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Cattle mart report: Cattle sales on the up, but small calves, like Beckham’s emails, should stay at home

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Cattle mart report: Cattle sales on the up, but small calves, like Beckham’s emails, should stay at home

It looks like David Beckham won’t be receiving a knighthood anytime soon.

Cattle marts report: Marts feel Halloween chill as factory prices are a real horror story

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Cattle marts report: Marts feel Halloween chill as factory prices are a real horror story

Cattle marts report: Farmer talk at marts turns to inequity in distribution of the basic farm payment

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Cattle marts report: Farmer talk at marts turns to inequity in distribution of the basic farm payment

Cattle marts report: Macroom lives up to name of never rearing a foolish mart trader

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Cattle marts report: Macroom lives up to name of never rearing a foolish mart trader

Cattle marts report: Ringside talk turns to need for timely farm payments as prices fall for plain animals

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Cattle marts report: Ringside talk turns to need for timely farm payments as prices fall for plain animals

Cattle marts report: Springsteen brought good weather, good cheer and good sales across the cattle marts

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Cattle marts report: Springsteen brought good weather, good cheer and good sales across the cattle marts

Cattle marts report: New Minister is top topic of conversation as farmers shoot the breeze at busy marts

Cattle marts report: New Minister is top topic of conversation as farmers shoot the breeze at busy marts

It was all about Michael Creed in Macroom mart on Saturday last, with talk as to what kind of Minister for Agriculture he might make.

Thu, 12 May, 2016

Cattle marts report: Cattle are selling well despite grass and money drying up in farming circles

Cattle marts report: Cattle are selling well despite grass and money drying up in farming circles

Thank God summer has finally arrived. I thought for a while that it would never get here. But it has.

Thu, 05 May, 2016

Cattle marts report: Top price of €4,400 and not an empty seat at Gigginstown ‘Ryanair’ Angus sale

Cattle marts report: Top price of €4,400 and not an empty seat at Gigginstown ‘Ryanair’ Angus sale

From Skibbereen to Gigginstown, it has been quality all the way at the cattle sales.

Thu, 28 Apr, 2016

Cattle marts report: Small beef farmer is the fall guy as buyers focus on large animals

Cattle marts report: Small beef farmer is the fall guy as buyers focus on large animals

As you well know at this stage, I’m a glass half full man, rather than a glass half empty. Indeed so long as I have any drink at all, I’m happy.

Thu, 14 Apr, 2016

Cattle marts report: Cattle trade back to being an ‘adult only’ business as scholars return to their desks

Cattle marts report: Cattle trade back to being an ‘adult only’ business as scholars return to their desks

There is a real sense of getting down to business at the marts this week. With the schools reopening after the Easter break, cattle marts are back to an adult-only audience.

Thu, 07 Apr, 2016

Cattle marts: Demand for cattle with overcoats as farmers brave rainfall to attend busy marts

Cattle marts: Demand for cattle with overcoats as farmers brave rainfall to attend busy marts

On our farms right now many cattle are spending a good deal of their day backed up against a sheltered ditch.

Thu, 31 Mar, 2016

Cattle marts report: Prices and weather showing signs of picking up as focus moves to the fields

Cattle marts report: Prices and weather showing signs of picking up as focus moves to the fields

I find it very hard to believe that you will have any great interest in reading this mart report today.

Thu, 17 Mar, 2016

Cattle marts report: Friesian store bullocks break the €2/kg mark as buyers splash the cash on quality stock

Cattle marts report: Friesian store bullocks break the €2/kg mark as buyers splash the cash on quality stock

Our first stop this week is in Macroom mart.

Thu, 10 Mar, 2016

Cattle mart report: Sun shines on busy marts

Cattle mart report: Sun shines on busy marts

With election fever all around, there has been a lot of talk in recent weeks about ‘green shoots’ and ‘grass roots’. Politicians seem very fond of these colourful phrases.

Thu, 25 Feb, 2016

Cattle marts report: Good mood at marts, cattle numbers keep going up as the rain keeps coming down

Cattle marts report: Good mood at marts, cattle numbers keep going up as the rain keeps coming down

Monday was a super day weather wise. And I thought as I journeyed to Kilmallock mart that the good times had finally arrived.

Thu, 18 Feb, 2016

Cattle marts report: Peace and Tranquility reign as fine weather keeps the trade buoyant in the marts

Cattle marts report: Peace and Tranquility reign as fine weather keeps the trade buoyant in the marts

I went to Corrin Mart on Tuesday, not only to check out the livestock, but also to look at a bit of farmland that has suddenly come onto the market.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2015

Cattle marts report: Seller still in the driver’s seat, despite large entries at marts

Cattle marts report: Seller still in the driver’s seat, despite large entries at marts

I think it’s fair to say that I can now add weather forecasting to my long list of talents, having correctly predicted three weeks ago that the Ploughing Championships in Laois would pass without a shower of rain spoiling the affair.

Thu, 01 Oct, 2015

Cattle marts report: Winners few and far between in beef farming and the new National Lottery

Cattle marts report: Winners few and far between in beef farming and the new National Lottery

I see the National Lottery have added two more balls to the drum, thus making the likelihood of me ever playing the lottery game all the more remote.

Thu, 13 Aug, 2015

Cattle marts report: €50-60 off recent store prices was timely ahead of this week’s factory price cuts

Cattle marts report: €50-60 off recent store prices was timely ahead of this week’s factory price cuts

Forgive me today if my mart report is a bit trína chéile.

Thu, 06 Aug, 2015

Cattle marts report: Cattle numbers hold solid, prices are steady and bargain calves are as rare as hen’s teeth

Cattle marts report: Cattle numbers hold solid, prices are steady and bargain calves are as rare as hen’s teeth

Ever the optimist, I went to Dungarvan mart on Monday in search of a few cheap calves. But alas for me, I arrived too late.

Thu, 23 Jul, 2015

Cattle marts report: Steady sales as marts drive on, at a safe remove from global economic upheavals

Cattle marts report: Steady sales as marts drive on, at a safe remove from global economic upheavals

The mad cow, the rain, the thunder, even the Greeks voting no, nothing it seems can put the breaks on the runaway train that is the high flying cattle trade.

Thu, 09 Jul, 2015

Cattle marts report: Good times for sellers but tough for buyers as every Friesian in the ring exceeds €2/kg

Cattle marts report: Good times for sellers but tough for buyers as every Friesian in the ring exceeds €2/kg

I had big plans for heading to Dungarvan mart on Monday. It has been a few weeks since I’ve touched down at the Waterford mart.

Thu, 02 Jul, 2015

Cattle marts report: Serious trading done at regional marts as buyers travel from all corners of the country

Cattle marts report: Serious trading done at regional marts as buyers travel from all corners of the country

On Tuesday morning, in a state of utter confusion, I found myself in Lissarda village. You see, I didn’t know whether to turn right for Corrin, or left for Kanturk.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2015