Castlerea Mart Market Report

430 cattle on offer this week with numbers on offer slowly increasing. Quality stores and weanlings reported a very brisk trade with increased number of buyers in attendance. Quality weanlings in particular reported some fancy prices while breeding stock, cull cows and calves also reported strong demand.

Sample prices:

Bullocks: Ch 460kgs €1275 Lm 460kgs €1220 AA 465kgs €1105 Ch 525kgs €1365 Lm 500kgs €1365 Lm 520kgs €1335 Ch 555kgs €1350 Si 555kgs €1325 AA 625kgs €1340

Heifers: Lmx 410kgs €1170 Lm 360kgs €1055 Lim 325kgs €1000 Ch 445kgs €1135 Ch 430kgs €1095 Lm 680kgs €1470 Lm 540kgs €1360 Lm 510kgs €1285

Dry Cows: Lm 595kgs €1350 BBX 655kgs €1240 Lm 730kgs €1530 Lm 760kgs €1450 Fr 700kgs €1065

Cows with calves at foot made from €1040 to €1900 for a 5 year old Ch cow and her heifer calf at foot

Springers made form €980 to €1460

Calves : Young calves on offer made form €220 to €415 per head with stronger runner types making from €300 to €675 per head

Weanling Bulls: Ch 285kgs €875 Ch 270kgs €940 BBx 260kgs €795 Lm 420kgs €1245 Ch 430kgs €1175 Ch 400kgs €1150 Lm 420kgs €1140

Weanling Heifers: Ch 260kgs €765 AA 260kgs €730 Ch 330kgs €945 Ch 305kgs €840 Ch 250kgs €695

Sales continue @ Castlerea Mart on Thursday next the 1st February with our usual sale of Bullocks, Heifers, Cows, Calves , Runners and Weanlings. All sales commence @ 11 am.