April 16, 2021, 6:10 am
Carnaross Mart, based in Co. Meath, hosted its monthly dairy sale last Wednesday (April 14), consisting of 161 lots brought forward on the day.
118 of these lots were made up of freshly-calved cows and heifers – with the remaining 43 lots being bulling heifers.
Entries from top herds such as: Cannontown; Clonwood; Ballyelan; Beechlands; Ballivor; Ballydoogan; Laurelmore; Bawn; Ballyheady; Kildoo; Rodston; Seafield; Oranbay; Tooman; and Rowantree.
To garner insight into the trade this week,
AgriLand caught up with the auctioneer Michael Taaffe of Taaffe Auctions.
Auctioneers comments
Commenting on the sale Michael stated: ”We had another excellent sale with the top price of the day being €3,000.