Mayo Sligo Mart report
SUMMARY of the sale as follows: Weanling Sale on Monday saw a strong turnout with calves on par with last week:
Bulls – Limousin 438kg /€ 1150, Charolais 416kg/€ 1075, Charolais 340kg/€ 1055, Charolais 305kg/€ 985, Limousin 278kg/€ 905.
Heifers – Charolais 370kg /€ 985, Limousin 345kg /€ 1015, Charolais 288kg/ € 830, A/ Angus 370kg/€ 975, Limousin 248kg/€ 835.
On Tuesday we had an excellent Show & Sale of Bullocks & Heifers - Sale strong for R & U grade Cattle whilst plainer lots were harder to sell - Summary of Sale below:
Bullocks - Belgian Blue X 860kg/€ 1950, Charolais 730kg/€ 1700, Charolais 640kg/€ 1600, Charolais 580kg/€ 1485, Charolais 554kg/€ 1370, Heifers - Belgian Blue X 636kg/€ 1550, Belgian Blue X 604kg/€ 1550, Charolais 644kg /€ 1505, Charolais 624kg/€ 1470, Belgian Blue X 496kg/€ 1365. Cull Cows making from € 1.70 to € 2.05 per kg – the top price on the day a Limousin 822kg making € 1300.00. Other examples - A Limousin 720kg/€ 1200 & a Shorthorn 670kg/€ 1115.
We had a large number of store lambs with solid demand for all types. Stores making from € 32 - € 53 for mountain types with others making from € 50 - € 76. Breeding sheep making from € 110 up to € 178.
Sales every Monday & Tuesday - Special Angus Day on the 27th September. THE majority of the 264 farmers who took part in Macra na Feirme’s Young Farmer Survey for 2016 believe they should have the right to bear arms to defend their property. Half have already been affected by rural crime, one respondent said ‘ There needs to be an app or some text service that allows people to give information if they see suspicious activity. Currently you only can contact crime stoppers if you see a crime being committed.’ Another said, ‘ A lot of people take photos of their yards and post them up on social media, this is heaven for robbers.’ One more who responded said if a trespasser enters property with the intent to commit a crime the farmer should have the right to do whatever is necessary to protect their land because if nothing is done, ‘ What stops others from going into farms and doing the same?’
Macra na Feirme will be present at the National Ploughing Championship for the duration of the event. We will be launching our new farm safety programme ‘ ABP Safe Agri Skills’ in association with Skillnets at the championships.