Baltinglass
Sheep sale, March 24
A very good trade which resulted in a complete clearance.
Trade improved again this week with hoggotts making up to €130.
Heavy cast ewes making up to €126/kg, with lighter ewes making up to €90/KG.
Sample prices: Ewe lambs: 31kg €72, 32kg €71, 40kg €100, 45kg €100, 60kg €138; Ram/ Wether lambs: 32kg €80, 35kg €84, 40kg €93, 47kg €108, 52kg €116.
Cattle sale, March 28
A high number of store bullocks available at today’s sale.
Heavier stores making up to €2.60/kg while lighter stores made up to €2.40/kg for the better continental breeds.
Fat cows made up to €1.75/ KG for the continental breeds.
Sample Prices: Charolais 24m 605kg made €1390, Charolais 23m 545kg made €1420, Limousin 23m 551kg made €1380, Simmental 22m 520kg made €1190, Angus 20m 455kg made €1080, Limousin 22m 385kg made €940. first sale of spring lambs saw exceptional demand with quality lots selling between €145 and €155 per head.
Hoggets and cull ewes saw good demand with prices better to last week. Prices: Spring Lambs - 10 Lambs 51kg @ €155, 15 lambs 42kg @ €145, 8 lambs 48kg @ €150, 25 lambs 41 kg @ €143, 18 lambs 39kg @ €141; Hoggets - 16 hoggets 56kg @ €147, 24 hoggets 54kg @ €141.50, 45 hoggets 56kg @ €140, 62 hoggets 51kg @ €137, 58 hoggets 46kg @ €128, 18 hoggets 42kg @ €117, 25 hoggets 49kg @ €136, 28 hoggets 40kg @ €108, 41 hoggets 39kg @ €103, 22 hoggets 37kg @ €95. Heavy Cull Ewes - €125 - €147, Light Cull Ewes - € 60 -€110, In Lamb Ewes - €125 €140, Ewes and lambs @ foot €135 - €215.
Dairy sale, March 22 100 head on offer saw a strong demand for quality cows and heifers in milk or on the point of calving. Late calving cows and heifers meet a slower demand. Freshly calved heifers and young cows €1250 - € 1780, Springing heifer and young cows €900 - €1420.
Cattle and calf sale, March 24 Biggest sale of the year so far with 1100 cattle and 600 calves on offer. Cattle trade was very strong with a full clearance & good demand for both beef and store cattle – export and feed lot customers saw weanling bulls meeting exceptional demand. Beef and feed bulls €680 - €1100 over, Cont. stone bulls - €580 - €910 over, He / Aa Bulls - €280 - €760 over, Fr Bulls - €280 – €660 over, Weanling Bulls - €380 - €1030 over, Beef Hfrs - €630 - €960 over, Store Hfr - €360 - €780 over, Beef Cont Hfrs - €480 - €850 over, Store Cont Hfrs - €100 - €480 over. Calves – 600 calves saw a full clearance with more farmer customers and improved demand from exports for Fr Bulls.
Story Fr Bull - € 150 - €225, Export Fr Bull - € 70 - € 140, Cont. Bulls - € 225 - € 435, Cont. Hfrs - € 160 – €380, Hd/Aa Bull & Hfrs - €130 - €350.