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Northern Ireland
Draft ewes meet flying trade at Hexham
Peter McCann
Over 3,500 hill sheep were on offer at Hexham Mart in Northumberland last week. Peter McCann reports.
2 October 2024 Breeding & health
English Mule working well on large-scale lowland sheep farm
Rachel Gallagher reports from her trip to Scotland to visit the farm of Dugie Rennie.
2 October 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: prices up €40 at Mayo Blackface Group sale
There was a 100% clearance of over 550 hoggets, which averaged just shy of €200/head, while in excess of 900 ewe lambs recorded an average price of approximately €123/head.
Swaledale ewes at the heart of Birniehall Farm
Rachel Gallagher reports from her trip to Scotland to visit the farm of Jimmy Bell and Rachel Buckle Porter.
2 October 2024 Breeding & health
Camera at the Mart: high demand for Blackface females
Rachel Gallagher reports from Ballybofey and Stranorlar Livestock Mart for the third annual Sliabh Liag Blackface Sheep Breeders’ Association female sale.
2 October 2024 Markets
Camera at the Mart: demand for breeding sheep and store lambs in Ballymena
Rachel Gallagher reports from Ballymena Livestock Mart for its weekly breeding sheep and store lamb sale.
25 September 2024 Breeding & health
Suftex ewe lamb tops Springhill female sale at 2,700gns
Rachel Gallagher reports from Beatties Pedigree Centre Omagh for the annual Springhill female sale and Ballynoe production sale.
21 September 2024 Breeding & health
Milford records smashed at €6,500 for ram lamb
Adam Woods reports from Milford Mart for the annual Milford Sheep Breeders Association Sale.
18 September 2024 Pedigree
Camera at the Mart: Milford ewe hoggets up €60/head on 2023
Rachel Gallagher reports from Milford Mart for the annual Milford Sheep Breeders Association show and sale.
18 September 2024 Markets
Bright start to Cheviot sheep sales
A number of sales held in the last week all reported a similar trend of keen demand for relatively tight supplies of quality ewe hoggets and ewe lambs.
11 September 2024 Management
Ewe lambs sell to £226 at Aghanloo
Over 1,500 ewe lambs went under the hammer at the sale and prices were generally running £25-35 ahead of last year
11 September 2024 Northern Ireland
Camera at the Mart: Mule ewe lambs up €29/head and hoggets up €18
Rachel Gallagher reports from the annual Donegal Mule Group sale held in Ballybofey & Stranorlar Livestock Mart.
4 September 2024 Markets