Double punched bullocks in demand

Marts: An exceptionally strong trade is an understatement of the demand and the dizzy prices which the double punched beef bullocks fetched at Ennis Mart yesterday.

In a trade more typical of end of year Annual Fat Stock Shows and Sales, two Belgian Blue double punched bullocks weighing 554 kgs sold for 1,185, which works out at 214/100kg. In old world money, it was £86/cwt A lot of three 572 kgs Charolais, double punched made 1.180.

Manager Donal Ryan described it as “exceptionally strong with several lots of double punched making 500-600 over /kg.”