Irish sheep trade: factory prices steady as heavy lambs reach €215 a head at marts
Ireland's sheep trade this week shows no real change in the factory lamb price, weight limits or cull ewe price offers. Heavy lambs reached €215 per head at livestock marts.
Ireland's sheep sector sees little movement this week: the price meat processors (factories) pay for lambs, their weight limits and the prices offered for cull ewes, meaning older breeding sheep taken out of the flock, are all largely unchanged, according to the farming news site Agriland. At the marts, the livestock auction markets where farmers sell animals, heavy lambs reached €215 per head.
Kilkenny mart
Almost 800 sheep were on sale at Kilkenny Mart in south-east Ireland on Monday, November 2. Auctioneer George Candler described it as a good, solid trade for lambs. He said most lambs over 50kg achieved a range of prices, but the specific range is not included in the available text of the report.
Why it matters
Steady factory terms give sheep farmers a more predictable market, since processors have not changed their conditions. Weight is a key factor because mart prices depend on how heavy the lambs are. The available source text contains no further market data, so no broader price breakdown is included here.
