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A 73-year-old farmer has credited his fitness and his time in the boxing ring for surviving being caught up in a "raging bull fight".

May 7, 2021, 6:20 am Looking at the calf trade over the past week, there seems to be no reduction in prices at marts. In fact from speaking to mart managers, if anything, the prices for some classes of beef-sired calves received a boost. One may suggest that the bank holiday weekend would have aided the availability of more customers to contest the bidding earlier in the week. Another factor is the drop in calf numbers across some marts over the past week or so. Exporters are still keen and showing their presence in a number of online auctions, so for the dairy farmers selling the ‘shipping...

Hereford bullock Over the past few weeks, with the strengthening of the store cattle trade, some prices being paid for Hereford and Angus stores seem to be improving as the weeks go on. With some finishers aiming to target the breed bonus at slaughter, it seems to be leaving the sought-after cattle with this breeding that fall into the 400-550kg bracket, a little more expensive. Taking last Wednesday’s sale at Cootehill Mart as an example; although a relatively smaller sale than other marts around the country, very few Hereford or Angus bullocks or heifers were selling under the €2.00/kg...