Beef
Kilkenny Mart hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Thursday, May 21, with a lower number of cattle on offer totalling 560 head.
There were over 700 head of cattle on offer at Carnew Mart in Co. Wicklow on Saturday, May 9, which saw "a slightly smaller sale" overall.
Manorhamilton Livestock Sales in Co. Leitrim hosted its weekly general cattle sale on May Bank Holiday Monday with over 650 cattle on offer.
Leinster Marts, Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Wednesday, April...
Mountbellew Mart in Co. Galway hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Friday, April 24, and its weekly sheep sale on Saturday, April 25.
Mountbellew Mart in Co. Galway hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Friday, April 17, and its weekly sheep sale on Saturday, April 18.
Ballinrobe Mart
Aurivo Co-Op Livestock Mart in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, hosted its weekly cattle sale on Wednesday,...
Tuam Co-operative Livestock Mart manager Marion Devane provided an overview of prices from its weekly general cattle sale on March 30,
Aurivo Co-op Livestock Mart in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, hosted its weanling sale Friday and weekly general cattle and calf sale on Thursday
Enniscorthy Mart in Co. Wexford hosted its general cattle sale on Tuesday, February 4, with approximately 600 cattle on offer.
Dairy
One of the first dairy clearance sales of the year took place in Corrin Mart, Co. Cork, with a top price of €5,800 paid in the ring.
With the first of the spring calves hitting the ground this month, farmers will be wondering what dairy animals are making in the mart.
Kilkenny mart witnessed another smaller sale this week, with bluetongue now confirmed in Northern Ireland and factories still pulling quotes.
With factories pulling prices back slightly, and suspected cases of bluetongue in Northern Ireland, how are cattle sales looking in the marts?
Prices of over €6.00/kg remain available for the top-quality weanling bulls while plainer...
Sheep
Bullocks weighing from 300-500kg all averaged over €5/kg at Balla Mart, Co. Mayo, on Saturday, September 27.
There were 500 cattle on offer at Kilkenny Mart on Thursday, May 23, with as high as €4.88/kg paid for heavy bullocks at the sale.
There were 600 cattle on offer at Kilkenny Mart on Thursday, May 1, with "an excellent trade all...
Balla Mart hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Saturday, April 12, with big show of cattle on offer, according to the mart manager.
There were almost 900 cattle sold at Balla Mart in Co. Mayo on Saturday, March 29, with heavy cows and stock bulls taking the highest prices.
Continued strengthening in the beef trade is driving cattle buyer confidence and this was evident in cattle prices paid at recent sales.
Cavan Mart hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Friday, February 21, with approximately 150 cattle on offer in the sale.
The strong uplift in beef prices is filtering into the cattle prices being paid at marts around the country.
