Lamb prices surge with supply shortage forecast

By Vanessa Binks
Updated May 10 2019 - 6:01pm, first published May 9 2019 - 10:30am
DEMAND RISES: Balaklava producer Jon Coleman at the Dublin sheep market on Tuesday this week. He sold 26 Dorper lambs for $185.
DEMAND RISES: Balaklava producer Jon Coleman at the Dublin sheep market on Tuesday this week. He sold 26 Dorper lambs for $185.

Sheep prices at SA saleyards have "skyrocketed" in the past few weeks, after processor competition for limited lamb and mutton supply helped push buyers to their bidding limits.

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