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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...

SHARING OPTIONS: The four top-priced heifers at the 2020 edition of the Donegal Friesian Club’s annual sale of springing and calved heifers. The Donegal Friesian Breeders club will hold its annual sale of calved heifers in Raphoe Mart on Wednesday 3 March at 12pm. The sale includes entries from some of the leading dairy herds in Donegal and is always a highly anticipated sale every year. All 50 animals are export tested and delivery is free if required. For further information about the sale and the animals entered contact Trevor Lockhart on 00353-87 22...

Mart status: Update on what marts are open and when opening sales are taking place Additional reporting by Michael Carey With the worrying rise in Covid-19 cases since the end of December, some marts have been forced to defer their opening sales of the new year. However, this week, many marts that deferred sales last week, look set to get up and running. Although, there are still a couple of marts who have decided to postpone sales once again this week until next week or later this month. AgriLand got in touch with marts right across the country today to find out if sales were going ahead an...

December 14, 2020 6:00 am “We had an excellent sale on Monday; buyers were very eager ringside again and the online bidders were also very active.” That was the view of Raphoe Mart’s manager, Anne Harkin, who was speaking to AgriLand about the mart’s Christmas lamb show and sale and general sheep sale on Monday last (December 7). The top price on the day at the show and sale was €215/head for a pen of heavy lambs weighing 48kg. Butcher demand Anne said that butchers in that area are very keen to get a hold of heavy, well-fleshed lambs in the run-up to Christmas and that prices for ...