Lamb prices break €10/kg as Easter demand tightens supply

Reliance for most of the lamb meat for Easter remains reliant on the hoggets, for which the trade continues very firm and returning an extra 10c/kg this week

Suppliers to the factories for this week are reporting more than €10/kg is now being paid for spring lamb and supplies are low, with the majority of breeders having switched to later lambing over recent years.

The market for lambs has strengthened as the build-up ahead of the Easter celebrations enters countdown, with supplies of new-season lamb very tight.

Suppliers to the factories for this week are reporting more than €10/kg is now being paid for spring lamb and supplies are low, with the majority of breeders having switched to later lambing over recent years.