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Sheep Trends: hogget quotes rebound by 20c/kg
Darren Carty
Opening prices have increased to €8.80/kg to €8.90/kg for quality assured hoggets, with an increasing number of producers securing upwards of €9/kg.
26 March 2025 Markets
Sheep mart prices: hogget prices rise by €3 to €8 per head
An increase in factory prices and agents having more success in negotiating higher carcase weight limits has inserted much more life into the trade for heavier hoggets.
20 March 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: heavy cull ewes hit a high in Milford
Rachel Gallagher reports from Milford Mart for the fortnightly sheep sale.
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Top ewes hit €6/kg as hoggets cut 10c/kg
The cull ewe and hogget trade has been moving in opposite directions in recent weeks, with hoggets facing ongoing cuts and ewes strengthening.
20 March 2025 Markets
Sheep mart prices: cull ewes overshadowing hogget trade
Tight supplies of cull ewes combined with keen demand has pushed the cull ewe trade into the spotlight, with hoggets continuing to meet a sluggish trade.
12 March 2025 Markets
Sheep Management: marketing hoggets and ewes and vaccine queries
The marketing of sheep can have a significant difference on the level of competition with a particularly sharp trade for quality cull ewes.
12 March 2025 Management
Sheep mart prices: carcase weight cuts hit hogget prices
Heavier hoggets are in the firing line, with prices reducing anywhere by upwards of €10/head.
5 March 2025 Markets
Sheep price update: hogget trade remains sticky
Reports from marts held on Monday point to a more sluggish trade, while agents in some factories are also standoffish in negotiating for hoggets.
3 March 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: lively trade for lambs in Kingscourt
Adam Woods reports from Monday night’s sale of sheep in Kingscourt Mart, Co Cavan.
12 February 2025 Markets
Sheep mart comment: heavy lambs still under pressure though stores stay solid
Reports from mart managers are conflicting, with some seeing an easing of prices, especially for heavy lambs, while other report trade similar to last 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 price update: factories inflict further 20c/kg hogget price cut
Base quotes in most pants have now reduced to €8.70/kg plus respective QA payments, with a number of plants not processing on Tuesday.
27 January 2025 Markets