Ireland: Over 570,000 sheeps processed this year

Last week’s factory sheep kill resulted in over 67,000 sheep processed, according to figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). For the week ending March 26, a total of 67,065 sheep were processed, which is an increase of almost 14,000 head on the previous week’s kill. In the past four weeks, hogget price has increased significantly and processing is up too; 62,115 hoggets were processed last week, which is up by 12,398 head on the week prior. Meanwhile, 4,377 ewes and rams were slaughtered last week, which is up 887 head on the previous week. Advertisement Last week’s sheep kill (week ending March 26): Hoggets/lambs: 62,115 head; Spring lambs: 587 head; Ewes and rams: 4,377 head; Total: 67,085 head. Sheep kill to date Taking a look at this year’s overall throughput figures to date, 638,145 sheep have been processed so far. Of that figure, 570,179 have been hoggets/lambs, with the rest made up of ewes and rams (67,112), spring lambs (810) and a small ...