Excellent quality lamb on offer at Kilkenny Mart

Last Monday our sheep sale attracted 750 sheep which met an excellent trade with a top call of €209, with spring lambs ranging from €168 to €209 per head.

The quality of the lamb on offer was excellent and perhaps was the best in the country last week.

There was also a good trade for hoggets with butcher types ranging from €150 to €169 per head with factory types recording prices of €121 to €149 per head.

This week we will have a smaller sale due to the change of day (Tuesday) but next week we will revert back to our normal Monday sale with at 10am start.

Dairy Sale
Last Monday also we held our dairy sale which attracted almost 100 head.
Fresh calved Fr Cows and Hfrs ranged from €1200 to €2450 per head with Friesian maiden heifers €650 to €920 per head.
Next week our dairy sale should include another 100 dairy animals and starts at 12.30pm.

WIN: A pair of Punchestown Festival Champions Lounge tickets and a €200 Pigsback voucher!

Bull Sale
The Kilkenny Agricultural Society holds their second bull sale of the season this Wednesday at 12.30pm with about 140 on offer and two rings operating.
I will have full details regarding this sale in next week’s issue.

Cattle Sale
Thursday’s cattle sale was one of the biggest of the year so far with 1450 on offer and a TO of almost €1.6 million.
Beef bullocks ranged from €1650 to €2520 per head forward stores €1170 to €2090 per head.
Lighter type bullocks saw prices of €450 to €1570 per head.

Cull cows continue to meet a terrific demand for all types.
Remember all cattle should be entered before 3.30pm on the previous Wednesday by containing Kilkenny Mart 056 7721407.

Poultry housing confinement order to be lifted soon in Kilkenny

Sheep Sale
Next week we have our general sheep sale on Monday at 10am with Dairy at 12.30pm. Tuesday our general calf sale at 10am with our usual cattle sale on Thursday.

RIP
A sad happening to report with the death of Danny O’Brien, a person who was ever present in Kilkenny Mart especially at our cattle and dairy sales. Affectionately know as the Piltown Taxi he transported animals all over the country in his jeep and box.
All us here in Kilkenny Mart would like to extend our deepest sympathy to his extended family at this very sad time .
Until next week do be careful on the farm and good buying, good selling and good luck.