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MartBids Database: prices fall across all types

Martin Merrick looks at a trickier week for live cattle sales, with factory prices pushing down the live trade for finished cattle.

MARKETS 28 October 2026

MartBids Database: prices fall across all types

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Camera at the Mart: keen farmer demand seen in Ballymahon

Camera at the Mart: keen farmer demand seen in Ballymahon

MARKETS 28 October 2026

Camera at the Mart: Skibbereen sale sees over 1,000 cattle on offer

Camera at the Mart: Skibbereen sale sees over 1,000 cattle on offer

MARKETS 28 October 2026

Watch: weanling bull tops Elphin Mart show and sale at €2,700

Watch: weanling bull tops Elphin Mart show and sale at €2,700

Watch: weanling bull tops Elphin Mart show and sale at €2,700

MARKETS 27 October 2026

Farmer Writes: the dreaded herd test

Farmer Writes: the dreaded herd test

Farmer Writes: the dreaded herd test

FARMER WRITES 21 October 2026

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MartBids Database: weanling export numbers down on 2025 levels

MartBids Database: weanling export numbers down on 2025 levels

Martin Merrick looks at where the major outlets for Irish weanlings are and what prices farmers are getting for these calves.

MARKETS 21 October 2026

Camera at the Mart: numbers continue to flow to Macroom

Camera at the Mart: numbers continue to flow to Macroom

The addition of a Thursday evening weanling sale has complemented the Saturday sale in Macroom and it has been a busier than usual autumn in the mid-Cork Mart. Tommy Moyles reports.

MARKETS 21 October 2026

Camera at the Mart: plenty of bite for weanlings in Kilcullen

Camera at the Mart: plenty of bite for weanlings in Kilcullen

Farmer and shipper activity was high in Kilcullen Mart, with a 98% clearance recorded.

MARKETS 21 October 2026

MartBids Database: price slippages despite solid factory trade

MartBids Database: price slippages despite solid factory trade

Martin Merrick gives the latest on mart prices this week, where it’s been a week for buyers more than sellers, with many cattle falling in money.

MARKETS 14 October 2026

Camera at the Mart: Clifden Mart sees Limousin-cross heifers average €5.63/kg

Camera at the Mart: Clifden Mart sees Limousin-cross heifers average €5.63/kg

Martin Merrick reports from Clifden Mart’s weanling heifer show and sale, with impressive averages recorded across the board.

MARKETS 14 October 2026

Beef management: lime spreading, castration rules and autumn feeding

Beef management: lime spreading, castration rules and autumn feeding

Martin Merrick discusses why it’s a perfect time to spread lime, rules around castration, submitting your fertiliser closing stock and supplementing finishing cattle.

MANAGEMENT 14 October 2026

‘Yield like hell’: how an Irish man built the finest Limousin herd in Australia

‘Yield like hell’: how an Irish man built the finest Limousin herd in Australia

Eawan Neeson first started breeding Limousin cattle in 1973, importing straws from France for some of the first of the breed in Australia, writes Barry Murphy.

NEWS 14 October 2026

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