Rural Life
Gardaí in Cavan are looking for the occupants of a car which is believed to be driving on 'cloned' plates following a burglary at Dowra Mart.
Sheep News
This week's sheep trade has seen processors move to announce their opening spring lamb prices for the season as hogget price is up 20c/kg.
Beef
The mart trade has continued to rally for all weight specifications of cattle with over €4,100 paid for a heavy bullock at Dowra Mart.
The strong uplift in beef prices is filtering into the cattle prices being paid at marts around the country.
Dowra Mart in Co. Cavan hosted its final cattle sale of the year on Saturday, December 14, and its final sheep sale of the on Friday...
A 922kg Charolais cull cow sold for €3,000 while a Charolais stock bull over a tonne weight sold for €3,080 at two separate cattle sales...
Sheep
With over 2,100 sheep on offer, the most recent sale at Carnew Mart in Co. Wicklow saw improved prices for lambs and cast ewes.
With prices improving in factories recently for hoggets, recent marts sales across the country are ensuring the trade is highly competitive.
A 2015-born Limousin cow took the top price at the weekly general cattle sale AT Dowra Mart on Saturday, January 20.
Marts across the country since the new year have been in full swing with sheep sales returning...
Variation was seen in the size of recent sales across the country, but good prices were reported from sheep marts, keen to get finished lambs
Sheep sales in recent days have shown there is a significant demand for heavy, fat lambs that are being sold at marts across the country.
Dowra Mart is set to be the host of a special entry of in-lamb ewes this coming Friday (February 18) which are due from March 10 on.
A total of 830 cattle went under the hammer at Dowra Mart, Co. Cavan, last Saturday, October...
Improved factory prices for lambs last week, saw prices at marts rise up to as much as €4/head, according to mart managers Agriland spoke to.
Many mart managers Agriland spoke to last week were quick to note the blistering cull ewe trade, particularly in the case of heavy ewes.
Marts last week witnessed a drop in lamb prices of €3-8/head on average, with some mart managers going as far as saying prices were back €10/head.
Beef Technical
From speaking with mart managers over the past week, this set back in growth is having somewhat of an impact on the store cattle trade.
Last week, at marts, prices for spring lambs took a hit of €5-10/head at sales, as factories moved to pull prices by as much as 40c/kg.
Agri-Business
Dowra Mart has announced that it has cancelled all sales over the coming seven days as a precautionary measure for health and safety.
Beef News
Cattle marts: The improvements seen in factory price quotes for dry cows is really edging on prices paid in marts over the past week.
Hogget prices were once again on the rise last week, with top prices for good-quality hoggets hitting highs of €180/head.
Last week proved to be a good period for selling store cattle, as a strengthening demand from farmers was noted by mart managers.
