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MartBids analysis: further price cuts across the board

Weanlings have taken a drastic hit this week, with store and finished cattle also feeling the effects of a fall in factory prices, but how do they compare to 2025 prices?

MARKETS 20 May 2026

MartBids analysis: further price cuts across the board

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Beef Trends: lowest cow kill in 2026

Beef Trends: lowest cow kill in 2026

MARKETS 13 May 2026

Pressure on beef trade continues

Pressure on beef trade continues

MARKETS 11 May 2026

Farmer Writes: spring arrives at last in Donegal

Farmer Writes: spring arrives at last in Donegal

Farmer Writes: spring arrives at last in Donegal

FARMER WRITES 24 April 2026

Grass buyers out in force in Ballymote Mart with over €6/kg for cattle

Grass buyers out in force in Ballymote Mart with over €6/kg for cattle

Grass buyers out in force in Ballymote Mart with over €6/kg for cattle

MARKETS 24 April 2026

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Martbids Database: positive price lift in bulls and bullocks

Martbids Database: positive price lift in bulls and bullocks

While both bull weanlings and bullocks have recorded a lift nearly across the board this week, their female comrades have seen price slip back again, in some cases significantly.

MARKETS 26 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: sharper demand for lighter cattle in the Kingdom

Camera at the Mart: sharper demand for lighter cattle in the Kingdom

Cathal Gormley reports from Kingdom Co-op Livestock Mart's weekly cattle sale, where lighter cattle commended the best trade while cow numbers were back and a special dairy reduction sale took place.

NEWS 26 March 2026

Home Farm: catching up during a busy week

Home Farm: catching up during a busy week

We are giving the store cattle a fresh paddock every day, and are concentrating on the land that we intend to close up this week for first-cut silage.

VIEWPOINTS 26 March 2026

Home Farm: manifesting better weather

Home Farm: manifesting better weather

With a terrible forecast for the Easter weekend, we decided we would rehouse everything.

VIEWPOINTS 26 March 2026

MartBids Database: greater bite for heavier cattle

MartBids Database: greater bite for heavier cattle

Martin Merrick reports on the latest trends in live cattle sales, with a greater bite seen for finished and forward store cattle over the last week.

MARKETS 26 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: great demand for younger heifers in Iveragh

Camera at the Mart: great demand for younger heifers in Iveragh

Farmer buyers were out in force in Iveragh Co-operative Mart and they made their presence felt for younger stock going for grass. Heavier stock were a slightly tougher trade by comparison.

MARKETS 26 March 2026

Worrying drop in mart numbers seen in the west

Worrying drop in mart numbers seen in the west

Adam Woods takes a look at mart throughput figures for the first 10 weeks of 2026.

MARKETS 26 March 2026

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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