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Beef
Store cattle prices up €1,000/head in five years
Adam Woods
The latest on this week’s cattle trade including much cattle prices have improved.
16 April 2025 Markets
Martbids Database: mart trade levels off this week
Adam Woods takes a look at this week’s mart trade and what direction the trade is headed in.
15 April 2025 Markets
Watch: cull cows hit €4.52/kg in Kilkenny
Adam Woods reports from Tuesday’s cull cow and calf sale in Kilkenny Mart.
Martbids Database: bullocks see biggest rise this week
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
9 April 2025 Markets
Watch: Heery’s heifers hit €7,500 in Carrigallen
Adam Woods reports from Carrigallen Mart last Saturday, where Jim Heery had a special sale of 77 heifer weanlings.
8 April 2025 Markets
Martbids Database: grass buyers drive the mart trade
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade, including what’s happening in the country’s marts.
2 April 2025 Markets
Martbids Database: weanling exports double for first months of 2025
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s beef trade, including what’s happening on live exports this week.
26 March 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: grass buyers out in force in Birr Mart
Grass buyers are appearing in greater numbers and are entering a red hot trade, with factory agents and beef finishers driving the trade for finished and store animals.
26 March 2025 Markets
Camera at the Mart: weanlings average over €4.50/kg in Balla
Balla Mart saw a huge volume of weanlings for its spring show and sale, with all prices averaging above €4.50/kg.
26 March 2025 Markets
Watch: suckler outfits hit €7,750 in Carrigallen
Adam Woods reports from Monday night’s special sale of suckler stock in Carrigallen mart.
25 March 2025 Markets
Watch: seven-year-old suckler cow tops €5,000 in Castlerea Mart
The sale on Thursday also recorded a new top average price point for weanlings and store cattle.
21 March 2025 News
Weanlings break €5/kg barrier
Adam Woods has the latest on this week’s mart trade including news of record prices.
19 March 2025 Markets