{"id":1339509,"date":"2024-07-02T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1339509"},"modified":"2024-07-02T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T11:00:15","slug":"sheep-exports-from-ni-to-roi-up-10-7-to-date-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/sheep-exports-from-ni-to-roi-up-10-7-to-date-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheep exports from NI to ROI up 10.7% to date this year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Exports of sheep from\u00a0Northern Ireland\u00a0(NI) to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) in to-date in 2024 are 10.7% higher than the figures of the same period of 2023, according to the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been 146,913 sheep from NI slaughtered in approved ROI export premises in 2024 to-date (up to June 22).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the corresponding period in 2023, there were 132,692 sheep slaughtered, which shows that slaughter figures this year are running 10.7% ahead of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lambs weighing over 13kgs made up 93.8% of the sheep slaughtered in the ROI during this time, and numbered 137,843 head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ewes and rams were the remaining 6.2% of the NI sheep slaughtered in approved ROI export premises in 2024 to-date, numbering 9,070 head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far this year, supplies from NI have not been as high since they were during week 2, ending January 13, when a total of 9,584 sheep were processed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weekly supplies of sheep from NI to the ROI were at their lowest during the week ending May 5, when a total of 1,276 sheep were processed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During that week<\/a>, a total of 38,565 sheep were slaughtered in the ROI, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2023, a total of 318,461 sheep were exported from NI to the ROI for slaughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of this figure, lambs categorised as over 13kgs made up 290,688 of the total killed (91.3%), with the remaining 8.7% processed being ewes and rams, which saw a total of 27,773 sheep killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highest weekly throughput of NI sheep in the ROI came during the week ending Sunday, November 19, when 9,986 sheep were killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lowest number of sheep from NI slaughtered in the ROI came during the week ending in June 11, when just 2,135 sheep were processed.<\/p>\n\n\n