I hear the board of Bandon Mart has decided to hold twice weekly calf sales starting at the end of February. Subject to demand, this will run to the end of April. The traditional Monday sale of calves and cattle will continue as normal but a decision has been made to have an extra calf sale. This will take place on Thursdays and will also include dairy stock. With a surge in dairy calf births in the area at this time of year, the move is expected to reduce the pressure at peak calf season for farmers.

With the premises a licensed export lairage, exporters will now have the opportunity to ship from the west Cork venue twice a week.

Bandon mart saw large numbers of calves this past spring with numbers exceeding 2,000 on a number of Monday’s and a top of 2,300 calves sold on one sale.