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Castlerea MART WATCH

600 animals presented for sale on Thursday last with no major change in trade or prices as we enter the month of June.

Bullocks made up to €2,190, heifers topped out at €2,030 with exceptional demand for quality lighter stores. Lighter store bullocks made up to €1,590 or €4.41 a kilo while €2,230 (€7.82 per kilo) was forked out for a 285kgs BB heifer. Dry cows made up to €2,160 while cows with calves at foot made up to €2,300. Springers made from €1,480 to €1,910. Calf numbers on offer similar to last week with demand maintained especially for the quality lots. Lots made from €40 to €580 with an average of €275 paid.

Sales continue at Castlerea Mart today (Thursday, June 1st), with our weekly sale of bullocks, heifers, cows, calves, runners, and weanlings. All sales commence at 11 am with three rings in operation.

Sample prices for bullocks: Lm 488kgs €1690, AA 390kgs €1420, Ch 425kgs €1380, Lm 505kgs €1730, AA 545kgs €1640, Ch 580kgs €1700, Lm 750kgs €2190, Sim 650kgs €1760, Lm 675kgs €1780, AA 580kgs €1580.

Heifers: Lm 425kgs €1300, Ch 360kgs €1250, Ch 325kgs €1240, Lm 470kgs €1560, Lm 450kgs €1550, Lm 565kgs €2030, Lm 540kgs €1930, Lm 545kgs €1870, Lm 600kgs €1800.

Dry cows: Lm 490kgs €1560, Lm 710kgs €2160, Ch 730kgs €2070, Lm 735kgs €2140, Sim 435kgs €1080, Hex 435kgs €1110, Fr 615kgs €1280, Lm 655kgs €1840.

Weanling heifers: BBX 285kgs €2230, BB 270kgs €1570, Ch 290kgs €1220, Lm 235kgs €1010, BBx 315kgs €1780, BBx 305kgs €1410, Ch 320kgs €1400, Ch 410kgs €1340, Lm 400kgs €1220.

Weanling bulls/bullocks: Chx 295kgs €1110, AAx 295kgs €980, AA 262kgs €850, BBx 515kgs €2360, Ch 360kgs €1590, Ch 310kgs €1370, Lm 375kgs €1290, Ch 335kgs €1380.

Roscommon MART WATCH

There was a good entry of stock on offer at last Friday’s special heifer sale with a very strong trade for all classes. We had a good number on offer and they fetched an average of €2.95 per kilo up to €3.73 per kilo.

There was a strong entry of dry cows and they made an average of €2.45 per kilo up to €3.36 per kilo. There was a good attendance of customers at the ringside with online bidders also active.

We had a similar number of sheep on offer at our weekly sale of lambs and cast ewes. Prices for spring lambs made up to €180. The tops for stag ewes fetched €200. Please note all sheep must be tagged with a full yellow EID Tag set. Next sale of lambs and cast ewes takes place next Wednesday (7th) at 11 am. Yard opens at 8 am and all stock must be penned by 10 am. Sale can be viewed live on www. livestock-live.com.

Sample prices for dry cows: Char X 720kgs €2,420, Lim X 615kgs €1,860, Char X 995kgs €2,520, Char X 900kgs €2,460, Char X 855kgs €2,330, SIX 850kgs €2,280, Char X 835kgs €2,280, Char X 800kgs €2,240, Lim X 570kgs €1,570.

Heifers: Char X 400kgs €1,490, Char X 470kgs €1,500, Char X 445kgs €1,570, Lim X 495kgs €1,750, Char X 570kgs €1,810, Char X 525kgs €1,710, Char X 445kgs €1,490, AAX 485kgs

€1,400, Char X 420kgs €1,400, SIX 425kgs €1,380, Lim X 400kgs

€1,300, Char X 340kgs €1,140, Lim X 395kgs €1,240, Lim X 365kgs €1,210, Char X 305kgs €1,100, Char X 310kgs €1,000, Lim X 380kgs €1,190, Char X 445kgs €1,470.

Spring lambs: 62.5kgs €180, 56kgs €174, 54kgs €172, 52.1kgs

€170, 50kgs €165, 47.2kgs €160, 46.8kgs €160, 45.4kgs €158, 43.1kgs €156, 43kgs €155, 44.8kgs €151.