Spring lamb opens at €9.00+20c/kg QA, hogget rises again

‘Prices are now in outer space, and the trade is in a place where it has never gone before’ – says one Star Trek fan factory rep

Sean McNamara said he is seeing deals for hogget being done at €8.60/kg, with spring lambs making €9.50/kg and cull ewes €3.70-3.80/kg. Photo: Brian Farrell

Martin Coughlan

After weeks of speculation about where and when factory quotes for spring lambs might open, ICM hit the ground on Sunday at €9.00+20c/kg QA to 20.5kg, and €10/kg for milk lamb.

As of yesterday, the other companies on our price table had not quoted.