16 February 2023 - Flipbook - Page 61
MARTWEEK
DUNGANNON CATTLE
Once again a super entry
of stock saw steers peak at
£1750 for 720kg Lim (243.00),
while heifers topped at £1410
for 640kg Char (220.00).
Fat cows cleared to £1240
for a 810kg Char (153.00).
Dropped calves cleared to
£460 BB Bull, while heifer
calves sold to £395 Lim.
Weanlings sold to a height
of £990 for 340kg Char Steer
(291.00), while weanling
heifers topped at £910 320kg
Char (285.00).
STEERS - prices remain
strong to peak at £1750 for
(243.00) presented by P
Quinn, £1660 700kg Char
(237.00), £1660 715kg Char
(232.00), £1575 670kg Lim
(235.00); T Roleston £1600
660kg Char (242.00), £1540
675kg Char (228.00); L Kerr
£1550 680kg Char (228.00),
£1320 575kg Par (230.00);
G H Carroll £1520 670kg
Char (227.00), £1480 630kg
Lim (235.00), £1470 630kg
Lim (233.00), £1400 610kg
Lim (230.00); J Holland £1280
510kg Char (251.00), £1250
510kg BB (245.00), £1220
530kg Char (230.00), £1190
515kg BB (231.00);
N McCaul £1270 555kg
Lim (229.00), £1180 515kg
Char (229.00); T Lockhart
£1230 535kg Char (230.00),
£1060 445kg Char (238.00),
£990 430kg Char (230.00);
E Conroy £970 425kg Char
(228.00), £940 405kg Sim
(232.00); K Hughes £870
370kg Lim (235.00).
HEIFERS cleared to a
height of £1410 for a 640kg
Char (220.00) presented by
F & P Oneill, £1340 580kg
Char (231.00), £1290 580kg
(222.00); T Walker £1400
590kg BB (237.00), £1260
550kg Lim (229.00); R
Newport £1060 470kg Lim
(226.00), £1050 475kg Char
(221.00), £1040 450kg Char
(231.00), £1040 455kg Char
(229.00);
T Lockhart £990 425kg
Char (233.00), £920 405kg
Char (227.00); S Donnelly
£950 435kg Sim (218.00);
K Lockhart £940 395kg
Char (238.00); T Magowan
£930 385kg Char (242.00),
£900 395kg Char (228.00);
P Mullan £920 400kg Char
(230.00), £890 380kg Char
(234.00).
Fat cows sold to £1240
for a 810kg Char (153.00)
presented by K Barnes,
£1140 730kg Char (156.00); P
Johnston £1150 535kg Char
(215.00).
DROPPED CALVES - prices
reached a height of £460 x
3 BB Bulls presented by R
Burns, £380 BB Bull; R Totten
£420 Char Bull; S Quinn £415
Char Bull, £360 Char Bull; J
Gervin £390 Lim Bull; E & D
Robinson £360 Her Bull;
M Bloomer £350 Lim Bull;
P McGee £340 AA Bull, £295
AA Bull, £290 x 2 AA Bulls;
Donmac Farms £330 BB Bull,
£290 BB Bull, £265 BB Bull,
£260 AA Bull; J Robinson
£280 BB Bull; C Elkin £270
AA Bull; C Weir £260 x 2 BB
Bulls, £250 AA Bull.
Heifer calves peaked at
£395 Lim presented by K
Talbot; R Burns £390 BB Hfr;
T Irwin £380 BB Hfr, £270 Her
Hfr; R Totten £380 Sim Hfr;
C Weir £280 BB Hfr, £260 BB
Hfr, £260 AA Hfr; Donmac
Farms £265 BB Hfr, £250 BB
Hfr; S Quinn £250 AA Hfr.
PACKING UP: Time to pack up! Alex Gourley, auctioneer, and sons Alex, Jn., and Robert
dismantle penning after the last sheep sale of the season at Aghanloo Showgrounds, Limavady.
WEANLINGS - A quality
entry of weanling saw prices
continue to hold firm with
male calves selling to £990
for a 340kg Char (291.00)
presented by T D Forbes,
£950 385kg Char (245.00),
£890 305kg Lim (289.00),
£790 290kg Char (272.00);
D Nelson £900 325kg Lim
(275.00);
K Barnes £900 305kg Char
(295.00), £890 325kg Char
(274.00); A O’Neill £900 285kg
Char (314.00), £900 300kg
Char (300.00); W & J Lucas
£890 295kg Char (303.00),
£860 290kg Lim (295.00),
£750 260kg Lim (290.00); J
Armstrong £850 340kg Char
(250.00); A Bowden £830
275kg Char (302.00), £790
270kg Daq (290.00);
K Watters £790 275kg Char
(288.00), £780 225kg Char
(345.00), £760 215kg Char
(350.00), £750 240kg Char
(310.00), £740 215kg Char
(343.00), £740 250kg Char
(296.00), £730 215kg Char
(335.00), £700 200kg Char
(345.00), £670 200kg Char
(328.00); J Gervis £760 270kg
Char (279.00).
Weanling heifers topped
at £910 320kg Char (284.00)
presented by A O’Neill, £900
310kg Lim (291.00), £850
290kg Char (292.00), £810
305kg Her (265.00), £710 x 2
210kg Lims (338.00); J Gervis
£900 235kg Char (380.00),
£870 305kg Char (284.00);
W & J Lucas £870 305kg
Lim (283.00), £820 320kg
Lim (255.00); M Nelson
£880 320kg Char (273.00);
D Nelson £870 345kg Lim
(253.00), £830 245kg Lim
(336.00); K Barnes £850
280kg Char (303.00), £800
240kg Char (332.00); M Givan
£670 225kg Her (299.00), £660
210kg Her (316.00).
BALLYMENA SHEEP
An entry of 2200 sheep last
week resulted in a steady
trade. Fat lambs sold to 502p
for a pen of 16 Texels 20kg
at £100.50 offered by Luke
Finlay, Glenwherry and to
a top per head of £119 for 8
Tex 29.5kg presented by L
Hamilton, B’shane.
Fat ewes sold to £152.
FAT LAMBS (1980)
Top per kg - Luke Finlay,
B’shane 16 Tex 20kg £100.50
(502), T Stewart, Cairncastle
22 Tex 20kg £98 (490),
Luke Finlay 4 Tex 20.5kg
£100 (487), N & J McKee,
Larne 26 Suff 20.5kg £99.50
(485), Colin Woodside,
Carrickfergus 52 Tex 21.5kg
£104 (483),
J McBride, Martinstown
15 Suff 20.5kg £99 (482),
Geoffrey Fleck, Kells 4
Tex 21.5kg £103.50 (481), C
O’Neill, Glenarm 5 Char 22kg
£105 (477), WJ Boyd, Larne
26 Tex 22kg £105 (477), GT
& RJ Smyth, Randalstown
19 Char 21kg £100 (476), A
Coulter, Doagh 8 CB 22.5kg
£107 (475),
J Fenton, Glarryford 9
Tex 21.5kg £102 (474), Craig
Smyth, B’shane 38 Tex 21.5kg
£102 (474), Ian Magee, Larne
3 Suff 20.5kg £97 (473), C
McAuley, Carnlough 21 Tex
20.5kg £97 (473), Samuel
Heaney, Ballyclare 10 Tex
21.5kg £101.50 (472).
Top per head - Louise
Hamilton, B’shane 8 Tex
29.5kg £119, C O’Neill,
Glenarm 5 Char 27kg £116,
TA Rodgers, Broughshane
1 Cv 40kg £115, Lucy
Calderwood, Dunloy 12 Tex
27.5kg £115,
Louise Hamilton,
Broughshane 25 Tex 28.5kg
£115, M Moffett, B’shane 9
Char 24.5kg £114.50, R Hoy,
Doagh 1 Tex 26kg £114,
Geoffrey Fleck, Kells 5 Tex
25.5kg £114, Ballylurgan
farm, Randalstown 8 Tex
26kg £114, Norman Millar,
Randalstown 18 Tex 27kg
£114,
Sharon White, Cloughmills
18 Tex 25kg £113, Louise
Hamilton, B’shane 25 Tex
27.5kg £113, A Somers,
Macosquin 20 Tex 24.5kg
£113, Philip Kerr, Cloughmills
43 Char 26kg £112, Norman
McAuley, Ballyclare 12 Tex
26.5kg £112.
FAT EWES (220) - First
quality Tex £100-£152; Suff
£100-£120; CB £80-£105; BF
£50-£68.
KILREA CATTLE
A super entry of 400 cattle
last week met an outstanding
trade with all types of stock
in demand. Steers to £1610,
heifers to £1340. Fat cows
and bulls to £1500.
FAT COWS (130 on offer)
- Kilrea Farmer, 660K, CH,
£1,440.00, (218.2), 690K, CH,
£1,500.00, (217.4), 580K, FKV,
£1,150.00, (198.3) Ballymena
Farmer, 670K, £1,270.00,
(189.6), 830K, £1,260.00,
(151.8) Ballymoney Farmer ,
570K, AA, £1,080.00, (189.5),
550K, AA, £1,000.00, (181.8)
Limavady Farmer, 670K,
SIM, £1,240.00, (185.1),
700K, LIM, £1,100.00, (157.1),
690K, LIM, £1,030.00, (149.3)
Ballymoney Farmer, 510K, ST,
£840.00, (164.7) Aghadowey
Farmer, 820K, FR, £1,120.00,
(136.6)
Rasharkin Farmer, 830K,
DR, £1,340.00, (161.4), 660K,
SIM, £990.00, (150), 820K,
MB, £1,170.00, (142.7), 760K,
FR, £1,000.00, (131.6) Kilrea
Farmer, 670K, LIM, £1,050.00,
(156.7)Toome Farmer,
540K, FR, £850.00, (157.4),
620K, HER, £890.00, (143.5)
Limavady Farmer, 600K, SIM,
£940.00, (156.7) Garvagh
Farmer, 500K, SH, £760.00,
(152)
Bushmills Farmer, 600K,
FR, £880.00, (146.7), 540K,
MB, £730.00, (135.2), 420K,
HOL, £510.00, (121.4)
Moneymore Farmer, 520K,
£750.00, (144.2), 650K,
£820.00, (126.2), 560K,
£680.00, (121.4), Ballymena
Farmer, 970K, FR, £1,390.00,
(143.3) Kilrea Farmer, 710K,
£1,010.00, (142.3)
Ballycastle Farmer,
590K, AA, £840.00, (142.4),
570K, AA, £770.00, (135.1),
560K, AA, £700.00, (125),
Ballymena Farmer, 760K,
LIM, £1,060.00, (139.5)
Limavady Farmer, 550K,
HOL, £770.00, (140), 700K,
HOL, £940.00, (134.3)
Coleraine Farmer, 600K,
£840.00, (140), 840K,
£1,130.00, (134.5) Callycastle
Farmer, 780K, £1,070.00,
(137.2), 610K, £790.00, (129.5)
Bushmills Farmer, 620K,
HOL, £840.00, (135.5) Dunloy
Farmer, 720K, £970.00,
(134.7), 800K, £970.00, (121.3)
Coleraine Farmer, 1040K, ST,
£1,380.00, (132.7), Macosquin
Farmer, 770K, AA, £1,020.00,
(132.5), 650K, AA, £840.00,
(129.2), 570K, AA, £730.00,
FARMWEEK
OCTOBER 28 2021
(128.1).
SUCKLER STOCK Ballyronan farmer, Lim Cow
with Lim Heifer calf at foot
to £1620.
HEIFERS - Claudy Farmer,
290K, SH, £700.00, (241.4),
280K, SH, £660.00, (235.7),
210K, CH, £440.00, (209.5),
Limavady Farmer, 230K, LIM,
£540.00, (234.8), 280K, LIM,
£640.00, (228.6), 230K, LIM,
£520.00, (226.1), 300K, LIM,
£670.00, (223.3), 260K, LIM,
£570.00, (219.2), 300K, LIM,
£650.00, (216.7),
Dungiven Farmer, 450K,
LIM, £990.00, (220), 460K,
LIM, £1,000.00, (217.4), 430K,
LIM, £920.00, (214), Maghera
Farmer, 610K, LIM, £1,340.00,
(219.7) Ballymoney Farmer,
410K, LIM, £890.00, (217.1),
360K, LIM, £730.00, (202.8),
390K, LIM, £790.00, (202.6),
330K, LIM, £660.00, (200)
Local Farmer, 520K, LIM,
£1,100.00, (211.5), 460K, CH,
£940.00, (204.3), 400K, LIM,
£800.00, (200) Kilrea Farmer,
600K, AA, £1,260.00, (210),
620K, CH, £1,270.00, (204.8)
Kilrea Farmer, 580K, BB,
£1,200.00, (206.9)
Coleraine Farmer, 530K,
AA, £1,090.00, (205.7),
550K, AA, £1,100.00, (200)
Ballycastle Farmer, 510K,
LIM, £1,040.00, (203.9),
530K, CH, £1,080.00, (203.8),
520K, CH, £1,040.00, (200)
Ballymena Farmer, 490K,
CH, £980.00, (200) Dungiven
Farmer, 440K, LIM, £880.00,
(200).
STEERS - Claudy Farmer,
230K, CH, £620.00, (269.6)
Coleraine Farmer, 580K, AA,
£1,380.00, (237.9), 570K, AA,
£1,290.00, (226.3) Maghera
Farmer, 620K, LIM, £1,470.00,
(237.1)
Ballymoney Farmer,
580K, CH, £1,350.00, (232.8)
Coleraine Farmer, 690K, LIM,
£1,600.00, (231.9), 690K, LIM,
£1,540.00, (223.2), 700K, LIM,
£1,550.00, (221.4), 660K, LIM,
£1,460.00, (221.2), 740K, CH,
£1,610.00, (217.6), 680K, LIM,
£1,450.00, (213.2), 690K, LIM,
£1,470.00, (213), 640K, LIM,
£1,350.00, (210.9), 690K, LIM,
£1,440.00, (208.7), 680K, LIM,
£1,400.00, (205.9), 720K, CH,
£1,470.00, (204.2)
Portglenone Farmer, 420K,
CH, £970.00, (231), 420K,
£900.00, (214.3), 420K,
£900.00, (214.3), 480K,
£970.00, (202.1) Cushendall
Farmer, 340K, SIM, £780.00,
(229.4), 460K, SIM, £1,040.00,
(226.1), 310K, SIM, £700.00,
(225.8), 360K, SIM, £790.00,
(219.4), 350K, SIM, £760.00,
(217.1), 360K, SIM, £760.00,
(211.1), 360K, SIM, £750.00,
(208.3), 390K, SIM, £800.00,
(205.1), 310K, ST, £620.00,
(200)
Kilrea Farmer, 700K, LIM,
£1,600.00, (228.6), 710K, CH,
£1,600.00, (225.4), 720K, LIM,
£1,600.00, (222.2), 610K, LIM,
£1,310.00, (214.8) Ballymoney
Farmer, 520K, LIM, £1,120.00,
(215.4), 450K, LIM, £940.00,
(208.9)
Macosquin Farmer, 530K,
LIM, £1,140.00, (215.1), 590K,
LIM, £1,250.00, (211.9),
560K, LIM, £1,140.00, (203.6)
Broughshane Farmer,
600K, AA, £1,260.00, (210)
Portglenone Farmer,
500K, LIM, £1,050.00, (210)
Limavady Farmer, 440K, AA,
£920.00, (209.1), 440K, AA,
£920.00, (209.1), 470K, AA,
£950.00, (202.1), 470K, AA,
£950.00, (202.1),
Ballymena Farmer,
500K, AA, £1,030.00, (206)
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Magherafelt Farmer, 560K,
AA, £1,140.00, (203.6)
Ballymoney Farmer, 450K,
LIM, £910.00, (202.2),
450K, LIM, £910.00, (202.2)
Ballymoney Farmer, 540K,
AA, £1,080.00, (200).
MARKETHILL SHEEP
An entry of 1650 sheep last
week maintained a steady
trade for fat lambs, store
lambs and cull ewes.
Good quality heavy lambs
sold steadily from £108 to
£117 each with top quality
pens selling from 440p to
467p per kilo for 24k at
£112 each from a Markethill
farmer, followed by 461p per
kilo for 24k at £110.50 each
from Poyntzpass producer.
An Annaghmore farmer
received 458p per kilo for
24.7k at £113 each.
Good quality middleweight
lambs sold readily from
460p to 503p per kilo for
20k at £100.50 each from an
Armagh farmer, followed
by 491p per kilo for 21.5k
at £105.50 each from an
Aughnacloy producer.
Light store lambs
continued to sell at
exceptionally high prices
from 570p to 669p per kilo
for 12.4k at £83 each from a
Ballykinlar farmer, followed
by 653p per kilo for 13.4k at
£87.50 each from a Newry
producer. A Ballykinlar
producer sold 13.4k at £86
each 642p per kilo.
Stronger stores sold from
490p to 550p per kilo for
17.1k at £94 each from a
Portadown farmer.
An entry of 200 cull ewes
sold to £125 each. All good
quality ewes sold from £90 to
£120 each.
HEAVY LAMBS - Markethill
producer 24k £112 467p;
Poyntzpass farmer 24k
£110.50 461p; Annaghmore
farmer 24.7k £113 458p; Moy
producer 24k £109.50 456p;
Tassagh seller 24.3k £110
453p;
Castlewellan producer
25.2k £114 452p; Armagh
farmer 25.4k £114.50 451p;
Cullyhanna seller 24.3k £109
449p; Newtownhamilton
farmer 24.3k £109 449p.
MIDDLEWEIGHT LAMBS
- Armagh farmer 20k £100.50
503p; Aughnacloy producer
21.5k £105.50 491p; Tynan
seller 20.2k £99 490p;
Markethill farmer 20.1k
£98.50 490p;
Mayobridge seller 21.5k
£105 488p; Dromara
producer 20.9k £102 488p;
Silverbridge farmer 20.2k £98
485p; Banbridge farmer 21.2k
£102.50 484p; Markethill
seller 20k £96.50 483p;
Markethill farmer 22k £106
482p.
LIGHT STORES Ballykinlar farmer 12.4k £83
669p; Lislea producer 13.4k
£87.50 653p; Ballykinlar
farmer 13.4k £86 642p;
Newry seller 14.6k £93.50
640p; Camlough farmer 12.6k
£79 627p; Ballykinlar farmer
15k £92 613p; Loughgilly
seller 14.4k £88 611p; Newry
farmer 15k £90.50 603p.
STRONG STORES Portadown seller 17.1k £94
550p; Mullaghbawn farmer
17.8k £93 523p; Warrenpoint
producer 19k £99 521p;
Annaghmore seller 17.7k £92
520p; Rathfriland producer
18.5k £96 519p; Portadown
farmer 17k £88 518p; Armagh
farmer 18.2k £94 517p.