Dairy News
Taaffe auctions conducted the dispersal sale of the Willofarm herd for the Throne family, in Dungannon Mart on Thursday January 25.
Dairy Technical
Taaffe Auctions kicked off its spring dairy sales last week in Carnaross on Wednesday (January 19) and Dungannon on Thursday (January 20).
Taaffe auctions held its final sale of the year at Dungannon Mart, Co. Tyrone, and had 105 lots on offer.
The autumn dairy sales has seen the demand for high quality stock continue from the spring sales and even 2020 dairy sales.
The autumn dairy sales have begun with early reports showing that high quality stock with good pedigrees are in highest demand amongst farmers.
Carnaross Mart hosted Taaffe Auctions’ dairy sale, with the sale being the first chance for buyers to purchase freshly calved heifers and cows this autumn.
On Saturday (May 1) Taaffe auctions hosted the reduction sale of the Kilgarriffe herd, for the herd owners Richard and Mervyn Helen, Clonakilty, Co. Cork.
Dairy
Carnaross Mart, Co. Meath, held its dairy sale last Wednesday, with the sale containing 110 lots put forward on the day.
"The sale continued to see the strong trade we’ve seen so far in dairy sales this spring, with anything fresh and in milk in high demand."
The Dechomet herd sale of the entire milking herd of 120 cows; 10 springing heifers; 35 served heifers; and a pedigree Holstein stock-bull.
Dungannon farmers' mart, Co. Tyrone, held its final dairy sale of the year, last Thursday (December 17), with 83 lots on offer.
At the November Dairy Sale in Dungannon the McClean family made £40,530 (€47,845) from the sale of a crop of freshly calved heifers.
