mart report

CASTLEREA There were 400 cattle on offer at last Friday’s sale in Castlerea. Trade prices remained unchanged, with very good demand for all classes of stock on offer. There was a large number of cows with calves at foot on offer, and a top price of €1,940 was paid for a blue cow and her Belgian Blue heifer calf. Bullocks: Ch 515 kgs €920, Red Lim 615 kgs €1,005, Ch 330 kgs €735, Sim 500 kgs €850, Ch 465 kgs €890, AA 550 kgs €940. Heifers: Lim 390 kgs €815, B. Blue 465 kgs €890, AA 355 kgs €670, Ch 430 kgs €790, AA 515 kgs €750, Lim 370 kgs €650. Dry cows: Fr 680 kgs €810, Ch 735 kgs €930, AA 700 kgs €810, AA 505 kgs €542, Fr. 665 kgs €718, Ch 605 kgs €710. Cows with calves at foot made from €600 to €850 per head. There were 150 weanlings on offer, with a very good demand for the quality lots. Bull weanlings:  AA 320 kgs €635, Ch 415 kgs €750, Ch 295 kgs €655, Ch 270 kgs €620, Lim 305 kgs €650. Weanling heifers: Ch 255 kgs €555, Red Lim 430 kgs €750, B. Her 215 kgs €450, red Lim 295 kgs €690, Ch 275 kgs €545, AA 245 kgs €465. Suck calves: There were 70 suck calves on offer. Prices: Lim heifer €170, Lim bull €367, Bl Her bull €297, Fr. Bull €110, B. Her heifer €170.  Sheep The sheep sale took place at 7 pm. Sample prices: 43 kgs €70, 48 kgs €78, 55 kgs €82, 47 kgs €77, 48 kgs €76. ROSCOMMON Cattle There was a good trade on Friday last in Roscommon for all classes of cattle. There was plenty of customers around and a clearance of almost 100 percent. There were 240 cattle on offer. Heavy bullocks 500 kgs and over made from €250 to €550 over the weight. Prices: Ch 615 kgs €1,065, Black Her 535 kgs €785, Bl Her 600 kgs €1,010, two Lim 550 kgs €1,100. Store bullocks up to 500 kgs made from €55 to €445 over. Prices: AA 430 kgs €715, Ch 395 kgs €765, two Ch 395 kgs €835, two Ch 488 kgs €920. Beef heifers made from €345 to €390 over the weight. Prices: Ch 505 kgs €850, Ch 620 kgs €975, Ch 635 kgs €1,010, Ch 505 kgs €860. Store heifers made from €230 to  €380 over the weight. Prices: two Ch 410 kgs €750, Ch 540 kgs €872, Lim 360 kgs €680, BBx 430 kgs €775. Dry cows made from 530 to €910 per head. Prices AA 660 kgs €86, Sim 570 kgs €680, Ch 680 kgs €850, AA 605 kgs €615. Springer cows made from €700 to €910 per head. Prices: Five calf Sim €700, third AA cow and bull calf €1,180, second calf Her cow and bull calf €1,300. Weanling heifers made from €220 to €380 over. Prices: Ch 400 kgs €765, three Ch 303 kgs €600, Lim 350 kgs €675, two Lim 365 kgs €662. Weanling bulls made from €157 to €390 over. Prices: three AA Fr bred 463 kgs €620, Ch 340 kgs €650, Ch 290 kgs €605, Ch 380 kgs €760. MOUNTBELLEW Cattle There were a similar number of cattle on offer to previous week, with increased demand for all lots on offer. Bullocks/bull weanlings: Lim Bullock ’05 520 kgs €880, Hereford bullock ’05 505 kgs €790, Char bullock ’05 575 kgs €850, two Lim bull weanlings ’06 290 kgs €600, Char bull weanling ’06 300 kgs €615, Hereford bull weanling ’06 250 kgs €520. Heifers/heifer weanlings: Char heifer ’05 500 kgs €785, two Lim heifers ’05 480 kgs €750, AA heifer ’05 400 kgs €645, two Lim heifer weanlings ’06 305 kgs €545, Bel. Blue heifer weanling ’06 295 kgs €580, Char heifer weanling ’06 250 kgs €520, Hereford stripper cow 605 kgs €600, Charolais second calf cow with heifer calf at foot €990, Limousin first calf cow with bull calf at foot €1,120, Hereford third calf cow with bull calf at foot €900 Sheep There were a larger number of spring lambs and stag ewes on offer than the previous week. Lambs were a similar trade to the previous week, with increased demand for stag ewes. Spring Lambs: 13 at 46 kgs €76.50, 16 at 45.5 kgs €76.50, ten at 51.5 kgs €84, 16 at 47 kgs €77.50, 13 at 44 kg €73.50, ten at 41 kgs €65.50, 12 at 43 kg €72. Stag ewes: There was a brisk trade for all lots on offer. Prices ranged from €40 to €65. There were a small number of breeding ewes on offer.  Elphin Store heifers: 630 kgs €992, 580 kgs €945, 62 kgs €1,000. Bullocks: 565 kgs €920, 600 kgs €950. Bull weanlings: 400 kgs €750, 440 kgs €800. Heifer weanlings: 230 kgs €400. Ewes frrom €50 to €57. Lambs: 45 kgs €74, 50 kgs €78, 53 kgs €81, 38 kgs €64, 68 kgs €80.