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Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers more active in places

Some marts with a strong butcher and wholesale buyer market have reported prices firming on average by €2 to €3/head with some recording greater increases.

MARKETS 3 December 2025

Sheep mart prices: butchers and wholesalers more active in places

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Camera at the Mart: successful first sheep fatstock for Macroom

Camera at the Mart: successful first sheep fatstock for Macroom

MARKETS 3 December 2025

Martbids Database: weanling trade continues to ease

Martbids Database: weanling trade continues to ease

MARKETS 3 December 2025

Watch: factory quotes unchanged but lambs break €200 mark in Kilkenny

Watch: factory quotes unchanged but lambs break €200 mark in Kilkenny

Watch: factory quotes unchanged but lambs break €200 mark in Kilkenny

MARKETS 1 December 2025

Martbids Database: weanling trade eases this week

Martbids Database: weanling trade eases this week

Martbids Database: weanling trade eases this week

MARKETS 26 November 2025

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Camera at the Mart: €4,850 for Kanturk Christmas fatstock winner

Camera at the Mart: €4,850 for Kanturk Christmas fatstock winner

The ringside was packed for Kanturk Mart's annual fatstock show and sale, which had a record level of entries at the north Cork mart.

MARKETS 12 November 2025

Camera at the Mart: cull cows come on stream in Carnaross

Camera at the Mart: cull cows come on stream in Carnaross

A good show of cull cows were on offer at last Thursday’s sale in Carnaross, while feeding-type heifers were also plentiful.

MARKETS 12 November 2025

Demand remains firm for stores in Cahir

Demand remains firm for stores in Cahir

A full clearance across the board shows that demand is showing no sign of slipping when it comes to cattle in south Tipperary as Tommy Moyles reports from Cahir Marts weekly sale.

MARKETS 12 November 2025

Sheep mart prices: more life appearing in sales

Sheep mart prices: more life appearing in sales

Plants in the midlands and southeast are reporting greater competition between agents, with a 10c/kg increase in factory quotes also helping the trade.

MARKETS 12 November 2025

Camera at the Mart: no let-up in numbers at Tullamore

Camera at the Mart: no let-up in numbers at Tullamore

There appears to be no let-up in the number of cattle going through Tullamore Mart this autumn, with strong demand for stock playing its part in keeping numbers moving at the Co Offaly mart.

MARKETS 12 November 2025

Camera at the Mart: calf trade on fire in New Ross

Camera at the Mart: calf trade on fire in New Ross

Continental calves sold from €600 to €900-plus, Angus and Herefords sold from €350 to €700 and Friesian bull calves ranged from €215 to upwards of €400/head.

MARKETS 12 November 2025

Camera at the Mart: cow numbers on the up in Kilmallock

Camera at the Mart: cow numbers on the up in Kilmallock

As rain hastens the end of the 2025 grazing season, more dry cows are beginning to appear in marts. Trade for them remains strong and this was the case in Kilmallock for its weekly sale.

MARKETS 12 November 2025

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

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