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With plenty of farmer buyers online, trade here went very well. Among the more noticeable prices was the €2.48-2.56/kg paid for a selection of 500kg red Limousin bullocks. And four 555kg Angus at €2.34/kg underlined the demand for that most marketable of breeds. Prices for 700-800kg, good conformation cull cows peaked at €1.90-2.00/kg. However, mart manager Sean Ryan questioned if increased costs and reduced factory returns will see some grass men cut back this spring. Dingle Friesian calves suitable for shipping averaged from €50-75/hd while the stronger “farmer type” Friesian so...

Online sales Online sales platforms have afforded buyers more information than would have been quickly available 12 months ago. Back then buyers were generally restricted to accessing the sale they were actually attending. Now, sitting at home or in their jeeps or cars with laptops or phones they can see what the trade is like in any number of locations. As the week progressed and you began to realise sales were bigger, would you not be tempted to sit and wait to see where prices opened before getting involved? All that said, and despite some sales yards reporting small numbers of stock left...

Merrill Foto News Dennis Lloyd Smith Share: Dennis Lloyd Smith was a husband, father, grand-father, great grandfather, brother and friend.  He was taken to his heavenly home on January 20, 2021 at the age of 75 at the VA Hospital in Milwaukee.  Dennis was born to the late Hattie Parobek on September 28, 1945 in Merrill, Wisconsin.  After graduating High School in 1963, Dennis joined the Army, serving our country in the Vietnam War for 3 years.  He married the love of his life, Dawn E. Peeters in 1967 and tog...

Roscrea Michael Harty was pleasantly surprised at the numbers last Friday: “400 was a nice number for the day of the year,” he told me. Although there was no real change in prices with continental bullocks averaging from €2.10-2.30/kg and Angus types “freely” making €2/kg to a top of €2.10/kg, Michael noted that quality has lessened. On the heifer side, the Angus was once again in demand with averages from €2.00-2.05/kg. Continental heifers sold to a top of €2.30/kg with Hereford types making from €1.80-1.90-2.00/kg, the extended price reference indicating varying quality...