Marts Report: Cattle coming out, rain coming down
At Macroom Mart last Saturday, this Limousin bull sold for €1,560
Isn't it just typical! You keep your stock indoors all winter long and just as the birdies start singing and trees start budding you decide to give the old boys their first taste of freedom, and as soon as you do, what comes down only the rain!
God must have a sense of humour, or else he's just mad at us for not going to mass in almost a year. Either way, as I write on this wet and miserable evening there's little sign of spring. This week, marts are all signalling that grass men are out in force buying cattle. Well the grass men must be wearing oilskins today. And the cattle must be looking at the wet grass with the same distain that I'd look at a flat pint.
