Cull cows to €2,250 & heifers to €2,160 in Tuam – Devane

Tuam Mart – Cattle Prices – 29-05-2023

According to Marion Devane, manager of Tuam Mart, Monday, May 29^th, 2023, saw a “powerful” cattle trade.

At the general cattle sale, cull cows maxed out at €2,250, while heifers hit €2,160, bullocks fetched up to €1,780, weanling bulls made up to €1,310 and weanling heifers climbed to €1,290.

Heifer prices:

• 745kg LMX by a Dunmore farmer made €2160 (€2.90/kg);
• 500kg LMX by a Ballyglunin farmer made €1690 (€3.38/kg);
• 360kg HEX by a Moylough farmer made €1010 (€2.80/kg);
• 505kg LMX by a Dunmore farmer made €1550 (€3.07/kg);
• 495kg LMX by a Dunmore farmer made €1560 (€3.15/kg);
• 430kg CHX by a Mountbellew farmer made €1290 (€3.00/kg).

Cull cow prices:

• 755kg SIX by a Ballyglunin farmer made €1980 (€2.62/kg);
• 765kg AAX by a Tuam farmer made €2090 (€2.73/kg);
• 640kg LMX by a Claregalway farmer made €1830 (€2.86/kg);
• 735kg AAX by a Dunmore farmer made €2000 (€2.72/kg);
• 805kg BBX by a Tuam farmer made €2250 (€2.80/kg);
• 640kg CHX by a Ballyglunin farmer made €1870 (€2.92/kg).

Bullock prices:

• 480kg CHX by a Tuam farmer made €1630 (€3.40/kg);
• 490kg AAX by a Claremorris farmer made €1500 (€3.06/kg);
• 435kg LMX by a Lavally farmer made €1350 (€3.10/kg);
• 505kg LM by a Abbeyknockmoy farmer made €1720 (€3.41/kg);
• 565kg BBX by a Brierfield farmer made €1780 (€3.15/kg);
• 375kg LM by a Dunmore farmer made €1200 (€3.20/kg).

Weanling heifer prices:

• 310kg AAX by a Garrafrauns farmer made €970 (€3.13/kg);
• 416kg CHX by a Belclare farmer made €1290 (€3.10/kg);
• 346kg LMX by a Tuam farmer made €1120 (€3.24/kg);
• 300kg CHX by a Belclare farmer made €1110 (€3.70/kg);
• 350kg CHX Belclare by a farmer made €1150 (€3.29/kg);
• 355kg LMX by a Tuam farmer made €1110 (€3.13/kg).

Weanling bull prices:

• 325kg AAX by a Dunmore farmer made €1050 (€3.23/kg);
• 295kg LMX by a Brownsgrove farmer made €890 (€3.02/kg);
• 205kg LMX by a Tuam farmer made €600 (€2.93/kg);
• 330kg BBX by a Woodlawn farmer made €1050 (€3.18/kg) ;
• 355kg CHX by a Ballinasloe farmer made €1310 (€3.69/kg);
• 320kg CHX by a Woodlawn farmer made €1050 (€3.28/kg).

Read more on the previous week’s mart report.

Note

The mart is now taking bookings for next week’s Bank Holiday Monday cattle sale on June 5^th, 2023, and all upcoming sales – Bookings & enquiries on: 093-24353.

Mart information:

• Address: Church View, Corralea West, Tuam
• County: Galway
• Phone: 093-24353
• Cattle sales every Monday;
• Sheep sales every Tuesday. Intake from 12 pm to 3 pm. Breeding ewes and hogget at 4:30 pm in ring 1 and lamb sale on the plank at 5 pm.

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