Store lambs met with a “very strong brisk trade” at Baltinglass Mart on Saturday, July 25th, according to Tom Coleman.
The mart manager reported that heavy lambs were up €1-€3/head on the previous week’s returns.
A top price of €120 was recorded for lambs weighing 50kgs. Cast ewes went under the hammer from €60-€130.
Sample prices:
- X19 50kg – €120;
- X10 42kg – €118;
- X5 46kg – €118;
- X26 30kg – €114;
- X4 43kg – €113;
- X14 48kg – €112;
- X10 46kg – €109;
- X24 36kg – €108;
- X12 45kg – €106;
- X5 44kg – €105;
- X10 36kg – €101;
- X6 37kg – €92;
- X9 30kg – €91;
- X15 33kg – €91;
- X10 37kg – €90;
- X4 36kg – €85;
- X10 43kg – €85;
- X5 30kg – €78;
- X13 32kg – €75;
- X9 32kg – €74;
- X14 29kg – €70;
- X25 30kg – €63;
- X10 25kg – €59.
Image source: Baltinglass Mart / Facebook
