Tullow Livestock Sales in Co. Carlow hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Friday (October 23) and its weanling sale on Saturday (October 24).

Commenting on the Friday cattle sale, mart manager Eric Driver said that there were large numbers of store cattle on offer with beef-type cattle "not as prominent" in the yard.

Driver said that the store heifers ranging in weight from 390-460kg ranged in price from €1,520-€1,860/head or €3.89-€4.04/kg.

The beef heifers in the sale ranged in weight from 470-790kg and sold from €2,060-€3,140/head or €3.65-€4.10/kg.

There was a full clearance of the cattle on offer in the Friday sale with trade driven by feeder/finisher customers, according to the mart manager.

Store bullocks from 390-460kg sold from €1,600-€1,880/head or €4.08-€4.10/kg.

Beef bullocks weighing from 540-720kg sold for €2,300-€2,900/head or €3.70-€4.20/kg.

The mart manager said that while the lighter-type cattle were a slightly easier trade than in some weeks previous some of the most notable prices from the sale were paid in the calf shed with four-week old Belgian Blue-sired calves making up to €800/head.

Beef bulls in the sale made from €2,680-€3,580 or €4.20-€4.50/kg.

Cull cows weighing from 480-740kg made from €1,250-€2,270 or €2.60-€2.74kg and calves made from €340-€800/head.

Saturday weanling sale at Tullow

The mart hosted a weanling sale on Saturday (October 24), in which the "farmers set a steady pace" in what was "the largest sale of the season", according to Driver.

Sample prices from the weanling sale at Tullow Mart:

A 485kg Limousin bull sold for €2,380, or €4.91/kg;
A 495kg Limousin bull sold for €2,340, or €4.73/kg;
A 370kg Charolais bull sold for €2,250, or €6.08/kg;
A 430kg Charolais heifer sold for €1,990, or €4.63/kg;
A 415kg Limousin heifer sold for €2,010, or €4.84/kg;
A 405kg Charolais heifer sold for €1,820, or €4.49/kg.

The quality on offer continues to hold the buyers' imagination with prices holding firm from the first to the last lot.

Weanling heifers weighing from 235-285kg made from €980-€1,620 or €5.62-€6.15/kg.

The Co. Carlow mart venue is set to host a spring-born weanling show and sale on Saturday, October 31.