April 3, 2021, 2:00 pm
The trade for store cattle was ‘getting hotter’ at Monday’s (March 29) sale at Mid-Tipp Mart in Thurles according to the manager Martin Ryan, who
Agriland spoke to get get a mart manager’s view this week.
Speaking to
Agriland about the sale of cattle this week, Martin said:
“The trade in general is definitely getting hotter over the past few weeks and farmers were very anxious for cattle over the past week.
“It may have been slightly artificially manipulated by the end of the tax year – a lot of farmers were trying to have their cattle bought by April 1.