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Sheep price update: ICM increases quotes by another 10c/kg
Darren Carty
The move sees the plant offering a base price of €9/kg plus 20c/kg QA for hoggets and €9.50/kg plus 20c/kg QA for spring lambs.
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Sheep Trends: hoggets suffer another 10c/kg cut
Base quotes for hoggets have fallen back to €8.50/kg to €8.60/kg, leaving a high percentage now trading from €8.70/kg to €8.80/kg.
19 March 2025 Markets
Sheep price update: factories reduce quotes by another 10c/kg
Opening prices for quality assured hoggets are in the region of €8.70/kg, with plants offering a base quote of €8.50/kg to €8.60/kg plus their respective QA payment.
18 March 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: factories pull hoggets by 20c/kg
Further pressure has been inflicted on the trade, with base quotes in most plants reducing by 20c/kg on last week’s level.
12 March 2025 Markets
Sheep price update: factories digging in on hogget quotes
While agents are demonstrating a keen appetite for hoggets for the start of Ramadan, there is no upward movement on price.
24 February 2025 Markets
Sheep price update: hoggets solid with more bite for ewes
Opening quotes for quality assured hoggets remain in the region of €9/kg with prices for large batches and group lambs ranging from €9.10/kg to €9.20/kg.
17 February 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: hoggets quotes increase by 20c/kg
The increase sees opening negotiations for quality assured hoggets lie in the region of €9/kg, with regular sellers and groups securing higher returns from improved market dynamics.
12 February 2025 Markets
Sheep mart prices: hoggets increase by €3 to €6/head
The increase in factory appetite for hoggets has resulted in much more life in the trade, with agents willing to compete with much greater intensity.
12 February 2025 Markets
Sheep price update: factory quotes up 20c/kg and mart prices €2 to €5/head
Factory agents are demonstrating much greater appetite for hoggets, with prices lifted back over €9/kg and resulting in deals to groups and regular sellers to upwards of €9.10/kg.
10 February 2025 Markets
Sheep Trends: hogget prices turn a corner
Prices have stabilised and agents are showing much more interest in sheep this week, with higher-priced deals going for larger batches of hoggets
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