Sheep
This week's sheep trade sees continued price positivity with rises in price offers for spring lambs, hoggets and cull ewes.
This week's sheep trade has seen a powerful uplift in factory sheep prices with as high as €9/kg...
This week's sheep trade has seen factory quotes rise for hoggets, while most outlets moved to...
This week's sheep trade has seen hogget prices rise by 10-20c/kg since last Monday as the cull ewe price has remained largely steady.
Beef
Aurivo Co-op Livestock Mart (Ballinrobe Mart) in Co. Mayo hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Wednesday, February 25.
This week's sheep trade sees no lift in factory price offers for hoggets or cull ewes as hogget...
The sheep sector is "under severe pressure" as Irish prices "fall well behind", the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) said.
271,766 live sheep were imported by Ireland in 2025, figures provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine show.
This week's sheep trade has seen no movement in Irish price offers, with prices down by over 14% to date this year compared to last year.
This week's sheep trade has seen no lift in hogget price offers from the main processors, with one smaller outlet reducing its offer.
This week's sheep trade sees no movement on prices for ewes or hoggets after last week's price cuts of up to 20c/kg.
Agri-Business
Sheep farmers with hoggets to sell to the factory have been advised by factory procurement staff not to "panic sell" livestock.
This week's sheep trade has seen hogget factory prices cut by up to 20c/kg in cases since last Monday with "very difficult at the moment".
This week's sheep trade has kicked off with firm prices but there are also indications that a...
Tullow Mart in Co. Carlow hosted its weekly sheep sale on Tuesday, January 13, with 1,850 head of sheep on offer.
Sheep News
This week's sheep trade has seen a 10c/kg lift for hogget price, but processors are voicing concerns regarding over-heavy carcasses.
The first full week of 2026 kicks off today, and with that, processors have confirmed their opening price offers for the 2026 sheep trade.
With the spring 2026 lambing season fast approaching, sheep farmers will be wondering what the trade outlook is heading into the new year.
A farm organisation has hit out at meat factories for pulling sheep prices in the week before Christmas, despite sheep numbers being "significantly tighter".
Dairy
Agriland recently caught up with Carnew Mart in Co. Wicklow's Eugene Clune to hear how sales have been going at the mart in recent weeks.
This week's sheep trade has again seen both lamb and ewe prices hold firm, with very little movement across the sites.
This week's sheep trade has seen lamb prices hold generally firm as cull ewe price offers have edged up at some sites.
The past few weeks have seen several cases where the factory price per kilo paid for prime cattle surpassed the price paid per kilo for lamb
