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Sheep Trends: hoggets quotes increase by 20c/kg
Darren Carty
The increase sees opening negotiations for quality assured hoggets lie in the region of €9/kg, with regular sellers and groups securing higher returns from improved market dynamics.
10 February 2025 Markets
Sheep price update: factory quotes up 20c/kg and mart prices €2 to €5/head
Factory agents are demonstrating much greater appetite for hoggets, with prices lifted back over €9/kg and resulting in deals to groups and regular sellers to upwards of €9.10/kg.
5 February 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: hogget prices turn a corner
Prices have stabilised and agents are showing much more interest in sheep this week, with higher-priced deals going for larger batches of hoggets
Hogget prices stabilise and rebound
Agents have been more active in recent days in sourcing hoggets, with prices ranging from €8.80/kg to €9/kg.
5 February 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: hogget quotes down 20c/kg to 30c/kg
Opening prices for quality assured hoggets are in the region of €8.80/kg, with some deals continuing to be completed at €8.90/kg and €9/kg at the top end of the market.
29 January 2025 Markets
NI Trends: prime cattle quotes surge to 540p/kg; marts underpin hogget prices
Factory quotes in Northern Ireland have surged to 540p/kg, while marts continue to underpin the hogget trade.
29 January 2025 Markets
Hogget prices fall by over 50c/kg in two weeks
Base quotes over the last week have reduced by 20c/kg to 30c/kg and follow a similar fall in the previous week.
29 January 2025 Markets
Pull out all the stops to reduce mortality
Sheep farmers have never been heading in to a lambing season where every additional lamb or ewe saved has such a high potential value
29 January 2025 Lambing
Sheep Trends: factories trying to regain control
Base quotes this week have been reduced by 10c/kg to 20c/kg, with factories trying to take the heat out of the trade after weeks of upward momentum.
22 January 2025 Markets
NI Trends: prime cattle prices drive above 550p/kg; hogget quotes wobble
Prime cattle prices keep edging up, while factories have made attempts to cut hogget prices in Northern Ireland.
22 January 2025 Markets
Beef continues to set weekly record highs
Prime cattle prices in NI are running more than 60p/kg above the equivalent week in January 2024.
22 January 2025 Northern Ireland
NI Trends: cattle prices continue to rise; live trade sets pace on hoggets
The beef trade continues to see prices rising week on week, while hogget prices are also moving upwards.
15 January 2025 Markets