Weanlings reaching €3/kg

UP to €3/kg is being paid for top quality Belgian Blue weanlings for export as the trade for autumn 2007 builds up at the live sales at the marts around the country.

Reports from sales show that many of these top quality weanlings are topping €1000/head which is on par with the 2006 season, but the plainer and the lighter weanlings are reckoned to be down by €60-€90/head on last season at this early stage of the annual autumn trade.

The annual weanling show and sale at Macroom Mart takes place today with a good entry of stock expected and a firm trade predicted. In the noted suckler herd region of the country, county Clare, there is a large entry of quality stock for the Limousin Weanling Show and Sale at Ennis Mart on Tuesday next, August 28 where the sale of the bulls will get under way at 11am.