Agri-Business
Carrigallen Mart in Co. Leitrim has said that it is rolling out two new guidelines for sellers of livestock in its weekly sales.
Beef
Golden Vale Marts held its weekly young stock sale in Carrigallen Mart, Co. Leitrim, on Saturday (August 15).
With weanling cattle seeing prices over €5/kg and the best cattle making over €6.50/kg, maintaining weanling health is of vital importance.
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Mid-Kerry Co-Operative Mart held its weekly sheep sale in Milltown Mart on Tuesday (July 14), where sheep met a strong trade.
Dairy
The calf sale at GVM Carrigallen Mart, Co. Leitrim, on Saturday, June 13, saw several impressive prices secured by farmers.
With the autumn weanling sales just around the corner, prices are running at record highs with the...
While the calf trade has seen a significant uplift this year, prices reached a new high at a sale in Co. Donegal at the weekend.
GVM Carrigallen Mart in Co. Leitrim hosted a special sale of 39 in-calf heifers and 11 calved heifers on Saturday, August 31.
Dairy Technical
Calving season is well underway across the country, and reports suggest that numbers for the calf trade are down on previous years...
Carrigallen Mart hosted its weekly calf sale on Saturday, February 10 with a total of 90 calves and runners on offer at the Co. Leitrim...
Carrigallen Mart in Co. Leitrim hosted a special suckler sale of 30 in-calf and calved heifers on Monday evening, July 31.
Crowds of farmers gathered at GVM Carrigallen Mart in Co. Leitrim for the annual heifer sale of...
There was over 700 cattle on offer at Carrigallen Mart's weekly sale of calves, weanlings and runners on Saturday, April 23.
Carrigallen Mart held its weekly calf sale on Saturday, April 23, where almost 400 calves were on offer at the Co. Leitrim mart.
There was a full house around the suckler-cow ring at Carrigallen Mart on Monday evening, March 28, as a special suckler sale got underway.
Carrigallen Mart held its weekly calf sale on Saturday, February 19, where over 250 calves were expected to go on offer.
Beef News
There was strong demand for quality breeding stock at Carrigallen Mart's suckler sale on Monday, January 17.
Carrigallen Mart held it's weekly calf sale on Saturday, January 8, with 111 calves presented for sale at the Co. Leitrim mart.
Rural Life
The big day has arrived for a major agricultural fundraiser - the Hooves 4 Hospice sale - which gets underway today (Saturday, May 22)
Charity agri fundraiser Hooves 4 Hospice will be holding its much-anticipated sale this weekend to raise funds for a midlands hospice.
Taaffe auctions hosted the on farm dispersal sale of the Lisfort herd, on Saturday for the herds owner Martin Larkin, Co. Galway.
Calf trade: With the simple rule of demand and supply, Friesian bull calf prices experienced a positive rise as a result of low numbers.
The prices for quality animals are still holding firm, with the sought after Angus and Hereford calf proving to be difficult to buy.
