. Even think it’s harder to fatten the females as they don’t just tuck away enough to get to the higher factory weights.

arctictree · 08-12-2018 5:26pm

Just weighed the last few lambs I have left over. Have a nice bunch of ewe lambs at about 43kg. Nice to see they put on a bit of weight over the autumn on grass only. Good few pet lambs in that bunch. I think I'll hold on until Jan and sell them then.

Then I've a raggedy bunch of 8 wethers ranging from 25 to 45kg. Not sure what to do with them. Might wait until scanning and head to the Mart with them and the empties.

Young95 · 09-12-2018 4:18pm

Any quotes for Monday?

Green farmer · 11-12-2018 5:20pm

Any quote updates ? Was quoted €5.00 ,which sounded abit low.

early_riser · 11-12-2018 7:13pm

Green farmer wrote: »

Any quote updates ? Was quoted €5.00 ,which sounded abit low.

Quotes back 5-10 c this week most places seemly

Green farmer · 12-12-2018 6:39pm

Anyone in a factory Lairage this week, are they empty or full ?

sheepfarmer92 · 12-12-2018 8:17pm

Green farmer wrote: »

Anyone in a factory Lairage this week, are they empty or full ?

Aul lad said navan was empty today, can't get sheep yet still trying to pull the price by ten cents, if there's to be a future in farming at all, these factories really need to cop the f*@k on

Dickie10 · 12-12-2018 11:02pm

lads thats a sign they know there feck all sheep for after xmas. they know they are going to have to pay for them then and are now hoping lads will cash there few lambs in now either way for xmas money

Willfarman · 12-12-2018 11:32pm

I’m not sure. I’m moving on anything this week that’ll kill 20 kg + to be fcked as thrive is all out of a meal bag now.

Lambman · 13-12-2018 6:15pm

Dickie10 wrote: »

lads thats a sign they know there feck all sheep for after xmas. they know they are going to have to pay for them then and are now hoping lads will cash there few lambs in now either way for xmas money

My thoughts exactly hopefully we will be proved right as I've 62 lambs I bought 3 weeks ago just starting till gain a bit at the minute that's the last buying I'll be doing this year.

Lambman · 14-12-2018 12:15pm

Anybody getting any feed back on fluke from the factorys?

Green farmer · 14-12-2018 2:14pm

Lambman wrote: »

Anybody getting any feed back on fluke from the factorys?

@greysides ?

Western Pomise · 14-12-2018 6:33pm

Lambman wrote: »

Anybody getting any feed back on fluke from the factorys?

You would imagine it should not be too prevalent yet anyway....here in West the weather has only got wet in last 3 weeks,downpours of rain a few days but before that October and most of November were dry.Wet land is getting wet now though iykwim.

sea12 · 15-12-2018 6:16pm

Was in Mary today. Very quiet with weather. Prices generally around 2.10- 2.20 per kg. Allot of very light stores. Lads clearing them off before Xmas.

Willfarman · 15-12-2018 8:38pm

Good aul Mary

razor8 · 15-12-2018 9:58pm

sea12 wrote: »

Was in Mary today. Very quiet with weather. Prices generally around 2.10- 2.20 per kg. Allot of very light stores. Lads clearing them off before Xmas.

Was that before or after you went to mart

Sami23 · 15-12-2018 11:10pm

sea12 wrote: »

Was in Mary today. Very quiet with weather. Prices generally around 2.10- 2.20 per kg. Allot of very light stores. Lads clearing them off before Xmas.

Oh Mary ðŸ˜

Green farmer · 17-12-2018 12:19pm

Any movement on prices this week ?

Willfarman · 17-12-2018 6:34pm

There’s more movement on Mary

Lano Lynn · 17-12-2018 10:53pm

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=12178173&fbclid=IwAR0QooVk1BPEsOouUzd4ZN7fVAzcg6rcJbPVUxOxakrEuh2IGvJa1tKW5NE

this leaves me with more questions than answers

Green farmer · 17-12-2018 11:35pm

Lano Lynn wrote: »

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/article.cfm?c_id=16&objectid=12178173&fbclid=IwAR0QooVk1BPEsOouUzd4ZN7fVAzcg6rcJbPVUxOxakrEuh2IGvJa1tKW5NE

this leaves me with more questions than answers

Separately, Was thinking lately, potatoes yields are down 30% this year and we’ve witnessed prices more then doubling. I believe lamb numbers must be down by a huge percentage with losses this spring both here and across the water, yet prices are stagnant ??? go figure !!!

charolais0153 · 17-12-2018 11:45pm

Green farmer wrote: »

Separately, Was thinking lately, potatoes yields are down 30% this year and we’ve witnessed prices more then doubling. I believe lamb numbers must be down by a huge percentage with losses this spring both here and across the water, yet prices are stagnant ??? go figure !!!

Lambs arent scarce yet though. Be over 6 euro in 6 weeks id say

148multi · 18-12-2018 2:10pm

sea12 wrote: »

Was in Mary today. Very quiet with weather. Prices generally around 2.10- 2.20 per kg. Allot of very light stores. Lads clearing them off before Xmas.

Was that mountmary ðŸ˜

Sheepman2 · 02-01-2019 9:35pm

What's the price at now

razor8 · 02-01-2019 9:52pm

5.15 flat to 23 I heard going

Sheepman2 · 02-01-2019 10:18pm

Starting to creep up,wonder will we get near €6

paddysdream · 02-01-2019 10:22pm

Sheepman2 wrote: »

What's the price at now

5:20 to 23 kgs today(QA inc.)

kk.man · 02-01-2019 10:24pm

paddysdream wrote: »

5:20 to 23 kgs today(QA inc.)

Where was that? (Nice)

paddysdream · 02-01-2019 10:48pm

kk.man wrote: »

Where was that? (Nice)

Kildare today

sheepfarmer92 · 02-01-2019 10:53pm

Same price as above in navan today

Spring lamb prices

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