LAST Thursday’s sale of sport horse breeding stock and youngstock at Cavan may not have produced the same trade as the previous day’s performance auction but there was still a healthy increase all round from last year’s comparative figures.

The clearance rate grew from 42% to 58% as 62 of the 107 lots forward changed hands (only 44 of 106 did so 12 months previously); turnover was up to €199,200 (from €106,350 in 2020); and the average price increased to €3,208 (up from €2,417 last year).