Prices for all types of cattle weaken

Marts: Prices for plain bullocks fell by up to €60/head at the marts as demand slumped for the poorer quality animals at yesterday’s sales, where prices for all types of cattle weakened.

The number of cattle on offer were lower at all of the sales, with farmers taking time off to attend the final day of the National Ploughing Championships and the bad weather affecting supplies at the marts.

Prices at Kilkenny Mart fell sharply with up to €60/head knocked off trading for the plain bullocks as demand for poor quality animals slumped and many plain Holstein blood bullocks were a hard sell.