​​​​​Mart Report: Prices weaken as grass men get their fill

Latest mart prices from Kilmallock, Dungarvan, Kanturk and Skibbereen

At Skibbereen Mart last Friday, this Limousin cow born in 2016 weighed 760kg and sold for €1,780. File Picture. 

The bedrock on which our trade rests is grass, and the need for farmers with grass to buy cattle.

Without these eager buyers on their phones, we’d be up a murky creek without a paddle in no time.