Buyers travelling far and near in search for cattle

“We had a full clearance with a lot of local buyers and a share of men from the midlands down to buy,” said Michael Scanlon of Kanturk mart this week.

His comment about buyers travelling long distances is echoed across the country, with northerners going south, westerners going east, and easterners going everywhere.

Michael said that the number of buyers for calves was such that, “I could nearly sell the calves with my eyes shut, there were that many men there for them.”