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SHARING OPTIONS: This aged Parthenaise bullock was born March 2013, weighed 920kg and sold for €2,040 (€2.22/kg). Last Friday, the Irish Farmers Journal was in Tullow Mart for its weekly general cattle sale, which was one of the last fully online sales before bidders returned ringside on Monday. Speaking after the sale, Tullow manager Eric Driver said: “We had a good lively trade this week. It’s a final farewell to fully online bidding and that brings a bit of nerves. “There is a good honest trade for beef at the moment and I can’t see trad...

May 8, 2021, 3:00 pm We have seen in some marts over the past week, that some categories of store cattle have received a slight push back in prices due to the poor grass growth easing their demand. Although, speaking to Agriland after Friday’s (May 7) sale at Tullow Mart, manager Eric Driver stated that he would be more positive about the store cattle trade this week than he would have been at last week’s sale – with a lower attendance of stock boosting competition for cattle. He stated: “I think from looking at the prices paid at this week’s sale for the quality store bullock or h...

April 17, 2021, 4:00 pm Tullow Mart, Co. Carlow, held its monthly dairy sale on Wednesday (April 14), with the strong demand for dairy females in milk continuing on from Carnew Mart, which saw record prices of €3,600 last week. After the sale, Agriland spoke to the mart’s manager Eric Driver, to gain an insight into the dairy sale at the Co. Carlow-based mart. The sale consisted of over 70 head of dairy females, including cows and heifers in milk, in-calf cows, maiden heifers and heifer calves. Also on offer at the sale were a number of Aberdeen Angus and Limousin bulls, with many of th...

Advertisement The spring lamb trade at the Carlow-based mart moved up a gear the week before, with prices on the previous Tuesday topping €190/head. Many of the spring lambs last Tuesday at Tullow moved at €185-205/head. Spring lambs at sales elsewhere Not all marts saw prices breach the €200 mark, with other mart managers reporting top prices of €180-190/head during the week, while marts which had mainly lighter spring lambs saw prices top €165-170/head. The lightest spring lambs at marts, at 32-33kg, sold back to €105-120/head. It has been butchers who have been driving the trad...

April 3, 2021 3:00 pm Another super trade was seen for the spring lamb trade at Tullow Mart once again this week at the mart’s weekly sale, with prices topping €214/head for 43kg. Prices for spring lambs last week hit €190/head, however this week, the trade moved up another couple of notches, with other notable prices such as €200/head for 39kg lambs also being seen. A very strong trade was also seen for cull ewes, with heavy lots, over 100kg, making up to €195. Speaking about the trade on the day, Tullow Mart’s manager Eric Driver said: “We had over 2,000 sheep on offer on Tue...