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GB liveweight lamb prices jump up
Thursday, 7 July 2022
For the week ending 6 July, the GB liveweight NSL SQQ stood at 317.54/kg, over 15p/kg above the previous week. The SQQ for OSL stood at 231.99/kg, just over 14p/kg above the previous week. An estimated 132,500 lambs (NSL & OSL) were sold at auction markets during the week, up 35% on last week, matching a jump in numbers seen at the same time last year.
Cull ewes averaged 104.22p/kg with an estimated throughput of 52,400 head.
The overall GB deadweight NSL SQQ stood at 637.9p/kg, for the week ending 2 July, a drop of almost 9p/kg on the week before. Those in the R3L category stood at 637.2p/kg, a drop of just over 8p on the week. Estimated kill numbers were 188,400, 1% up on the week but down 13% on the same time last year.
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