Lambs average €3.72/kg at Ennis mart in Co. Clare, Ireland
At a sheep sale in Ennis Mart, Co. Clare, Ireland, lambs averaged €3.72 per kilogram on Monday. Higher quality lots went above €200.
A sheep sale was held on Monday, 2 November, at Ennis Mart in Co. Clare, on Ireland's west coast. A mart is a livestock auction market. Lambs there averaged €3.72 per kilogram, according to a report by the Irish farming news site Agriland.ie. Prices like this are a guide for sheep farmers deciding when and at what price to sell their animals.
The sale was run by Clare Co-Operative Marts. The higher quality lots on show went above €200.
Trade similar to recent weeks
Mart manager Martin McNamara said trade was "similar to last week", and it also resembled the sales of recent weeks. The sale was smaller than previous ones, with almost 430 sheep on offer.
The report gives a brief picture of the sheep trade at the start of November at one of Ireland's regional marts. The source excerpt does not give other details, such as prices for different categories of animals.
