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The number of cattle sold at livestock marts in Ireland in October 2025 is down 28,500 head on October 2024.
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The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has invited all marts to attend one of four seminars it is hosting in October.
A third livestock martwill be hosting sales of TB herd restricted cattle bringing the number of marts offering the service to three.
Livestock marts across the country are coming under increasing pressure to cut the option of credit availability to cattle buyers.
Kingscourt Mart in Co. Cavan has rolled out a service for farmers with herds that are restricted as a result of a bTB outbreak.
574,505 cattle passed through the country's marts in (Q1) 2025, according to latest mart figures from the Department of Agriculture (DAFM).
95% of cattle brought to marts across the island of Ireland in the first nine months of the year were sold, according to DAFM.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said that over 1 million cattle were sold in marts around the country by the end of July this year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has said that 725,516 bovines were sold in marts during the first four months of 2024.
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