01 Jul 2022
Sheep kill: Over 50,000 less lambs processed compared to this time last year
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Last week’s sheep kill (week ending June 25) witnessed a decrease on the week before, with all categories of sheep seeing a decline in throughput.
Spring lamb throughput once again broke 40,000 head last week, but was still back on the previous week, while hogget supplies fell once again, as did ewe and ram throughput.
Figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) show that 50,887 sheep were processed last week, representing a decrease of 2,350 head from the week before.
The number of hoggets processed continues to get smaller, with 2,694 head slaughtered last week; this is a decrease of 1,076 head from the week prior.
Michael Geary / Agriland
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