Lamb quotes down 30-40c/kg as Eid comes to an end

Hogget back 50c/kg

This pen of 10 spring lambs averaging 60kg made €202 apiece at Dowra mart. Photo: Gerry Faughna

Martin Coughlan

With the Eid al Adha festival drawing to a close, the factories slashed quotes for all classes of sheep over the weekend.

The biggest cut came for hogget — down 50c/kg, with lambs back 30-40c/kg and cull ewes 10-20c/kg lower.