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Sheep price update: price pressure remains as factories push for another 10c/kg
Darren Carty
Plants have reduced base quotes for Tuesday to €8.50/kg with opening negotiations for quality assured hoggets starting in the region of €8.60/kg to €8.70/kg.
27 January 2025 Markets
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.
24 January 2025 News
Farm Tech Talk: dairy beef margins and lamb prices
Hear the latest advice from the team on this week's Farm Tech Talk show.
Insatiable demand pushes ewes to €5/kg
Factories have ramped up their appetite for ewes and moved to close the gap between live market prices and direct factory sales.
15 January 2025 Markets
Sheep price update: demand for ewes jumps as ICM lifts quote by 50c/kg to €5/kg
The plants have also increased base quotes for lambs to €9/kg plus 20c/kg QA payment and moved its carcase weight limit to 24kg.
13 January 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: lambs hit €9/kg and ewes €5/kg
Tight supplies have been compounded this week by extremely challenging drafting and transport conditions in many parts of the country.
8 January 2025 Markets
Sheep kill falls by 370,000 head to 10-year low
The kill for the first 51 weeks of the year was recorded at 2,468,849 head, equating to a fall of over 370,000 head compared to 2023 levels.
1 January 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: lamb quotes increase by 10c/kg
With factories slaughtering four days this week, agents have been working hard to try to maximise throughput and are active in trying to encourage higher numbers forward.
1 January 2025 Markets
NI Trends: bright outlook for beef and lamb prices in 2025
Beef and lamb prices start 2025 with plenty of positivity, as processing demand is expected to ramp up in early spring.
1 January 2025 Markets
Highs and lows for beef, sheep, tillage and dairy sectors in 2024
The Irish Farmers Journal dairy, beef, sheep and tillage editors take a look back at the year that was 2024 and the highs and lows in their sectors.
23 December 2024 News
The A to Z of NI farming in 2024
Peter McCann reviews what the past 12 months have meant for farming in Northern Ireland.
23 December 2024 Northern Ireland
NI Trends: Christmas closures keeps factory prices steady
There is no movement on prime cattle and fat lamb prices in Northern Ireland, with plants working on short kill weeks.
23 December 2024 l2