So-called lesser cattle lose out in season of plenty

While it is easy to state the obvious — that cattle numbers have pushed on again from last week at marts across the country — a wise old hand said to me, “Yes, but so too have the number of men with the cheque books”.

At a time of plenty, which the autumn always is, it is the numbers and confidence of those men that really underpins the trade.

I begin in Kilmallock on Monday, where Denis Kirby reflected this sentiment. “Prices held well, considering the size of the sale we had”.