VID: Balla: Suckler pairs to €2,690 & dry cows to €2,280

Farming News/Mart Reports: Aurivo Balla Mart – Cattle Prices – 24-06-2023

According to Stephen Hannon, cattle numbers increased at Aurivo Balla Mart’s most recent sale on Saturday, June 24^th, 2023, which saw two rings in operation.

The mart manager and general manager of Aurivo Marts reported that prices reached €2,120 in the bullock ring, €2,020 in the heifer ring, €2,280 in the cull cow category and suckler pairs topped at €2,690.

Bullock prices:

Bullocks 300kg to 400kg averaged €3.02/kg, while stores in the 400kg to 500kg weight bracket levelled at €2.96 p/kg, while heavier bullocks 500kg averaged 2.54 p/kg.

Quality heavy bullocks, 700kg+, made up to €1,300 with the weight, with a LMX, 790kgs, making €2,120.

Some sample prices from this ring are as follows:

• LMX – 55kgs – €1,500;
• CHX – 830kgs – €1,500 (18 months);
• CHX – 600kgs – €1,680;
• CHX – 665kgs – €1,690;
• AAX – 570kgs – €1,440;
• CHX – 665kgs – €1,690;
• 2 LMX – 415kgs – €1,290;
• CHX – 640kgs – €1,570;
• LMX – 505kgs – €1,490;
• BBX – 540kgs – €1,770;
• FRX – 375kgs – €540;
• LMX – 720kgs – €1,960;
• LMX – 790kgs – €2,120;
• AAX – 685kgs – €1,640;
• AAX – 650kgs – €1,690;
• HEX – 675kgs – €1,730;
• CHX – 540kgs – €1,490;
• LMX – 465kgs – €1,440.

Heifer prices:

Meanwhile, in ring two, some 150 lots of heifers came under the hammer. Lighter store heifers 300 – 400kg averaged €3.27/kg, while heifers 400kg to 500kg levelled at €2.81/kg, while those 500kg+ averaged €2.85/kg.

The highest price per kg was €4.20/kg for a BBX weighing 345kg at €1,450, while the highest price was €1,580 for a 440kg, BBX, while the highest price was a CHX, 750kgs at €2,020.

• AAX – 690kgs – €1,900;
• AAX – 550kgs – €1,540;
• CHX – 550kgs – €1,540;
• LMX – 575kgs – €1,650;
• CHX – 750kgs – €2,020;
• LMX – 415kgs – €1,240;
• CHX – 600kgs – €1,640;
• LMX – 510kgs – €1,420;
• LMX – 550kgs – €1,700;
• LMX – 525kgs – €1,560;
• Chx – 600kgs – €1,660;
• CHX – 605kgs – €1,760;
• CHX – 570kgs – €1,720;
• CHX – 630kgs – €1,690.

Dry cow prices:

Dry cows were sold after the mart’s entry of bullocks and bull weanlings.

According to Hannon, “There was a fine sale of dry cows, and prices are sticking firm with interest from Northern Ireland buyers online plus others, with ranges of €2.50-€3.00/kg for lots at the upper end of the market”.

Topping this category at €2,280 was a 775kg Limousin cow born in May 2018 that made €2,280 or €3.02/kg.

Prices as follow:

• CHX – 690kgs – €1,620;
• AAX – 770kgs – €1,900;
• LMX – 755kgs – €2,280;
• CHX – 710kgs – €1,990;
• HEX – 685kgs – €1,440;
• CHX – 805kgs – €1,950;
• SIX – 715kgs – €1,590;
• AAX – 610kgs – €1,160;
• LMX – 645kgs – €1,420;
• CH – 720kgs – €1,800;
• SAX – 590kgs – €1,360.

In the sucklers, a farmer from Heathvally, Westport had a March 2018-born cow with a BBX bull calf at foot that made €2,690.

Weanling bulls:

Weanling bulls 200kg to 350kg averaged €3.03/kg, while those in the 350kg to 450kg weight bracket levelled at €3.01/kg.

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 (seasonal). Bullocks, heifers, cull cows, sucklers, and stock bulls on Saturdays.

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.