Sheep
Sheep marts: Factory price cuts affecting trade, but hoggets in high demand
Recent factory price cuts are affecting the sheep trade across the country. However, the hogget trade is on the rise,...
Sheep
Recent factory price cuts are affecting the sheep trade across the country. However, the hogget trade is on the rise,...
Sheep
Factory price cuts last week of up to 30c/kg for lambs have seen a knock-on effect in some sheep marts...
Sheep
The Eid al-Adha festival has seen the demand for factory lambs increase over the past few weeks and cull ewe...
Sheep
The extension of Electronic Identification (EID) to all sheep as of June 1, 2019, provides an opportunity to marts and...
Sheep
The recent rise in lamb quotes has ceased with processors moving to take a hold of the market. However, farmers...
Sheep
Lamb quotes showed no signs of dropping this week. Kepak increased its quote to 520c/kg, plus a Quality Assurance (QA)...
Sheep
The recent rise is lamb quotes has continued with all processors implementing more price increases this week. There has been...
Sheep
Lamb prices continue to move in an upward trajectory this week. A price of up to 525c/kg – including quality...
Sheep
Unlike the beef trade, lamb prices continue their upward momentum as we enter into the third week of January. Demand...
Sheep
This week most factories have held quotes for lambs at last week’s figures. Some factory agents are suggesting that lamb...
Sheep
After a summer of uncertainty, grass supplies have increased and farmers are back in the market – although slowly –...
Sheep
As mentioned last week, the demand for spring lamb is set to intensify with the onset of the Muslim festival...
Sheep
The spring lamb trade continues to remain under pressure in factories and lamb buyers have moved to impose further cuts...
Sheep
After dipping by 20c/kg last week, spring lamb quotes have taken another hit this week and are back by a...
Sheep
The spring lamb trade has come under some pressure this week, as factories opted to cut quotes by as much...
Sheep
The number of store lambs being marketed through marts across the country is starting to increase on a weekly basis...
Sheep
Aided by a sense of stability in the factory trade, spring lamb returns have improved significantly over recent days. Prices...
Sheep
During the week ending May 20, the number of spring lambs slaughtered at Department of Agriculture approved sheep meat plants...