Mart prices weather the storm where open

Prices from Bandon, Macroom, Ennis, Skibbereen, Kilkenny and Kilmallock

The butchers champion at the fatstock show & sale in Skibbereen Mart a Limousin cross heifer weighing 500 kilos sold for €3,950 is pictured with owners Kieran Sheehy & Donal Murphy, Baltimore, judge Jim Horgan, Dawn Meats & Sean Casey, FBD (sponsor). Photo O'Gorman Photography.

While the doors of cattle marts like Corrin and Kanturk wisely stayed closed on Tuesday, we did have cattle sales on Monday. So we will begin with the sale of cattle in Bandon on Monday.

The mart had over 220 calves on offer, with shipping calves (Friesian bulls) selling from €40 to €80 a head. Stronger Friesian bulls sold for up to €150 a head, with Friesian weanling types making up to €450 a head.