Golden Vale Marts, Carrigallen, Co Leitrim, will hold its first TB-restricted sale next Monday evening 15 September at 4pm live on martbids.ie.

The sale will include over 40 spring 2025-born dairy-beef calves ranging in date of birth from January to May 2025.

All calves are Aberdeen Angus-cross-dairy, with calves ranging in weight from 85kg to 270kg. Videos of the animals can be found on the Carrigallen Facebook page.

The details of each lot are included in Table 1.

The animals are all based on a farm near Castlerea, Co Roscommon. None of the animals will move to the mart and, instead, videos will be uploaded to martbids.ie and animals sold via a live online auction on the Carrigallen portal on Martbids.

Under Department of Agriculture rules, only controlled finishing units will be able to purchase the animals.

All animals will have been TB tested within the last 30 days. Following the sale the purchaser will arrange with the mart a collection time and the animals will move direct from the farm to the finishing unit.

Commenting on the sale, Carrigallen Mart manager Helen Kells said: “We are delighted to be able to offer this service to our customers.

"Farmers locked up with TB in the past had no real way of determining the price of their animals or getting a fair price.

"Any controlled finishing units who wish to purchase stock must be approved by the mart to purchase before the sale and anybody seeking approval should contact the mart on 049-433 9633."