Rathfriland Mart is the latest recruit to install the
Irish Farmers Journal online bidding platform Martbids.
Mart manager Jim McCrumb said: “We’re delighted to be able to offer the online service to our buyers and sellers. We have some buyers who haven’t ventured out to marts since COVID-19 struck and they have started to use the online system already, so we are delighted with that.
Trade on the day was brisk for dairy-beef calves, with a steady trade also for stronger Friesian and Friesian-cross bull calves.
Numbers have started to ramp up in the last two weeks, with big numbers expected over the next six weeks.