Month: June 2021

Thursday will start dry with sunny spells. Cloud will develop as the day goes on with scattered showers developing through the morning and afternoon. A warm day with highest temperatures of 20 to 24C, in a light variable breeze. LSL News.

Wednesday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. CATTLE 500-600kg Wed 30 Jun Avg Price/KgCATTLE 2.35/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CATTLE, 575kg 2.70/kg 1550.00CATTLE, 575kg 2.57/kg 1480.00CATTLE, 540kg 2.52/kg 1360.00CATTLE, 565kg 2.46/kg 1390.00CATTLE, 550kg 2.45/kg 1350.00CATTLE, 555kg 2.45/kg 1360.00 CATTLE 700-800kg Wed 30 Jun Avg Price/KgCATTLE 2.10/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CATTLE, 720kg 2.21/kg 1590.00CATTLE, 715kg 2.17/kg 1550.00CATTLE, 750kg 1.93/kg 1450.00 CATTLE 800-900kg Wed 30 Jun Avg Price/KgCATTLE 2.14/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CATTLE, 805kg 2.16/kg 1740.00CATTLE, 875kg 2.13/kg…

Wednesday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. SHEEP 40-50kg Wed 30 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.74/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 40kg 2.9/kg 116.00SHEEP, 44kg 2.77/kg 122.00SHEEP, 41kg 2.73/kg 112.00SHEEP, 41kg 2.73/kg 112.00SHEEP, 44kg 2.73/kg 120.00SHEEP, 40kg 2.7/kg 108.00 SHEEP 60-70kg Wed 30 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 1.81/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 68kg 2.29/kg 156.00SHEEP, 68kg 1.32/kg 90.00

Farmers and land managers can use a new ‘Healthy Hedgerows’ app to ensure their continued health. Launched by The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), the app enables users to locate where hedges are in their natural lifecycle and offers instant feedback on how best to manage them. Hedgerows are vital habitats for farmland birds, providing them with a home, forage, hunting ground and shelter. The can also be wildlife…

O’Neill Flanagan is bringing a 32 acre small holding with a un-modernised house in Co. Wicklow to auction. The unoccupied stone house with corrugated iron roof, laid out over three rooms has a number of traditional features and includes a bifold door at the entrance.  There is potential for a small holding and a number of uses. The house could be developed further, subject to planning permission, say the agents.…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M186-212338 Big interest in this outfit at Carnaross Mart yesterday. Take a look at Lot 903: Sex: F – Breed: CHX – DOB: 01/01/2019 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – QA: Y – TB: 01/05/2021 – BVD: 09/01/2019 – Days in Herd: 672 – Calf Registered: Y. Sex: M – Breed: LMX – DOB: 29/05/2021 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – QA: Y – BVD: 24/06/2021 – Days in Herd: 31 – Calf Registered: N. First calver with bull…

Wednesday will be another warm and mainly dry day with spells of sunshine and light northerly breezes. In the afternoon isolated showers will develop over southern coastal areas. Top temperatures of 20 to 24C. LSL News.

Tuesday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. CATTLE 300-400kg Tue 29 Jun Avg Price/KgCATTLE 1.96/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CATTLE, 340kg 2.74/kg 930.00CATTLE, 325kg 2.43/kg 790.00CATTLE, 310kg 2.42/kg 750.00CATTLE, 352kg 2.22/kg 780.00CATTLE, 340kg 2.21/kg 750.00CATTLE, 370kg 2.19/kg 810.00 CATTLE 400-500kg Tue 29 Jun Avg Price/KgCATTLE 1.96/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CATTLE, 440kg 2.41/kg 1060.00CATTLE, 400kg 2.35/kg 940.00CATTLE, 475kg 2.25/kg 1070.00CATTLE, 405kg 2.20/kg 890.00CATTLE, 482kg 2.18/kg 1050.00CATTLE, 477kg 2.12/kg 1010.00 CATTLE 500-600kg Tue 29 Jun Avg…

Tuesday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. LAMB 20-30kg Tue 29 Jun Avg Price/KgLAMB 2.73/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LAMB, 22kg 2.82/kg 62.00LAMB, 25kg 2.72/kg 68.00LAMB, 24kg 2.65/kg 65.00 LAMB 30-40kg Tue 29 Jun Avg Price/KgLAMB 2.48/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LAMB, 31kg 2.90/kg 90.00LAMB, 33kg 2.88/kg 95.00LAMB, 32kg 2.81/kg 90.00LAMB, 34kg 2.64/kg 91.00LAMB, 38kg 2.58/kg 98.00LAMB, 39kg 2.54/kg 99.00 LAMB 40-50kg Tue 29 Jun Avg Price/KgLAMB 2.65/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LAMB, 48kg 3.09/kg 150.00LAMB, 45kg 2.84/kg…

Around 100,000 farmers will be refunded more than €13.35m in payments under the Government’s Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). The reimbursement comes after the money was deducted from farmers’ 2019 BPS payments under the Financial Discipline rule.  Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue, said he was pleased the payments are now being refunded to eligible farmers. “These payments will bring the total paid to Irish farmers under the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme to…

McDonald’s UK & Ireland and FAI have been announced as winners of the Sustainable Food and Farming Award for 2021. The award from Compassion in World Farming celebrates businesses that have taken significant steps to produce meat, dairy and eggs sustainably and in ways that protect improve and restore wildlife. McDonald’s and FAI received the prize for their Regenerative Beef project – which shows how beef farms can be adapted…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M186-211507 This big bullock had big interest at Carnaross Mart yesterday. Lot 24A: Sex: M – Breed: BBX – DOB: 07/03/2019 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – QA: Y – TB: 12/03/2021 – BVD: 03/04/2019 – Days in Herd: 590 – Calf Registered: N. Sold for €2150.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M198-961304 The most popular lot at GVM Group Tullamore Mart from Monday’s sales. Take a look at this pair: Sex: M – Breed: SIX – DOB: 09/03/2021 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – TB: N, Sex: F – Breed: SIX – DOB: 04/03/2014 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – TB: 17/11/2020. Great stock, sold for €2130.00 online via LSL Auctions. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-STRANO-961764 This huge Belgian Blue was the stand-out lot at Ballybofey & Stranorlar Co-operative Livestock Mart last night. Be sure to check out Lot 51: BB – DOB: 03/12/2011 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – Days in Herd: – 2Mv. Sold for €2490.00 online via LSL Auctions. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL…

It looks set to be a mostly dry and warm day on Tuesday with spells of hazy sunshine. Highest temperatures of 20 to 23C, in light northerly or variable breezes and less warm along the coast due to onshore northerly winds. LSL News.

Rain or showers, heavy with a risk of thunder, in the south on Tuesday. Mainly fine and warm elsewhere, these conditions becoming more widespread through the rest of the period. LSL News.

Monday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. BULLOCK 300-400kg Mon 28 Jun Avg Price/KgAAX 2.27/kgAAX,FR 2.35/kgBBX 2.29/kgFR 2.14/kgFR,FRX 2.27/kgFRX 2.20/kgHEX 2.24/kgSIX 2.53/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:FR,FRX, 341kg 3.28/kg 1120.00CHX, 330kg 2.70/kg 890.00SIX, 363kg 2.53/kg 920.00SIX, 318kg 2.52/kg 800.00AAX,FR, 389kg 2.44/kg 950.00AAX, 365kg 2.41/kg 880.00 BULLOCK 400-500kg Mon 28 Jun Avg Price/KgAAX 2.21/kgCHX 2.37/kgFR 1.85/kgFR,FRX 1.83/kgFRX 1.86/kgHEX 1.85/kgLMX 2.29/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX,LMX, 471kg 2.42/kg 1140.00CHX, 407kg 2.38/kg 970.00LMX, 460kg 2.35/kg 1080.00AAX, 410kg 2.32/kg…

Monday’s selected Sheep mart price report: copyright LSL. SHEEP 30-40kg Mon 28 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.21/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 32kg 2.71/kg 88.00SHEEP, 37kg 2.70/kg 100.00SHEEP, 36kg 2.68/kg 96.00SHEEP, 35kg 2.66/kg 93.00SHEEP, 37kg 2.59/kg 95.00SHEEP, 40kg 2.48/kg 98.00 SHEEP 40-50kg Mon 28 Jun Avg Price/KgSHEEP 2.71/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:SHEEP, 44kg 2.96/kg 131.00SHEEP, 45kg 2.89/kg 130.00SHEEP, 43kg 2.88/kg 124.00SHEEP, 42kg 2.88/kg 121.00SHEEP, 42kg 2.85/kg 120.00SHEEP, 44kg 2.84/kg 126.00 SHEEP 50-60kg Mon 28 Jun Avg…

Auctioneers are offering plots of land and a traditional farmhouse in Co. Westmeath, either in three separate lots or all together in a fourth lot for sale on Wednesday 7 July at 4:00pm. The auction by James L. Murtagh will take place in the Greville Arms Hotel, Mullingar, on Wednesday 7 July 2021, at 4pm and online with LSL Auctions. The property and lands are in Carn, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath. …

A provisional deal has been reached between the European Union and EU governments on reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).  The agreement sets out how €270 billion of budget funds will be spent on farms until 2027.  This follows a three year struggle over the future of CAP, and the deal hopes to balance the interests of farmers and national governments on one side and green interests of the…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-BALLIN-956996 Big interest in this limousin bull at Ballinasloe Cooperative Livestock Mart on Saturday. Must see Lot 7: Breed: LMX – DOB: 11/06/2019 – Owners: 1 – Export: N – QA: N – Days in Herd: – 1Mv, sold for €2360.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M100-958116 TOP selling lot of the weekend at Carnew Mart. Take a look at this limousin heifer in Lot 1221: Breed: LMX – DOB: 22/06/2019 – Owners: 2 – QA: Y – Days in Herd: 70. Sold for an outstanding price of €3100.00 online via LSLAuctions.com Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL TV App…

Saturday will see a mix of cloud and sunny spells. While it will be mostly dry, isolated showers are possible through the afternoon and evening, mainly in the east. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18C, in light to moderate northeasterly breezes.  It will be a largely cloudy day on Sunday with cloud building up during the morning along with some sunshine. Scattered showers are likely and more rain developing in…

Friday’s selected Cattle mart price report: copyright LSL. HEIFER 300-400kg Fri 25 Jun Avg Price/KgCHX 2.58/kgLMX 2.52/kgSA 2.55/kgSAX 2.36/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:CHX, 345kg 2.93/kg 1010.00LM, 390kg 2.92/kg 1140.00LMX, 305kg 2.89/kg 880.00CHX, 378kg 2.83/kg 1070.00CHX, 370kg 2.81/kg 1040.00CHX, 365kg 2.79/kg 1020.00 HEIFER 400-500kg Fri 25 Jun Avg Price/KgAAX 1.96/kgCHX 2.47/kgLMX 2.33/kgSAX 2.25/kgSIX 2.50/kgHighest Price/Kg Lots:LMX, 495kg 2.77/kg 1370.00CHX, 400kg 2.75/kg 1100.00CHX, 410kg 2.71/kg 1110.00LMX, 475kg 2.69/kg 1280.00LMX, 465kg 2.69/kg 1250.00LMX, 480kg 2.67/kg…

A 24-acre non-res farm in Mullingar has been sold for €460,000 by Murtagh Bros and LSL Auctions.At the online auction yesterday (Thursday) the price reached equates to €18585.86 per acre. A guide price of €300,000 had been expected for the land. The lot consists of pasture land with mature timber and parkland setting. The farm is located minutes from Mullingar town in Co. Westmeath. Agents said the land with road frontage…

Irish farmers will be protesting with climate change activists Extinction Rebellion (XRI) in a demonstration today (Friday 25 June) outside the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in Dublin. Negotiations on the EU’s Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) are expected to end this weekend but XRI is calling for positive policy change and a fair transition.  Farmer and campaigner Gerry Loftus said: “We must have a proper livelihood for farmers,…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M198-953043 Stand-out lot at GVM Group Tullamore Mart GVM Group this week. Have you seen Lot 901? Sex: F – Breed: CH – DOB: 04/10/2008 – Owners: 1 – Export: N – TB: 22/10/2020. This Charolais sold for €2190.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip on LSL TV. Check out the rest of today’s action live and replay on-demand with the all new LSL TV App for…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-M186-211295 This first calver was the top selling lot at Carnaross Mart at Thursday’s sales. Lot 105; Sex: F – Breed: FR – DOB: 26/02/2019 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – QA: Y – TB: 21/06/2021 – BVD: 11/03/2019 – Days in Herd: 849 – Calf Registered: Y, sold for €2140.00 via LSL Auctions. Watch the video replay on LSL TV. Check out…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-BALLYM-953382 Highest selling limousin pair at Aurivo Livestock Mart Ballymote yesterday. Take a look at Lot 2600; Sex: M – Breed: LMX – DOB: 14/06/2021 – Owners: 1 – Export: Y – QA: N, Sex: F – Breed: LMX – DOB: 30/01/2013 – Owners: 3 – Export: N – QA: N- TB: 26/02/2021. Sold for €2100.00 online via LSL Auctions. Watch the video clip…

Watch this video clip on – https://www.lslauctions.com/LotDetail-GORT-954468 Popular mart on LSL TV on-demand replays, with big interest in Lot 704 at Gort Co Operative Mart Ltd. Have a look at this outfit, Simmental heifer with bull calf at foot; Sex: M – Breed: LMX – DOB: 28/03/2021 – Owners: 1 – Export: N, Sex: F – Breed: SIX – DOB: 05/04/2016 – Owners: 2 – Export: N – TB: 07/08/2020.…