Some 400 cattle went under the hammer at Castlerea Mart on Thursday last, June 27, and the customers in attendance were taking a little break from the hay and silage activities which were in full swing this week, according to the mart’s manager Brendan Egan.

There was little change in the trade reported this week. However, Brendan noted that “forward cattle tended to be a little easier on the back of weakening beef prices, but other categories of stock were relatively unchanged with a good clearance taking place”.

Looking at the calf trade, young calves were reported to make €60-260/head, while runner lots made €365/head up to €700/head for continental lots.

Cows with calves at foot traded for €1,260-1,970/unit and a number of dry cows also went under the hammer.

A sample of weanling prices are also listed below.