Month: February 2021

Monday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. BULLOCK 300-400kg Mon 22 Feb Avg Price/KgLM 2.67/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LM, 320kg 2.84/kg 910.00LM, 320kg 2.5/kg 800.00AA, 328kg 1.92/kg 630.00 BULLOCK 400-500kg Mon 22 Feb Avg Price/KgHighest Price/Kg Lots:AA,LM, 400kg 2.3/kg 920.00HE, 462kg 1.95/kg 900.00 COW 400-500kg Mon 22 Feb Avg Price/KgFR 1.40/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:FR, 455kg 1.60/kg 730.00FR, 485kg 1.34/kg 650.00FR, 475kg 1.26/kg 600.00 COW 500-600kg Mon 22 Feb Avg Price/KgFR 1.31/kgHighest Price/Kg…

The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) says farmers holding accounts and loans with Ulster Bank need to be looked after following NatWest’s announcement of a phased withdrawal from the Republic of Ireland.IFA president Tim Cullinan said NatWest must make a commitment that it will not sell any of its loan book to a so-called vulture fund but to banks that can offer a full service to customers. It is…

An Irish farmer has lost “a couple of hundred thousand Euros” after being scammed in an online equipment fraud, warned a cyber tech expert.Ronan Murphy of SmartTech247, revealed the farmer in Ireland thought he was buying equipment from a UK supplier. Mr Murphy urged businesses to be vigilant when it comes to cyber security, following a rise in increasingly sophisticated scams. He said businesses need to do everything they can…

It is going to be dry and bright for much of the country today with sunny spells. However, a few showers will develop in Munster and west Connacht. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12C with fresh southerly winds, increasing on western coasts during the afternoon. LSL News.

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=BROCKA&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=579594 Great Ewe Lamb sale at Brockagh Cloghan Mart over the weekend. The most viewed lot on LSL in the past 24hrs! Have you seen Lot 32, sold for 1100. Watch more highlight videos on LSL TV: https://www.lslauctions.com/tv/

The highest level of restrictions could remain in place until the end of April, the Taoiseach Micheál Martin has indicated. An update to the Government’s Living with Covid plan is expected soon following a meeting of the Cabinet Covid-19 committee. However, few changes are predicted apart from a phased return to school from March. Mr Martin said the “severe” Level 5 lockdown restrictions could remain in place for another nine…

Saturday will be mostly dry at first then rain showers will develop, becoming heavy and persistent in places with some flooding. Highest temperatures of 9 to 12C. Southerly winds will strengthen on western coasts in the evening.  It will become drier in many areas on Saturday night although some light rain may affect western coastal areas overnight. Lowest temperatures of 3 to 6C. Fresh to strong southerly winds in the…

Friday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. HEIFER 300-400kg Fri 19 Feb Avg Price/KgCHX 2.43/kgLMX 2.40/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 392kg 2.65/kg 1040.00LMX, 370kg 2.62/kg 970.00CHX, 345kg 2.61/kg 900.00LMX,CHX, 380kg 2.61/kg 990.00LMX, 355kg 2.56/kg 910.00LMX, 370kg 2.51/kg 930.00 HEIFER 400-500kg Fri 19 Feb Avg Price/KgAAX 2.20/kgCH 2.53/kgCHX 2.42/kgLM 2.51/kgLMX 2.47/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 470kg 2.79/kg 1310.00LMX, 440kg 2.73/kg 1200.00LMX, 435kg 2.71/kg 1180.00LMX, 425kg 2.71/kg 1150.00CHX, 490kg 2.67/kg 1310.00LMX, 465kg 2.67/kg 1240.00 HEIFER…

The Irish Community Rapid Response (ICCR) air ambulance responded to 46 farming accidents in 2020, accounting for almost one in 10 incidents. During its first full year in operation the ambulance was called to 490 incidents across 13 counties.  The ICRR Air Ambulance, based in Co. Cork, works in tandem with the National Ambulance Service to provide paramedic support and transport to hospital for seriously ill patients.  ICRR chief executive Mícheál…

The 2021 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening Scheme have now opened for applications, the Department of Agriculture has announced. Farmers will be receiving a BPS information pack in the post containing maps and land details over the coming days. The pack will also include a ‘help sheet’ to assist farmers in making their online application. The closing date for BPS applications is Monday 17 May. Farmers and advisors are…

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=BALLYM&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=572348 Huge interest in this show Heifer at Aurivo Livestock Mart Ballymote yesterday. Lot 1523 sold for €3150. Watch more highlight videos on LSL TV: https://www.lslauctions.com/tv/

Cootehill Mart is set to re-open under new management, it has been revealed. An official opening date has not yet been confirmed but it is understood the new management plans to start trading from March. The mart in Co. Cavan, formerly known as Station Road Mart, ceased operation last month. The business will now be operated by Geoffrey and his son Steven Drury. They have leased the site for 10…

Friday will begin mild, wet and windy with widespread rain and fresh to strong and gusty south to southeast winds. During the morning it will become brighter with more showery conditions that will extend from the west, with winds veering southwest. It will stay cloudy in southern counties but the rain may persist for most of the day with a risk of flooding. Highest temperatures of 10 to 12C. In…

Thursday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. HEIFER 300-400kg Thu 18 Feb Avg Price/KgLMX 2.52/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 375kg 2.64/kg 990.00LMX, 390kg 2.49/kg 970.00CHX, 370kg 2.49/kg 920.00LMX, 365kg 2.44/kg 890.00SIX, 340kg 2.12/kg 720.00CH, 345kg 2.12/kg 730.00 HEIFER 400-500kg Thu 18 Feb Avg Price/KgCH 2.26/kgCHX 2.46/kgHEX 2.02/kgLM 2.58/kgLMX 2.41/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 460kg 3.33/kg 1530.00LMX,LM, 458kg 2.64/kg 1210.00LMX, 415kg 2.63/kg 1090.00CHX, 485kg 2.62/kg 1270.00LMX, 455kg 2.62/kg 1190.00LMX, 455kg 2.59/kg 1180.00 HEIFER 500-600kg…

Thursday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. SHEEP 20-30kg Thu 18 Feb Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.17/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 28kg 3.68/kg 103.00SHEEP, 22kg 2.49/kg 55.00SHEEP, 24kg 2.29/kg 56.00SHEEP, 21kg 2.05/kg 43.00SHEEP, 23kg 1.91/kg 44.00SHEEP, 27kg 1.67/kg 45.00 SHEEP 30-40kg Thu 18 Feb Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.84/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 35kg 3.39/kg 118.00SHEEP, 36kg 3.25/kg 118.00SHEEP, 36kg 3.25/kg 117.00SHEEP, 37kg 3.23/kg 120.00SHEEP, 34kg 3.21/kg 110.00SHEEP, 32kg 3.19/kg 102.00 SHEEP 40-50kg Thu 18 Feb Avg…

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=LISTO&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=567023 Some Heifer, prize winner in the making! Some cracking lots at Listowel Livestock Mart this week. Did you see Lot 728? Highest selling lot of the mart, sold for €2360. Watch more highlight videos on https://www.lslauctions.com/tv/

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?op=detail&Mart=TAAFFE&SearchAuctionDayID=0&SearchAuctionID=559594 Bull no.3 sold at Taaffe Auctions for £3550. Watch more videos on LSL TV: https://www.lslauctions.com/tv/

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=M262&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=356&SearchAuctionID=97696 The stand out lot at Gortatlea Mart yesterday. Must see Lot 1044, red and white Friesian Cow sold for €2420. Watch more highlight videos on https://www.lslauctions.com/tv/

Live exports of animals were down 23 per cent last year compared to 2019, the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine revealed. Overall live animal exports fell from €455 million in 2019 to €340 million in 2020, the Minister of State Martin Heydon disclosed.  Speaking in the Dáil, (on Wednesday 17 February), the Minister said the reduction of live exports in 2019 was due to…

Twenty-five per cent of vets revealed they are working in excess of 60 hours a week, according to a new survey. Nearly half of respondents said they work more than 50 hours a week. This year, the top priority of vets is to have a better work/life balance, which replaced last year’s biggest aspiration of having a bigger salary and may have been a result of the pandemic. A majority of…

Find this video on https://www.lslauctions.com/tv/ The star of the show at Carnaross Mart yesterday. Take a look at Lot 30, “among the best Heifers we’ve had in the yard in the past year” sold for €2550. Join us for the next auction on www.lslauctions.com

Rain and sleet will clear northeastwards on Thursday. Showers will follow for the rest of the day, especially in the west with some sunny spells too. Highest temperatures of 7 to 10C with fresh south westerly winds back during the evening. In the evening the wet and windy weather will continue along the southwest with fresh to strong and gusty southerly winds. There is a chance of localised flooding in…

Wednesday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. CATTLE 300-400kg Wed 17 Feb Avg Price/KgAAX 2.09/kgHEX 2.06/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:HEX, 315kg 2.29/kg 720.00AAX, 325kg 2.25/kg 730.00AAX, 325kg 2.12/kg 690.00AAX, 360kg 2.11/kg 760.00AAX, 395kg 2.10/kg 830.00AAX, 330kg 2.03/kg 670.00 CATTLE 400-500kg Wed 17 Feb Avg Price/KgAAX 2.05/kgFR 1.72/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:AAX, 485kg 2.12/kg 1030.00AAX, 495kg 1.98/kg 980.00HEX, 475kg 1.96/kg 930.00FR,FRX, 410kg 1.78/kg 730.00FR, 485kg 1.69/kg 820.00FR, 445kg 1.69/kg 750.00 CATTLE 500-600kg Wed 17…

Wednesday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. LAMB 40-50kg Wed 17 Feb Avg Price/KgLB 2.91/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 48kg 3/kg 144.00LB, 44kg 2.98/kg 131.00LB, 46kg 2.93/kg 135.00LB, 49kg 2.86/kg 140.00LB, 48kg 2.85/kg 137.00LB, 40kg 2.82/kg 113.00 LAMB 50-60kg Wed 17 Feb Avg Price/KgLB 2.82/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LB, 50kg 2.9/kg 145.00LB, 50kg 2.9/kg 145.00LB, 50kg 2.9/kg 145.00LB, 52kg 2.85/kg 148.00LB, 50kg 2.84/kg 142.00LB, 52kg 2.83/kg 147.00 EWE 60-70kg Wed 17 Feb Avg…

The Agriculture Minister has promised to accommodate the ‘forgotten farmers’ in the next CAP. The ‘forgotten farmers’ are a cohort of young farmers under 40, who fell between the cracks in successive CAP cycles and were locked out of the recent cycle.  Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue said looking after the farmers will be one of his priorities during negotiations for the new CAP. Around 4,000 farmers have not been previously…

Must see lot from Ennis Clare Co-Operative Marts. “Lovely quiet pair”, registered pair with a Heifer Calf in Lot 163A. Sold for €1850. Watch more highlight videos on https://www.lslauctions.com/tv/

Ireland’s mushroom and vegetable sectors will be ‘wiped out’ by September unless peat harvesting is resumed in Ireland, according to horticultural peat producers. The horticulture industry, which employs 17,600 people, includes mushroom, vegetable and ornamental businesses that rely on milled peat to grow.  John Neenan of Growing Media, Ireland, which represents the majority of horticulture peat producers in Ireland said: “The law is impossible. The horticultural industry is facing enforced…

https://www.lslauctions.com/MartMemberAccess/Market/MartCatalogue?Mart=M186&SearchDateRange=Last&Op=detail&SearchAuctionDayID=466&SearchAuctionID=181597 3 Ewes & 6 Lambs at Carnaross Mart yesterday. Take a look at Lot 99, one of the most viewed lots on our website in the last 24hrs. This lot sold for €416. Join us on www.lslauctions.com to view all of today’s running marts.

Sunny spells with scattered showers on Wednesday, more frequent rain in the west and south with a risk of hail and isolated thunderstorms. It will be mostly dry in the east with occasional showers. Later in the afternoon it will become cloudier, with persistent rain arriving in southern counties later in the evening. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9C in moderate southerly winds. There is some uncertainty for the evening…

Tuesday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. BULLOCK 300-400kg Tue 16 Feb Avg Price/KgAAX 2.09/kgAAX 2.09/kgCHX 2.37/kgFR 1.60/kgFRX 1.63/kgFRX,FR 1.62/kgHEX 2.07/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LM, 350kg 2.66/kg 930.00M BULLOCK, 350kg 2.49/kg 870.00CHX, 350kg 2.4/kg 840.00CHX, 345kg 2.35/kg 810.00SAX, 368kg 2.28/kg 840.00HEX, 386kg 2.15/kg 830.00 BULLOCK 400-500kg Tue 16 Feb Avg Price/KgAAX 2.08/kgAAX 2.08/kgBBX 2.25/kgFR 1.60/kgHEX 1.29/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:BBX, 485kg 2.41/kg 1170.00BBX, 400kg 2.32/kg 930.00AAX, 425kg 2.24/kg 950.00AAX, 405kg 2.17/kg 880.00AAX, 442kg…