Factory lamb price offers in Ireland opened the week beginning Monday, 19 October at the same levels as the previous week, with most outlets making no change to lamb carcass-weight limits. Cull ewe factory quotes also remained firm.
Current lamb offers are running about 40c/kg ahead of the same point last year. The trade update notes that at this stage in 2025, higher prices had slipped by 10c/kg ahead of the October Bank Holiday weekend.
Lamb quotes
Kepak is quoting €7.85/kg for lambs, plus a 15c/kg Quality Assurance bonus, leaving €8.00/kg on offer up to 22.5kg carcass weight this week. The company's Athleague, Co. Roscommon site is quoting €4.00/kg for cull ewes again this week.
Irish Country Meats is quoting €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, equivalent to €8.10/kg, for lambs up to 22.5kg carcass weight. Its Navan, Co. Meath and Camolin, Co. Wexford outlets are quoting €4.30/kg for cull ewes again this week.
Kildare Chilling, part of Dawn Meats, is also quoting €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus for lambs, leaving €8.10/kg up to 22.5kg. It is quoting €4.50/kg for cull ewes from 35kg to 45kg carcass weight again this week.
Dawn Meats in Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, has the same lamb quote of €7.90/kg plus a 20c/kg QA bonus, or €8.10/kg, up to 22.5kg carcass weight. The outlet is quoting €4.50/kg for cull ewes over 35kg again this week.
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 this week.
Ballon Meats in Co. Carlow is quoting €8.20/kg for lambs up to 23kg carcass weight. It is quoting €4.80/kg for cull ewes again this week.
Price range
On the lamb side, the quoted prices detailed for this week range from €8.00/kg after the QA bonus at Kepak to €8.30/kg at O'Flynn Meats. Several outlets are offering €8.10/kg after bonuses, while Ballon Meats is at €8.20/kg. The carcass-weight limits attached to those offers vary between 22.5kg and 23kg.
For cull ewes, quotes range from €4.00/kg at Kepak's Athleague site to €5.00/kg at O'Flynn Meats. Irish Country Meats is at €4.30/kg, Kildare Chilling and Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis are at €4.50/kg, and Ballon Meats is at €4.80/kg. Some cull ewe quotes carry weight conditions: Kildare Chilling's price applies from 35kg to 45kg carcass weight, while Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis applies its quote to ewes over 35kg.
The overall picture is one of steady factory quotes for both lambs and cull ewes, with no change in the lamb weight limits at most outlets. The year-on-year comparison puts current lamb offers around 40c/kg above the same week in 2025, when the trade update records that prices had eased by 10c/kg before the October Bank Holiday weekend.