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MARTWEEK
FARMWEEK
OCTOBER 28 2021
£82,
E O’Hagan £81, A Hamilton
£77, J Conway £74, P Todd £74
and O Parkhill £70.
FAT RAMS - T Turkington
£186, £140.
BREEDING FEMALES - S
Smith £148, £138, £124,£118,
£108, H Moore £122, J
Warnock £110, N Conway
£96, £90 and G McNamee
£90, £50.
BREEDING RAMS - D
Sproule £300, W Moore £295,
G McAdoo £225, £155, A
Crawford £178, £110,
K Carlin £128 and H Moore
£76, £72.
SWATRAGH CATTLE
A strong show of 120
quality cattle were presented
on Monday which resulted in
an outstanding trade for all
types of stock on offer.
Bullocks sold to a top price
of £1,490 for a 704kg Lim at
£2.12 per kg and to a top of
£2.78 per kilo for a Lim 252kg
at £700.
Heifers sold to a top price
of £1,450 for a 728kg Char at
£1.99 per kg and to a top of
£2.48 per kilo for a Lim 298kg
at £740.
Fat cows were also a great
trade topping with a 772kg
Lim at £1,420 and £1.84 per
kg.
BULLOCKS - Kilrea
producer Lim, 704kg at
£1490, 2.12p; Lim, 668kg at
£1390, 2.08p; Lim, 576kg at
£1350, 2.34p; Lim, 604kg at
£1280, 2.12p;
Ardboe producer Char,
568kg at £1310, 2.31p;
Char, 518kg at £1170, 2.26p;
Portglenone producer Lim,
584kg at £1280, 2.19p;
Magherafelt producer
AA, 430kg at £1160, 2.70p;
Limavady producer Lim,
408kg at £1060, 2.60p;
Moneymore producer Lim,
390kg at £1010, 2.59p; Lim,
358kg at £860, 2.40p; Lim,
330kg at £750, 2.27p; Lim,
312kg at £740, 2.37p;
Crumlim producer Sim,
390kg at £1010, 2.59p; Lim,
368kg at £880, 2.39p; Sim,
350kg at £860, 2.46p; Lim,
338kg at £820, 2.43p; Lim,
252kg at £700, 2.78p; Lim,
266kg at £670, 2.52p;
Maghera producer Lim,
390kg at £970, 2.49p; SHB,
436kg at £970, 2.22p; Lim,
388kg at £940, 2.42p; SHB,
410kg at £910, 2.22p; SHB,
414kg at £900, 2.17p; Lim,
380kg at £870, 2.29p; SHB,
368kg at £780, 2.12p; SHB,
362kg at £760, 2.10p;
Magherafelt producer
AA, 428kg at £960, 2.24p;
AA, 406kg at £940, 2.32p;
AA, 360kg at £860, 2.39p;
AA, 394kg at £840, 2.13p;
Garvagh producer Char,
376kg at £830, 2.21p.
HEIFERS - Draperstown
producer Char, 728kg at
£1450, 1.99p; Char, 492kg at
£1060, 2.15p;
Portglenone producer
Lim, 782kg at £1440, 1.84p;
Portglenone producer
Lim, 568kg at £1320, 2.32p;
Lim, 554kg at £1210, 2.18p;
Moneymore producer Lim,
600kg at £1280, 2.13p;
Swatragh producer Lim,
522kg at £1210, 2.32p; Lim,
474kg at £1080, 2.28p; Lim,
554kg at £1070, 1.93p; Lim,
462kg at £1000, 2.16p; Lim,
430kg at £980, 2.28p; Lim,
462kg at £940, 2.03p; Lim,
460kg at £920, 2.00p; Lim,
370kg at £900, 2.43p; Lim,
416kg at £850, 2.04p;
Draperstown producer
Lim, 440kg at £900, 2.05p;
Char, 430kg at £890, 2.07p;
Dungiven producer Lim,
506kg at £1080, 2.13p;
Bellaghy producer Lim,
454kg at £1070, 2.36p; Lim,
464kg at £1010, 2.18p; Char,
460kg at £990, 2.15p; Lim,
412kg at £950, 2.31p; Lim,
422kg at £900, 2.13p; BB,
410kg at £870, 2.12p;
Crumlin producer Char,
410kg at £850, 2.07p; Char,
350kg at £820, 2.34p; Lim,
328kg at £760, 2.32p; Lim,
320kg at £750, 2.34p; Lim,
298kg at £740, 2.48p; Lim,
RATHFRILAND SHEEP
BACK AWAY: Raymond McCullagh, Plumbridge, helping his entries to decide which way to go on arrival for the Swatragh
Livestock Mart Saturday sheep sale.
298kg at £730, 2.45p; Lim,
336kg at £720, 2.14p; Lim,
276kg at £650, 2.36p.
BALLYMENA SHEEP
An entry of 1600 sheep on
Monday evening resulted in a
sharp trade.
Store lambs sold to £104,
ewe lambs to £142, breeders
to £180, rams to 900gns.
Leading prices as follows:STORE LAMBS - Ian
Campbell, Templepatrick 32
Tex £104, J Martin, B’shane 5
Tex £104,
WR Boyle, Larne 29 Tex
£101, Ian Campbell 10 Tex
£100, S Flanagan, B’shane 5
Dor £98,
S Henderson, Donaghadee
8 Dor £97, JD Collins,
Islandmagee 9 Ham £96,
C Sterritt, Belfast 18 Tex
£95.50, R Morrow, Glenarm 7
Cv £95.
EWE LAMBS - JE
McCloskey, Draperstown
2 BF £142, A Lamont,
Rasharkin 4 Blu £132, 2 Blu
£127,
R Morrow, Glenarm 4 Suff
£124, Robert Davidson, Gleno
8 BF £124, D Mullan, Garvagh
3 Cv £124,
N Alexander, Glenarm 15
Mule £122, 3 Mule £122, JE
McCloskey 10 BF £122.
BREEDERS - Hugh Morrell
Macosquin 3 BF £180, H
Calwell, Ballyhalbert 10 CB
£170, 8 CB £166.
S Nugent, Dungannon 13
CB £162, H Calwell 9 CB £142,
John Moore, Cullybackey 5
Char £138,
C McConaghie, Glenarm
2 Suff £136, M Morrell,
Garvagh 7 Cv £130.
RAMS - DJ Jones, Nutts
Corner Tex 960gns, Ian
Lamont, Cullybackey Tex
850gns,
A McCartney, Cloughmills
Tex 750gns, JH Hegarty,
Bendooragh Suff 660gns,
Miss E Stevenson, Crumlin
Tex 600gns,
I Goudy, Greyabbey Tex
600gns, Robert Loughridge,
Armoy (2) Blu 600gns, W
Adams, Ballymena Blu
600gns, BF 600gns.
GORTIN SHEEP
Another excellent show
with fat lambs selling to
£115.50/26kg, fat ewes selling
to £154, fat rams selling
to £186, breeding females
selling to £148 and breeding
rams selling to £300.
FAT LAMBS - A Fleming
£115.50/26kg, E McCormack
£114.50/26kg, H Lowe
£114.50/25kg,
K Anderson £114/26kg, J
Lowe £112/24kg, A Speer
£111/24kg, R Allen £111/23kg,
S Moore £109.50/23kg,
L Black £109.50/23kg,
G McCrory £108/23kg,
F McBride £108/23kg, A
Crawford £107.50/23kg, P
Rafferty £107.50/23kg, S
Brogan £107/23kg,
W Torrens £106/23kg,
G Cuddy £106/22kg, E
Mcormack £105.50/23kg,
W Moore £105.50/23kg, E
Loughran £105/22kg,
D Gallen £105/22kg,
£104/22kg, £104/25kg,
£104/25kg, F McBride
£105/22kg, A Hamilton
£105/23kg, S Smith £104/21kg,
£104/21kg,
T Boyd £104/22kg and D
Campbell £104/22kg.
FAT EWES - S Smith £154,
£146, £140, £136, £136, £134,
£134, £134,
J O’Neill £146, £137, £136,
£136, £121, £115, E Loughran
£125, K Gallagher £120, J
Browne £110, £91, J Loughran
£94, £91, £86,
R Greer £85, B Devlin £85, S
Galbraith £84, C Armstrong
Last week saw a good show
of stock and lambs sell to a
good trade. Fat ewes sold to
a flying trade again.
A Kilkeel farmer topped the
sale at £5.82 a kilo for 11.7kg
at £68.
Fat ewes topped at £149
for a Texel ewe from a
Rathfriland farmer. More
ewes over the £120 mark
with plainer ewes from £105
to £115 each.
LIGHT LAMBS Ballynahinch Farmer 15k @
£92, 14.3k @ £87, Dromara
farmer: 15.5k @ £91.
LAMBS - Poyntzpass
Farmer 35k @ £120,
Banbridge Farmer 25.4k @
£116,
Poyntzpass Farmer 31.7k
@ £115, Kilcoo Farmer 25.4k
@ £115, Poyntzpass Farmer
24.8k @ £114,
Poyntzpass Farmer 29.4k
@ £114, Annaclone Farmer
25.9k @ £113, Moneyslane
Farmer 27k @ £113.
FAT EWES - Ballynahinch
farmer: £139, Rathfriland
farmer: £135,
Ballynahinch farmer: £132,
Castlewellan farmer: £124,
Ballynahinch farmer: £123,
Castlewellan farmer: £116,
Rathfriland farmer: £116,
Rathfriland Farmer £107,
Kilcoo Farmer £101,
Castlewellan Farmer @ £100.
FAT RAMS - Ballynahinch
Farmer £119, £100.
BREEDING RAMS - £340,
£330, £275.
SPECTACULAR: Simmental Spectacular vendor Alan Wilson from the Ballinalare Farm and Bannhill Farm herds, Rathfriland.
Picture: Mullagh Photography