UK buyers hit the Jackpot at Irish Simmental show
Northern Irish and Scottish purchasers were to the fore at Roscommon Mart on Saturday, reports Martin Ryan
Norman Robson, judge, with Keith Jagoe, Toughmacdermody, Drinagh, Co Cork and his Champion Heifer, Dermody Joyce which sold for €2,300.
The strength of interest in the Irish bovine bloodlines from export customers benefited the overall trade at the Irish Simmental Cattle Society Premier Show and Sale at Roscommon Mart on Saturday.
By the end of the day, more than one-third of the bulls sold, including the Junior Champion Bull of the Show, were destined for new homes in Northern Ireland and Scotland at an average price of €3,018 - which topped the overall sale average by 9pc.
