Baltinglass
49TH ANNUAL SHOW & SALE OF HEIFERS & COWS - FEBRUARY 7: A top price of €1920 was paid for a Charlaois heifer weighing just over 750kg. The Show Champion was a Limousin Heifer weighing 800kg and made €2100. The Champion group was won by a pair of Charlaois heifers weighing just over 450kg and made €1,360. Below are some of the high prices obtained on the day.
Heifers: Lim 800Kg made €2,100; Ch 750Kg made €1,920; Shx 780kg made €1,920; Ch 650Kg made €1,820; Lim 600Kg made €1,810; Her 695Kg made €1,580; Ch 560Kg made €1,560; Ch 570Kg made €1,540; Ch 510kg made €1,470; Ch 550Kg made €1,440; Ch 450Kg made €1,360; Lim 420Kg made €1,040; AA 390kg made €1,010. A good selection of cows made from €1200–€1900
SHEEP SALE - FEBRUARY 10: Smaller sale, but prices were well maintained from last week. Lambs 36-40kg made from €115-€137; 25-30kg made from €85-€105.
Sample Prices: 3 x 66kg made €160; 10 x 40kg made €137; 8 x 40kg made €137; 11 x 40kg made €128; 7 x 36kg made €115. Good trade for Cast Ewes–from €70–€138. Ewes Scanned in Lamb made from €160-€180. northern customers and wholesalers while the beef heifers were in demand from factory agents and northern customers a like.
The fancy breeding heifers stole the show. With customers from every county in the country both ringside and online trying to buy stylish heifers for breeding. This led to some serious trade with some outstanding prices for farmers. A super yard of store heifers were available for farmers to battle it out to acquire stock for grass.
Class 1: Best Butcher Heifer, sponsored by O’Flynn Meats Waterford. 1st R&R Warren LMX 834kg at €3,750; 2nd Michael Byrne BBX 588kg at €2,300; 3rd R&R Warren LMX 780kg at €2,920.
Class 2: Best Pair of Cont Butchers Heifers, sponsored by AIB. 1st Seamus Osbourne 2xLMX 680kg at €2,200; 2nd Seamus Wafer 2xLMX 605kg at €1,950
Class 3: Best Breeding Heifer, sponsored by Donohue’s Enniscorth. 1st Patsy Fortune LMX 766kg at €2,600; 2nd Martin Doyle BBX 716kg at €2,320; 3rd James Murphy BBX 472kg at €2,640.
Class 4: Best 2 or more noncont Butcher Heifers, sponsored by Kehoe Brothers. 1st James Graham 3xHEX 517kg at €1340 2nd James Graham 4x hex 470kg at €1180 3rd Gordon Wheatley 5xAAX 438kg at €1200
Class 5: Best Cont Factory Type Heifers, sponsored by ABP-John Kelly
1st Owen O’Neill BBx 940kg at €3,800; 2nd PJ Farrell BBx 780kg at €2,800; 3rd Seamus Wafer BBX 756kg €2,450.
Class 6: Best group of 2 or more Factory Heifers, sponsored by Gallagher Insurance. 1st Trevor and Andrew Minion 590kg €1,890
Class 7: Best group of 2 or more store heifers, sponsored by PTSB Gorey
1st Viv Langrell 2BBX 536kg at €2,160; 3rd Dympna Dolan BBx 421kg at €1,440.
Class 8: Best weanling /Store heifers under 500kg, sponsored by Ensor O’Connor Sols: 1st Owen O Neill BBx 412kg at €2,900 -€7.04/kg; 2nd Owen O Neill BBx 392kg at €1,300; 3rd Owen Oneill LMx 418kg at €1,500 Prices: BB 944kg at €3,650-€3.87/kg; BBX 528kg at €3,300-€6.25/kg; BBX 412kg at €2,900-€7.04/kg; BBX 770kg at €2,780-€3.61/kg; CHX 388kg €1,380-€3.56/kg; 6 LMx 300kg at €1,000-€3.33/kg.
ANNUAL FATSTOCK SHOW AND SALE - February 2: Over 300 cows on offer with outstanding stock on offer with buyers from all around the country
Cont Cows: Sponsored by Dawn Meats - Niall Grufferty. 1st Shay Hayden BBX 986kg at €3,280; 2nd Shay Hayden BBX 916kg at €3,220.
FR Cows: 1st Fr John Redmond 754kg at €1,530.
Prices: BBX 916kg €3,000; cH 902kg at €2,740; BAX 954Kg €2,680; BA 764kg at €2,320; LMX 854kg at €2,460.