Sheepmeat market report: Up to €6.20 all-in offered for first of spring lambs

Thoughts are turning towards the trade for spring lambs.

A base price of 600 cents/kg plus the bonus for quality has been offered by most processors this week for the first of the new season crop, which are still very scarce, and likely to be so for some weeks yet.

Prices offered range from a base of 580 cents/kg plus quality bonus to an all-in 620 cents/kg, so the middle road for the first of the spring lambs is set to be around €6/kg.