July 10, 2021 6:10 am
An improved trade for lambs was seen once again at Loughrea Mart on Thursday (July 8) from the week before – with prices improving to the tune of €2-5/head.
A good entry of lambs was seen, with the majority consisting of heavy and factory-type lambs, with a couple of pens of forward store lambs also seen.
The mart’s manager, Jimmy Cooney, said that lamb prices continued to recover from the fall-off seen three weeks ago – when prices fell by €8-10/head.
While a mixed entry of both light and heavy ewes were met with a good demand.
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The majority of the ewes on the farm today are Texels. Photo: Hany Marzouk
With the ewes due to start lambing in three weeks, Gavin hopes most will be finished by mid-April, with most of the lambs sold at Loughrea Mart in August and September. Most will be gone by Christmas and we ll keep some of the ewe lambs for replacements. We never bought in ewes until the last four years when we had to start replacing some of the original flock. We introduced the Texel breed in the last few years and find they are very motherly and good for milk.