Sheep
An improved sheep trade has been noted at many livestock marts across Ireland this week for spring and store lambs.
With breeding sheep sales easing across the country, the focus for some buyers may now be returning to the store lamb trade in marts.
With over 2,100 sheep on offer, the most recent sale at Carnew Mart in Co. Wicklow saw improved prices for lambs and cast ewes.
Kilkenny Mart auctioneer George Candler has told Agriland that the trade for spring lambs has gone "belly up".
The most recent sale at Loughrea Mart showed there was an "active" trade for ram lambs for export there on the day.
From different areas across the country, Agriland takes a look at the current sheep trade as it stands in some livestock marts.
The weekly sheep sale at Blessington Mart in Co. Wicklow showed a good demand for all varieties of...
Spring lambs coming through the ring at Carnew Mart in Co. Wicklow are quickly becoming attractive for buyers at the sheep sales.
The trade at the latest sheep sale in Kenmare Mart, Co. Kerry is proving to go from strength to strength according to the mart manager.
The hogget and lamb trade at Kilkenny Mart has reached new heights at recent sales, according to the mart manager.
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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.
With prices improving in factories recently for hoggets, recent marts sales across the country are ensuring the trade is highly competitive.
In what has been described as an improved trade week-by-week, prices paid for butcher hoggets at Corrin Mart have increased by €10/head...
The sheep trade in marts is in a good position across the country, as sheep ranging from butcher-type hoggets to ram lambs are in demand.
Marts across the country since the new year have been in full swing with sheep sales returning...
The demand for heavy lambs coming up to the Christmas period was noted by the mart manager in Ballymote Mart in the north-west of the country
Raphoe Mart's Christmas Lamb Show and Sale has continued to improve its trade year in year out, as seen yesterday (Monday, December 4).
Taking a look at recent sheep sales at marts in the west of Ireland, the demand for finished and heavy lambs continues to be the trend.
Variation was seen in the size of recent sales across the country, but good prices were reported from sheep marts, keen to get finished lambs
Today, Agriland made the trip down to Co. Wicklow to observe the sheep trade at Blessington Mart, where its weekly sheep sale took place
Farmers bringing heavy lambs to Inishowen Livestock Mart for a sheep sale on November 3 saw an improved trade since the previous sale.
Sheep sales in recent days have shown there is a significant demand for heavy, fat lambs that are being sold at marts across the country.
