Weanling heifer sells for €3,580 (€9.43/kg) at Ennis mart
A Belted Galloway dry cow born April '10 weighing 550 kilos sold for €1,070 in Cashel Mart. Photo O'Gorman Photography.
Quality certainly shone at Ennis mart on Tuesday. The mart held a weanling show and sale where a Belgian Blue weanling heifer that shone like the Ardagh Chalice sauntered into the ring, weighing a respectable 380kg. Not the largest animal on the day, but certainly the most fancied. When the auctioneer's hammer came down the sum being offered had reached €3,580, or €9.43/kg for the more mathematically inclined. Super money for a quality animal.
Some of the prize winners on Tuesday included a Charolais bull weighing 460kg which sold for €2,000.
A Limousin bull weighing 395kg sold for €1,280.
The best Belgian Blue bull weighed 415kg and sold for €1,580.
Looking at weanling heifers, prize winners included a Charolais heifer weighing 375kg and selling for €1,240.
A Limousin heifer weighing 355kg sold for €1200.
A Belgian Blue heifer weighing 405kg sold for €1,590.
Staying with Ennis mart, Geraldine Walsh of Clare Co-op marts gave us the following report after the general sale of cattle at Ennis mart on Thursday.
"We had a fine-sized sale on Thursday with 874 cattle on offer.
"Quite a number of forward cattle in the sale and a very strong trade was the order of the day.
"A 98% clearance was achieved. 25 aged bulls were available and these averaged €2.27/kg. A Charolais bull of 1,125 kg made €2,560.
"There were more continental bulls than dairy breed bulls at the sale."
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Ennis |
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Thursday |
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No |
Breed |
Sex |
Weight |
€ |
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2 |
Hr |
steers |
800kg |
2190 |
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4 |
Ch |
steers |
480kg |
1550 |
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2 |
AA |
steers |
492kg |
1340 |
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1 |
Lm |
heifer |
680kg |
2060 |
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3 |
Ch |
heifers |
651kg |
1950 |
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1 |
BB |
cow |
850kg |
2270 |
After a successful sale of cattle at Kanturk mart on Tuesday Michael Scanlon gave us the following report
"A fine turnout of top-quality cattle here in Kanturk on Tuesday met with a flying trade.
"We had 480 cattle including 45 calves up for auction. Prices were well matched on recent weeks with plenty of customers both ringside and online.
"Dairy cows made from €1400 to €1600 a head."
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Kanturk |
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Tuesday |
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No |
Breed |
Sex |
Weight |
€ |
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1 |
Lm |
steer |
620kg |
1560 |
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3 |
Ch |
steers |
540kg |
1400 |
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6 |
Lm |
steers |
440kg |
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2 |
Hr |
heifers |
645kg |
1690 |
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1 |
AA |
heifer |
605kg |
1620 |
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1 |
Fr |
cow |
755kg |
1770 |
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1 |
Lm |
cow |
690kg |
1590 |
870 cattle were on offer at Kilmallock on Monday. The mart reported "a steady trade."
151 buyers purchased stock. Bullocks (60 pens on offer) sold for up to €1,820 a head or €2.81 per kg.
Dry cows (100 on offer) made up to €1,800 a head or €2.66 per kg.
Heifers sold for up to €1,740 a head or €2.87 per kg. Dairy stock made up to €1,800 (paid for a 5-year-old calved cow).
Heavy bulls hit €1,940 a head. Breeding bulls sold for up to €3,050 a head.
In the calf ring runners made up to €455 (paid for 5 Aberdeen Angus bulls born in April) while young calves hit €395 a head.
Looking at suckler stock, a 7-year-old Shorthorn and her Hereford heifer calf made €1,620.
While a 2-year-old Aberdeen Angus and her Limousin heifer calf made €1,180.
And staying on the subject of sucklers, on this Monday, August 29th an in-calf section of the Carker Angus herd will be sold. This sale begins at 12.30 approximately in ring 3. This sale will be an ideal opportunity for breeders to purchase some top-class breeding stock.
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Kilmallock |
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Monday |
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No |
Breed |
Sex |
Weight |
€ |
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2 |
AA |
steers |
388kg |
990 |
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2 |
Hr |
steers |
390kgs |
950 |
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5 |
Lm |
steers |
491kgs |
1290 |
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1 |
Fr |
steer |
505kg |
1140 |
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1 |
AA |
heifer |
330kg |
780 |
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4 |
Hr |
heifers |
329kg |
730 |
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1 |
Fr |
cow |
490kg |
780 |
Dowra mart on Saturday had a bigger sale than the previous week with 425 cattle sold.
The trade at Dowra mart continues to remain very strong with some exceptional prices for the strong cattle.
Heavy bullocks topped out at €2650, while dry cows topped out at €2640 a head.
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Dowra |
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Saturday |
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No |
Breed |
Sex |
Weight |
€ |
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1 |
Lm |
steer |
670kg |
670kg |
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1 |
Ch |
steer |
575kg |
1680 |
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1 |
Ch |
heifer |
350kg |
1280 |
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1 |
Lm |
heifer |
380kg |
1110 |
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1 |
Sim |
heifer |
330kg |
1070 |
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1 |
Ch |
heifer |
405kg |
1300 |
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1 |
BB |
heifer |
495kg |
1240 |
George Candler, Kilkenny mart manager, gave us the following report after the sale of cattle at the mart on Thursday.
"We had a similar trade to the previous week, with an outstanding yard of continental cattle meeting a good strong trade, especially for factory fit cattle."
In Kilkenny on Thursday bullocks sold from€1.23 to €3.17 per kilo.
Continental cull cows made from €2.08 to €2.89 per kilo.
Cull bulls made from €1740 to €2,000 per head.
Heifers on Kilkenny made from €2.05 to €2.82 per kilo.
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Kilkenny |
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Thursday |
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No |
Breed |
Sex |
Weight |
€ |
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2 |
Lm |
steers |
780kg |
2380 |
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1 |
BB |
steer |
685kg |
2170 |
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5 |
Fr |
steers |
533kg |
1180 |
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7 |
Lm |
steers |
463kg |
1400 |
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3 |
AA |
steers |
497kg |
1280 |
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2 |
Fr |
steers |
383kg |
720 |
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4 |
AA |
heifers |
495kg |
1260 |
