Strong demand for lamb at Easter
Factories were offering up to 540 cents/kg (193p/lb) for Spring lamb yesterday - and improvement of up to 8 cents/kg (3p/lb) on prices offered earlier in the week - and local butchers were reported to be paying up to 560 cents/kg (200p/lb) to get supplies.
Spring lamb supplies for the festive season are scarce, with the poor grass growing season in most parts of the country for the year to date, and some later lambing on farms this year, effecting the output.
