€3,340 Icecream daughter tops Ballinrobe Mart’s weanling show and sale at €9.17/kg

Ballinrobe Mart – Weanlings – 12-09-2022

Prices soared to €3,340 at Ballinrobe Mart’s show and sale of weanlings on Monday, September 12^th, 2022.

That is according to manager, Tom McGuire, who reported that an April-2022-born Limousin-cross Elite Icecream daughter topped the sale, after clinching the champion silverware.

She then proceeded to cross the scales at 375kgs and changed hands for €3,440 or €9.17/kg.

According to the breeder, Patrick Walsh, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo, her dam is a home-bred Belgian Blue-cross cow, with BBQ (AI Belgian Blue bull) and CWI (AI Limousin bull) blood.

Other weanling heifer prices on the day as follows:

• CHX – 5 months – 290kgs – €740;
• LMX – 7 months – 295kgs – €1,000;
• CHX – 205kgs – 4 months – €640;
• AAX – 310kgs – 7 months – €700;
• SHX – 415kgs – 8 months – €1,790;
• SHX – 435kgs – 8 months – €1,140;

• LMX – 350kgs – 10 months – €960;
• CHX – 300kgs – 7 months – €750;
• BBX – 335kgs – 8 months – €1,690;
• CHX – 370kgs – 8 months – €1,120;
• CHX – 285kgs – 7 months – €740;
• CHX – 405kgs – 11 months – €1,180;
• CHX – 355kgs – 7 months – €1,080;
• CHX – 315kgs – 6 months – €1,220;

• BBX – 355kgs – 8 months – €1,800;
• CHX – 425kgs – 11 months – €1,660.

Weanling bull prices:

• CHX – 300kgs – 6 months – €1,000;
• CHX – 255kgs – 5 months – €790;
• CHX – 260kgs – 5 months – €770;
• LMX – 380kgs – 7 months – €870;
• CHX – 325kgs – 6 months – €880;
• LMX – 390kgs – 8 months – €1,100;
• AAX – 355kgs – 6 months – €750;
• CHX – 290kgs – 5 months – €740;
• LMX – 460kgs – 8 months – €1,450;
• CHX – 385kgs – 8 months – €890;
• CHX – 345kgs – 7 months – €900;
• SHX – 390kgs – 8 months – €840;
• BBX – 325kgs – 6 months – €1,000;
• LM – 365kgs – 8 months – €1,340.

Mart information:

• Address: Aurivo Ballinrobe Mart, Claremorris Road, Ballinrobe, Co Mayo
• Mart manager: Tom McGuire
• Sales: Weekly cattle sales on Wednesday at 11 am (subject to seasonal change) and weekly sheep sales on Thursdays
• Note: Pre-booking every Thursday and Friday from 9 am-1 pm for cattle sales.
• Contact details: Telephone: 094-9541140.

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