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The spring lamb trade at the Carlow-based mart moved up a gear the week before, with prices on the previous Tuesday topping €190/head.
Many of the spring lambs last Tuesday at Tullow moved at €185-205/head.
Spring lambs at sales elsewhere
Not all marts saw prices breach the €200 mark, with other mart managers reporting top prices of €180-190/head during the week, while marts which had mainly lighter spring lambs saw prices top €165-170/head.
The lightest spring lambs at marts, at 32-33kg, sold back to €105-120/head.
It has been butchers who have been driving the trade for spring lambs, with mart managers telling Agriland that they have never witnessed the prices that they’re seeing for spring lambs now.
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“We had an excellent sale on Monday; buyers were very eager ringside again and the online bidders were also very active.”
That was the view of Raphoe Mart’s manager, Anne Harkin, who was speaking to
AgriLand about the mart’s Christmas lamb show and sale and general sheep sale on Monday last (December 7).
The top price on the day at the show and sale was €215/head for a pen of heavy lambs weighing 48kg.
Butcher demand
Anne said that butchers in that area are very keen to get a hold of heavy, well-fleshed lambs in the run-up to Christmas and that prices for butcher lambs at the general sale on Monday reached €134/head.