Factory lamb and cull ewe price offers in Ireland remained firm this week, with most outlets holding their quotes at last week’s levels and leaving lamb carcass-weight limits unchanged.
Current lamb offers are running about 40c/kg ahead of the same time last year, when prices had slipped by 10c/kg ahead of the 2025 October Bank Holiday weekend.
Processor quotes
- Kepak: €7.85/kg plus a 15c/kg QA bonus, equivalent to €8.00/kg, for lambs up to 22.5kg carcass weight; cull ewes at Athleague, Co. Roscommon, are quoted at €4.00/kg.
- Irish Country Meats: €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, equivalent to €8.10/kg, for lambs up to 22.5kg; its Navan, Co. Meath, and Camolin, Co. Wexford, sites quote €4.30/kg for cull ewes.
- O’Flynn Meats: €5.00/kg for cull ewes and €8.30/kg for lambs up to 23kg in Co. Waterford.
- Kildare Chilling (Dawn Meats Kildare): €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, equivalent to €8.10/kg, for lambs up to 22.5kg, and €4.50/kg for cull ewes from 35-45kg.
- Ballon Meats: €8.20/kg for lambs up to 23kg and €4.80/kg for cull ewes in Co. Carlow.
- Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis: €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, equivalent to €8.10/kg, for lambs up to 22.5kg, and €4.50/kg for cull ewes over 35kg in Co. Mayo.
Across the outlets, quoted lamb prices ranged from €8.00/kg to €8.30/kg, while cull ewe quotes ranged from €4.00/kg to €5.00/kg.