Beef
Balla Livestock Mart in Co. Mayo hosted its weekly livestock sale on Saturday (October 31), with just over 1,100 cattle on offer.
Balla Livestock Mart in Co. Mayo reported "a lot better trade" for Charolais bulls following its latest weanling sale.
Balla Livestock Mart in Co. Mayo hosted its end of the month continental cattle sale on Saturday (September 26), with over 1,000 cattle sold.
Balla Livestock Mart in Co. Mayo hosted its sale of bullocks, heifers and dry cows on Saturday (September 19).
Beef News
Balla Livestock Mart in Co. Mayo hosted its third weanling sale of the autumn 2026 season on Tuesday (September 8).
Rural Life
Mayo livestock marts plan to continue with their scheduled sales this week despite celebrations underway following Mayo's All-Ireland win.
Factories have moved to reduce some of the higher cattle price offers for this week but what...
Weanling bulls peaked at prices above €7.00/kg at Carnew Mart, Co. Wicklow's most recent weanling sale on Wednesday
Sheep
Bullocks weighing from 300-500kg all averaged over €5/kg at Balla Mart, Co. Mayo, on Saturday, September 27.
Marts in key suckler-bred weanling producing regions of Ireland have seen over half the weanling bulls being purchased for overseas markets
With the autumn weanling sales just around the corner, prices are running at record highs with the...
There was a smaller sale of cattle at Balla Mart in Co. Mayo on Saturday, June 21, with the good weather attributing to the smaller sale.
While the calf trade has seen a significant uplift this year, prices reached a new high at a sale in Co. Donegal at the weekend.
The mart trade has continued to power-ahead with new record prices continuing to be seen at marts the length and breadth of the country.
Balla Mart in Co Mayo hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Saturday, April 19, with prices in the bullock sale reaching €5,160.
Balla Mart hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Saturday, April 12, with big show of cattle on offer, according to the mart manager.
There were almost 900 cattle sold at Balla Mart in Co. Mayo on Saturday, March 29, with heavy cows and stock bulls taking the highest prices.
The mart trade over the past week has seen further record price statistics with as high as €4,780 paid for a 1,020kg heifer at Kilkenny.
Prices are continuing to reach new highs for cattle at recent cattle mart sales with a number of heavy bullocks clearing the €4.00/kg...
Balla Mart in Co. Mayo hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Saturday, January 11, with approximately 300 cattle on offer in the sale.
Balla Mart in Co. Mayo hosted a weanling sale on Tuesday, November 19, with the number of weanlings on offer in the sale...
Balla Mart in Co. Mayo hosted its weanling sale on Tuesday, October 29, with "There was "a good trade for anything nice...
Two heifers made €5,600 and €5,500 respectively at a special breeding heifer sale which took place at Balla Mart...
