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WEANLING BULLS

1DINGLE

Trade here was dominated by competition between farmers and feeders, with prices for both store bullocks and heifers settling in general between €1.80-1.90/kg. The appetite among feeders for cull cows has yet to really ignite, with Nelius McAuliffe commenting that buyers for the present appeared only to be “picking at them”. This left your 600kg Friesian cow operating between €800-830/ hd, while feeding cows around the 500kg mark sold to €650/hd.

2LISTOWEL

Eighty kilometres north-west of Dingle the story at Listowel Mart was broadly similar. Here your Angus bullock was also making €1.80-1.90/kg. Manager Barney O’Connell commented that while stores of 420-430kg and upwards had recovered well, lighter weights were still difficult. The general run of Friesians was from €1.401.80/kg, with Continental crosses pushing towards the €2/kg mark. The cull cow market saw prices range from €0.60-1.45/ kg. Barney commented that the number of parlour cows being culled this autumn has so far been small.

3SIXMILEBRIDGE

Here your Angus and Hereford bullock sold to a top of €1.91/kg, Continentals averaged €2.10-2.57/kg, with that top price going to a 545kg Charolais at €1,400. Averages for heifers ranged from €1.882.52/kg, with the top honours going to two 385kg Limousins that made €970/hd. On

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