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Denis Lehane analyses the effect of the Scrooge-like beef barons on the cattle mart trade

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Denis Lehane analyses the effect of the Scrooge-like beef barons on the cattle mart trade

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, so what better time then to look at the cattle trade.

No basic payment. No disadvantaged payment. Clearly the right buttons aren’t being pressed

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No basic payment. No disadvantaged payment. Clearly the right buttons aren’t being pressed

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Good money paid for good cattle on a busy day in Macroom mart

Cattle mart report: Macroom’s charity event demonstrates true meaning of the season

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Cattle mart report: Macroom’s charity event demonstrates true meaning of the season

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: A bad day at the office for some of us, but 500kg animal is still fetching good money

Cattle marts report: A bad day at the office for some of us, but 500kg animal is still fetching good money

“The days of the plain animal are well over,” cattleman Gene Daly said to me in Bandon mart on Monday.

Thu, 01 Sep, 2016

Denis Lehane: Booted and suited for the occasion

Denis Lehane: Booted and suited for the occasion

The other day, my missus presented me with a new pair of wellington boots, and a happier man in the whole of Ireland it would be hard to find.

Thu, 25 Aug, 2016

Cattle marts report: Angus and Hereford store bullocks are changing hands for offers of around €2/kg

Cattle marts report: Angus and Hereford store bullocks are changing hands for offers of around €2/kg

“Certainly there has been a rise in the trade since Brexit, that’s clear to see. You couldn’t say that prices in the marts have bounced back completely to their pre-Brexit level, but there has been a recovery,” said auctioneer Jerh O’Sullivan of Cork Co-Op Marts after the cattle sale in Macroom on Saturday.

Thu, 04 Aug, 2016

Cattle marts report: Friesian bullock sold for €1,610 but suckler farmers concerned over autumn trade

Cattle marts report: Friesian bullock sold for €1,610 but suckler farmers concerned over autumn trade

So as we chalk down the first six months of 2016, how do we stand in the cattle business?

Thu, 07 Jul, 2016

Busy times at marts as fine weather sees cattle pile on kilos grazing in the fields

Busy times at marts as fine weather sees cattle pile on kilos grazing in the fields

While Ireland’s attempts to achieve European glory in soccer have kicked off with a sense of deflation (Monday night’s match was a match we should have won), it’s anything but deflation on our farms right now.

Thu, 16 Jun, 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

‘It’s at the factory gate this spring that the mart’s fate for 2016 will be decided’

‘It’s at the factory gate this spring that the mart’s fate for 2016 will be decided’

I spent last weekend piking out calf houses.

Thu, 14 Jan, 2016

Cattle mart report: Weanling heifers and bulls make good prices as sellers have upper hand at marts

Cattle mart report: Weanling heifers and bulls make good prices as sellers have upper hand at marts

I doubt if there is a sinkhole under the town of Macroom. For if there was, it would surely have opened up last Saturday afternoon, when Macroom Mart had one hell of a weighty sale.

Thu, 08 Oct, 2015

Cattle marts report: Cattle weighing well and strong demand keeps prices buoyant on the marts

Cattle marts report: Cattle weighing well and strong demand keeps prices buoyant on the marts

It wasn’t a great summer for hay making, nor was it a great summer for dairy farmers.

Thu, 24 Sep, 2015

Busy on the farm, busy at Macroom mart

Busy on the farm, busy at Macroom mart

I went to my local mart in Macroom on Saturday.

Thu, 10 Sep, 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

Calves holding their value well for this time of year as marts report steady trading

Calves holding their value well for this time of year as marts report steady trading

I was in Fermoy on Sunday at a sporting event and saw silage being made. I was back there on Tuesday, at Corrin mart, and you’d be half inclined to open a bale.

Thu, 21 May, 2015

Cattle marts: Mart bidding reflects Coveney progress towards promised land of high beef price

Cattle marts: Mart bidding reflects Coveney progress towards promised land of high beef price

Cattle buyers have been telling me during the week that store cattle in the marts are simply too expensive to purchase.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2015

Steady prices mean good news continues at the marts, at least for those selling

Steady prices mean good news continues at the marts, at least for those selling

The cattle and calf trade at the marts this week remains very strong. Or in the words of Kilkenny mart manager George Candler, “the good news continues, at least for the sellers.”

Thu, 26 Feb, 2015

Champion weanling makes €1,000

A Charolais weanling bull weighing 460kg sold for €1,000 after winning the overall championship at the annual weanling show and sale at Macroom Mart.

Wed, 29 Aug, 2007

Weanling trade remains firm

Marts: As weanling sales continue to build to their season peak over the next month, demand is strong and trade firm with good prices being paid for the quality lots.

Sat, 04 Sep, 2004