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The mousy AAxCH would make at least that.in the factory or even a tad more. Would expect him to grade R so with QA would have gross price of 4.55/ kg. He could kill anything from 315-325kgs DW so 1420-1480.

Small bits of AA heifers and butty bullocks that are 550 LW are hitting 1250 in the factory.

Not disagreeing with you regarding one or two cattle. But you see bunches of fit cattle not QA within days of thirty months. I was in Gortnalea tonight and there was a lot of finished cattle over and under 30 months, QA and non QA. For most of the night the were selling up to 150 less than factory price. Mostly it was AA and HE that were not hitting factory price. Some got to witnin 50 euro of it. There was about a 30 minute period in the bullocks where heavy over 30 month cattle were making factory price bit for most of the rest of the night it went the other way.

What surprised me most was there was a lot of them bought online. I would have taught the lads around the ring would have pushed them a bit more.One other thing I noticed a lot of the lads around the ring disappeared with about 90 minutes to go but prices still held fairy well

Cattle that I taught that were making good money were shirt keep cattle and stores that could be finished before and after Christmas. I saw 30 month Friesians 450-510 kgs making 750-800 euro. Continentals 18-30 months 450-600 kgs making 2.5/ kg and the unfitter they were( could carry to heavier weights) the more they made. I saw an AA 14-17 months 570 kgs make 1280, 465 make 1130, 495 make 1110,462 make 1040, in one after another and this was the way for this type of cattle all night while 27-30 months cattle admittedly some non QA that were that weight were making 130-150 less.

On the way the mart lights up with real heavy 700 kg plus cattle one bidders will make there calculations very fast and bid away. Some lads think when an animal goes over 1.5 k in a Fr/HE/ AA it's serious money and if they hit 1700 that someone hit the jackpot. Except for 4-5 lots of mostly single heavy bullocks all the rest made 100-150 less than factory price. One lot even made 200 less and I was calculating off QA or non QA prices depending on the circumstances

Long term cattle( over 6 months keep) are softening from what I can see. In another 2-3 weeks the glut will start. Gortnalea ran to after 9pm last night first week in August. Admittedly most of the cattle there are heavy cattle, advanced or better quality store 450 kg plus