Dairy
With some calves already on the ground, and many more yet to come, dairy farmers will be keen to know what heifers are making in the mart.
Beef
Trade is very firm and cow prices are also "well up" since before Christmas according to a Co. Kerry-based mart manager.
A breeding heifer payment is needed to encourage farmers to breed additional heifers, the manager of one Co. Kerry-based mart has said
Marts in key suckler-bred weanling producing regions of Ireland have seen over half the weanling bulls being purchased for overseas markets
Gortatlea Mart in Co. Kerry has hosted a special show and sale of weanling bulls. Speaking to...
Dairy Technical
After a somewhat slower start the calf trade has very much taken off as it hits peak calf sales, with stronger well-fed calves continuing to be in the highest demand.
Gortatlea Mart manager Maurice Brosnan described the calf sale on Monday, March 12 at Co. Kerry based mart as 'a game of two halves'.
There was a large showing of just under 1,000 cattle at the sale of calves, runners and weanlings at Gortatlea Mart on Wednesday.
A Simmental bullock weighing 1,310kg broke records in Co. Kerry on Friday (June 10) when he sold for an impressive €3,790 (€2.89/kg).
