Factory lamb price offers in Ireland held firm at the start of the week on Monday, October 19, with most outlets quoting the same prices as last week and leaving lamb carcass-weight limits unchanged.
Current lamb price offers are about 40c/kg ahead of this time last year, when the higher prices had slipped by 10c/kg ahead of the 2025 October Bank Holiday weekend.
Processor quotes
Kepak quoted €7.85/kg for lambs, plus a 15c/kg Quality Assurance (QA) bonus, leaving €8.00/kg on offer for carcasses up to 22.5kg. Its Athleague, Co. Roscommon, site quoted €4.00/kg for cull ewes again this week.
Irish Country Meats quoted €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, leaving €8.10/kg on offer for lambs up to 22.5kg. Its Navan, Co. Meath, and Camolin, Co. Wexford, outlets quoted €4.30/kg for cull ewes again this week.
O'Flynn Meats in Co. Waterford quoted €8.30/kg for lambs up to 23kg and €5.00/kg for cull ewes.
Kildare Chilling, trading as Dawn Meats Kildare, quoted €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, leaving €8.10/kg on offer for lambs up to 22.5kg. It quoted €4.50/kg for cull ewes from 35-45kg carcass weight again this week.
Ballon Meats in Co. Carlow quoted €8.20/kg for lambs up to 23kg and €4.80/kg for cull ewes again this week.
Dawn Meats in Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, quoted €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, leaving €8.10/kg on offer for lambs up to 22.5kg. It quoted €4.50/kg for cull ewes over 35kg again this week.
Price range
Across the outlets detailed, lamb quotes including QA bonuses ranged from €8.00/kg to €8.30/kg, while cull ewe quotes ranged from €4.00/kg to €5.00/kg. Lamb carcass-weight limits were 22.5kg at several sites and 23kg at others.
Several outlets used a base lamb quote of €7.90/kg with a 20c/kg QA bonus, a combination quoted by Irish Country Meats, Kildare Chilling and Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis. Kepak's base quote was €7.85/kg with a 15c/kg QA bonus.
O'Flynn Meats and Ballon Meats quoted higher lamb prices of €8.30/kg and €8.20/kg respectively, with both applying 23kg carcass-weight limits. The other lamb quotes detailed were subject to 22.5kg limits.
The cull ewe quotes also varied by site: €4.00/kg at Athleague, €4.30/kg at Navan and Camolin, €4.50/kg at Kildare Chilling and Ballyhaunis, €4.80/kg at Ballon and €5.00/kg at O'Flynn.
The trade was described as firm for both factory lamb price offers and cull ewe factory price offers. Most factory outlets began the week with the same offers as last week, and there was no change in lamb carcass-weight limits.