Cattle sales reach seasonal peak

Marts: Cattle sales reached a seasonal peak at the marts yesterday where record numbers were on offer and the trade for plain bullocks was a shade easier than last week.

There was a very big sale of cattle at Bandon Mart, while at Kilkenny selling of 1,600 head was still in progress up to 7pm and at Ennis, where there was almost 1,900 head on offer, it was almost 8pm before the auctioneer left the rostrum.

While there was a strong attendance of buyers for cattle with the bigger numbers on offer, farmers were being selective.