A strong showing of 1,110 sheep was presented for sale at Roscommon Mart on Wednesday (August 12), with a noticeable...
August 15, 2021
Lamb prices improved by €3-4/head on last week at Roscommon Mart, according to the mart’s manager, Maura Quigley. Agriland spoke...
June 13, 2021
Agriland headed out west once again this week, to take in the trade at Roscommon Mart’s weekly sheep sale on...
The poor weather of late played its part in the reason why spring lamb numbers were back at Roscommon Mart...
May 10, 2021
Agriland made the trip out west this week to Roscommon Mart, to check in and see what the trade was...
May 8, 2021
With cull cow factory prices rising week-on-week, it is leaving the dry cow trade at marts in an even better...
April 28, 2021
On Wednesday, April 14, Roscommon Mart held its weekly sheep sale, consisting of spring lambs, hoggets, cull ewes and ewes...
April 18, 2021
The wet weather failed to put much of a dampener on the trade for cattle last week, as prices reported...
March 16, 2021
Last week saw marts report record prices at sales for finished hoggets, with top prices reaching as high as €170-175/head....
March 9, 2021
Over the past week, mart managers have been reporting a stronger trade for well-fleshed hoggets in excess of 50kg. One...
February 23, 2021
The drive and competition between factory agents to get their hands on ‘factory-fit’ cattle continued last week, with little or...
February 2, 2021
Roscommon Mart has announced that its first sheep sale of 2021, scheduled for this Wednesday, January 6, is cancelled. The...
January 4, 2021
It was another strong week of trading at sheep marts across the country, with many mart managers reporting price increases...
December 15, 2020
As Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions were eased last week, marts across the country recorded increasing numbers of cattle brought forward...
December 8, 2020
Speaking to mart managers over the past week, it is clear that the strong factory prices of late are helping...
September 8, 2020
Similar to the previous week, mart managers noted that farmers continue to drive the store lamb trade, while heavy lambs...
September 1, 2020
Overall, the sheep trade last week was positive, with mart managers reporting a strong demand for all classes of sheep....
August 25, 2020
Over the past fortnight, there seems to be a bit more life coming back into the finished lamb trade. Mart...
August 18, 2020
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