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Sheep Trends: bidding wars as ewes hit €5/kg
Darren Carty
The two ICM plants moved to €5/kg last week and Kildare Chilling has followed suit this week, lifting quotes to €5/kg and higher for well-conformed ewes.
15 January 2025 Markets
Northern Ireland bucks sheep production trends
The total number of sheep slaughtered and exported was recorded at 1.03m head, just 0.4% lower than in 2023.
12 January 2025 News
Farmer left to bear costs after two sheep killed in dog attack
The attack took place in Ballylaneen in the early hours of Saturday morning 4 January. Ten more sheep were injured in the attack.
Gardaí investigating after man cuts in-lamb ewe’s throat
A second in-lamb ewe was found “skinned and gutted” on a laneway by the farmer in Kerry.
10 January 2025 News
Lamb quotes over €2/kg higher
Deadweight quotes for lambs are running in the region of €2/kg to €2.25/kg higher, while quotes for cull ewes have hit €5/kg this week and are running up to €1.80/kg higher.
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: prices jump to €8.30/kg to €8.50/kg
Throughput increased marginally by 1,487 head, but remains a massive 18,613 head below the corresponding week in 2023.
4 December 2024 Markets
UK October sheep kill lowest on record
While October throughput of 1.09m head was 133,500 above September levels, the AHDB reports that it was 18,000 lower than in 2023 and the lowest level on record.
29 November 2024 Schemes
Sheep Trends: kill drops to just 37,719 head
Last week’s kill was over 21,500 head lower than the corresponding period week in 2023, with over 40,000 fewer sheep slaughtered in the last fortnight compared with 2023.
20 November 2024 Markets
Sheep kill down 20,000 head year on year
The total number of sheep processed in Department of Agriculture approved slaughter plants is now running over 250,000 lower than in 2023.
13 November 2024 Markets
Lamb prices knocking on door of €8/kg
An increasing number of lambs are trading upwards of €7.80/kg with deals at the top end of the market hitting €8/kg.
6 November 2024 News
Sheep Trends: lamb quotes up by 10c/kg to 20c/kg
Plants are working off opening quotes of €7.70/kg for quality assured lambs, but an increasing number of producers are securing returns ranging from €7.80/kg to €7.90/kg.
6 November 2024 Markets