Latest news with #Limousin-cross
Agriland
02-08-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Mart Report Bulls Hit Over E2000 with Their Weight at Carnaross
Bull prices reached over €2,000 with their weight at Carnaross Mart this week. Carnaross Mart in Co. Meath hosted its weanling and suckler sale on Tuesday, July 29, with approximately 100 lots of heifers and over 200 lots of bulls. Speaking to Agriland after the sale, Cian McGahern from Carnaross Mart said there was a full clearance in the sale. He added: "The strong export demand remains but there were a lot of farmers active buying cattle at the weanling sale on Tuesday night also. It was strong at both ends." Commenting on some of the top prices in the heifer sale, McGahern said: "There was a 310kg Limousin-cross heifer that made €2,000. Sample heifer prices from the sale: This 330kg Angus heifer sold for €1,700 "Another 355kg Charolais heifer sold for €2,190 and another Belgian Blue-cross heifer weighing 260kg sold for €1,620. "A Charolais heifer weighing 275kg sold for €1,870. This 320kg Limousin-cross heifer sold for €1,490 "A lot of these top-price heifers were bought by farmers, but exporters were active for the heifers as well," he said. In the bull sale, McGahern said: "Angus bulls off Friesian cows weighing 173kg sold for €1,170. Sample prices from the bull sale: This 565kg Limousin bull sold for €2,740 "A Limousin-cross bull weighing 270kg made €1,750 and another 310kg Limousin bull made €1,970. "A 370kg Charolais-cross bull made €2,280." This 385kg Limousin-cross bull sold for €2,180 Heavier bulls made over €2,000 with their weight. A 455kg Limousin-cross bull sold for €2,500 and another 620kg bull sold for €2,880. McGahern said: "Numbers in the weekly sale are now starting to rise and there are a lot of good-quality weanlings starting to come out earlier with the strong trade."
Agriland
08-05-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Mart trade: Up to €1,500 paid for suckler-bred calves
There were 850 calves on offer at Castleisland Mart, Co. Kerry, on Monday, May 5, with the mart trade seeing average calf prices edging up again and as high as €1,500 paid for suckler-bred calves. Speaking to Agriland, mart manager Nelius McAuliffe said: 'Calves are getting dearer every week and that is still the case.' He said one local farmer sold two suckler-bred calves in the sale with one of the two – a Limousin-cross bull calf making €1,500 – and the other calf making over €1,000. McAuliffe said that this week's calf sale is up approximately 150 calves on the same sale of last year, and that the number of cattle going through every sale at the mart venue is up this year. The mart manager said: 'In the first four months of this year, we have sold an additional 2,400 cattle and 5,000 calves'. He said that Friesian bull calves one-month-of-age made up to €370 while a bunch of Hereford bull calves weighing approximately 85kg sold for €700. He noted that this time last year, €350-400 would have bought the same calves. While farmer demand is strong this year, export customer demand is also strong and the mart manager said: 'The shipping trade at the sale on Monday was the highest we have seen this year.' Numbers expected to tighten Commenting on the trade for older cattle, the mart manager said that the numbers of heavier cattle on offer are back. He said that prices for the non-Quality Assured cattle are 'slightly back' but that in-spec cattle 'are still a great trade'. The mart manager said that sales have been very big to date this year and expects this month to see numbers tighten. 'I expect May and June this year won't be as big of sales as last year. Last May, we had big sales with the poorer weather and cattle came out for sale later,' McAuliffe said. 'With the numbers of cattle gone through this year, you'd be thinking they have to dry up.' Overall, the mart manager said that the mood is fairly positive in the cattle trade currently and described the current sentiment as 'good trade, plenty of customers, and very positive'. Mart trade for cattle at Tuam Tuam Mart in Co. Galway hosted its weekly general cattle sale on Monday, May 5, with dry cows making up to €3,200 for an 800kg Limousin cow. Another 725kg Limousin cow made €4.30/kg or €3,120, while a lighter 650kg Salers cow sold for €2,650 or €4.08/kg. In the heifer sale, prices peaked at €3,220 or €4.38/kg for a 735kg Angus heifer, with a lighter 405kg Shorthorn heifer selling for €4.30/kg or €1,740. Another 450kg Angus heifer sold for €1,780 or €3.96/kg. In the bullock sale, store cattle prices reached almost €5/kg with €4.95/kg or €2,300 paid for three 465kg Angus bullocks. Two Limousin bullocks weighing 452kg sold for €2,220 or €4.91/kg and a heavier 680kg Charolais bullock sold for €3,200 or €4.71/kg.
