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MARTWEEK
KILREA CATTLE
A super entry last week met
an outstanding trade with
all types of stock in demand.
Steers to £1900, heifers to
£1700. Fat Cows & Bulls to
£3520.
FAT COWS (130) Glarryford farmer, 920k
AA £3520 (383); Ballyclare
farmer, 500k CH £1220 (244),
510k Sim £1140 (224), 580k
BB £1290 (222), 540k CH
£1150 (213), 500k Hol £940
(188), 480k £860 (179), 910k
Lim £1450 (159); Cushendun
farmer, 730k Lim £1640 (225),
660k £1200 (182);
Aghadowey farmer, 550k
CH £1230 (224), 640k £1370
(214); Kilrea farmer, 630k CH
£1400 (222); Templepatrick
farmer, 520k Lim £1150 (221),
620k £1090 (176); Ballymoney
farmer, 640k Lim £1400 (219);
Ballymena farmer, 570k Sim
£1230 (216), 700k Lim £1280
(183);
Dunloy farmer, 680k Lim
£1440 (212); Bendooragh
farmer, 580k Sim £1180 (203);
Portglenone farmer, 570k
BB £1140 (200); Tobermore
farmer, 770k Hol £1530 (199);
Glarryford farmer, 600k BB
£1190 (198), 700k AA £1370
(196), 460k BB £760 (165);
Ballymoney farmer, 460k
BB £900 (196), 550k £1030
(187), 460k £720 (157);
Garvagh farmer, 900k Lim
£1730 (192); Rasharkin
farmer, 780k ST £1480 (190),
550k AA £860 (156);
Magherafelt farmer, 680k
Fri £1260 (185); 710k £1270
(179), 810k £1400 (173), 690k
£1070 (155); Magherafelt
farmer, 650k Fri £1200
(185), 820k £1340 (163),
740k £1160 (157); Castlerock
farmer, 700k Lim £1280
(183);Glarryford farmer, 700k
Fri £1280 (183), 750k £1180
(157); Toome farmer, 690k
Lim £1260 (183);
Ballymoney farmer,
580k Lim £1050 (181);
Newtownabbey farmer,
740k DAQ £1340 (181); Kilrea
farmer, 670k AA £1200 (179),
790k Sim £1470 (186);
Toome farmer, 740k Sim
£1310 (177); Aghadowey
farmer, 740k Fri £1300 (176),
740k £1160 (157); Cookstown
farmer, 540k Fri £950 (176);
Toome farmer, 820k Sim
£1440 (176); Aghadowey
farmer, 810k Fri £1420 (175);
Ballymoney farmer, 670k Lim
£1160 (173);
Macosquin farmer, 880k
Fri £1170 (172); Ballymena
farmer, 770k SH £1290 (168);
Stranocum farmer, 900k
SH £1510 (168); Rasharkin
farmer, 760k Fri £1260 (166);
Dunloy farmer, 800k Fri £1310
(164).
SUCKLER STOCK Portglenone farmer, AA Bull
£2400; Limavady farmer, Her
Heifer with Her Heifer calf at
foot to £1340.
HEIFERS - Macosquin
farmer, 300k CH £880 (293),
335k £960 (287), 400k £1110
(278), 300k £800 (267);
Toome farmer, 470k Lim
£1350 (287);
Dunloy farmer, 490k CH
£1400 (286), 510k Lim £1440
(282), 500k CH £1380 (276),
550k £1460 (266), 580k Sim
£1480 (255), 480k CH £1210
(252), 690k £1700 (246), 570k
£1330 (233), 510k £1170 (229),
460k £1040 (226), 470k £1040
(221), 550k £1150 (209);
Maghera farmer, 490k Lim
£1400 (286), 570k £1600 (281);
SECURELY PENNED: Brigid Delargy, Cushendall, member of staff, checking the penning of
these entries at the Ballymena Livestock Mart Friday cattle sale.
Maghera farmer, 440k Lim
£1250 (284), 500k CH £1150
(230), 490k £1120 (229), 480k
£1050 (219); Ballymoney
farmer, 510k Lim £1430 (280),
540k £1400 (259), 510k £1210
(237); Garvagh farmer, 460k
DAQ £1240 (270), 480k £1230
(256), 480k £1220 (254), 490k
£1240 (253);
Kilrea farmer, 530k CH
£1430 (270), 510k Lim £1240
(243), 560k CH £1320 (236);
Ballymena farmer, 430k CH
£1110 (258), 450k £1120 (249),
430k £1070 (249), 380k £920
(242), 430k £1000 (233), 390k
£880 (226); Toome farmer,
480k DAQ £1240 (258);
Cookstown farmer, 550k Lim
£1340 (244), 590k AA £1260
(214);
Swatragh farmer, 560k Lim
£1350 (241), 610k CH £1380
(226), 610k Her £1300 (213);
Rasharkin farmer, 510k AA
£1200 (235), 520k BB £1170
(225); Donaghadee farmer,
300k Lim £700 (233), 320k
£740 (231), 260k £560 (215),
280k £580 (207);
Magilligan farmer, 620k AA
£1440 (232), 610k £1390 (228),
600k £1330 (222), 310k £680
(219), 320k £670 (209), 580k
£1200 (207); Draperstown
farmer, 320k Sim £740 (231),
330k AA £710 (215), 350k
£730 (209);
Upperlands farmer, 450k
AA £1040 (231), 330k Her
£740 (224), 345k AA £760
(220), 320k Her £700 (219),
410k AA £870 (212), 440k
£930 (211), 310k Her £650
(210), 300k £630 (210), 430k
AA £890 (207), 360k £740
(206), 380k Her £770 (203);
Moneymore farmer, 490k
Lim £1120 (229), 500k BB
£1060 (212), 530k £1110
(209), 550k Lim £1110 (202);
Ringsend farmer, 440k Lim
£1000 (227), 450k £990 (220),
510k £1040 (204).
STEERS - Macosquin
farmer, 350k CH £1070 (306),
380k £1050 (276), 330k £860
(261), 470k £1190 (253), 580k
Sal £1380 (238), 380k CH
£900 (237); Dunloy farmer,
350k CH £1040 (297), 360k
£1020 (283), 390k £1100
(282), 410k £1140 (278), 410k
£1110 (271), 430k £1150 (267),
460k £1200 (261), 440k £1140
(259), 450k £1160 (258), 420k
£1080 (257), 450k DAQ £1090
(242), 420k CH £950 (226),
440k £960 (218);
Kilrea farme, 370k CH £1070
(289), 380k £920 (242), 420k
Her £990 (236); Dungiven
farmer, 400k CH £1090 (273),
350k Lim £940 (269), 380k CH
£1020 (268), 380k Lim £1000
(263), 360k CH £940 (261),
380k Lim £910 (240), 360k
£840 (233), 340k £760 (224),
380k £850 (224), 390k £870
(223), 350k £770 (220);
Kilrea farmer, 660k Lim
£1840 (279), 660k CH £1740
(264), 610k £1610 (264), 650k
Lim £1700 (262), 710k £1850
(261), 620k £1560 (252), 720k
£1800 (250), 710k CH £1770
(249), 710k AA £1680 (237),
600k FKV £1390 (232), 670k
£1480 (221), 630k Lim £1390
(221);
Toome farmer, 410k Lim
£1090 (266), 580k £1470
(253); Claudy farmer, 360k
CH £950 (264), 310k £800
(258), 300k Lim £760 (253),
320k CH £750 (234), 320k
Sim £750 (234), 310k CH £710
(229); Kilrea farmer, 300k
Lim £770 (257), 320k £790
(247), 380k £830 (218);
Cushendun farmer, 360k CH
£920 (256), 450k £1140 (253),
470k £1190 (253), 460k £1140
(248), 410k £1000 (244), 420k
£970 (231), 370k £780 (211);
Tobermore farmer, 450k
Lim £1150 (256), 420k £1050
(250), 440k Sim £1070 (243),
500k Lim £1140 (228);
Upperlands farmer, 290k
AA £740 (255), 390k £890
(228), 480k £1080 (225), 450k
£990 (220), 350k Her £770
(220), 370k £810 (219), 570k
AA £1250 (219), 380k £820
(216), 480k AA £1020 (213);
Toome farmer, 340k CH £840
(247), 430k £1060 (247);
Magherafelt farmer, 600k
CH £1460 (243), 470k £1110
(236); Bendooragh farmer,
550k AA £1330 (242), 390k CH
£920 (236), 530k AA £1240
(234), 490k £1070 (218), 400k
£850 (213); Ballymoney
farmer, 380k Lim £920 (242),
370k £820 (222), 410k £890
(217);
Bellaghy farmer, 630k BB
£1490 (237), 680k £1530
(225), 680k AA £1520 (224),
660k BB £1470 (223), 660k
£1440 (218); Kilrea farmer,
600k CH £1420 (237);
Portglenone farmer, 730k
Lim £1700 (233), 820k £1900
(232), 800k £1840 (230);
Ringsend farmer, 420k Lim
£970 (231); L’Derry farmer,
360k Lim £830 (231).
BALLYMENA SHEEP
1350 sheep presented last
week resulted in a steady
trade.
Fat hoggets sold to 552p for
4 CB 21kg £116 and to a top
per head of £135.50, Spring
lambs sold to 611p, for 2
Texels 21kg at £128.50 and
to a top per head of £140 for
27.5kg.
Fat ewes sold to £260.
FAT HOGGETS (445)
Top per kg - R Workman,
Kilwaughter 4 Cro 21kg £116
(552) I McDonnell, Portaferry
60 Cro 23kg £124 (539) B
Jamison, Ballymoney 21 Bf
23kg £122.50 (532) T Rea,
Larne 42 BF 23.5kg £123
(523) local farmer 16 Cro
19kg £99 (521)
H Morrow, Ballymena 4
BF 24kg £124 (516) H O’Neil,
Glenarm 1 Bel 26kg £134
(515) A Bell, Crumlin 11 Tex
23.5kg £121 (514) McAuley
Bros, Glenarm 6 Mul 24.5kg
£126 (514) J McCafferty,
Larne 1 Suf 18.5kg £95 (513)
N Millar, Randalstown
12 Tex 25kg £128 (512) K
Lavery, Randalstown 2
Tex 22.5kg £115 (511) R
Patton, Carrickfergus 2 Cha
22.5kg £115 (511) R Henry,
Kilwaughter 8 Suf 23.5kg £120
(510) S White, Cloughmills
12 Tex 24.5kg £125 (510)
N Millar, 10 Tex 24kg £122
(508).
Top per head - B Hamill,
Aughafatten 5 Tex 29kg
£135.50, R Workman,
Kilwaughter 1 Tex 39kg
£135, Hugh O’Neill, Glenarm
1 Bel 26kg £134, N Hamill,
Aughafatten 1 Tex 31.5kg
£133, I Morrison, Dunloy 3
Tex 29kg £133, E McErlean,
Portglenone 22 Tex 28.5kg
£133, local farmer 1 Tex £132,
A White, Ballymoney 2 Mul
33.5kg £132,
M Workman, 4 Mul
28kg £131.50, N Collins,
Aghadowey 10 Tex 26.5kg
£131.50, I Frew, Ballymena 2
Dor 31.5kg £130, K Wilson,
Ballyclare 27 Tex 30kg £130,
D Hume, Randalstown 3 Tex
29kg £130.
SPRING LAMBS (260)
Top per kg - I Morrison,
Ballymena 2 Tex 21kg £128
(611) R Taylor, Lisburn 4 Tex
21kg £128 (609) M & A Millar,
Ballymena 2 Tex 21.5kg
£129, T McConnell, Parkgate
12 Cha 21.5kg £129 (600) J
Irvine, Carrickfergus 5 Tex
20.5kg £123 (600) J Baird,
Islandmagee 2 Cha 21kg £126
(600)
J Hayes, Ballymena 18 Tex
21kg £125, I Adair, Antrim
15 Tex 22kg £130.5 (593) A
Coulter, Ballyclare 6 Cro
22kg £130 (590) S Flanagan,
Broughshane 2 Dor 21kg £124
(590) I Frew, Ballymena 3Dor
21kg £124 (590) R McKeown,
FARMWEEK
MAY 05 2022
Templepatrick 7 Dor 20kg
£118 (590)
B Kerr, Ballymena 7 Cha
19.5kg £115, N&J McKee,
Ballymullock 6 Dor 20kg
£117.50 (587) J Lowe,
Cookstown 22 Tex £129 (586)
J Baird, Islandmagee 9 Dor
21.5kg £126 (586).
Top per head - T
McConnell, Parkgate 12
Cha 27.5kg £140, N Brown,
Ballycastle 2 Tex 24kg £136,
M&A Millar, Ballymena 2 Tex
25kg £135, A Coulter, Doagh 9
Cro 23.5kg £135, B McAllister,
Kells 8 Cha 23.5kg £133, J
Lowe, Cookstown 4 Tex 23kg
£133,
M Denvir, Randalstown 8
Tex 23kg £132, A.S Millar,
Antrim 21 Cha 24kg £132,
M&A Millar, 5 Tex 27kg £131,
M Wallace, Dunloy 12 Tex
24kg £131.
FAT EWES (645) - First
quality Suff £150-£200; Tex
£180-£260; CB £100-£140; BF
£80-£120.
SAINTFIELD CATTLE
Larger entry of almost 500
cattle at last week’s sale,
sold to an excellent demand
for all types with a 100%
clearance.
FAT CATTLE - 85 fats
sold to £1600 for a 870kg
BB Cow, £184 per 100kg.
Other cows sold to £226
per 100kg - 620kg £1402 for
a Lim. Fr cows sold to yet
again another record trade
of £1428 for a 850kg, £168 per
100kg, with other Fr cows
from the same pen reaching
£188 per 100kgs - 690kg
£1298.
Leading Prices Ballywalter producer BB
Cows 870kg £184 £1600,
890kg £170 £1513, AA Cows
750kg £201 £1507, 790kg £172
£1358, 730kg £174 £1270,
Comber Producer HER
Bullocks 690kg £222 £1531,
650kg £218 £1417, 630kg £220
£1386,
Killinchy Producer Lim
Cows 760kg £190 £1444,
720kg £196 £1411, 670kg £200
£1340, SHB Cow 710kg £180
£1278, Annahilt producer
Fr Cows 850kg £168 £1428,
690kg £188 £1297, 680kg £187
£1271, Ballykinlar Producer
BB Bullock 650kg £218 £1417,
BB Cow 620kg £226 £1401,
650kg £214 £1391, 630kg £219
£1379, 630kg £210 £1323,
630kg £210 £1323, 600kg £215
£1290, 570kg £220 £1254,
600kg £188 £1128, 540kg £208
£1123, 510kg £220 £1122,
Crossgar Producer Lim Cow
710kg £195 £1384, Saintfield
Producer Lim Cow 610kg
£226 £1378, Lisburn Producer
Lim Cow 730kg £174 £1270,
Saintfield Producer Lim Bull
590kg £212 £1250,
Ballynahinch Producer
Sim Cows 680kg £178 £1210,
Ballynahinch Producer
BB Cow 670kg £180 £1206,
Ballygowan Producer AA
Cow 580kg £202 £1171,
Castlewellan Producer
Lim Cow 630kg £182 £1146,
Killyleagh Producer HOL
Cows 680kg £162 £1101, 620kg
£156 £967,
Killinchy Producer Fr Cow
650kg £162 £1053, Ballykinlar
Producer Fr Cow 620kg £169
£1047, Donaghadee Producer
Hol Cow 680kg £154 £1047.
BULLOCKS - 115 sold to
£1640 for a 600kg Lim (275)
with lighter sorts from the
same pen reaching £3 a Kg 470kg £1400 for a Lim.
Leading Prices -
77
Castlewellan producer Lims
600kg £1640, 630kg £1570,
470kg £1400, 450kg £1290,
500kg £1270, 450kg £1230,
Ballygowan producer Hers
630kg £1640, 680kg £1540,
610kg £1420, 590kg £1400,
Comber producer Chars
490kg £1410, 460kg £1310,
460kg £1255,
Strangford producer BBs
500kg £1370, 520kg £1340,
530kg £1260, 490kg £1250,
450kg £1200, 480kg £1190,
490kg £1185, 460kg £1145,
490kg £1135, 450kg £1120,
470kg £1090, 440kg £1070,
440kg £1060, 450kg £1040,
440kg £1000, 400kg £980,
410kg £980, 420kg £980,
400kg £970, 400kg £965,
390kg £900, 400kg £900.
HEIFERS - 110 sold to £1360
for a 540kg Char (252).
Leading Prices Castlewellan producer
Chars & Lims 540kg £1360,
550kg £1355, 500kg £1240,
510kg £1230, 500kg £1210,
490kg £1190, 470kg £1170,
450kg £1150, 400kg £1100,
430kg £1040, 400kg £1030,
Carryduff producer Chars
500kg £1290, 530kg £1240,
Strangford producer BBs
460kg £1110, 500kg £1070,
480kg £1060, 470kg £1050,
490kg £1050, 460kg £1040,
Crossgar producer Hers
460kg £1090, 440kg £1040,
460kg £1020, Comber
producer Lims 460kg £1060,
450kg £1040.
WEANLINGS - 140 sold to
£1450 for a 550kg Lim bullock
calf (264) with other bullock
calves selling to £1400 for a
490kg (285).
Leading Prices Downpatrick Producer Lim
Bullock calves 550Kg £1450,
370kg £1050, 380kg £1050,
Kircubbin Prodcuer Lim
Bullock Calves 490kg £1400,
380kg £1140, 400kg £1100,
320kg £980,
Ballynahinch Producer Lim
Bullock Calves 440kg £1140,
430kg £1105, 410kg £1080,
430kg £1055, 410kg £1050,
390kg £980, 380kg £960, Lim
Heifer Calf 390kg £960, Lim
Bullock Calf 330kg £940, Lim
Heifer Calves 400kg £910,
360kg £905, 380kg £900,
340kg £865,
Killyleagh Producer Lim
Bullock Calves 420kg £1140,
400kg £1090, 400kg £1060,
400kg £990, Lim Heifer
Calves 400kg £990, 330kg
£810, Dromara Producer
Char Bullock Calves 400kg
£1080, 400kg £1060, 400kg
£1040, 390kg £1010, 390kg
£950, 340kg £925,
Ballynahinch Producer Lim
Bullock Calves 400kg £1080,
400kg £1020, 350kg £900,
310kg £895, Downpatrick
producer Char Heifer Calves
480kg £1060, 370kg £1030,
Char Heifer Calves 380kg
£960, 370kg £950, 360kg
£950, 350kg £910, 330kg
£905, 340kg £885, 350kg
£885, 350kg £875, 330kg
£860, 320kg £850, 310kg £850,
320kg £840, 300kg £810,
310kg £805, 300kg £800,
Carryduff Producer Char
Bullock Calves 330kg £920,
310kg £870, Ballynahinch
Producer AA Bullock Calf
370kg £910, Lisburn producer
Lim Heifer Calves 300kg
£870, 290kg £860, Portaferry
Producer AA Bullock Calf
310kg £860, Lim Bullock Calf
300kg £850.
DROPPED CALVES smaller entry of calves sold
to £440 for a BB Bull & £435
for a BB Heifer.