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MARTWEEK
FARMWEEK
MAY 31 2018
DUNGANNON CATTLE
An excellent trade for all
sizes of stock saw steers
sell to £1330 for 615kg Lim
(216.00), while heifers
topped at £1265 for 610kg
Char (207.00).
Dropped calves peaked at
£430 Char Bull and Heifer
Calves to £365 AA Hfr.
Weanlings sold to £1030 for
420kg Lim Steer (245.00) and
weanling heifers to £760,
330kg Char (230.00).
STEERS - prices remain
brisk to peak at £1330 615kg
Lim (216.00) presented by RJ
Ramsay, £1320 625kg Char
(211.00), £1225 575kg Char
(213.00);
M Gates £1275 600kg Char
(213.00), £1250 555kg Char
(225.00);
L Kerr £1245 530kg Lim
(235.00), £1230 530kg Lim
(232.00);
B Quinn £1235 560kg Char
(221.00), £1175 450kg Char
(261.00), £1160 465kg Char
(250.00), £1120 520kg Char
(215.00), £1110 460kg Char
(241.00), £1090 435kg Char
(251.00), £1080 455kg Char
(237.00), £1070 445kg Char
(240.00); R Fullerton £1220
560kg AA (218.00);
P Hamilton £1090 485kg
Lim (225.00), £1025 440kg
Lim (233.00), £1000 420kg
Lim (238.00), £990 435kg Lim
(228.00);
R Newport £1080 480kg Lim
(225.00), £1040 390kg Lim
(267.00), £1010 440kg Lim
(230.00);
J Hogg £1040 400kg Lim
(260.00), £990 385kg Lim
(257.00), £970 400kg Lim
(243.00); L Kerr £1000 455kg
Daq (220.00); Riverview
Farms £920 330kg Char
(278.00); G Cheevers £890
390kg Lim (228.00).
HEIFERS - An excellent
trade for all sizes of heifers
topped at £1265 610kg Char
(207.00) presented by R J
Ramsay;
O Cairns £1230 555kg
Char (222.00), £1065 525kg
Char (203.00); H Anderson
£1125 530kg Lim (212.00); C
McAuley £1040 520kg Char
(200.00);
W Nicholson £1035 445kg
Char (233.00), £990 445kg
Lim (223.00), £820 400kg BB
(205.00);
G Cheevers £1015 475kg
Lim (214.00); P Lavery £1005
485kg Lim (207.00);
S Quinn £990 465kg Sim
(213.00), £800 355kg Sim
(225.00), £800 370kg Lim
(216.00);
S Hoines £940 410kg
Lim (230.00), £875 405kg
Lim (216.00), £790 350kg
Lim (226.00); P Curran
£925 450kg Lim (206.00),
£920 425kg Lim (217.00); R
Newport £850 370kg Lim
(230.00); R Glasgow £760
350kg Lim (217.00); K Archer
£530 255kg Her (208.00).
DROPPED CALVES - A
large entry peaked at £430
Char Bull presented by M
Sheridan, £370 Char Bull,
£355 Char Bull, £340 Char
Bull; S Humphries £410 FKV
Bull, £345 FKV Bull, £330
FKV Bull;
S Johnston £375 Daq Bull,
£345 Daq Bull, £290 Daq Bull;
P Robinson £340 Sim Bull,
£260 Sim Bull;
S Glasgow £335 Lim Bull,
£330 Lim Bull, £230 Lim Bull,
£200 Lim Bull; W Smith £295
Her Bull, £290 Her Bull; F
Oliver £285 Char Bull, £260 x
TRADE TALKS: Ian Brunt, Trillick, and Irvine Wilson, Lisnaskea, enjoying discussing the state of
the cattle trade while attending the Clogher Valley Livestock Mart Saturday cattle sale.
3 Char Bulls;
S Givan £275 Daq Bull; A
Watson £265 Sim Bull; J &
G Faulkner £245 AA Bull; H
Irwin £230 AA Bull; R Park
£230 BB Bull.
Fr Bull calves sold from £85
to £280 for reared calves.
Heifer calves peaked at
£365 AA presented by A
Donaghy, £305 Lim Hfr; E
Smyth £365 Lim Hfr;
W Sloan £360 AA Hfr, £280
AA Hfr, £240 AA Hfr; M
Sheridan £340 Char Hfr; J &
G Faulkner £320 BB Hfr, £200
AA Hfr;
S Glasgow £315 LBW Hfr;
S Johnston £310 Daq Hfr; W
Smith £285 Her Hfr, £225 Her
Hfr; S Givan £280 Lim Hfr,
£200 Lim Hfr; F Oliver £260
Char Hfr, £230 Char Hfr; R
Park £225 BB Hfr, £215 BB
Hfr;
S Magennis £225 Lim Hfr;
V McReynolds £220 AA
Hfr; H Irwin £210 AA Hfr; K
Wilkinson £200 Her Hfr.
WEANLINGS - A smaller
entry met a brisk trade to
peak at £1030 420kg Lim
(245.00) presented by S
Gilmour, £915 355kg Lim
(260.00), £875 375kg Char
(233.00), £800 330kg Char
(242.00), £770 320kg Lim
(240.00); S Morrison £905
385kg Lim (234.00);
J Waugh £900 340kg Char
(266.00), £740 290kg Char
(255.00);
D Daly £870 325kg Char
(268.00), £845 340kg Lim
(246.00), £675 290kg Lim
(230.00);
S McCrory £575 240kg Lim
(239.00), £525 205kg Char
(254.00), £490 215kg Char
(228.00).
Weanling heifers sold to
£760 330kg Char (228.00)
presented by S Gilmour, £710
330kg Lim (214.00), £670
280kg Lim (238.00); D Daly
£640 305kg Char (209.00),
£605 285kg Lim (211.00),
£590 285kg Lim (206.00); S
McCrory £630 280kg Char
(226.00);
D Jackson £605 x 2 245kg
BB (248.00), £565 265kg BB
(213.00), £555 X 2 220kg
BB (252.00), £515 215kg BB
(236.00);
K & W Booth £540 x 2 240kg
Lims (225.00).
MARKETHILL SHEEP
An entry of 1250 sheep last
week sold in an easier trade
for both spring lambs and
cull ewes.
Breeding sheep trade
remained steady.
Nearly 500 spring lambs
sold to a top of 520p per kilo
for 20.2kilos at £105 each
followed by 510p per kilo for
20kilos at £102 each. Main
demand from 480p to 504p
per kilo.
Heavier spring lambs sold
from 450p to 485p per kilo
for 23.5kilos at £114 each.
Several pens selling from
£115 to a top of £120 each.
Over 300 cull ewes sold to
a top of £100 with all fleshed
ewes selling from £75 to £94
each. Plainer ewes sold from
£50 to £70 each.
Another full yard of
breeders sold readily with
doubles selling to a top of
£218 with several more from
£180 to £215 each. Singles
reached £185 with several
more from £160 to £175 each.
LIGHT LAMBS - Markethill
farmer 20.2k £105 520p;
Loughgall farmer 20k £102
510p; Poyntzpass farmer
22.6k £115 509p; Whitecross
farmer 22.4k £113 504p;
Collone farmer 21.6k £107.50
498p; Whitecross farmer
21.5k £107 498p; Glenanne
farmer 19.5k £97 497p;
Loughall farmer 22.5k £111.50
496p.
HEAVY LAMBS - Richhill
farmer 23.5k £114 485p;
Newtownhamilton farmer
24.3k £117 482p; Armagh
farmer 23k £110 478p;
Armagh farmer 23.2k £110
474p;
Portadown farmer 23.7k
£112 473p; Benburb farmer
23.1k £108 468p.
ENNISKILLEN CATTLE
A seasonal entry of
cattle at Thursday’s sales.
Lightweights sold from 220p
to 280p for a CH 362kg at
£915, mediumweights sold
from 210p to 256p for a CH
410kg at £1050, Heavyweights
sold from 190p to 225p for a
LIM 510kg at £1150 and sold
up to £1345 per hd.
BULLOCKS - Lisnaksea
producer CH 326kg 915,
LIM 510kg 1150; Bellanaleek
producer CH 366kg 1010, CH
380kg 1020, CH 410kg 1050,
SIM 398kg 1000, CH 446kg
1075;
Roslea producer CH
376kg 980, CH 352kg 875,
CH 404kg 980; Dungannon
producer SIM 446kg 1085;
Cullybunekey producer LIM
606kg 1345, AA 566kg 1220,
SIM 560kg 1210.
WEANLINGS - In the
weanling ring steers and
bulls sold from £680 to £1040
paid for a 409kg CH, while
heifers ranged from £550 to
£940 for a 398kg SIM.
Ruling Prices - Lisnaskea
producer 241kg CH bull 750,
315kg BB hfr 725, 279kg LIM
hfr 700, 268kg LIM hfr 680;
Tempo producer 341kg CH
steer 905, 337kg CH hfr 800,
272kg CH bull 770, 267kg LIM
bull 735, 272kg CH hfr 700;
Belleek producer 396kg CH
steer 940, 327kg AA steer
830, 292kg SIM bull 725;
Lisbellaw producer 273kg
CH bull 765, 289kg LIM bull
815, 232kg LIM hfr 700, 340kg
CH hfr 780;
Enniskillen producer 258kg
CH hfr 670, 309kg CH hfr 735;
Derrygonnelly producer
341kg CH hfr 775, 309kg CH
hfr 735, 310kg CH hfr 765,
290kg CH hfr 730;
Garrison producer 368kg
LIM bull 890, 356kg LIM bull
840, 398kg SIM hfr 940;
Derrylin producer 409kg
CH steer 1040, 466kg CH hfr
960, 337kg LIM steer 870,
353kg CH steer 900, 334kg
CH steer 860, 461kg CH steer
1030;
Kesh producer 200kg CH
hfr 525, 227 kg CH bull 570,
231kg LIM hfr 520, 205kg CH
bull 840.
CALVES ‘2 MONTHS’ Aughnacloy producer CH
bull 580; Trillick producer
LIM bull 500; Lisnaskea
producer CH bull 480;
Enniskillen producer LIM
bull 380;
Dungannon producer
LIM hfr 380; Aughnacloy
producer SIM bull 375;
Boho producer SH bull 365;
Lisbellaw producer HERE
hfr 345;
Enniskillen producer AA hfr
345; Ballinamallard producer
LIM hfr 345; Lisbellaw
producer HERE hfr 330;
Maguiresbridge
producer HERE bull 330;
Derrygonnelly producer AA
hfr 335; Enniskillen producer
LIM hfr 325, FR bull 130, FR
bull 120.
SUCKLER COWS - Kesh
proucer CH cow with bull
1820; Omagh producer SIM
cow with bull 1580, LIM cow
with hfr 1520; Derrygonnelly
producer CH cow wit bull
1500;
Ballinamallard producer BB
cow with bull 1340, BB cow
with bull 1250, BB cow wth
bull 1260, BB SPG cow 1090.
HEIFERS - Beef lots sold to
207pk paid for a 600kg CH at
£1240 and to a top price of
£1285.
Medium weights from
192p–228ppk paid for a 450kg
CH at £1025. Lightweights
from 196-234p for a 335kg CH
at £785.
Newtownbutler producer
640kg CH 1265, 600kg CH
1240, 565kg CH 1220; Rosslea
producer 640kg CH 1285,
540kg CH 1180, 600kg CH
1235;
Maquiresbridge Producer
610kg CH 1240; Enniskillen
Producer 560kg LIM 1165,
460kg CH 1080, 490kg CH
1090; Kesh Producer 530kg
CH 1105;
Newtownbutler Producer
515kg CH 1140, 540kg CH
1145, 520kg CH 1105.
FAT COWS - Another
tremendous trade fleshed
continentally types, selling
from 150p to 181p for a SIM
624kg at £1130,.
Grazing cows from 140p to
162p for a CH 696kg at £1125.
Dairy types sold from 115p to
127p for a 598kg at £860.
Fat bulls to 164p for a LIM
802kg at £1315.
Lisnaskea producer SIM
558kg 990; Florencecourt
producer LIM 668kg 1185;
Brookeborough Producer
CH 700kg 1230; Springfield
producer LIM 642kg 1090;
Belcoo producer LIM 596kg
1020; Boho producer LIM
610kg 1020;
Fivemiletown producer LIM
548kg 930; Florencecourt
producer LIM 624kg 1050;
Lisbellaw producer CH 830kg
1385.
BALLYMENA SHEEP
An entry of 620 sheep
last week resulted in an
easier trade. Lambs sold
to 561p for a pen of Texels
21kg at £118 from David
Warwick, Moorfields and
to a top per head of £128
for 4 Texels from A Gault,
Newtownabbey. Fat ewes
sold to £128.
LAMBS
Top prices per kg - David
Warwick, Moorfields 3 Tex
21kg £118 (561), Gordon
Francey, Ballymena 2 Suff
21.5kg £117.50 (546), James
Bellingham, Ballymoney
6 Tex 20.5kg £110 (536), J
McNeill, Coleraine 10 Tex
20kg £107 (535),
Al Gault, Newtownabbey
4 Tex 24kg £128 (533), T
Robinson, Ballynure 3 Tex
22.5kg £120 (533), E Clyde,
Muckamore 9 Tex 20.5kg
£109 (531),
A & D McAfee, Bushmills
10 Tex 21.5kg £114 (530),
J Walker, Randalstown 6
Tex 20.5kg £108 (526), S
Jamieson, Broughshane
20 Tex 22kg £114 (518), N
& J McKee, Cairncastle 12
Tex 21kg £108 (514), J Lynn,
Cullybackey 10 Tex 21.5kg
£110 (511),
DS & D McKay, Rathkenny
17 Tex 21.5kg £110 (511),
Houston Crooks, Kilwaughter
11 Char 21.5kg £110 (511),
Wm Houston, Moorfields
6 Tex 21.5kg £110 (511), J
Murray, Ballymoney 7 Tex
22.5kg £115 (511).
Top prices per head:- Al
Gault, Newtownabbey 4 Tex
24kg £128, 2 Suff 29.5kg £127,
Robin Nicholson, Monkstown
2 Tex 29.5kg £126, Eoin
Butler, Rathkenny 1 Suff 32kg
£125,
A Moore, Portglenone
2 Char 30kg £125, Robin
Nicholson 8 Tex 24.5kg £122,
J & J Rea, Kilwaughter 8 Tex
23.5kg £120,
T Robinson, Ballynure
3 Tex 22.5kg £120, Nigel
McClure, Ballymoney 1 Tex
24kg £118, David Warwick,
Moorfields 3 Tex 21kg £118,
M Wallace, Dunloy 19
Tex 23kg £117.50, Gordon
Francey, Ballymena 2 Suff
21.5kg £117.50,
PJ McKinley, Martinstown
2 Tex 23.5kg £117, M Park,
Ballymena 12 Tex 23kg £117,
R & J Wylie, Clough 15 Suff
23kg £117, Danny Duffin,
Toomebridge 8 Char 23.5kg
£117.
FAT EWES (140) - First
quality Tex £80-£100; Suff
£80-£97; CB £65-£85; BF
£50-£70.
RATHFRILAND SHEEP
Lamb prices eased on
Tuesday evening with a top
of £123 for heavy lambs from
Dromore. The top 10 lots
sold from £115 to £123.
A small number of hoggets
sold to £91 for 2 lots from
Bryansford and Dundrum.
247 fat ewes cleared up
to £100 from Artana with
fat rams to £125 from
Downpatrick.
Aged ewes with 2 lambs at
foot sold to £186 and singles
to £140.
LAMBS - Dromore farmer:
27k @ £123. Drumarkin
farmer: 25k @ £117.50. Clough
farmer: 25k @ £117. Ballykeel
farmer: 24k @ £116.50.
Hilltown farmer: 24k @ £116.
Kilkeel farmer: 22.5k @ £115.
Mayobridge farmer: 23k @
£115.
Ballymartin farmer: 22.6k
@ £115. Leitrim farmer: 24.2k
@ £115. Shinn farmer: 25.7k
@ £115.
FAT EWES & RAMS
- Fat rams to £125 from
Downpatrick. Artana farmer:
Fat ewes £100. Killyleagh
farmer: 12 ewes @ £98.
Poyntzpass farmer: £92.
Lisnacroppin farmer:
£90. Fedney farmer: £90.
Legananny farmer: £90.
KIltarriff farmer: £90.