Mart Reports: Hard times for buyers as demand remains strong

Latest prices from Macroom, Kilmallock, Bandon, Kanturk, Skibbereen, Ennis and Kilkenny

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.