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Sheep price update: trade starts the week on a solid footing
Darren Carty
Base quotes continue to range from €6.00/kg to €6.20/kg, with quality assured lambs trading anywhere from €6.20/kg to €6.50/kg.
Sheep price update: trade starts the week on a solid footing
Sheep mart prices: light hill lambs meeting a challenging trade
20 September 2023 Markets
Sheep mart prices: light hill lambs meeting a challenging trade
Numbers of Scottish Blackface lambs coming on stream are steadily increasing, but, unfortunately, light hill lambs are meeting a very difficult trade.
NI Trends: beef prices rise as demand exceed supply
20 September 2023 Markets
NI Trends: beef prices rise as demand exceed supply
Beef prices in Northern Ireland are rising as factories chase numbers.
Camera at the Mart: Mules a terrific trade in Tuam with tops of €268
The Mule Lanark group’s annual sale saw hot demand for all class of lambs and ewes in Tuam last Friday.
20 September 2023 Markets
Sheep Trends: trade steady at €6.20/kg to €6.30/kg
The dynamics of supply and demand are finely balanced, with agents remaining keen for good-quality well fleshed lambs.
20 September 2023 Markets
Priorview flock takes supreme champion at Irish Suffolk Sheep Society premier
Shanon Kinahan reports from the Irish Suffolk Sheep Society premier sale, which was held in Roscrea Mart last month.
20 September 2023 Pedigree
Sheep prices: base quotes remain unchanged at €6/kg to €6.20/kg
Quality assured lambs are trading upwards of €6.20/kg, with top prices including bonus payments rising to €6.30/kg to €6.40/kg.
18 September 2023 Markets
Aussies waltzing into UK market
Three months into the UK-Australia trade deal, beef and lamb volumes are on the increase.
15 September 2023 News
Camera at the Mart: Mule ewe lambs sell to £198 at Aghanloo
Some Mule ewe lambs that were smaller or less well marked sold for well under £90 (€105).
13 September 2023 Markets
NI Trends: price deals on offer as cattle tighten; lamb trade holding steady
With cattle numbers harder to come by this week, beef prices are edging upwards. Factory quotes are holding steady on fat lambs.
13 September 2023 Markets
Sheep mart comment: plenty of bite in marts for finished lambs
Numbers of lambs appearing in sales remain relatively tight, with top-quality well-fleshed lambs attracting a premium over equivalent factory prices where butcher buyers are active.
13 September 2023 Markets
Sheep Trends: Kildare returns with base quote of €6.20/kg
The plant’s return to the quotes table will add an extra 3c/kg to 5c/kg to prices paid for lambs for many producer groups and adds more competition to the market.
13 September 2023 Markets