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SHARING OPTIONS: This June 2020-born Limousin bull calf weighed 415kg and was sold at €1,050 (€2.53/kg). The great Monaghan man Oliver Brady once said that “Ballybay was for drinking tae”. However, if he was around today, he could say “Ballybay’s for buying cattle”. Ballybay Mart has seen a transformation under new manager Leitrim native Adrian Grimes in recent months, with between 1,000 and 1,500 cattle moving through the sales ring on a weekly basis. This June 2019-born Charolais heifer weighed 495kg and sold for €1,200 (€2.42/kg). Th...

Beef management: five tips for buying grazing stores 2021-03-13

SHARING OPTIONS: Weigh cattle at the start of March. If animals are more than 100kg from target slaughter weight, at current beef and ration prices, these animals are better off going back to grass or selling live later in spring. Early March is a good time to review cattle performance over winter, then make a final call on which animals will go back to grass, be sold live this spring or finished out of the house. When making such a decision, the starting point is to weigh cattle before completing a budget based on what the animal is worth now, how much m...

SHARING OPTIONS: These pair of November 2018 Limousin bullocks weighed 710kg and sold for €1,750 (€2.46/kg). Elphin Mart had over 400 bullocks through the ring on Wednesday at its annual show and sale of bullocks. Similar to the previous week’s sale for heifers, demand was brisk. Northern customers again drove the trade, with a stronger hand compared with southern customers. The beef price differential between Northern Ireland (NI) and Ireland is close to €220/head at the moment and possibly more for certain types of stock. Active While the no...

Premium Content Subscriber only Records were broken at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange Prime and Store Cattle sale on Wednesday with a pen of Charbray cattle reaching 598.2c/kg. The quality cattle were offered from PV Rolfe of ‘Evergreen’, Marmor, and set a new standard for the cents per kilogram record. The No.1 steers weighed 198kg and returned $1184/head. Justin Rohde, from Nutrien Ag Solutions Rockhampton, said the cattle were purchased by a restocker who would put them straight back to the paddock. Mr Rohde said there were a few fresh faces at this week’s sale. “Locals,...