Manorhamilton Livestock Sales in Co. Leitrim hosted its annual fatstock show and sale on Saturday, December 14, with approximately 260 head of cattle on offer in the sale.

The pre-sale show kicked off just before 10:00a.m. and the judge on the day was Dermot Small.

The judge tapped forward a 382kg Limousin-cross heifer owned by Liam Maguire as his overall champion and this heifer went on to sell for €5,200 or €13.61/kg.

The Reserve Champion went the way of Lot 148, a heifer owned by MDC Commercials.

The auctioneers Tom Cox and Rodney Windrum managed plenty of brisk bidding on the day and it was a 356kg Charolais-cross heifer owned by Conor McDermott from Williamstown, Co. Galway that took the top price of €8,000.

The 356kg heifer sold for the equivalent of €22.47/kg and was purchased by Josh McCrabbe from Raphoe, Co. Donegal.

The second-highest price on the day was €6,000 for a Belgian Blue-cross heifer sold by Brendan Regan from Ballyhaunis Co. Mayo. Weighing 398kg, this heifer was bought by a northern customer for €15.08/kg.  

A Belgian-Blue-cross heifer owned by James Feeley sold for €5,800 and another Limousin-cross heifer owned by Liam Maguire sold for €5,200.

The top-priced in-calf heifer was sold by Herbie Griffith for €4,000. The overall clearance rate in the sale on the day was 86%.

Making €4,500 was a Belgian Blue-cross heifer owned by Ava Moffitt and making €3,900 was another Belgian-Blue-cross heifer owned by Brian McGourty.

Manorhamilton Mart management thanked all who supported the annual event and wished all patrons of the mart venue a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.