Dowra: Dry cows to €2,740 & bullocks to €2,540

Dowra Mart – Cattle Prices – 08-04-2023

According to a spokesperson for Dowra Mart, just over 600 lots changed hands at its most recent cattle sale on Saturday, April 8^th, 2023.

Trade, they reported, “continued to power ahead for all classes of cattle”.

“Dry cows topped out at €2,740 for a SHX weighing 845kg, while a LMX bull weighing 780kg sold for €2350.”
“A CHX heifer weighing 670kg made €2100, and a CHX bullock weighing 685kg fetched €2060.”

Read a report from the previous week’s sale where dry cows topped out at €2900 for a CHX weighing 1005kg, while a CH bull, which crossed the scales at 1245kg, changed hands for €3180, A CHX heifer weighing 655kg – €2180, and a CHX bullock weighing 700kg made €2,000.

Dowra Mart 08-04-2023

See sample prices from the various categories listed below:

Bull weanlings under 300kgs:

• CHX – 245kg – €1130;
• CHX – 290kg – €1060;
• LMX – 270kg – €1030;
• LMX – 290kg – €1030;
• 2 x SAX – 285kg – €1020;
• LMX – 290kg – €990;
• LMX – 265kg – €980;
• 2 x SAX – 295kg – €970;
• 2 x SAX – 280kg – €960;
• CHX – 265kg – €950.

Bull weanlings from 300kg – 400kgs:

• LMX – 385kg – €1430;
• BBX – 395kg – €1400;
• CHX – 395kg – €1380;
• CHX – 370kg – €1340;
• BBX – 390kg – €1310;
• CHX – 380kg – €1310;
• CHX – 365kg – €1300;
• CHX – 385kg – €1280;
• CHX – 385kg – €1270.

B weanlings from 400kg – 500kgs:

• LMX – 480kg – €1520;
• LMX – 440kg – €1500;
• CHX – 435kg – €1480;
• CHX – 465kg – €1450;
• LMX – 430kg – €1440;
• LMX – 490kg – €1400.

Weanling heifers under 300kgs:

• SHX – 295kg – €1100;
• LMX- 285kg – €1075;
• CHX – 280kg – €1055;
• CHX – 285kg – €1020;
• CHX – 280kg – €1000;
• CHX – 265kg – €1000;
• CHX – 280kg – €985;
• CHX – 280kg – €970.

Heifers over 300kg-400kgs:

• CHX – 355kg – €1420;
• CHX -355kg – €1350;
• BBX – 395kg – €1340;
• CHX – 395kg – €1330;
• LMX – 305kg – €1300;
• CHX – 340kg – €1260;
• CHX – 390kg – €1260;
• LMX – 370kg – €1250.

Hefs from 400kg – 500kgs:

• CHX – 445kg – €1560;
• CHX -485kg – €1500;
• CHX – 470kg – €1490;
• CHX – 470kg – €1490;
• LMX – 490kg – €1480;
• AAX – 495kg – €1470;
• AAX – 495kg – €1470;
• LMX – 470kg – €1470;
• CHX – 470kg – €1460.

Hefs over 500kg:

• CHX – 670kg – €2100;
• CHX – 640kg – €2000;
• CHX – 635kg – €1900;
• CHX – 565kg – €1850;
• CHX – 565kg – €1740;
• 6 x AAX – 550kg – €1700;
• CHX – 545kg – €1610.

Dry cows from 500kg to 600kgs:

• BAX – 575kg – €1710;
• CHX – 575kg – €1710;
• SIX – 560kg – €1700;
• LMX- 555kg – €1700;
• LMX – 565kg – €1680;
• CHX – 595kg – €1620.

Cull cows from 600kg-700kgs:

• CHX – 695kg – €2160;
• LMX – 690kg – €2150;
• LMX – 675kg – €2130;
• LMX – 685kg – €2030;
• AAX – 695kg – €2000;
• LMX – 645kg – €1930.

Dry cows over 700kgs:

• SHX – 845kg – €2740;
• BBX – 790kg – €2640;
• LMX – 810kg – €2500;
• CHX – 840kg – €2500;
• LMX – 785kg – €2340;
• LMX – 750kg – €2320;
• LMX – 755kg – €2300.

Bulls:

•  LMX – 780kg – €2350;
•  LMX – 775kg – €2300.

Bullocks under 500kgs:

• LMX – 480kg – €1600;
• CHX – 450kg – €1590;
• CHX – 460kg – €1590;
• LMX – 495kg – €1550;
• CHX – 465kg – €1500;

Bullocks over 600kgs:

• BBX – 685kg – €2540;
• AUX – 640kg – €2070;
• CHX – 675kg – €2060;
• LMX – 580kg – €2050;
• LMX – 575kg – €2010.

Further information:

• Address: Dowra Mart, Fairgreen, Dowra, Co. Cavan
• Contact details: (071) 964 3049 or email – [email protected]
• Sale days: Sheep sales on Fridays and cattle sales on Saturday – Register to bid via MartEye

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