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Weekly lamb throughputs slightly down
Thursday, 26 May 2022
In the week ending 25 May, liveweight lamb prices were a mixed bag compared with week earlier levels. The OSL SQQ price averaged 249.14p/kg, a drop of 6.5p, while the NSL SQQ price picked up by nearly 4.5p, to 327.74p/kg.
Market throughputs stood at 89,500 head (OSL and NSL combined) during the week, down 9% from the previous week, a further 9% lower than throughputs the week before.
Cull ewes gained £5/head to average £115 in GB marts.
Deadweight prices fell during the week ending 21 May. The GB OSL SQQ averaged 598.5p/kg, down 6.6p from the week before, and the NSL SQQ was 4.4p lower at 672.0p/kg.
Estimated slaughter of clean sheep amounted to 173,000 head for the week, down 7% from the previous week. This puts slaughter to date this calendar year at 4.23 million head, around 325,000 head more than at the same point last year.
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