Strong mart trade as buyers stock up for Christmas

The mart trade in the last week has seen prices for bullocks and heifers, whether store or beef, retain all their recent gains, and then some.

Numbers continue to decline, but with beef again tending stronger at the factories, numbers of cull cows continue to increase, as dairy and suckler farmers take advantage of demand and move to clear out under-performing stock.

Beginning in Kilmallock on Tuesday, where their trade was described by Denis Kirby as “very good”.