Cattle marts deliver strong prices despite weather conditions

The biggest threat to the cattle trade at the present moment will come from the sky. And I’m not talking about Kim Jong-un and his rockets. I’m referring to the weather.

We have now just come through our ‘ninth winter Atlantic storm’ as the experts put it, and at this point our fields are saturated, grass growth is at a standstill.

Should the situation continue, confidence will certainly start to erode, and the mart trade will eventually suffer as a consequence.