Baltinglass

Sheep SALE – NOVEMBER 10: store lambs dearer by €2. Lighter and butcher lambs met with a stronger trade. Brood ewes to include scanned ewes up to €140. Cast ewes making from €50-€105. Sample Prices - Lambs: 55kg, €106; 47kg, €102; 45kg, €99; 44kg, €97; 41kg, €94; 35kg, €90.

CATTLE SALE – NOVEMBER 7: Bigger sales, Quality stores bullocks and heifers 350-450kg, dearer by €10-€20. Plainer cattle to include Friesian’s were seen as easier than the week previous.

Sample Prices - Bullocks: Charolais 33 months, 656kg, €1,100; Limousin, 32 months, 615kg, €1,090; Charolais, 31 months, 600kg, €1,010; Friesian 33 months, 715kg, €1,000; Friesian 39 months, 695kg, €960; Limousin, 19 months, 520kg, €930; Limousin, 21 months, 505kg, €855; Charolais, 9M 410kg, €865; Charolais, 7M 315kg, €730; Charolais, 8M 330kg, €710; Charolais, 8M 320kg, €700; Limousin, 12 months, 320kg, €700.

Heifers: HE 46 months, 680kg, €1,255; Limousin, 13 months, 410kg, €870; Charolais, 28 months, 505kg, €870; Charolais, 28 months, 420kg, €750; Charolais, 15 months, 395kg, €660; Charolais, 19 months, 370kg, €650; Aberdeen Angus, 20 months, 400kg, €530. NOVEMBER 9: 296 weanlings on offer. Good quality weanlings remain a very good trade. Poorer quality and lighter weanlings harder sold this week.

Weanling bulls over 400kg, €360 to €620over €/kg. Weanling bulls over 300kg, €300 to €500; Weanling bulls over 200kg, €260 to €400; Weanling heifers over 400kg, €360 to €580; Weanling heifers over 300kg, €280 to €400; Weanling heifers over 200kg, €200 to €370 over €/kg.