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Castlerea MART WATCH

Over 350 lots presented for sale on Thursday last. Trade and prices were similar to last week. The heifer ring noticed prices reach €2,350 with bullocks topping out at €1,980. Dry cows made up to €2,180 while €2,750 was achieved for a Charolais cow and her bull calf. Springers made up to €2,000 while the calf trade with good numbers on offer returned a good clearance.

The weanling ring noticed strong export demand with bulls making up to €3.87 a kilo while the heifers reached €3.49 a kilo. Young calves made up to €400.

Sales continue at Castlerea Mart today (Thursday, July 6th) with our weekly sale of bullocks, heifers, cows, calves, runners, and weanlings.

Sample prices for bullocks: AA 485kgs €1480, Ch 420kgs

€1360, Ch 385kgs €1310, Lm 500kgs €1510, Ch 520kgs

€1530, Lm 645kgs €1980, Lm 700kgs €1910, Fr 535kgs

€1210

Heifers: Lmx 405kgs €1450, Lm 385kgs €1320, Lm 420kgs

€1310, Lmx 350kgs €1250, Lm 445kgs €1780, Ch 765kgs

€2350, Ch 655kgs €1900, Lm 535kgs €1650, Lm 510kgs

€1560.

Dry cows: Ch 825kgs €2180, Ch 735kgs €2150, Hex 790kgs

€1840, Hex 575kgs €1520, Lm 550kgs €1340, Sim 505kgs

€1250, Sh 470kgs €990.

Weanling bulls: Lmx 270kgs €830, Lm 230kgs €710, Lm 300kgs €1150, Lm 320kgs €1150, Lmx 425kgs €1640, AA 475kgs €1500, Lm 385kgs €1490, Ch 405kgs €1360, Lm 370kgs €1240.

Weanling heifers: Ch 280kgs €920, Ch 255kgs €890, Ch 235kgs €740, Ch 380kgs €1050, Lm 280kgs €850, Ch 255kgs €890.

Roscommon MART WATCH

There was a smaller entry of stock on offer at last Friday’s special bullock sale with a strong trade for all classes.

Bullocks fetched an average of up to €3.04 per kilo. There was a good entry of dry cows and they made an average of €2.20 per kilo up to €2.73 per kilo. There was a good attendance of customers at the ringside with online bidders also active.

We had a large number of sheep on offer at our weekly sale of lambs and cast ewes. Prices for spring lambs made up to €156 while the tops for stag ewes fetched €186.

Please note all sheep must be tagged with a full yellow EID Tag set. Next sale of lambs and cast ewes is Wednesday, July 12th at 11 am. Yard opens at 8 am. All stock must be penned by 10 am. Sale can be viewed live on www.livestock-live.com.

Sample prices for dry cows: Lim X 835kgs €2,280, Lim X 690kgs €1,780, Char X 855kgs €1,970, Char X 845kgs €1,890, Lim X 755kgs €1,860, Lim X 755kgs

€1,750, Lim X 745kgs €1,740, AAX 740kgs €1,710, Lim X 610kgs €1,570.

Heifers: Lim X 750kgs €2,280, Char X 860kgs

€2,400, Char X 790kgs €2,200, Char X 735kgs €2,000, Char X 645kgs €1,730, Char X 580kgs €1,600, Char X 570kgs €1,600, Lim X 550kgs €1,580, SIX 585kgs

€1,570, Char X 540kgs €1,380, Char X 450kgs €1,260, Char X 405kgs €1,180, Char X 370kgs €1,100, Char X 375kgs €1,100, Char X 385kgs €1,040. Springs lambs: 53.2kgs €156, 47.6kgs €155, 49.3kgs €154, 48.2kgs €154, 46kgs €152, 45.8kgs €150, 46kgs €147, 44kgs €140, 42.2kgs €132, 40.4kgs €129, 39.1kgs €120, 36.2kgs €119.