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Sheep Trends: lamb price hits €9/kg before year end
Darren Carty
Farmers delivering significant numbers of lambs for Christmas week have received slightly higher prices, with the general run of lambs trading from €8.80/kg to €8.90/kg.
18 December 2024 Markets
Sheep Trends: prices lift by 20c/kg to 30c/kg
Opening prices for quality assured (QA) lambs are in the region of €8.70/kg in most plants, with agents keen to try to maximise throughput over the Christmas processing schedule.
16 December 2024 Markets
Sheep price update: base lamb quotes lift another 20c/kg
Base quotes are starting the week at a range of €8.50/kg to €8.70/kg for quality assured lambs, with agents also starting to tie into supplies for the Christmas period.
Sheep kill down 20,000 head year on year
The total number of sheep processed in Department of Agriculture approved slaughter plants is now running over 250,000 lower than in 2023.
13 November 2024 Markets
Sheep price update: signs of lamb supplies tightening
Reports from some agents point to fewer lambs coming on stream in recent days with many mart sales held over the weekend and on Monday recording a sharper trade.
7 October 2024 Markets