The current spell of fine weather and improvement in ground conditions is adding more life to the store lamb trade with many mart managers reporting prices firming by 10c/kg to 20c/kg over the last week.
The lambs that are benefitting most are well-presented and evenly batched lowland lambs with prices ranging from €3.60/kg to €3.90/kg and rising above €4/kg in cases.
The trade for finished lambs is unchanged with opening factory quotes in plants in Ireland in the region of €8.10/kg for quality-assured lambs with a high percentage of lambs trading from €8.15/kg to €8.25/kg and hitting €8.30/kg at the top end of the market.
Northern Ireland
Base quotes in Northern Ireland range from £6.85/kg to £6.90/kg (€8.22/kg to €8.28/kg) with top prices at £7/kg (€8.40/kg).
