On Monday, Elphin Mart held a special sale of weanling bulls and heifers, where lighter weanlings met a strong demand, while heavier weanlings were back in money on the previous month.

Mart manager Ciaran Lynch commented: “We had strong farmer demand for lighter calves, with a number of exporters in attendance, which helped keep a floor under the trade.

"Good-quality weanlings from 300kg to 350kg with shape were able to cross the €6/kg mark no bother, while the heavier lads 400kg-plus were back between €5.20/kg and €5.60/kg.”

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This Charolais-cross bull, born December 2025 and weighing 505kg, sold for €2,950 (€5.84/kg).

Charolais and Limousin-cross weanlings weighing from 300kg to 400kg met the best demand, with many crossing the €6/kg mark and the better ones selling up to €6.50/kg.

Plainer-type weanlings, especially if they were over 400kg, sold around the €5/kg mark.

This Belgian Blue-cross heifer, born April 2025 and weighing 490kg, sold for €4,220 (€8.61/kg).

There was a 100% clearance rate in the bull weanlings, while 95% of the heifer weanlings sold to a slightly sharper trade, mainly driven by farmers buying for grass.

There was a number of exceptional high-quality show-type heifer weanlings on offer and these sold to a terrific demand, with a top call of €4,220 for a Belgian Blue-cross heifer.

A small number of dry cows sold following the weanlings, with strong demand for high-quality young store cows which crossed the €4/kg mark.