Castlerea Co-Operative Livestock Mart Ltd. Market Report

750 cattle on offer this week with demand holding up well and the top quality lots improved in price with a good showing of quality heifers on offer. Plainer quality lots are a slower sell at the moment especially the lighter types where the top quality weanlings were similar in price to last week.

Sample Prices:

Heifers: Ch 415kgs €1120 Lm 410kgs €1070 Lm 470kgs €1290 Ch 465kgs €1240 AA 480kgs €1165 Lm 550kgs €1560 Lm 510kgs €1370 Ch 470kgs €1560

Dry Cows: Lm 480kgs €875 Ch 755kgs €1405 Ch 765kgs €1400 Ch 710kgs €1315 Lm 735kgs €1275 Cows with calves at foot made from €1140 to €1670 per head.

Springers made from €980 to €1240 per head

Calves/Runners : Young calves made from €290 to €300 per head with the runners making from €350 to €735 for the continental types on offer.

Weanling Bulls: Ch 290kgs €990 Lm 290kgs €900 BBX 260kgs €800 Lm 275kgs €895 Ch 445kgs €1115 Ch 490kgs €1195

Weanling Heifers: Ch 340kgs €1000 Lm 300kgs €950 BBX 320kgs €885 Ch 280kgs €870 Ch 290kgs €880 Ch 270kgs €910 Bullock Sale MOnday 20 th November 210 bullocks on offer with bullocks mak- ing from €300 to €890 over their weight and an average of €576 over paid. Trade was very strong on the day with a good selection of quality store cattle on offer. Demand has increased in recent weeks with some fancy prices appearing from the top quality lots while the forward bullocks were also noticing improved prices

Sample Prices: Ch 495kgs €1385 Ch 440kgs €1125 Ch 525kgs €1290 BBx 505kgs €1265 Ch 570kgs €1455 Lm 630kgs €1445 Ch 600kgs €1400 AA 595kgs €1400

Sales continue on Monday for Bullocks and our weekly sale on Thursdays for Hiefers, Cows, Calves, Runners and Weanling All Sales commence @ 11 am.