Sheep ‘quare dear’ as hogget soars as high as €9.50/kg

Factory quotes rise again across the board by up to 30c/kg

Hoggets

Martin Coughlan

“Who would have ever thought we’d be seeing hogget making €9.30/kg in the middle of April?” asked Dowra mart manager Patsy Smith, summing up the rude good health of the sheep trade after his sale last week.

And by yesterday that €9.30/kg had become €9.50/kg.