Kilkenny: Quality light store bullocks & heifers commanding the highest €/kg

Kilkenny Mart – Cattle Prices – 13-04-2023

According to George Candler, purchasers were “still anxious to purchase cattle, especially quality lots,” at Kilkenny Mart’s sale on Thursday, April 13^th, 2023.

The mart’s auctioneer forward cattle remained an “excellent” trade, with quality lots ranging from €2.80 to €3.40 per kilo, with some exceptional lots approaching the €4 per kilo bracket.

“Quality light store bullocks and heifers are the ones making the biggest price per kilo with anything from €3.00/kg to €4.60/kg being achieved.”

“Thursday saw a somewhat smaller sale in Kilkenny, with some 1,050 lots on offer. We held the smallest cull cow sale in months, with a little less than 100  on offer. The trade in this sector still remains very strong,” Candler added.

Kilkenny Mart 13-04-2023

Cull cow prices:

• FRs – €1.12-€2.50/kg;
• Continentals – €1.70-€2.90/kg.

Beef heifers – €2.50-€3.36/kg or €1,600-€2,500/head:

• 2 LM – 743kgs – €2,500;
• CH – 730kgs – €2,300;
• 2 AA – 670kgs – €1,920;
• 2 CH – 635kgs – €1,800;
• 2 LM – 605kgs – €1,830;
• 2 AU – 575kgs – €1,840.

Forward store heifers – €2.30-€3.33/kg or €1,180-€1,600/head:
LM – 505kgs – €1,540;

• 2 HE – 490kgs – €1,300;
• 3 FR – 485kgs – €1,150;
• 3 CH – 480kgs – €1,600;
• AA – 475kgs – €1,450.

Light store heifers – €1.90-€3.10/kg or €700-€1,210/head:

• 4 CH – 390kgs – €1,210;
• 2 LM – 370kgs – €1,100;
• 2 LM – 360kgs – €1,050;
• 4 AA – 325kgs – €880;
• 2 HE – 300kgs – €770;
• 2 CH – 285kgs – €840.

Bullocks – 600kgs+ – €2.46-€3.57/kg or €1,500-€2,980/head:

• 2 BB – 915kgs – €2,910;
• SI – 890kgs – €2,980;
• 2 AA – 720kgs – €2,050;
• 7 FR – 685kgs – €1,860;
• 5 LM – 665kgs – €2,210;
• 5 LM – 655kgs – €1,790.

500-600kgs – €2.29-€3.47/kg or €1,170-€2,040/head:

• 5 CH – 598kgs – €2,000;
• CH – 596kgs – €2,040;
• 3 FR – 560kgs – €1,420;
• 3 CH – 550kgs – €1,880;
• 5 AA – 515kgs – €1,740;
• 5 FR – 500kgs – €1,250.

400-500kgs – €1.70-€3.53/kg or €720-€1,660/head:

• 2 LM – 498kgs – €1,660;
• 3 HE – 490kgs – €1,330;
• 3 FR – 485kgs – €1,140;
• 3 CH – 480kgs – €1,600;
• 6 LM – 425kgs – €1,330;
• 3 AU – 410kgs – €1,000.

<400kgs – €1.80-€4.40/kg or €580-€1,440/head:

• 4 AA – 385kgs – €1,180;
• 5 LM – 365kgs – €1,360;
• 2 FR – 360kgs – €850;
• 7 CH – 327kgs – €1,440;
• 3 AA – 315kgs – €980.

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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