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Four-hundred and eighty lots, comprising just under 700 cattle, were sold in Carnew Mart’s general sale on Saturday.
Bullocks
Bullocks weighing from 400-500kg made an average price of €1.67/kg – no change from last week. Friesian bullocks started at €1.15/kg and climbed up to €1.45/kg. That’s about €70 to €200 with the weight. Dairy-beef breeds, started at €1.50/kg and topped at €1.85/kg for lots showing O+ and even R grading potential.
Continentals in this weight band started at €1.85/kg and maxed out at €2.29/kg for a 458kg 17-month-old Charolais-cross. Very few continentals under 480kg broke the €1,000-mark.
From 500-600kg, bullocks averaged €1.68/kg – back a fraction for the week. Here, Friesians started at €1.25/kg and only a handful crossed €1.50/kg. Moving up in quality, dairy-beef lots ranged from €1.55/kg up to around €1.80/kg.
Continental cattle started at €1.85/kg and topped at €2.21/kg. It took a good store to make €2/kg.
Bullocks over 600kg averaged €1.62/kg. The good-quality continental bullock, still well under 30 months, made €1.85/kg and over.
Heifers
Store heifers, from 400-500kg averaged €1.82/kg for the sale. Dairy-cross lots started at €1.50/kg and, while most stayed under €1.75/kg, some excellent-quality Angus heifers made another 10c/kg on top of this. Continental heifers started at €1.70/kg and went to €2.22/kg. Good quality would make over €2/kg.
From 500-600kg, store heifers averaged €1.79/kg. Dairy-beef lots started at €1.40/kg and continental heifers continued up to €1.95/kg.
Commission rates were 1.5% to the seller and €10 to the buyer.
Analysis for this report was generated from the MartBids app. MartBids is a collaboration between the Irish Farmers Journal and livestock marts. The app is available for download on iPhone or Android on the App Store or Google Play. With this app, all of the information that is displayed on the mart board is now available on your smartphone, long before the animal enters the sales ring.
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