Agriculture

Irish lamb factory quotes hold firm at €8.00–8.30/kg

Meat plants opened the week with unchanged lamb and cull ewe offers, leaving factory lamb quotes at €8.00–8.30/kg including QA bonuses.

Tuva NybergOctober 19, 20265 min read3 views

Lambs and cull ewes stand in a green pasture, with a processing facility suggested in the distance under soft dawn light.

Factory price offers for lambs and cull ewes in Ireland have opened the week unchanged, with most meat plants holding last week’s quotes and making no change to carcass-weight limits. Most factory outlets began the week on Monday, October 19, tabling the same offers as last week.

Current lamb offers are running approximately 40c/kg ahead of the same time last year. The comparison comes after higher prices had slipped by 10c/kg ahead of the 2025 October Bank Holiday weekend.

Factory quotes across the main outlets

  • Kepak is quoting €7.85/kg for lambs plus a 15c/kg Quality Assurance bonus, leaving €8.00/kg on offer for carcasses up to 22.5kg. Its Athleague, Co. Roscommon, site is quoting €4.00/kg for cull ewes.
  • Irish Country Meats (ICM) is quoting €7.90/kg for lambs plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, leaving €8.10/kg for carcasses up to 22.5kg. Its Navan, Co. Meath, and Camolin, Co. Wexford, outlets are quoting €4.30/kg for cull ewes.
  • O’Flynn Meats in Co. Waterford is quoting €8.30/kg for lambs up to 23kg carcass weight and €5.00/kg for cull ewes.
  • Kildare Chilling (Dawn Meats Kildare) is quoting €7.90/kg for lambs plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, leaving €8.10/kg for carcasses up to 22.5kg. It is quoting €4.50/kg for cull ewes from 35-45kg carcass weight.
  • Ballon Meats in Co. Carlow is quoting €8.20/kg for lambs up to 23kg carcass weight and €4.80/kg for cull ewes.
  • Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis in Co. Mayo is quoting €7.90/kg for lambs plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, leaving €8.10/kg for carcasses up to 22.5kg. It is quoting €4.50/kg for cull ewes over 35kg.

Across the outlets listed, lamb quotes range from €8.00/kg to €8.30/kg once applicable QA bonuses are included. The upper weight limits are 22.5kg at Kepak, ICM, Kildare Chilling and Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis, and 23kg at O’Flynn Meats and Ballon Meats.

The quoted lamb prices are for carcasses within the stated weight limits; where a QA bonus applies, it is added to the base quote.

Cull ewe quotes range from €4.00/kg at Kepak’s Athleague site to €5.00/kg at O’Flynn Meats. ICM’s Navan and Camolin outlets are at €4.30/kg, while Kildare Chilling and Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis are at €4.50/kg. Ballon Meats is at €4.80/kg.

The cull ewe prices are also unchanged from last week at the factory outlets listed in this report. The offers cover lambs and cull ewes at factory level.

The opening quotes indicate a steady start to the week for both lamb and cull ewe trade, with the main processors retaining last week’s price levels and weight terms.