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patsy_mccabe · 13-10-2020 08:18PM

I saw a charolais weanling open at €900 today and no other bid. Sold at that.

cute geoge · 13-10-2020 10:02PM

An odd time if the mart was lively and if a jobber had an order to fill he might open a calf high so to throw others off bidding ,

13-10-2020 10:26PM

cute geoge wrote: »

An odd time if the mart was lively and if a jobber had an order to fill he might open a calf high so to throw others off bidding ,

Or hope a lad he is polling comes once & gets trapped

Hard Knocks · 13-10-2020 11:05PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

I saw a charolais weanling open at €900 today and no other bid. Sold at that.

Can happen, generally it’s where someone has called the calf and others let them have it
It’s frustrating for the seller

Bass Reeves · 14-10-2020 03:19PM

Some acting the Mickey happening in Castleisland today online. Either the lad doing the computer is useless or else they are trying to stop online bidding.

He was failing to put up the weights earlier, at present he is either not updating the animal details or else he locking you out of bidding. Was bidding on an few animals and next thing bids were 20-30ahead and I could not bid.

patsy_mccabe · 14-10-2020 05:15PM

Online bidding slows down the selling process. Auctioneer has to wait at end for internet bids to come tru. Once a bid comes tru , he then has to weight for another possible bid online.

Bass Reeves · 14-10-2020 05:43PM

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Online bidding slows down the selling process. Auctioneer has to wait at end for internet bids to come tru. Once a bid comes tru , he then has to weight for another possible bid online.

IMO it has not, ideally the auctioneer should have a slave screen to the lad on the computer. If he has he can see the bids at a glance just like looking around the ring for a bid. With online bidding cattle tend not to get stuck as lads around the ring are checked by who is on an animal or if buyers is a soft seller.

The only real time it might slow is at the end as he then has to maybe wIt 5-6 seeonds to see if counter bidder on line is finished. But this can happen around the ring as well. All new n all the biggest slowing in a mart are the ability to keep animals flowing through the ring

14-10-2020 06:13PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

Some acting the Mickey happening in Castleisland today online. Either the lad doing the computer is useless or else they are trying to stop online bidding.

He was failing to put up the weights earlier, at present he is either not updating the animal details or else he locking you out of bidding. Was bidding on an few animals and next thing bids were 20-30ahead and I could not bid.

Happened a friend of mine last week in Cork marts. It said he bought 2 heifers. Went to the mart, a another lad was gone off with them. He got f all satisfaction. What a joke of a set up.

Water John · 14-10-2020 08:55PM

The online was glitching in Macroom last Sat. That's the auctioneers screen was either freezing or going off, he was regularly on the phone to sort it. Didn't interfere too much with the sales.

Bass Reeves · 14-10-2020 09:27PM

.... this was purely the lad on the computer, it not the auctioneer job to get the data online. Mind you I have seen issues on other marts but they always sort them as the mart goes on. This was a constant number of different problem's that made it impossible to bid online.

Not getting access to bid until bidding was complete
Being locked out of bidding towards the end of bidding
No weights up for cattle
Last details staying up while next animal was being sold and once or twice for 2-3 lots after
Even when price was out online it was often 40-50 and s hundred of euro behind the auction price.

It was immaterial which auctioneer was selling

Gave up in the end rang mart but it got no better.

Base price · 14-10-2020 10:30PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

...this was purely the lad on the computer, it not the auctioneer job to get the data online. Mind you I have seen issues on other marts but they always sort them as the mart goes on. This was a constant number of different problem's that made it impossible to bid online.

Not getting access to bid until bidding was complete
Being locked out of bidding towards the end of bidding
No weights up for cattle
Last details staying up while next animal was being sold and once or twice for 2-3 lots after
Even when price was out online it was often 40-50 and s hundred of euro behind the auction price.

It was immaterial which auctioneer was selling

Gave up in the end rang mart but it got no better.

I've seen the same thing happening on more than one occasion and in two different marts. It's very very annoying especially when you see animals selling at 50 to 80 euro less than what they normally would because online bidding is blocked. IMO it's the auctioneer playing ball with the lads around the ring who grease his palm :mad:
Edit to add- it was the same auctioneer in one mart that does it every now and again on animals that wouldn't be €2+/kg types.

Bass Reeves · 14-10-2020 10:39PM

grange mac wrote: »

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Hope you get sorted!!

There plenty of other marts I can buy away from. Just annoyed me today. I just get the opinion it was deliberate

Bass Reeves · 14-10-2020 10:40PM

Base price wrote: »

I've seen the same thing happening on more than one occasion and in two different marts. It's very very annoying especially when you see animals selling at 50 to 80 euro less than what they normally would because online bidding is blocked. IMO it's the auctioneer playing ball with the lads around the ring who grease his palm :mad:
Edit to add- it was the same auctioneer in one mart that does it every now and again on animals that wouldn't be €2+/kg types.

As I said it was happening no matter which of the two auctioneers was selling.

valtra2 · 17-10-2020 04:13PM

That time of year again. The black and whites are looking more and more appealing.

Sugarbowl · 17-10-2020 04:29PM

valtra2 wrote: »

That time of year again. The black and whites are looking more and more appealing.

The lighter animal seems to be selling better this time of year. Saw light little lads making good money yesterday.

17-10-2020 04:31PM

Saw 4 epic spring born ch bulls in macroom today 377 kg €860. Appalling bad price to take.

CCM · 17-10-2020 05:13PM

DukeCaboom wrote: »

Saw 4 epic spring born ch bulls in macroom today 377 kg €860. Appalling bad price to take.

Had two great chx in Carigallen today, 320kg €1060, 265kg €1000. Lots 362 and 363. I'll stick with the ch for another while

17-10-2020 05:16PM

CCM wrote: »

Had two great chx in Carigallen today, 320kg €1060, 265kg €1000. Lots 362 and 363. I'll stick with the ch for another while

I'd say the farmer was just unlucky to take them to macroom today.

charolais0153 · 17-10-2020 06:50PM

valtra2 wrote: »

That time of year again. The black and whites are looking more and more appealing.

When we're they born, would ya not sell in September, bad market for over 440/450kg calves since arse came out of bulls

grange mac · 17-10-2020 07:31PM

DukeCaboom wrote: »

Saw 4 epic spring born ch bulls in macroom today 377 kg €860. Appalling bad price to take.

They wud have made 900 950 yest in skibb.

17-10-2020 08:03PM

grange mac wrote: »

They wud have made 900 950 yest in skibb.

Ya, I heard it was a plaster.

Sugarbowl · 17-10-2020 08:32PM

DukeCaboom wrote: »

Ya, I heard it was a plaster.

Meaning it was so good?

I says · 17-10-2020 08:34PM

Anyones marteye app acting up lately.

Bass Reeves · 17-10-2020 08:41PM

I says wrote: »

Anyones marteye app acting up lately.

what do you mean by acting up

I says · 17-10-2020 08:44PM

Bass Reeves wrote: »

what do you mean by acting up

The screen keeps resetting so I can’t access marts

17-10-2020 08:46PM

Sugarbowl wrote: »

Meaning it was so good?

Dear. Well I suppose there was just no buzz for a heavier bull in macroom today.

Murang · 17-10-2020 08:50PM

I says wrote: »

The screen keeps resetting so I can’t access marts

Delete the app and reload it again had same trouble during the week and that sorted it

grange mac · 17-10-2020 08:59PM

DukeCaboom wrote: »

Ya, I heard it was a plaster.

Don't know what going on, but given gortalea was not as strong as usual I was surprised at the prices.
Your white Charolais was making 2.90, very good q 380 Charolais made 950 but most 350 kg make 850.... Pollys on fire making upto 2.35. Someone wanted light Pollys but the heavier ones make 2euro.
Next wk be interesting as another weanling show n sale if mart stays open.

17-10-2020 09:13PM

grange mac wrote: »

Don't know what going on, but given gortalea was not as strong as usual I was surprised at the prices.
Your white Charolais was making 2.90, very good q 380 Charolais made 950 but most 350 kg make 850.... Pollys on fire making upto 2.35. Someone wanted light Pollys but the heavier ones make 2euro.
Next wk be interesting as another weanling show n sale if mart stays open.

Single farm money usually gives it a rise.

Hard Knocks · 17-10-2020 09:29PM

valtra2 wrote: »

That time of year again. The black and whites are looking more and more appealing.

You’d great weights

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