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Sheep mart prices: hoggets increase by €3 to €6/head
Darren Carty
The increase in factory appetite for hoggets has resulted in much more life in the trade, with agents willing to compete with much greater intensity.
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.
7 February 2025 Markets
Watch: clearance sale of 180 in-lamb ewes average €265 in Roscrea Mart
Prices ranged in the main from €235 to €300, with a couple of lots of Scottish Blackface ewes selling back to €160/head.
Camera at the Mart: ewes and lambs cause a stir in Drumshanbo
Rachel Gallagher reports from Drumshanbo Livestock Mart for the weekly sheep sale.
6 February 2025 Markets
Sheep mart prices: agents more keen for hoggets
Mart managers report agents exhibiting greater bite for hoggets as the week progresses, with prices steadying and firming by in cases by €1 to €3/head.
5 February 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: 100% clearance at Raphoe sheep sale
Rachel Gallagher reports from Raphoe Livestock Mart for the fortnightly sheep sale.
29 January 2025 Markets
Sheep mart comment: pressure on hoggets but ewes firm
Some mart sales have seen prices hold steady to €2 to €3 easier, while others have seen prices reduce by €5 to €6-plus per head, with agents more coy in their purchasing activity.
22 January 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: ewe lambs hit €4.97/kg in Milford
Rachel Gallagher reports from Milford Mart for its fortnightly sheep sale.
22 January 2025 Markets
Sheep mart prices: contrasting fortunes for cull and in-lamb ewes
The market for cull ewes has been booming in the last week to 10 days, but, in contrast, in-lamb ewes are meeting a relatively subdued trade, with fewer farmers with an appetite to lamb ewes.
15 January 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: Suffolk-cross ewe lambs hit €4.84/kg in Brockagh
Rachel Gallagher reports from Brockagh Cloghan Mart for its first sheep sale of 2025.
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 mart prices: weather challenges boost competition levels
With many sales cancelled and others recording lower entries, agents are competing with greater intensity to try to maximise numbers secured.
8 January 2025 Markets