Monday, March 9th, saw a slight fall in prices at Kilkenny Mart’s sheep sale, according to George Candler.
The mart’s auctioneer outlined that some heavy hoggets reduced by €2-€4/head compared to the previous week.
He noted that ewes performed well, however, with a top call of €151/head for heavy-types.
Butcher’s lambs – €2.50-€2.88/kg or €122-€141/head;
- X11 51kg – €138;
- X24 50kg – €135;
- X12 49kg – €141;
- X14 48kg – €122.
Factory lambs – €2.40-€2.57/kg or €105-€120/head;
- X14 47kg – €119;
- X10 46kg – €118;
- X8 43kg – €105;
- X10 42kg – €106.
Store lambs – €2.45-€2.57/kg or €85-€105/head;
- X28 41kg – €104;
- X10 40kg – €105;
- X8 39kg – €98;
- X10 33kg – €86.
Other categories:
- Cast ewes – €105-€151/head
Dairy stock
- Freshly-calved Friesian heifers – €1250-€1850/head;
- Freshly-calved Friesian cows – €1150-€1700/head.
