Marts: The store cattle trade has come under pressure in the marts, with up to 70/head being wiped off prices at the sales, which attracted smaller entries of livestock yesterday, partly due to farmers availing of the fine weather for farm work.

PLAIN cattle and double-punched bullocks were a quieter trade at the marts yesterday, where the quality single-punched bullocks and store heifers continued to meet with a firm trade.

Ennis: Whether the optimism in beef prices forward will be justified or not by the market over the next month, prices paid for double punched bullocks in the marts have soared to extraordinary heights this week.

Marts: The marginal improvement in lamb prices at the factories on Tuesday was wiped out threefold in another bad day’s trading for producers yesterday.