Beef bullocks up €40/head

Marts: There was an excellent trade for beef bullocks, with gains of up to €40/head at the mart sales yesterday, while trade for heifers was steady or a little easier.

All sales reported more cattle on offer, leading to the largest sales of the New Year, plenty of demand for all lots, but it was very much a day for the beef bullocks to show the strongest gains.

Up to €425 over €/kg was paid at Kilkenny Mart for the best of the heavy beef bullocks in an excellent trade which saw prices for beef males gain up to €40/head on last week. The overall entry was up on last week, with 630 head on offer and store bullocks were also in strong demand showing gains of €10 to €15/head.