Sheep prices down €15-18/head on 2022

Irish production was up by around 90,000 head for 2022, an increase that will also have a carry-over effect into 2023.

There was nothing to lift the spirits of lamb producers on prospects for 2023 when the factory quotes for the first week of the New Year were discussed on Tuesday.

"Disappointing" was the general summary of breeders in brief to the "no change" in the factory prices from the close of trade for 2022 last month.