There was another good entry of excellent quality cattle on offer at last Friday’s Sale in Roscommon Mart, which saw a brisk trade for Heifers with improved prices from the previous week.
The trade for Bullocks was similar with lesser quality lots more difficult to clear. There was an excellent trade for Dry Cows with a top quality Belgian Blue making €2500 (€2.43 per kilo) Bullocks prices averaged from €2.27 per kilo up to a maximum of €2.75 per kilo. Prices for Heifers averaged from €2.41 per kilo up to a high of €3.05 per kilo. There was a good attendance of customers with the majority of lots sold.
Dry Cows
Made from €850 to €2,500 per head
Sample Prices:
BB 1030 kgs €2500,
BB X 850 kgs €1690,
Char X 680 kgs €1450,
Lim X 755 kgs €1360,
Lim 655 kgs €1,300,
AAX 745 kgs €1135,
AAX 640 kgs €1125,
BBX 515 kgs €900,
Char X 745 kgs €1280,
Lim 655 kgs €1300,
BBX 495 kgs €1015
Heifers
Made from €505 to €1075 over
Sample Prices:
Lim X 600 kgs €1635,
SAX 525 kgs €1600,
2 Char X 580 kgs €1420,
Lim 575 kgs €1400,
Char X 525 kgs €1380,
Lim X 465 kgs €1290,
AAX 590 kgs €1260,
AAX 490 kgs €1130,
2 AA X 470 kgs €1145,
2 AA 498 kgs €1220,
Simm X 415 kgs €1005,
Simm X 370 kgs €875,
Simm X 465 kgs €1150,
2 Simm X 507 kgs €1200
Bullocks
Made from €555 to €985 over
Sample Prices:
Lim X 715 kgs €1700,
Char 710 kgs €1450,
HEX 670 kgs €1390,
Lim 545 kgs €1360,
AAX 395 kgs €1030,
Char X 365 kgs €920,
Char X 430 kgs €1180,
AAX 550 kgs €1250,
AAX 395 kgs €1030,
Char X 520 kgs €1300,
Char X 490 kgs €1200.
This Friday’s sale at Roscommon Mart features 30 Pens of Bullocks, in addition to Heifers and Dry Cows. All stock must be penned by 10.30 a.m. Cattle not penned by this time will not be included in the draw.
A Special Sale of Bullocks Friday May 13th at 11am Bookings accepted up to 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday May 3rd, Wednesday May 4th and Thursday May 5th.