Rural Life
“A farmer approached us in the springtime, and he had calves that were two months old and he wanted to bring them to Castleisland."
Beef
There were 850 calves on offer at Castleisland Mart, Co. Kerry, on Monday, May 5, with the mart trade seeing average calf prices edge up.
There was a 100% clearance of the 1,880 calves on offer at Castleisland Mart, Co. Kerry on Monday, April 14.
Castleisland Mart in Co. Kerry has implemented a number of changes to help streamline its calf sale process...
Dairy Technical
The demand for strong well-fed calves is continuing to grow with calf trade and sales in marts very much in peak season.
There was over 1,000 calves on offer at Castleisland Mart’s calf sale on Monday (March 5), with a strong trade in particular for the older...
Castleisland Mart in Co. Kerry hosted its weekly calf sale on Monday, February 19, and its weekly general cattle sale on Wednesday...
Castleisland Mart in Co. Kerry has a unit on its premises available for leasing that has been...
Castleisland Mart held it's calf sale on Monday (November 20), with an extremely lively trade for Autumn born calves.
Castleisland Mart held its weekly calf sale on Monday (June 19) with a large entry of calves on offer at the Co. Kerry-based mart.
There were 1,370 calves on offer at Castleisland Mart's calf sale on Monday (March 27), with a strong trade in particular for the older, stronger-type calves.
What has been described as "the best cull cow trade of the year" was witnessed at Castleisland Mart's weekly cattle sale on November 31.
A livestock mart based in Kerry is set to host a sale on Monday, March 14, where farmers can sell calves with the proceeds going to Ukraine.