Mart Reports: Hard times for buyers as demand remains strong

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Mart Reports: Hard times for buyers as demand remains strong

Pictured at the sale in Cashel Mart is a Charolais cross male weanling eight months old & weighing 360 kilos which sold for €770. Photo O'Gorman Photography

Macroom on Saturday had some nice cattle on offer and some nice prices to boot.

In Macroom mart on Saturday dry cows sold from €210 to €890 with the kilo. Friesian bullocks were making from €1.60/kg to €1.80/kg. Aberdeen Angus and Hereford bullocks in Macroom made from €1.95 to €2.25 with their weight. Continental bullocks made from €2.20/kg to €2.50/kg. Heifers in Macroom on Saturday made from €2/kg to €2.35/kg.

Weanling bulls sold from €2.20/kg to €2.45/kg. Weanling heifers sold from €2.20/kg to €3/kg.

Macroom

Saturday

No

Breed

Sex

Weight

1

Hr

steer

625kg

1300

2

AA

steers

530kg

1100

1

Lm

steer

470kg

1120

1

Ch

steer

400kg

1040

6

Fr

steers

590kg

1070

1

Fr

cow

530kg

870

1

AA

cow

796kg

1660

900 stock went under the hammer this week at Kilmallock mart. The trade continues to be very strong, according to the mart. It’s the same story across the country. It’s hard times for the buyer.

On Monday bullocks sold for up to €1,300 a head or €2.58 per kg.

Dry cows hit €1,120 a head or €1.84 per kg. Heifers sold for up to €1,090 a head or €2.17 per kg.

Heavy bulls made up to €1,640 a head.

In the calf ring runners made up to €610 a head.

On Tuesday weanling bulls made up to €970 a head or €2.74 per kg. Weanling heifers made up to €830 a head or €2.56 per kg.

On this coming Friday November 26th, a special sale of dairy stock will be held at Kilmallock beginning at 11.30am. Up to 100 winter and spring calvers will be on offer.

Kilmallock

Monday

No

Breed

Sex

Weight

1

Ch

steer

380kg

980

6

Lim

steers

377kg

890

2

Hr

steers

360kg

790

1

AA

steer

540kg

1230

5

Hr

steers

524kg

1090

3

Lim

steers

470kg

1090

1

BB

steer

510kg

1080

Bandon mart on Monday had 173 calves on offer with Friesian bulls making from €50 to €140 a head.

Dry cows in Bandon sold from €40 to €365 with the kilo.

Friesian bullocks sold from €342 to €500 with the kilo. Hereford and Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold from €444 to €810 with the kilo.

Continental bullocks sold from €410 to €617 with their weight. Heifers made from €385 to €525 with the kilo.

Bandon

Monday

No

Breed

Sex

Weight

4

Fr

steers

518kg

860

5

Fr

steers

479kg

850

1

Hr

steer

565kg

1200

9

AA

steers

444kg

888

1

AA

heifer

395kg

780

2

Hr

heifers

485kg

1110

1

Fr

cow

600kg

750

Kanturk mart will be hosting its annual Fat Stock Show and Sale on Tuesday next, November 30th.

The general cattle sale will start a little earlier on the day (to make way for the champion cattle) beginning at 10am.

And the mart sale itself will most likely end a little later, as quality cattle change hands and old friends catch up after yet another eventful year on the land.

But back to this week. After Tuesday’s sale of cattle, Kanturk mart manager Seamus gave us this report.

“We had a big number of dry cows with plenty of demand.

“Prices holding the same as last week with plenty of competition between online and ringside customers.”

Kanturk

Tuesday

No

Breed

Sex

Weight

4

Lm

steers

487kg

1190

4

AA

steers

422kg

900

9

Hr

steers

453kg

960

2

Lm

heifers

367kg

900

3

Hr

heifers

516kg

1150

1

Fr

cow

630kg

1270

1

AA

cow

570kg

1180

In Skibbereen on Friday dry cows sold from €150 under to €1070 with the kilo.

Heifers in Skibbereen made from €255 to €800 with their weight. Weanling bulls sold from €155 to €510 with the kilo. Weanling heifers sold from €270 to €560 with the kilo. Hereford and Aberdeen Angus bullocks sold from €250 to €595 with the kilo. Continental bullocks sold from €320 to €645 with the kilo.

Skibbereen

Friday

No

Breed

Sex

Weight

1

AA

steer

545kg

1140

2

Hr

steers

485kg

1000

1

Ch

steer

535kg

1180

1

Lm

steer

440kg

1000

1

Ch

heifer

600kg

1400

1

Hr

heifer

480kg

980

1

Ba

cow

930kg

2000

Next to Ann Keane and a report on the sale of bullocks at Ennis mart on Friday.

“Good numbers again on Friday with just over 500 bullocks available.

“Trade was strong again with quite a number going North again and forward type cattle in excellent demand.

“Quite a number of Aberdeen Angus and Hereford bullocks amongst the Continentals stock.”

And looking back to Thursday’s sale of heifers, dry cows and aged bulls at the same mart, Ann added,

“Fine size sale on Thursday with 270 cull cows, 170 heifers and half a dozen aged bulls on offer.

“More of a mix of dairy and suckler culls, with a very strong trade for good cows and many of these exceeded €2/kg.

“Dairy culls making from 75c/kg to €1.50/kg depending on condition. Heifers met a very good trade both stores and forward stock. Aged bulls averaged €1.71/kg.”

Ennis

Friday

No

Breed

Sex

Weight

1

Lm

steer

910kg

2330

3

Lm

steers

495kg

1390

1

Ch

steer

545kg

1510

9

AA

steers

563kg

1190

1

Hr

steer

610kg

1350

2

Fr

steers

547kg

920

2

AA

steers

640kg

1390

Kilkenny mart on Thursday had 670 cattle on offer with mart manager, George Candler, reporting a smaller sale of cattle with good selling conditions.

“We had a good selling trade all round. Heifers met a sharper trade compared to last week with a 99% clearance.

“Bullocks also selling well with a 96% clearance.

“The cull cows on offer lacked the quality of other weeks with many animals just out of the parlour being offered for sale.”

In Kilkenny on Thursday bullocks sold from €1.65 to €3.05 per kilo. Friesian and Jersey cull cows in Kilkenny sold from €0.70 to €1.75 per kilo. Continental cull cows made from €1.40 to €2.25 per kilo. Heifers In Kilkenny sold from €1.80/kg to €2.65/kg.

Kilkenny

Thursday

No

Breed

Sex

Weight

1

Lim

steer

830kg

1980

2

Sim

steers

640kg

1400

2

Fr

steers

570kg

1180

4

Hr

steers

510kg

1070

2

Ch

steers

490kg

1330

2

Lim

heifers

580kg

1390

1

Hr

heifer

380kg

720

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