Slow mart trade for heavy hoggets

ANY improvement in hogget prices is a welcome trend, and this week sheep farmers are getting an increase of up to 6 cents/kg (2p/lb) as the trade recovers from the slippage in prices over the past week.

The week’s trade at the factories opened with a base price range of 336 and back to 330 cents/kg (120p to 118p/lb), but overnight gains brought the base at all processors operating on Tuesday to a uniform 336 cents/kg, with good demand for supplies.

Prices at the marts for the opening of the week’s trade were steady at last week’s prices.