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Prices for hoggets soar to hit €9/kg mark

Ewe quotes have also jumped in some plants, with Irish Country Meats rising its quote by 50c/kg to €5/kg.

MARKETS 18 March 2026

Prices for hoggets soar to hit €9/kg mark

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Irish hogget prices dwarfed by UK returns

Irish hogget prices dwarfed by UK returns

MARKETS 4 March 2026

Sheep price update: deals going at top end of the market

Sheep price update: deals going at top end of the market

MARKETS 23 February 2026

Anger over minister's stance on contracts

Anger over minister's stance on contracts

Anger over minister's stance on contracts

NEWS 30 December 2025

Sheep Trends: factory quotes unchanged at €7.70 to €7.80/kg

Sheep Trends: factory quotes unchanged at €7.70 to €7.80/kg

Sheep Trends: factory quotes unchanged at €7.70 to €7.80/kg

MARKETS 3 December 2025

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Watch: factory quotes unchanged but lambs break €200 mark in Kilkenny

Watch: factory quotes unchanged but lambs break €200 mark in Kilkenny

Kilkenny Mart recorded a much sharper trade for slaughter-fit sheep, with George Candler reporting prices firming by €4 to €6/head.

MARKETS 8 October 2025

Sheep price update: quotes steady for several weeks

Sheep price update: quotes steady for several weeks

Price quotes remain in the region of €7.70/kg for QA lambs, with higher-priced deals ranging anywhere from €7.85/kg to €8/kg negotiated at the top end of the market.

MARKETS 8 October 2025

Sheep Trends: pressure to increase carcase weights

Sheep Trends: pressure to increase carcase weights

The move by ICM plants is said to be putting pressure on other plants to follow through, but, as yet, there has been no official movement.

MARKETS 8 October 2025

Sheep Trends: quotes unchanged but more pressure on carcase limits

Sheep Trends: quotes unchanged but more pressure on carcase limits

While factories are unwilling to reverse last week's cuts, there is more pressure mounting to increase weight limits to 22.5kg.

MARKETS 8 October 2025

Factory lamb quotes see cuts of 10c/kg

Factory lamb quotes see cuts of 10c/kg

Sheep producers are facing downward price pressure when they would normally be hoping for a lift in demand as we progress in to November.

MARKETS 8 October 2025

Sheep Trends: factories cut quotes by 10c/kg

Sheep Trends: factories cut quotes by 10c/kg

Base quotes reduced earlier in the week to €7.50/kg to €7.60/kg or a range from €7.60/kg to €7.70/kg for quality assured lambs.

MARKETS 8 October 2025

Cracking the organic leakage challenge

Cracking the organic leakage challenge

The five-year OBLIG EIP project has big aims to eliminate leakage and is commencing initiatives to get more cohesion in the supply chain.

NEWS 8 October 2025

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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