Numbers are holding steady for the time of year, but are still very low in most marts. Some marts in the west of the country are skipping this week of sales due to Galway Races week.
A lot of farmers in the west of the country attend the races this week and, in turn, marts are always very small.
Credit is still a talking point in marts and Aurivo’s decision to tighten up on credit lines has paved the way for more marts to follow through with similar arrangements.
Mart managers are explaining that the money involved in sales now is just too large to allow things run on too long.
Taking a look at this week’s Martbids analysis table, it shows another steady week’s trading across most stock categories.
Heavy cattle continue to take the top prices. Dowra Mart had a Charolais bullock weighing 950kg selling for €4,480.
One farmer commented to me this week that who would ever think that you could have €20,000 worth of bullocks in a trailer behind a jeep.
Factory agents are desperate for finished cattle and are paying over the odds in marts again this week.
Some of the heavy bullocks and heifers being bought this week would need close to €9/kg to get out when killed.
Heavy bullocks over 600kg rose 13c/kg this week to €4.69/kg. Average-quality bullocks in the same weight bracket were up 7c/kg to €4.26/kg.
Store bullocks also met solid demand this week, with a number of large feeders very active for feeding cattle. Factories are looking at the late autumn time as being another period where supplies will get tight and are putting in place plans now to make sure they have enough cattle coming from some of their larger feeders to get them through.
Heifers didn’t move that much this week, with heavy heifers actually back a little on the previous week’s trading.
Light heifers in the 350kg to 400kg weight bracket were up, with top-quality heifers coming in 10c/kg higher than the previous week. Average-quality heifers in the same weight bracket were up 8c/kg to €4.39/kg this week.
Weanling bulls were back a touch this week, with top quality weaning bulls in the 300kg to 400kg weight bracket coming in at €5.83/kg, back 12c/kg on the previous week.
Weanling heifers on the other hand were up in price, with top-quality weanling heifers in the 300kg to 400kg weight bracket coming in at €5.78/kg this week, up 27c/kg on the previous week. Average heifers in the same weight bracket were up 15c/kg to €5.02/kg.
Suck calves continue to move at very big money, with calf exporters continuing to dominate the trade.
Calves under six weeks old continue to sell for between €400 and €600/head, with reared calves crossing the €1,000/head mark in a few marts again this week.
Cull cows continue to meet a very solid trade, with a lot of smaller suckler farmers now bringing cull cows to marts as opposed to going direct for slaughter. A lot of competition between factory agents has meant that cows are worth more in marts when compared with getting a price for one or two cows from a factory.
Numbers are holding steady for the time of year, but are still very low in most marts. Some marts in the west of the country are skipping this week of sales due to Galway Races week.
A lot of farmers in the west of the country attend the races this week and, in turn, marts are always very small.
Credit is still a talking point in marts and Aurivo’s decision to tighten up on credit lines has paved the way for more marts to follow through with similar arrangements.
Mart managers are explaining that the money involved in sales now is just too large to allow things run on too long.
Taking a look at this week’s Martbids analysis table, it shows another steady week’s trading across most stock categories.
Heavy cattle continue to take the top prices. Dowra Mart had a Charolais bullock weighing 950kg selling for €4,480.
One farmer commented to me this week that who would ever think that you could have €20,000 worth of bullocks in a trailer behind a jeep.
Factory agents are desperate for finished cattle and are paying over the odds in marts again this week.
Some of the heavy bullocks and heifers being bought this week would need close to €9/kg to get out when killed.
Heavy bullocks over 600kg rose 13c/kg this week to €4.69/kg. Average-quality bullocks in the same weight bracket were up 7c/kg to €4.26/kg.
Store bullocks also met solid demand this week, with a number of large feeders very active for feeding cattle. Factories are looking at the late autumn time as being another period where supplies will get tight and are putting in place plans now to make sure they have enough cattle coming from some of their larger feeders to get them through.
Heifers didn’t move that much this week, with heavy heifers actually back a little on the previous week’s trading.
Light heifers in the 350kg to 400kg weight bracket were up, with top-quality heifers coming in 10c/kg higher than the previous week. Average-quality heifers in the same weight bracket were up 8c/kg to €4.39/kg this week.
Weanling bulls were back a touch this week, with top quality weaning bulls in the 300kg to 400kg weight bracket coming in at €5.83/kg, back 12c/kg on the previous week.
Weanling heifers on the other hand were up in price, with top-quality weanling heifers in the 300kg to 400kg weight bracket coming in at €5.78/kg this week, up 27c/kg on the previous week. Average heifers in the same weight bracket were up 15c/kg to €5.02/kg.
Suck calves continue to move at very big money, with calf exporters continuing to dominate the trade.
Calves under six weeks old continue to sell for between €400 and €600/head, with reared calves crossing the €1,000/head mark in a few marts again this week.
Cull cows continue to meet a very solid trade, with a lot of smaller suckler farmers now bringing cull cows to marts as opposed to going direct for slaughter. A lot of competition between factory agents has meant that cows are worth more in marts when compared with getting a price for one or two cows from a factory.
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