Manorhamilton Mart saw a boost in prices earlier this week with fine trade on show at its cattle sale, held earlier this week.
The show began at 12:00pm with dry cows in first, followed by sucklers at 1:00pm.
Dry cows sold over a range per head from €1,050 for a 610kg animal to €1,590 for a 795kg cow, according to Ivan Moffitt of Manorhamilton Livestock Sales.
- 795kg cow – €1,590 or €2.00/kg;
- 695kg cow – €1,320 or €1.90kg;
- 710kg cow – €1,370 or €1.93/kg;
- 610kg cow – €1,050 or €1.72/kg;
- 680kg cow – €1,520 or €2.24/kg;
- 645kg cow – €1,210 or €1.88/kg;
- 720kg cow – €1,360 or €1.89/kg;
- 665kg cow – €1,300 or €1.95/kg.
Bullocks and heifers also made good money on the day, according to Moffitt.
In addition, a snapshot of pictures and prices were taken and recorded on the day by an attendee, as listed in the gallery below.
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- This 680kg Belgian Blue cross dry cow sold for €1,520
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- This 800kg bullock went for €1,740
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- This Belgian Blue-cross dry cow weighed 695kg and sold for €1,320
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- This 775kg Charolais-cross bullock went for €1,670
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- This 795kg Limousin-cross dry cow was sold for €1,590
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- This 480kg Hereford-cross heifer went for €960
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- This 370kg Aberdeen Angus heifer sold for €780
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- This Limousin bullock weighed in at 630kg and sold for €1,390
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- This 670kg Charolais bullock went under the hammer for €1,420
Turning to bullocks, Moffitt noted that prices per head ranged from €1,390 up to an even €1,700.
- 800kg bullock – €1,700 or €2.12/kg;
- 750kg bullock – €1,580 or €2.11/kg;
- 740kg bullock – €1,590 or €2.15/kg;
- 680kg bullock – €1,470 or €2.16/kg;
- 650kg bullock – €1,450 or €2.23/kg;
- 630kg bullock – €1,390 or €2.20/kg;
- 745kg bullock – €1,600 or €2.14/kg.
Finally, heifers prices per head ranged from €970 up to €1,480.
- 415kg heifer – €970 or €2.34/kg;
- 490kg heifer – €1,140 or €2.32/kg;
- 500kg heifer – €1,160 or €2.32/kg;
- 590kg heifer – €1,390 or €2.35/kg;
- 475kg heifer – €1,100 or €2.32/kg;
- 445kg heifer – €1,030 or €2.31/kg;
- 630kg heifer – €1,450 or €2.30/kg;
- 580kg heifer – €1,330 or €2.29/kg;
- 480kg heifer – €1,100 or €2.29/kg;
- 560kg heifer – €1,280 or €2.29/kg;
- 650kg heifer – €1,480 or €2.28/kg.
Commenting following the sale, Moffitt said: “Trade was good; a lot of trade went to Northern Ireland.
“Things have picked up well,” he added.