Improved trade for quality stores

Marts: Quality stores met with an improved trade, but demand and prices for plain cattle eased at yesterday’s mart sales, where the numbers on offer were down on previous weeks and the live trade for cows has not mirrored the drop in factory prices.

Trade for quality store bullocks has been helped by the improvement in grass growth over the past week which has eased the shortage which was being felt on many livestock farms in recent weeks.

Quality store bullocks gained 20-30/head at Ennis Mart yesterday, with an improvement of E10/head at Kilkenny and maintained a good trade at Bandon and Blessington, all of which saw a drop in the numbers on offer.