MARTS REPORT

Carnew

Cattle Sale Saturday, July 14. 550 cattle and 80 calves on offer. Large entry of weanling bulls met strong trade with strong export demand, 3.30per kg paid for quality BB weanlings. Prices

Beef and Forward Blks €650 – €920 over

Cont. Store Blks €450 – €740 over

FR Store Blks

€150 – €450 over

Export Weanling Bulls €550 – €920

Feed Lot Weanling Bulls €500 – €700

Beef Hfrs €540 – €820 over

Store Hfrs €300 – €710 over

Beef Cows €450 – €760 over

Fr Store Cows €100 under – €200 over

Cont Store Cows €150 – €350 over Calves

Cont. Bulls €255 – €305 Cont. Hfrs €160 – €290 FR Bulls €90 – €140

Sheep sale July 19 Firm trade for all classes with prices similar to last week. Good demand for ewe lambs and cull ewes. Breeding ewes met a top price of €170. Lambs

Over 50kg €102 – €108 45 – 49kg €92 – €103

40 – 44kg €81 – €96

35 – 39kg €69 – €86

30 – 34kg €67 – €85 Ewes

Heavy Cull Ewes

€88 – €117

Light Cull Ewes €45 – €80 Breeding Ewes Hoggetts €140 – €170 Older breeding ewes €80 – €130

Cattle Sale July 21 450 cattle and 40 calves met a good trade with a full clearance strongest demand for beef and forward cattle good export demand for bulls. Prices

Beef and Forward Blks €580 – €930 over

Cont. Store Blks €450 – €810 over

FR Store Blks

€130 – €560 over

Weanling Bulls €380 – €760 over

Beef Hfrs €550 – €900 over

Store Hfrs €320 – €680 over

Beef Cows €450 – €810 over

Store Cows €100 – €380 over

Calves

Cont. Bulls €200 – €295 Cont. Hfrs €160 – €275 FR Bulls €90 – €140

Baltinglass

Sheep Sale Saturday, July 7 Almost 100% clearance seen at today’s sheep sale. Stores met a firm demand with prices improving by €2 a head to last week.Cull ewes remaining a similar trade to last week, making up to €105. LAMBS

30Kg €65

35Kg €77

40Kg €83

43Kg €98

45Kg €104

48Kg €109