Kilkenny Mart report – cattle prices – 16-09-2021
According to George Candler, some 1,250 entries went under the hammer at Kilkenny Mart on Thursday, September 16th, 2021.
The mart’s auctioneer reported that quality, beef-types and forward stores “sold well”. However, plainer-type lots were “more difficult to sell”.
“Beef and forward store bullocks and heifers met a good trade. The sale recorded a turnover of just shy of €1 and a quarter million.”
Kilkenny Mart 16-09-2021:
Bullocks: 600kgs – €1.85-€2.62/kg or €1,200-€1,920/head:
- 5 HE – 810kg – €1,750;
- 1 CH – 780kg – €1,920;
- 4 FR – 745kg – €1,530;
- 2 CH – 630KG – €1,650;
- 2 SI – 620kg – €1,440;
- 6 AA – 610kg – €1,430.
500-600kgs – €1.90-€2.80/kg or €1,080-€1,550/ead:
- LM – 595kg – €1,550;
- 2 CH – 590kg – €1,460;
- 4 FR – 585kg – €1,130;
- 3 CH – 555kg – €,430;
- 2 AA – 535kg – €1,230;
- 3 LM – 500kg – €1,400.
400-500kgs – €1.65-€2.77/kg or up to €1,370/head:
- 2 LM – 495kg – €1,370;
- 4 FR – 480kg – €970;
- 2 AA – 485kg – €1,110;
- 2 LM – 445kg – €1,310;
- 5 FR – 415kg – €740;
- 2 HE – 435kg – €1,000.
<400kgs – €1.80-€2.91/kg or €580-€1,090/head:
- 3 FR – 395kg – €720;
- 4 HE – 390kg – €820;
- CH – 375kg – €1,090;
- 2 BB – 350kg – €930;
- 4 AA – 325kg – €760;
- 5 FR – 315kg – €600.
Beef heifers – €1.80-€2.90/kg or €1,040-€1,660/head:
- HE – 690kg – €1,490;
- LM – 685kg – €1,660;
- CH – 655kg – €1,500;
- 3 LM – 620kg – €1,370;
- 4 AA – 570kg – €1,040;
- 1 LM – 555kg – €1,610.
Forward store heifers – €2.00-€2.82/kg or €880-€1,380/head:
- AA – 515kg – €1,170;
- BB – 490kg – €1,380;
- 2 LM – 485kg – €1,280;
- 4 LM – 480kg – €1,160;
- 8 AA – 455kg – €1,050;
- 6 AA – 445kg – €980.
Light store heifers – €1.70-€2.56/kg or €500-€960/head:
- 2 CH – 375kg – €960;
- LM – 365kg – €850;
- 8 AA – 360kg – €780;
- 2 CH – 345kg – €810;
- 3 HE – 335kg – €630;
- 1 CH – 285kg – €710.
Cull cows:
- Friesians – €0.90-€2.00/kg;
- Continentals – €1.50-€2.49/kg.
Kilkenny Mart information:
- Address: Kilkenny Co-Operative Livestock Market LTD, Cillin Hill, Dublin Road, Co. Kilkenny
- Contact details: [email protected] or phone: 056-7721407 or see the mart’s website.
Upcoming sales:
- Sheep and calf sale – Mondays at 10 am with a dairy sale at 12 pm
- Cattle sale – Thursday – Cows at 10 am, followed by heifers, with bullocks at 10:30 am.
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