Finishers lean towards quality stock

MARTS: Entries of cattle are substantially higher than normal for August and there is plenty of interest for farmer buyers, but the emphasis by finishers is moving more decidedly towards the quality stock.

There was over 500 head on offer at Kilkenny similar to the previous week which is unusually high for mid-August and trade continued strong.

Manager Michael Harty said any day that single punched stores are selling for over €300 with €/kg in August it is a good trade. Sores with both premia available made well over E400 in excess of E/kg.