Despite poor grass growth and dwindling silage supplies, demand for top-quality calved Friesian heifers is strong. However, plainer heifers, those with few figures and older calved cows are being met with mixed demand. At special reduction sales, better-quality calved heifers are making from €1,400 to €1,600 with well-bred and high-solids heifers with good signs of milk making over €1,700/head. Plainer-quality calved heifers and those with little figures have been met with a slightly easier trade on account of weaker buyer demand. Prices range mainly from €1,200 to €1,350/head. April-calving in-calf heifers and cows are an easier trade, with less farmers active for later-calving types. Prices are variable, ranging from €1,000/head for small light types to €1,150 for mid-April calving heifers.