Good size sheep sale today with 738 on offer. Quite a number of light sheep available, with a bit more demand for store lambs. Overall the heavier lamb was a solid trade and similar to last week, with lambs averaging €3.53/kg. Top call in this section was €212 for 7 lambs weighing 51kgs. A lot of cull ewes were on the lighter side in terms of weight and this brought back the average price to €1.82/kg. Prices from this section included: 4 ewes weighing 98kgs making €210, 6 ewes weighing 81kgs making €152, 11 ewes weighing 77kgs making €144 and 8 ewes weighing 82kgs making €150.
Lambs:
10 @ 49kgs – €182 – €3.71/kg
13 @ 48kgs – €178- €3.71/kg
10 @ 46.5kgs – €176 – €3.78/kg
9 @ 50kgs – €186 – €3.72/kg
12 @ 48.5kgs – €182 – €3.75/kg
8 @ 54kgs – €200 – €3.70/kg
8 @ 52.5kgs – €190 – €3.62/kg
5 @ 49kgs – €202 – €4.12/kg
7 @ 51kgs – €212 – €4.12/kg
Store Lambs:
9 @ 35kgs – €122 – €3.48/kg
11 @ 39kgs – €139 – €3.56/kg
13 @ 40.5kgs – €146 – €3.60/kg
11 @ 38kgs – €137 – €3.60/kg
10 @ 36.5kgs – €143 – €3.92/kg
8 @ 38kgs – €140 – €3.68/kg
4 @ 37kgs – €128 – €3.46/kg
16 @ 30kgs – €96 – €3.20/kg
16 @ 28kgs – €98 – €3.50/kg
