Breeding heifers

Champion heifer tops Clogher Christmas trade

Clogher Mart’s annual Christmas Show and Sale delivered a festive spectacle. Natasha Ferguson reports.

NORTHERN IRELAND 3 December 2025

Champion heifer tops Clogher Christmas trade

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Martbids Database: weanling trade continues to ease

Martbids Database: weanling trade continues to ease

MARKETS 3 December 2025

Irish buyers spend big at Royal Ulster Beef and Lamb championships

Irish buyers spend big at Royal Ulster Beef and Lamb championships

PEDIGREE 28 November 2025

Banging hot trade for Blues in Carrick

Banging hot trade for Blues in Carrick

Banging hot trade for Blues in Carrick

PEDIGREE 19 November 2025

Watch: breeding heifers raise the roof in Carrick

Watch: breeding heifers raise the roof in Carrick

Watch: breeding heifers raise the roof in Carrick

PEDIGREE 17 November 2025

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Commercial breeding heifers cross €10,000 in Stranorlar

Commercial breeding heifers cross €10,000 in Stranorlar

Taking place over the weekend was the Elite commercial cattle show and sale in Stranorlar Mart, Co Donegal, where trade was booming, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 24 September 2025

Martbids Database: trade holds steady despite extra numbers

Martbids Database: trade holds steady despite extra numbers

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade and what’s happening in the country’s marts.

MARKETS 24 September 2025

Pedigree breeding heifers in huge demand

Pedigree breeding heifers in huge demand

Nevan McKiernan looks back at the bumper weekend of pedigree cattle sales which seen ferocious demand for breeding stock.

PEDIGREE 24 September 2025

Belgian Blue weanling producer to host Open Day in Co Laois

Belgian Blue weanling producer to host Open Day in Co Laois

This week Nevan McKiernan spoke to Edward Thompson, a suckler farmer from Co Laois who is hosting an open day on behalf of the Irish Belgian Blue Cattle Society on Wednesday 5 November.

PEDIGREE 24 September 2025

Camera at the Mart: electric trade for Shorthorn heifers in Elphin

Camera at the Mart: electric trade for Shorthorn heifers in Elphin

Nevan McKiernan was at the show and sale of Shorthorn cattle in Elphin Mart on Saturday 18 October.

PEDIGREE 24 September 2025

Farmers out in force in Manorhamilton

Farmers out in force in Manorhamilton

Exporters and buyers sourcing future breeding heifers possibly capable of breeding show-type animals drove the trade at Manorhamilton Mart Co.Leitrim

MARKETS 24 September 2025

Getting winter ready on Tullamore Farm

Getting winter ready on Tullamore Farm

Cooler conditions and higher levels of rainfall have turned Tullamore Farm manager Shaun Divers attention to winter preparations as he gives an update of what’s been happening on the farm

MANAGEMENT 24 September 2025

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