Blessington Mart hosted its weekly sheep sale on Tuesday, with strong demand reported across the sections.
Speaking after the sale, mart manager John Doyle said: “There was very strong trade for all types of spring lambs. Cast ewes and fat hoggets remain similar to last week, with nearly a full clearance.”
This lot of nine Texel spring lambs had an average weight of 44kg and sold for €157/head.
As mentioned by John, strongest trade was for spring lambs, which sold up to €169/head. These started at €138/head, with the general go for average lambs hitting in or around that €150/head mark.
This is up €5 on the previous week, with better-quality stock up in the region of €9.
These five Texel spring lambs had an average weight of 48kg and sold for €163/head.
Fit hoggets came into a similar trade, with prices starting at €140 and moving up to €168 for heavier lots. This price is much the same as last week, with lots selling for €100 to €116 over the €/kg.
This pen of 14 Suffolk-cross hogget ewes had an average weight of 53kg and sold for €168/head.
Heavy ewes were plentiful and met with a good demand throughout, selling from €132 to €162. Lighter ewes found it harder to get up the money, with prices starting at €88 per head and rising to €126.
This hogget Suffolk ewe with lamb at foot weighed 76kg and sold for €220.
There was a number of ewes with single lambs at foot on offer. These started at €160/head for older ewes, but the young ewes or hogget ewes with good-quality lambs at foot sold up to €300/head.
This lot of five Charollais ewes with single lambs at foot sold for €280.
Blessington Mart hosted its weekly sheep sale on Tuesday, with strong demand reported across the sections.
Speaking after the sale, mart manager John Doyle said: “There was very strong trade for all types of spring lambs. Cast ewes and fat hoggets remain similar to last week, with nearly a full clearance.”
This lot of nine Texel spring lambs had an average weight of 44kg and sold for €157/head.
As mentioned by John, strongest trade was for spring lambs, which sold up to €169/head. These started at €138/head, with the general go for average lambs hitting in or around that €150/head mark.
This is up €5 on the previous week, with better-quality stock up in the region of €9.
These five Texel spring lambs had an average weight of 48kg and sold for €163/head.
Fit hoggets came into a similar trade, with prices starting at €140 and moving up to €168 for heavier lots. This price is much the same as last week, with lots selling for €100 to €116 over the €/kg.
This pen of 14 Suffolk-cross hogget ewes had an average weight of 53kg and sold for €168/head.
Heavy ewes were plentiful and met with a good demand throughout, selling from €132 to €162. Lighter ewes found it harder to get up the money, with prices starting at €88 per head and rising to €126.
This hogget Suffolk ewe with lamb at foot weighed 76kg and sold for €220.
There was a number of ewes with single lambs at foot on offer. These started at €160/head for older ewes, but the young ewes or hogget ewes with good-quality lambs at foot sold up to €300/head.
This lot of five Charollais ewes with single lambs at foot sold for €280.
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