Big sheep sale today with 750 sheep on offer. Big entry of store lambs available, with this category making up 20% of lambs on offer. Trade for factory & butcher type lambs were around €4/kg. Stores generally made between €3.60-3.80/kg. There was some very good cull ewes today and these averaged €2.70/kg. Stand out prices included: 2 ewes weighing 122kgs making €330, 4 ewes weighing 93kgs making €296, 18 ewes weighing 83kgs making €236 and 10 ewes weighing 82kgs making €206.
Lambs:
11 @ 50kgs – €208 – €4.16/kg
11 @ 51.5kgs – €200 – €3.88/kg
12 @ 49.5kgs – €199 – €4.02/kg
10 @ 48kgs – €196 – €4.08/kg
8 @ 48.5kgs – €192 – €3.96/kg
24 @ 46kgs – €184 – €4.00/kg
10 @ 45kgs – €178 – €3.95/kg
21 @ 43kgs – €170 – €3.95/kg
16 @ 41kgs – €163 – €3.97/kg
Store Lambs:
16 @ 37kgs – €138 – €3.73/kg
6 @ 36kgs – €138 – €3.83/kg
9 @ 38kgs – €142 – €3.73/kg
9 @ 40kgs – €145 – €3.62/kg
