Factory lamb price offers in Ireland held steady at the start of this week, with most outlets quoting the same terms as last week and no change to lamb carcass-weight limits. Cull ewe prices were also unchanged at the plants covered by the latest sheep trade information.
Kepak quoted €7.85/kg for lambs plus a 15c/kg Quality Assurance bonus, equating to €8.00/kg up to 22.5kg carcass weight. Its Athleague, Co. Roscommon, site quoted €4.00/kg for cull ewes.
Irish Country Meats quoted €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, or €8.10/kg, for lambs up to 22.5kg. Its Navan, Co. Meath, and Camolin, Co. Wexford, outlets quoted €4.30/kg for cull ewes.
O’Flynn Meats in Co. Waterford quoted €8.30/kg for lambs up to 23kg carcass weight and €5.00/kg for cull ewes.
Kildare Chilling, part of Dawn Meats, quoted €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus for lambs, leaving €8.10/kg up to 22.5kg. It quoted €4.50/kg for cull ewes from 35-45kg carcass weight.
Ballon Meats in Co. Carlow quoted €8.20/kg for lambs up to 23kg and €4.80/kg for cull ewes.
Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, quoted €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus for lambs, or €8.10/kg up to 22.5kg. It quoted €4.50/kg for cull ewes over 35kg.
Price range
Including bonuses, most factory lamb quotes stood at €8.00–€8.10/kg, with O’Flynn Meats at €8.30/kg and Ballon Meats at €8.20/kg above that range. Cull ewe quotes ranged from €4.00/kg at Kepak’s Athleague site to €5.00/kg at O’Flynn Meats.
The lamb offers applied up to 22.5kg carcass weight at Kepak, Irish Country Meats, Kildare Chilling and Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis. O’Flynn Meats and Ballon Meats quoted for lambs up to 23kg. The QA bonuses stated by Kepak, Irish Country Meats, Kildare Chilling and Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis were included in the per-kilogram totals above.
Year-on-year context
Current lamb price offers were running approximately 40c/kg ahead of the same time last year. At that stage, higher prices had slipped 10c/kg ahead of the 2025 October Bank Holiday weekend.
The unchanged opening quotes mean the main factory prices for lambs and cull ewes remained at last week’s levels, while the year-on-year comparison shows a higher starting point for late October. The quoted carcass-weight limits also remained in place, with most lamb offers capped at 22.5kg and two outlets quoting up to 23kg.