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Agriland
a day ago
- Business
- Agriland
Weanling bull sales start strong with prices near €7/kg
With the autumn weanling sales just around the corner, prices are running at record highs with the top prices for weanling bulls nearing €7/kg at one sale in Co. Leitrim over the weekend. At GVM Carrigallen Mart, Co. Leitrim, on Saturday, July 19, prices reached €6.98/kg for a 364kg weanling bull that totalled €2,540, bought by a local farmer. This 364kg weanling bull sold for €2,540 Mart manager Helen Kells told Agriland there have been small numbers of weanling bulls coming out to sales all summer and these have met a good trade throughout. The mart is hosting its first special sale of weanlings on Saturday, August 9, which is expected to see a big entry of suckler-bred weanlings. In Balla Mart, Co. Mayo, on Saturday, weanlings prices were described as "strong due the strong demand from export buyers" by mart manager Michael Nolan. The price of cattle at Balla Mart averaged out at €2,240/head this week. Bull weanlings weighing from 200-350kg averaged €4.96/kg, and bulls weighing from 350-450kg averaged €5.04/kg. Top bull prices from Balla Mart: 255kg Charolais-cross bull calf sold for €1,540 or €6.04/kg; 350kg Limousin-cross bull sold for €2,090 or €5.97/kg; 435kg Belgian Blue bull sold for €2,380 or €5.47/kg. The mart manager said: "What good quality heifers around 450kg was making was unreal - they were up by approximately €900/head on this time last year." Some of the top heifer prices from Balla Mart: 295kg Charolais-cross heifer sold for €1,780 or €6.03/kg; 375kg Salers-cross heifer sold for €2,400 or €6.40/kg; 485kg Charolais-cross heifer sold for €2,660 or €5.48/kg; 600kg Parthenaise-cross heifer sold for €3,430 or €5.72/kg. Lighter store heifers weighing from 300-400kg averaged €4.93/kg. Heifers weighing from 400-500kg averaged €4.67/kg and heifers weighing over 500kg averaged €4.65/kg.A farmer from Co. Longford sold a 510kg Limousin heifer for €3,080 or €6.04/kg. Store bullocks up to 500kg were up on last week the best making over €5.00/kg and up by €200/head on last week, according to the mart manager. Bullocks 300kg to 400kg averaged 4.71/kg. Store bullocks 400-500kg averaged 4.65p/kg. While heavier bullocks over 500kg averaged 4.23/kg. A Charolais bullock weighing 715kg sold for €3,300 to a northern factory buyer. The cows saw a good trade, with prices for dry cows over 500kg averaging €3.93/kg and the tops of the dry cows making €3,460/head. A six-year old Limousin cow with a bull calf at foot sold for €6,250 in the sale.
Agriland
17-06-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Mart trade: Record calf prices continue as heavier cattle ease
The mart trade over the past few days has seen record calf prices continue as heavier forward-type cattle prices have eased at some mart sales as a result of recent declines in factory beef price offers. At GVM Carrigallen Mart, Co. Leitrim on Saturday, June 14, calves made up to €1,050 for a Shorthorn heifer calf off a Friesian cow with a registered birth date of May 12, 2025. May-born Friesian bull calves made up to €700 and speaking to Agriland after the sale, Carrigallen Mart manager Helen Kells said there was strong activity from both farmers and export customers for calves at the most recent sale, with exporters managing to secure the majority of these calves. This Shorthorn-cross heifer calf made €1,050 In Balla Mart, Co. Mayo on Saturday, June 14, 400-500kg heifers 'were showing the knock-on effect of the factory cuts' with average prices below the €4/kg, according to mart manager Michael Nolan. Average bullock prices remained strong with 300-400kg bullocks averaging €4.23/kg. Store bullocks weighing from 400-500kg averaged €4.29/kg while heavier bullocks weighing over 500kg averaged €4.19/kg. One of the top prices in the bullock sale went to a Charolais bullock weighing 925kg that made €3,930 or €4.25/kg for a farmer from Cloonmore – Tuam. Some of the top bullock prices from the weekend sale at Balla Mart: 360kg Charolais bullock sold for €1,940 or €5.39/kg; 490kg Charolais bullock sold for €2,580 or €5.27/kg; 670kg Charolais bullock sold for €3,290 or €4.25/kg; 795kg Simmental bullock sold for €3,300 or €4.15/kg; 895kg Charolais bullock sold for €3,730 or €4.17/kg. While the average price for 400-500kg store heifers dropped below €4/kg, lighter store heifers weighing from 300-400kg averaged €4.26/kg. Heifers weighing from 400-500kg averaged €3.92/kg, while heavy heifers weighing over 500kg averaged €3.86/kg. A 330kg Belgian Blue-cross breeding heifer sold for an impressive €4,150 or €12.58/kg. The cows were described as 'a good trade with a surprising amount of dry cows still coming out', and cows weighing over 500kg averaging €3.59/kg. An eight-year-old Charolais cow with a bull calf at foot sold for €3,720. Commenting on the weanling trade, the mart manager said: 'There are great numbers of weanlings coming out – way more than normal for this time of year – and this week they were slightly up due the demand from export buyers.' The best price was paid for a 485kg March-2024-born Belgian Blue bull that made €3,600 or €7.52/kg. Another March 2024 weanling bull weighing 335kg sold for €9.13/kg or €3,060. Bull weanlings 200–350kg averaged 5.59/kg and bulls from 350-450kg averaged €5.08/kg with bulls weighing over 450kg averaging €5.10/kg.
