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Sheep trade: Spring lambs making up to €6.40/kg, as hogget prices begin to recover

April 7, 2020

It has been a tough few weeks for sheep farmers right across the country, with factory prices for all types of stock plummeting.…

Sheep trade: Quotes hard to come by, as factories keep their cards close to their chest

March 31, 2020

Sheep

The uncertainty surrounding the sheep trade continues, as quotes become hard to come by, as factories keep their cards close to their chest.…

Sheep trade: Covid-19 affects factory prices, as base quotes drop by up to 20c/kg

March 17, 2020

Sheep

Hogget prices have fallen for the first time since November 2019, as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak sets in. Looking at the…

Sheep trade: Dirty sheep being presented to the factory becoming a problem

March 3, 2020

Sheep

The bad weather over the past few weeks is making it difficult for farmers to present sheep to factories that comply with the…

Sheep trade: ‘Farmers should reject any factory quotes that are lower than €6.00/kg’

February 26, 2020

Sheep

For the third week in a row, base quotes have increased for hoggets, with prices of up to €6.00/kg readily achievable. This week,…

Sheep trade: Hogget prices edge closer to €6.00/kg

February 18, 2020

Sheep

Base quotes have increased for the second week in a row, as bad weather and tightening supplies force the hand of factories to…

Sheep trade: Hogget prices up 50c/kg compared to this time last year

February 4, 2020

Sheep

For the second week in a row, there are no major movements in terms of price, with meat processing facilities offering up to…

Sheep trade: Quotes firm – sheep kill drops nearly 6,000 head

January 28, 2020

Sheep

There are no major movements in terms of price this week, with meat processing facilities offering up to 550c/kg for hoggets and up…

Sheep trade: Lamb prices up over 40c/kg compared to this time last year

January 7, 2020

Sheep

The first week in 2020 has seen an uplift in prices for sheep across some meat processing facilities, with factories paying up to…

Sheep trade: New year’s boost as prices edge up towards 520c/kg

January 3, 2020

Sheep

As we embark on 2020, farmers will be glad to see that base quotes for lambs are on the rise again. Since the…

Sheep trade: No change in base quotes, as prices peak at 510c/kg

December 17, 2019

Sheep

As production comes to an end for 2019, sheep farmers will have mixed feelings towards the price they have received for their lambs…

Sheep trade: ‘Over 450,000 sheep were imported from the UK in 2018’ – ICSA

November 5, 2019

Sheep

Factories are again quoting a base price as low as 430c/kg this week. In some cases, lambs that are overweight are making 380c/kg.…

Sheep trade: Base price hits new low of 430c/kg

October 15, 2019

Sheep

There’s a wide range in factory quotes this week. After QA is factored in quotes are ranging from 445c/kg to 455c/kg, while 430c/kg…

Sheep trade: Factories continue to work through backlog of lambs

October 1, 2019

Sheep

During the week ending Sunday, September 22, the number of spring lambs processed increased by 3,712 and amounted to 43,545. This week, Kildare Chilling…

Sheep trade: Number of sheep killed falls dramatically due to beef protests

September 18, 2019

Agri-Business

During the week ending Sunday, September 8, the number of hoggets slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheep export plants was 101 –…

Sheep trade: Sheep kill up 16,000 head as factory prices weaken

August 27, 2019

Sheep

During the week ending August 18, the number of hoggets slaughtered at the Department of Agriculture approved sheep export plants was 151 –…

ICSA questions factories’ 4:00pm Friday cattle quotes strategy

May 10, 2019

Beef

Calls have been made for the competition authority to explain to farmers why cattle quotes for the following week are “only available from 4:00pm…

Sheep trade: Factories increase quotes to secure lambs

December 4, 2018

Sheep

Again, for another week, most factory agents have increased their quotes for lambs by 5-10c/kg. Irish Country Meats (ICM) have also increased the…

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