mart sales
Over 1.9 million cattle were traded through Irish marts in 2025, according to DAFM's AIM Bovine Statistics Report for 2025.
Beef
A total of 66% of the calves exported from Ireland under six weeks-of-age in 2025 were sired by a beef-breed bull.
The department has published the AIM Bovine Statistics Report, which confirms how many suckler and dairy calves were born in each county.
The most popular sire breed for Irish calves in 2025 has been revealed in a Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine report.
