Gradual recovery in lamb prices

LAMB prices have been gradually recovering since last week.

The top base price of 420 cents/kg (150p/lb) was on offer at Kildare Chilling on Monday, before it was eased back to 414 cents/kg on Tuesday.

The rest of the factories quoting this week were uniformly offering a base price of 414 cents/kg (148p/lb), improved from last weeks level of 406 cent/kg, following negotiations between processors and farmer representatives during the second half of the week.