Lambs see worst single-week slide in 2022

The factory-type lambs at Kilkenny Mart sold for up to €100 over.

Up to 40 cents/kg has been wiped off the quoted prices at the factories.

Lamb producers are experiencing the worst single-week slide in prices so far this year as the processors claim markets have been weakening in recent weeks.

Up to 40 cents/kg has been wiped off the quoted prices at the factories, where the base has dropped to 680 cents/kg at most of the plants with a sprinkle of 685-690 cents/kg going.