Factories dig heels in but store lamb prices soar at marts

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Martin Coughlan

The ICM group lifted their quote for lamb yesterday by 10c/kg, but all this did was consolidate factory prices around last week’s levels.

The ICMs move to €6.35+20c/kg quality assurance, while Dawn Ballyhaunis and Kildare Chilling are unchanged on €6.45+10c/kg QA and €6.50+10c/kg QA respectively.