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Calf trade: Calf exporters return to action With the weather settling down and conditions becoming more favourable for exporters, the levels of export activity at online calf sales for this week is expected to rise again. In terms of prices this week, we are seeing some mixed reports – but due to exporters being back in action, managers are stating that the lighter-type of Friesian bulls have received a slight lift in price in some marts. This week  Kilkenny Mart There was close to 480 calves on offer during Tuesday’s calf sale in Kilkenny, with the mart’s auctioneer, George Candler, s...

SHARING OPTIONS: Jamie and Lorraine Kealy's herd is a spring-calving system with an emphasis on high fertility underpinning high EBI figures. / Philip Doyle Tullow Mart in Co Carlow held their first dedicated dairy sale on Wednesday last. The highlight of the trade was a special entry of 30 spring 2020-born maiden dairy heifers offered for sale by local farmers Jamie and Lorraine Kealy. The heifers had Economic Breeding Index (EBI) figures in excess of €180, which was underpinned by strong fertility credentials. The heifers sold in an excellent trade, ...

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A dairy sale - which will include two special entries of maiden heifers - is set to be held online by Tullow Mart, in Co. Carlow next week.

A snapshot of the Cheviot ewes offered for sale next Tuesday in Tullow mart. A rare opportunity presents itself next Tuesday in Tullow Mart, with 120 top-quality three- and four-year-old Cheviot ewes going under the hammer in a flock clearance sale. The flock is offered for sale by David and Dylan Leybourne and is well known in the region, with progeny each year placed among the prize-winning lineup at the Tullow Sheep Breeders Association annual breeding sales. Ewes are being sold due to a change in farm enterprise. A snapshot of the Cheviot ewes offered for sale next Tuesday in Tullow m...