Top price lot in Roscrea: a Limousin cross heifer weighing 705kg sold for €1,580.
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Viewers logged on to martbids.ie on Friday for the first online weekly sale in Roscrea. Of the 380 animals going forward for sale, 308 met trade representing a healthy average of over 81%. This was a very positive report given the sale had no live buyers around the ring. Instead, all used the app or website.
Top-quality entry
Central Auctions manager Michael Hearty said: “We’re very happy with the trade today. There was a top-quality entry with some great heifers, in particular. These lots were met with a strong farmer demand. Anything that bit more forward with flesh met a very good trade. Overall, we are very happy with our first online sale in Roscrea.”
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Trade was topped with a call of €1,580 for a 705kg Limousin cross heifer. This shapely two-year-old sold for €2.24/kg.
The overall heifer trade was positive. It averaged between €2.06/kg and €2.12/kg across the different weight categories.
The upper end of these again saw a premium reaching an average of €2.33/kg.
Steers
In the bullock section, fit steers demanded the higher prices with those over 500kg peaking at €2.41/kg. Overall, the top third of these weights came in at €2.22/kg.
Younger steers and those failing to break the 500kg mark were harder to get into the money with 77 averaging €1.92/kg.
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Viewers logged on to martbids.ie on Friday for the first online weekly sale in Roscrea. Of the 380 animals going forward for sale, 308 met trade representing a healthy average of over 81%. This was a very positive report given the sale had no live buyers around the ring. Instead, all used the app or website.
Top-quality entry
Central Auctions manager Michael Hearty said: “We’re very happy with the trade today. There was a top-quality entry with some great heifers, in particular. These lots were met with a strong farmer demand. Anything that bit more forward with flesh met a very good trade. Overall, we are very happy with our first online sale in Roscrea.”
Trade was topped with a call of €1,580 for a 705kg Limousin cross heifer. This shapely two-year-old sold for €2.24/kg.
The overall heifer trade was positive. It averaged between €2.06/kg and €2.12/kg across the different weight categories.
The upper end of these again saw a premium reaching an average of €2.33/kg.
Steers
In the bullock section, fit steers demanded the higher prices with those over 500kg peaking at €2.41/kg. Overall, the top third of these weights came in at €2.22/kg.
Younger steers and those failing to break the 500kg mark were harder to get into the money with 77 averaging €1.92/kg.
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