A similar situation unfolded in the general sale in Athenry on Tuesday 9 July as was reported pn in Birr on Monday 8 July – a small showing of heifers backed up by reduced prices and an easing in prices for light bullocks, but heavier males held firm.
Bullocks and bulls
Table 1 gives a full breakdown of bullock prices.
Prices for 400kg to 500kg bullocks came in at an average of €1.83/kg.
Looking across the breeds, Friesians put a floor under the trade at prices of €1.32/kg to €1.55/kg.
Hereford-, Shorthorn- and Angus-cross bullocks made up the middle ground and sold for €1.65/kg to €2.05/kg.
The best continental lot in this weight category was a pen of 495kg 14-month-old Charolais bullocks, which made €2.40/kg or €1,190/head. All continentals sold for above €1.90/kg.
Males in the 500kg to 600kg weight bracket averaged €1.94/kg.
Hereford- and Angus-crosses made from €1.85/kg to €2/kg, while continentals made a top price of €2.20/kg, back down to €2.05/kg.
Heavy bullocks weighing over 600kg averaged €1.87/kg.
Dairy-crosses made from €1.40/kg to €1.80/kg and continentals continued from there up to a top of €2.20/kg.
Highest price in the male ring on the day was €1,740, which went to a pair of 31-month-old Charolais- and Limousin-cross bullocks averaging 887kg.
Heifers
There was a smaller entry of heifers on Tuesday and these met with a more difficult trade.
Table 2 gives a breakdown of heifer and cow prices.
Heifers from 400kg to 500kg averaged €1.85/kg.
Better-quality lots commanded prices of €2.15/kg and above, while many plainer lots settled for a price below €1.60/kg.
Heavy heifers from 500kg to 600kg averaged €1.69/kg, which was back 5c/kg from the week previous.
Picking out the best quality would give you an average of over €2/kg, while the plainer types fell down below €1.30/kg.
Cows
There was a good number of cows sold at the sale.
Dairy cows sold from €1/kg up to a top price of €1.40/kg for better-conditioned lots.
On a per-head basis, the hammer fell at between €700 and €1,050 per head for the vast majority.
Continental cows started at €1.40/kg up to €1.75/kg. That works out at a range of €975 to €1,400 per head for most.
Top cow price went to a 2010-born 800kg Limousin-cross cow, which sold for €1,405 (€1.76/kg).
Athenry Mart
Commission rate is 1.75% to the seller and €9.25/head to the buyer. Athenry Mart has two weekly cattle sales; bullocks, heifers and dry cows on Tuesdays and cows, calves and weanlings on Thursdays.
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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A similar situation unfolded in the general sale in Athenry on Tuesday 9 July as was reported pn in Birr on Monday 8 July – a small showing of heifers backed up by reduced prices and an easing in prices for light bullocks, but heavier males held firm.
Bullocks and bulls
Table 1 gives a full breakdown of bullock prices.
Prices for 400kg to 500kg bullocks came in at an average of €1.83/kg.
Looking across the breeds, Friesians put a floor under the trade at prices of €1.32/kg to €1.55/kg.
Hereford-, Shorthorn- and Angus-cross bullocks made up the middle ground and sold for €1.65/kg to €2.05/kg.
The best continental lot in this weight category was a pen of 495kg 14-month-old Charolais bullocks, which made €2.40/kg or €1,190/head. All continentals sold for above €1.90/kg.
Males in the 500kg to 600kg weight bracket averaged €1.94/kg.
Hereford- and Angus-crosses made from €1.85/kg to €2/kg, while continentals made a top price of €2.20/kg, back down to €2.05/kg.
Heavy bullocks weighing over 600kg averaged €1.87/kg.
Dairy-crosses made from €1.40/kg to €1.80/kg and continentals continued from there up to a top of €2.20/kg.
Highest price in the male ring on the day was €1,740, which went to a pair of 31-month-old Charolais- and Limousin-cross bullocks averaging 887kg.
Heifers
There was a smaller entry of heifers on Tuesday and these met with a more difficult trade.
Table 2 gives a breakdown of heifer and cow prices.
Heifers from 400kg to 500kg averaged €1.85/kg.
Better-quality lots commanded prices of €2.15/kg and above, while many plainer lots settled for a price below €1.60/kg.
Heavy heifers from 500kg to 600kg averaged €1.69/kg, which was back 5c/kg from the week previous.
Picking out the best quality would give you an average of over €2/kg, while the plainer types fell down below €1.30/kg.
Cows
There was a good number of cows sold at the sale.
Dairy cows sold from €1/kg up to a top price of €1.40/kg for better-conditioned lots.
On a per-head basis, the hammer fell at between €700 and €1,050 per head for the vast majority.
Continental cows started at €1.40/kg up to €1.75/kg. That works out at a range of €975 to €1,400 per head for most.
Top cow price went to a 2010-born 800kg Limousin-cross cow, which sold for €1,405 (€1.76/kg).
Athenry Mart
Commission rate is 1.75% to the seller and €9.25/head to the buyer. Athenry Mart has two weekly cattle sales; bullocks, heifers and dry cows on Tuesdays and cows, calves and weanlings on Thursdays.
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.
Read more
Mart prices: bullocks steady but heifers see a drop in Birr
Mart prices: busy fields mean smaller numbers in Nenagh
Mart prices: bull-beef trade now affecting store-buyers’ decisions
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