Dry cows to €3,340 and bullocks to €2,640 at Balla Mart

Balla Mart – Cattle Prices – 25-06-2022

According to Stephen Hannon, over 600 lots came under the hammer at Balla Mart’s most recent general cattle sale on Saturday, June 25^th, 2022.

The general manager of Aurivo Marts and manager of Balla Mart reported that bullocks made up to €2,640, while dry cows hit €3,340 and teams topped out at €2,150.

Balla Mart 25-06-2022

Cull cow prices

According to Hannon, a “smashing” Belgian Blue dry cow, 905kg, born in September-2015 made €3.340.00 or 3.69/kg, while her stablemate, a Belgian-Blue-cross, weighing 835kgs and born in 2012, changed hands for €2,570 or €3.08/kg.

• SHX – 690kgs – €1,580;
• AAX – 650kgs – €1,670;
• AAX – 660kgs – €1,580;
• FR – 730kgs – €1,320;
• CH – 945kgs – €2,480;
• LMX – 690kgs – €1,780;
• JEX – 625kgs – €1,240;
• SIX – 705kgs – €1,610;
• AAX – 735kgs – €1,780;
• HEX – 705kgs – €1,580;
• LMX – 645kgs – €1,740;
• BBX – 655kgs – €1,880;
• LMX – 585kgs – €1,240;
• CHX – 765kgs – €1,940;
• CH – 675kgs – €1,800.

Other categories:

• Suckler pairs: March-2017-born LMX cow with CH bull calf: €2,150;
• Bull weanlings: 200kg to 350kg averaged €2.82/kg;
• Bull weanlings: 350kg to 450kg levelled at €2.83/kg.

Bullock prices

According to Hannon, bullocks 300kg to 400kg averaged 2.60p/kg, while stores in the 400kg to 500kg bracket averaged €2.84/kg and heavier typed 500kg + levelled at €2.71p/kg.

Top of the town in this ring was a July-2020-born Limousin-cross bullock, weighing 870kgs at €2,640.

• CHX – 610kgs – €1,800;
• CHX – 615kgs – €1,740;
• AAX – 575kgs – €1,540;
• LMX – 655kgs – €1,710;
• LMX – 405kgs – €1,280;
• LMX – 525kgs – €1,310;
• SIX – 325kgs – €810;
• AAX – 570kgs – €1,490;
• AAX – 515kgs – €1,360;
• BBX – 420kgs – €1,350;
• PTX – 340kgs – €910;
• FR – 355kgs – €550;
• 2 FRX – 605kgs – €1,500.

Heifer prices

According to Hannon, heifers up to 400 kg averaged €2.81/kg, while those in the 400kg to 500kg bracket levelled at €2.66/kg and heavier types 500+ were 2.75p/kg.

The top-priced lot in this ring was a March-2020-born Charolais, weighing 680kgs, at €2,000.

• CHX – 400kgs – €1,050;
• AAX – 480kgs – €1,070;
• AAX – 515kgs – €1,300;
• SIX – 480kgs – €1,050;
• LMX – 540kgs – €1,490;
• AAX – 500kgs – €1,300;
• AAX – 605kgs – €1,580;
• LMX – 590kgs – €1,560;
• LM – 535kgs – €1,370;
• CHX – 485kgs – €1,160;
• CHX – 665kgs – €1,760;
• HEX – 535kgs – €1,300.

Previous week’s sale

• Read a report with prices

Balla Mart information:

• Address: Aurivo Balla Mart, Carrowntober, Oughter, Co. Mayo
• Contact information: Phone: 094-9365068 or see Aurivo’s website.
• Sale days: Weanlings: Tuesdays. Bullocks, heifers, cull cows, sucklers, and stock bulls on Saturdays with rings as follows:
• 1: Bullocks at 10:30 am Saturday ringside and online.
• 2: Heifers at 10:30 am Saturday ringside and online
• 3: Dry cows/breeding bulls & springers at 10:45 am/11 am ringside and online.

Tuesday weanling sales (Certain times of year):

• Ring 1: Bull weanlings at 10:30 am Tuesday ringside and online.
• Ring 2: Heifer weanlings at 10:45 am Tuesday ringside and online.
• Intake time 07:00 am to 09:30 am on Saturdays. 08:00 am to 09:30 am on Tuesdays.

Further reading

• That’s Farming previously profiled Stephen Hannon, general manager of Aurivo Marts and manager of Balla Mart – Read this article with Stephen Hannon.

Mart reports

• Read more mart reports(cattle and sheep prices) on That’s Farming.