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SHARING OPTIONS: Two pens of Scottish Blackface hoggets weighing 47.5kg sold for €149 at Athenry Mart's sheep sale on Monday. Marts have recorded another positive week of trading, with average hogget prices increasing in a number of sales by in the region of €2 to €5 per head. The latest upward movement has witnessed small numbers of excellent-quality hoggets reach and even exceed a price of €180 per head. There is quite a bit of variation in prices paid for similar weight hoggets in some sales and this is stemming from a significant variation...

SHARING OPTIONS: The number of spring lambs appearing in sales or going direct to slaughter in factories has been low up to now with the trade only really starting to get going. Spring lamb base quotes of €7.40/kg to €7.50/kg for Thursday have increased by 30c/kg to 50c/kg on last week. The opening quotes of the season last week were in the region of €7/kg. They were offered against a background of factories prioritising hogget throughput and few numbers of spring lambs in the market. Factories have now upped the ante as they continue to try and ...