January 18, 2021 5:00 pm
Carnew’s David Quinn reported a record price of €163/head for a pen of 12 well-fleshed hoggets at the mart’s weekly sale on Thursday last (January 14).
A strong sale of 3,231 sheep – which was well up from the 1,892 sheep on offer the previous week – was met with a flying trade, with the record price being achieved by a pen of hoggets weighing 70kg.
This record price was closely followed by another pen of fleshed hoggets weighing 60kg that sold for €159/head.
Any fleshed hoggets weighing in excess of 48kg sold from €146/head upwards, while highs of €137-141/head were seen for lambs weighing 45-46kg.