Pics from the mart: Hoggets stronger by €4-5/head across the board at Ennis Mart

On Monday (February 1), AgriLand made the trip to Ennis Mart to check out the trade at the Clare-based mart’s weekly sheep sale.

On the day, 300 sheep were presented for sale, which included predominately butcher and store hoggets, as well as some cull ewes.

The trade, according to the mart’s manager Martin McNamara, was improved by €4-5/head on last week, with well-fleshed hoggets selling to a high of €148/head.

In general, any fleshed hoggets over 49kg made from €139/head up to €148/head, with the majority selling from €141/head up to €145/head.

Click on a thumbnail in the gallery (below) to open up a full-size image; once opened you can scroll sideways to see the next picture. Refer to each caption to see details of each lot, including the hammer price.

: These 37.5kg stores sold for €101/head

: This sharp-looking pen of 42kg stores sold at €118/head

: This pen of 39kg hoggets went under the hammer at €115/head

: This pen of fleshed 52.5kg hoggets sold for €144/head

: Sale toppers: This pen of 53kg hoggets sold for €148/head

: These 42.5kg stores sold at €120/head

There were very few 46-48kg lambs on offer in Ennis on Monday, but for the few pens that were on offer, they sold from €124/head up to €137/head.

The bulk of the hoggets on offer were made up of stores. In general, the majority of stores weighing 40-43kg traded from €110/head up to €124/head, while 44-45.5kg hoggets sold from €124/head up to €131/head.

Stores in the 37-39kg bracket traded from €101/head up to €115/head, while two pens of 32kg and 33kg stores sold for €76/head and €79/head respectively.