weanlings

Camera at the Mart: exceptional demand for weanlings in Gortatlea

Whether it was from a suckler or dairy dam, there was serious demand for bull weanlings in Gortatlea Mart on Wednesday evening last. Tommy Moyles reports.

MARKETS 21 March 2026

Camera at the Mart: exceptional demand for weanlings in Gortatlea

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Martbids Database: price drops across the board

Martbids Database: price drops across the board

MARKETS 18 March 2026

Farmer uncertainty around mart rings amid rising input costs

Farmer uncertainty around mart rings amid rising input costs

NEWS 18 March 2026

Farmer Writes: finally in the clear for TB

Farmer Writes: finally in the clear for TB

Farmer Writes: finally in the clear for TB

FARMER WRITES 11 March 2026

Weanling numbers and prices hold firm in Balla

Weanling numbers and prices hold firm in Balla

Weanling numbers and prices hold firm in Balla

MARKETS 11 March 2026

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Cattle in high demand at Dungannon Mart

Cattle in high demand at Dungannon Mart

David Clarke reports on the trade for cattle at the weekly sale held at Dungannon Livestock Mart.

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 February 2026

Heifer weanlings average €6.45/kg in Gort

Heifer weanlings average €6.45/kg in Gort

Martin Merrick reports from Gort mart’s weanling show and slae, where high end stock met with high end prices.

MARKETS 23 February 2026

Planning to comply with the Beef Welfare Scheme

Planning to comply with the Beef Welfare Scheme

The 2026 scheme is not expected to open until August leaving some farmers with weanlings born in the second half of 2025 questioning what they need to do to safeguard payment.

SUCKLERS 23 February 2026

Watch: weanling bulls sell to €3,500 in Elphin

Watch: weanling bulls sell to €3,500 in Elphin

Overall champion of the show and top price of the day was a Limousin-cross bull born April 2025 weighing 535kg that sold for €3,500 (€6.54/kg).

MARKETS 23 February 2026

Strong trade for youngstock at Kilrea

Strong trade for youngstock at Kilrea

David Clarke reports on the prices paid at the weekly sale of dropped calves and weanlings at Kilrea Livestock Market.

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 February 2026

Robust trade for cattle at Markethill

Robust trade for cattle at Markethill

David Wright reports on last Saturday's trade in Markethill Mart in Co Armagh

NORTHERN IRELAND 23 February 2026

New standalone sale of calves in Tullamore

New standalone sale of calves in Tullamore

Tullamore's new calf sale will take place on Tuesdays at noon.

NEWS 23 February 2026

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Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

Conal Moore an agri contractor and tillage framer from Ballygar Co Galway. “We do a lot of reseeding, slurry spreading and tillage work but baling would be our main enterprise”.

Cutting clean in tough conditions: Conal Moore on running Krone EasyCut Mowers

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