Hogget price recovery evident this week

Sheepmeat Market Report

Sheep in the snow near Glendalough, Co Wicklow earlier this week.  Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.  

There has been some recovery in the prices for hoggets at the factories in recent days, a welcome reversal of the trend over the last few weeks.

The quoted prices have been increased by 20 cents/kg at the factories bringing base prices on offer to a 580-600 cents/kg range with the quality bonus of 10 cents/kg to be added.