Mart Report

Castlerea There were 750 cattle on offer. Prices were maintained for the quality lots on offer. Bigger number of bullocks on offer with good demand for the quality stores, while the heifer and weanling trade remained unchanged with a lively trade and a good attendance of buyers present at the ringside. Bullocks: Red Lim 570 kgs €1,155, Ch 460 kgs €970, B. Blue 610 kgs €1,240, Ch 485 kgs €930, Ch 670 kgs €1,325, Ch 705 kgs €1,350. Heifers: B Lim 465 kgs €915, AA 515 kgs €850, Red Lim 420 kgs €815, B. Lim 515 kgs €910, Red Lim 350 kgs €680, Ch 440 kgs €872. Dry Cows: Ch 820 kgs €1,125, Ch 925 kgs €1,340, AA 740 kgs €1,055, B. Her 510 kgs €750, AA 660 kgs €770, Ch 505 kgs €780, Sim 550 kgs €670. Cows with calves at foot made from €820 to €1,500 per head. Springer cows made from €830 to €1,310 per head. Suck calves: AA heifer €150, Fr bull €100, B. Her bull €385, Sim bull €260, AA bull €240, Ch bull €400, Fr. bull €135. Weanling bulls on offer made from €280 to €425 over their weight while weanling heifers made from €250 to €480 over their weight.  Sheep: Similar numbers on offer with a full clearance. Hoggets made from €70 to €87 per head and stage ewes made from €55 to €65 per head.  Roscommon There was a super trade in Roscommon on Friday last and a big number of top quality bullocks were presented for sale at the special continental bullock sale, with a top price of €929 over the weight achieved (801 kgs €1,730). Heifers also met a very strong trade. Weanlings and cows, both dry and springers, were in strong demand, with a clearance of almost 100 percent. There was a bigger number of sheep on offer on Wednesday with prices holding very firm and a clearance of almost 100 percent. Heavy bullocks 500 kgs and over made from €400 to 929 over. Prices: Eight Ch 801 kgs €1,730, AA 860 kgs €1,485, Ch 525 kgs €2,000, four Ch 766 €1,550. Store bullocks up to 500 kgs made from €320 to €500 over. Prices: Ch x 470 kgs €950, Sim 330 kgs €650, Ch 460 kgs €960, Sim 485 kgs €995. Beef heifers made €325 to €480 over. Prices: AA 480 kgs €810, Red Her 475 kgs €825, Ch 580 kgs €980, AA 445 kgs €770. Store heifers made from €250 to €510 over. Prices: Ch 510 kgs €1,010, R. Sim 580 kgs €940, Red Sim 530 kgs €960, Ch 365 kgs €800. Dry cows made from €700 to €975 per head. Prices: Ch 680 kgs €975, Bl Her 550 kgs €720, Bl Lim 625 kgs €800, Red Sim 540 kgs €740. Springer cows made from €960 to  €1,550 per head. Prices: Red Sim heifer, eight and a half months to purebred Lim bull €1,500, Ch heifer five and a half months, to Limousin bull €1,330, Bl Lim heifer, eight and a half months, to purebred Limousin bull €1,460. Weanling heifers made from €170 to €400 over. Prices: Ch 350 kgs €700, Ch 290 kgs €570, Red Sim 280 kgs €450, Ch 310 kgs €600. Weanling bulls made from €230 to €485 over. Prices: Ch 450 kgs €915, Red Lim 390 kgs €700, two Ch 355 kgs €795, Sim 450 kgs €805. Mountbellew There was a larger number of cattle on offer compared to the previous week and a firm demand for all lots on offer. Friesian bullock ’06 500 kgs €730, Lim bull weanling ’07, 265 kgs €535, Ch bull weanling ’07, 295 kgs €595, Sim bullock ’06, 515 kgs €920, Lim bull weanling ’07, 245 kgs €575, Lim bullock ’06, 520 kgs €945, Ch bullock ’06, 450 kgs €875, two Ch heifer weanling ’07, 245 kgs €500, two Sim heifer weaning ’07, 235 kgs €485, one Belgian Blue weanling heifer ’07, 345 kgs €670, two Lim heifer weanling ’07, 325 kgs €640, Lim heifer weanling ’07, 295 kgs, €650, Lim stripper cow ’04, 650 kgs, €925. Sheep: There was a smaller number of sheep on offer than the previous week, but a slight increase in prices for heavy and factory hoggets. Stag ewes and ewes with lambs at foot met with brisk trade. Prices: Ten hoggets at 57.5 kgs €96, ten hoggets at 51 kgs €92.50, ten ewe hoggets at 48 kgs €87, 16 ewe hoggets at 38.50 kgs €67, 14 hoggets at 44 kgs €77, five ewe hoggets at 54 kgs €93.50. Brisk trade with increased demand all round, Prices ranging from €36 – €70.