Sheep News
The second annual Hill Multi-Breed Ram Sale is set to place on Friday, October 10, at 7:00pm in Manorhamilton Mart, Co. Leitrim.
Rural Life
Tributes have been paid from across the farming community following the passing of Ivan Moffitt of Manorhamilton Mart in Co. Leitrim.
Sheep
Spring lambs coming through the ring at Carnew Mart in Co. Wicklow are quickly becoming attractive for buyers at the sheep sales.
Agri-Business
Spring lamb has returned to the ring at Loughrea Mart in Co. Galway, where a 48kg lamb made €190 (€3.96/kg).
Sheep sales at Manorhamilton Mart in Co. Leitrim were certainly lively this week, as the trade for hoggets and cull ewes picked up.
Prices were again on the rise last week at sheep sales across the country, with mart managers reporting prices lifts as much as €5-10/head.
For the first time in quite a while, the sheep trade took a dip, with prices for lambs, in particular, fleshed lambs, easier by €5-10/head.
