The May Store Sale brought this week’s action at Tattersalls to a close and it did so on a low key note with the returns for the one-day auction coming in well below those from the first two editions of the sale.

In a similar vein to day two of last week’s Land Rover Sale, trade was selective and subdued relative to previous years and the aggregate dropped by 53% to just under €1.2m. The average of €12,213 represented a drop of 31% and the median went from €15,000 to €9,000 while a clearance rate that fell from 74 to 58% illustrated the challenging nature of the day’s trade.