On Wednesday 11 October, the South West Simmental club held its annual Simmental-cross heifer sale in Gort Mart, Co Galway. The sale consisted of over 180 lots made up of weanling heifers, maiden heifers and in-calf heifers.
The sale began with the in-calf females which sold from €1,500 to highs of €2,720, which was paid for two heifers from the one herd. Other notable prices included €2,680, €2,620 and €2,540.
Maiden heifers were met with a very strong trade. Quality lots sold to highs of €2,020. The top price was secured by a January 2022-born -fourstar heifer weighing 625kg (€3.23/kg). Other sample prices included €1,840 paid for an April 2022-born heifer weighing 505kg (€3.64/kg) and €1,700 secured by a three-star April 2022-born heifer weighing 450kg (€3.78/kg).
Weanling heifers
The weanling heifers peaked at €1,500 for a September 2022-born heifer weighing 420kg (€3.57/kg). The benchmark for similar lots was over €3.55/kg with one heifer weighing 345kg selling for €1,380 (€4.00/kg) and a 325kg heifer for €1,260 (€3.88/kg).
The remaining lots justified the high clearance rate and backed up the overall high standard put forward with the price per kg ranging from €2.65 to €3.64/kg.
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