Strong trading for weanlings reflects scarcity

All marts report improved prices this week on the back of a flush of grass growth.

One mart man told me, “Farmers are back to throwing their cheque books into the ring.” Another said, “They bet the lard out of one another (price wise) to get stock.”

Starting in Kilmallock, where Denis Kirby told me that there was a big improvement in prices. “Cattle were up €20 to €100 with us on Monday. Bullocks especially were up.” Buyers for bigger numbers were also back. “We had several men who bought full loads. One man bought over 50 bullocks.”