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Beef quotes steady as factories canvass for stock

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade and the latest factory quotes for finished stock.

MARKETS 15 April 2026

Beef quotes steady as factories canvass for stock

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Gigginstown Angus on the verge of annual sale

Gigginstown Angus on the verge of annual sale

PEDIGREE 15 April 2026

Leitrim bull crowned champion and takes top price in Gort

Leitrim bull crowned champion and takes top price in Gort

PEDIGREE 13 April 2026

Watch: CF52 sons reel back the years in Carrick

Watch: CF52 sons reel back the years in Carrick

Watch: CF52 sons reel back the years in Carrick

PEDIGREE 12 April 2026

Records broken in first online Salers sale

Records broken in first online Salers sale

Records broken in first online Salers sale

PEDIGREE 12 April 2026

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Demand for sexed semen ‘on par with last year’

Demand for sexed semen ‘on par with last year’

“One of the main reasons is the decent price for dairy-beef calves this year and also the drop in milk price,” according to Seamus Hughes from Progressive Genetics.

NEWS 6 April 2026

Watch: beef calves dominate Castlerea weekly calf sale

Watch: beef calves dominate Castlerea weekly calf sale

Numbers of beef calves on offer increased in Caslterea Mart in the last number of weeks. Cathal Gormley reports on this week's sale.

MARKETS 6 April 2026

Zeus powers his way to €6,600 in Kilmallock

Zeus powers his way to €6,600 in Kilmallock

Topping the recent Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) Premier show and sale in Golden Vale Mart, Kilmallock, was Mountfarna Zeus.

PEDIGREE 6 April 2026

Maxwell livestock loads shipment of weanling bulls

Maxwell livestock loads shipment of weanling bulls

A total of 1,665 Irish bulls have landed safely in Algeria from a shipment organised by Roscommon based Maxwell Livestock, reports Cathal Gormley.

MARKETS 6 April 2026

Heifer weanlings sell to top call of €4,220 in Elphin

Heifer weanlings sell to top call of €4,220 in Elphin

Cathal Gormley reports from Elphin Mart, where a special sale of weanlings met strong demand, with heifers selling to €4,220, while bulls topped at €2,950.

MARKETS 6 April 2026

Beef quotes remains stable

Beef quotes remains stable

Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including the latest quotes for finished cattle.

MARKETS 6 April 2026

Angus bulls hit €5,800 in Munster

Angus bulls hit €5,800 in Munster

Munster Angus Breeders delivered a record average at their Premier show and sale in Golden Vale Mart, Kilmallock, on Saturday 4 April, writes Nevan McKiernan.

PEDIGREE 6 April 2026

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Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

James O’Reilly is a tillage farmer based in north Kilkenny, near a village called Ballyragget.

Why this Kilkenny farmer switched to a 45m Amazone self-propelled sprayer

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