Sheep
This week's sheep trade has again seen both lamb and ewe prices hold firm, with very little movement across the sites.
This week's sheep trade has seen lamb prices hold generally firm as cull ewe price offers have edged up at some sites.
This week's sheep trade has seen some higher lamb price offers cut by 10c/kg, with stronger lamb prices holding firm at smaller outlets
This week's sheep trade has seen outlets hold their price offers at the same level as last week as "a sharper trade" is being seen in marts.
Sheep News
This week's sheep trade has seen factories move to reduce hogget price by as much as 50c/kg in some cases while cull ewe price has held.
This week's sheep trade has seen more stability to prices following last week's price cuts to both spring lambs and hogget prices.
Agri Politics
An independent TD has claimed that factories are engaged in a "prolonged attempt" to force "unacceptably low prices" on sheep farmers.
IFA sheep chairperson, Adrian Gallagher has criticised the "shortsighted and unnecessary cuts" factories have applied to hogget prices.
Recent price and weight cuts are costing sheep farmers around €32.50 per hogget, according to the ICSA Sheep Committee chair.
The IFA Sheep Committee chair said that farmers should not be panicked by "unfounded negativity" from factories on market conditions.
This week's sheep trade sees the lower-end of price quotes from last week move up for this week,...
Continued positivity in the sheep trade sees up to €7.80/kg available in cases at the higher-end of the price scale at...
Cuts to spring lamb and hogget prices have continued as 50c/kg has been taken off their base prices this week.
The first of this year’s lamb crop will be processed in factories this week as spring lamb prices in 2024 have opened.
Up to €8.30kg is available in the hogget trade this week, as producer groups are securing higher...
There continues to be upward movement in the hogget trade, as the prices factories have quoted have risen significantly for today (Monday, February 19).
The beginning of this week (Monday, February 12) has seen upward movement in the quotes from factories in the hogget trade, as prices have...
The sheep trade after the bank holiday weekend is beginning on a steady note with factories holding tight to what they were quoting last week.
The start of the sheep trade in 2024 may be welcomed by Irish sheep farmers, as factories have raised their quotes for spring lamb by up to 10c/kg.
In what was a difficult year for Irish sheep farmers, it will come as no surprise to learn that the average prices for sheepmeat in 2023
Prices in the sheep trade have remained in a steady position at the start of what is a short three day processing week for factories.
With this week being the last full week of 2023 that factories are processing sheep, prices for lambs have continued to show little change.
With prices in the sheep trade receiving a small boost last week, the latest factory quotes have shown some have continued this trend.
