date:Mar 14, 2014
week compared to the same week in 2013. The lamb kill was particularly low 16,056 down 4,317 head or 21 per cent on 2013. Hoggets were also down last week. At a throughput of 14,691 head the kill was five per cent down of the same week last year. Ewes and Rams were also down, 10 per cent lower than the same week last year at 5,376.
In Northern Ireland (NI), the Livestock and Meat Commission reported that throughput of hoggets has continued to decline in line with seasonal trends with 5,042 kill