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NI Trends: quotes rise as factories hunt for cattle; Marts driving lamb prices
Kieran Mailey
There are positives in the beef and sheep trade in Northern Ireland with cattle quotes rising and marts underpinning lamb prices.
18 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Dale Farm takes base over 40p/l
A 3p/l increase on base price makes Dale Farm the first processor to pay a starting price above 40p/l for 18 months.
18 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Factories make further cuts to lamb quotes
Cuts of 5p to 10p/kg have been applied to base quotes for fat lambs at processing plants in Northern Ireland.
NI milk league: Strathroy and Tirlán lead one million-litre league tables
Strathroy and Tirlán are well positioned in the one million-litre milk league analysis for July.
28 August 2024 Northern Ireland
NI Trends: tight supplies boosting prime cattle prices; lamb trade steadies
There are plenty of price trend positives within the beef and sheep trade across Northern Ireland.
21 August 2024 Markets
Beef prices break 490p/kg barrier
Prime cattle are rising in value as numbers tighten across Northern Ireland
21 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Strathroy leads July milk price increases
Strathroy Dairy has made the largest price increase for July milk across all processors in NI.
21 August 2024 Northern Ireland
Beef Trends: quotes up on back of tight numbers
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes for factory finished cattle.
21 August 2024 Markets
NI milk league: Milk prices slowly edging upwards
Higher base prices has seen monthly and rolling 12 month average milk prices slowly edging upwards in Northern Ireland.
24 July 2024 Northern Ireland
Beef trade in the balance
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes for factory finished cattle
24 July 2024 Markets
Sheep price update: another 20c/kg cut to lamb prices
Base prices for Tuesday have fallen to €7.30/kg, with top prices reported in the region of €7.50/kg to €7.70/kg.
8 July 2024 Markets
Sheep Trends: lamb quotes suffer another 50c/kg cut
Factories started the week dropping quotes by 20c/kg and have followed this up with a 30c/kg cut to base quotes for Thursday’s kill.
3 July 2024 Markets