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MARTWEEK
FARMWEEK
OCTOBER 28 2021
MARKETHILL CATTLE
A weekly total of 1590 cattle
for the week commencing
18th October culminated in
an entry of 860 store cattle,
weanlings and sucklers on
Saturday.
HEIFERS - 250 heifers
maintained a very firm trade
with beef heifers selling up
to £239 for 656k at £1565
from an Armagh farmer
followed by £234 for 730k
at £1715 from a Silverbridge
farmer. Main demand from
£215 to £233 per 100 kilos.
Forward feeding type
heifers from £220 to £244
for 596k at £1455 from a
Benburb farmer followed by
£242 for 588k at £1425 from
a Ballynahinch producer.
Good quality middleweight
heifers sold from £210 to
£252 for 410k at £1035 from
a Newtownhamilton farmer
followed by £242 for 470k
at £1145 from an Armagh
farmer.
Beef heifers - Armagh
farmer 656k £1565 £239.00;
Silverbridge farmer 732k
£1715 £234.00; Silverbridge
farmer 732k £1705 £233.00;
Silverbridge farmer 742k
£1715 £231.
Forward heifers - Benburb
farmer 596k £1455 £244.00;
Ballynahinch farmer 588k
£1425 £242.00; Ballynahinch
farmer 576k £1395 £242.00;
Ballynahinch farmer 560k
£1355 £242.00; Benburb
farmer 622k £1505 £242.00;
Loughgall farmer 596k
£1435 £241.00; Benburb
farmer 636k £1515 £238.00;
Ballynahinch farmer 584k
£1385 £237.
Middleweight heifers Newtownhamilton farmer
410k £1035 £252.00; Armagh
farmer 474k £1145 £242.00;
Kilkeel farmer 450k £1085
£241.00; Keady farmer 404k
£965 £239.00; Benburb
farmer 408k £945 £232.00;
Tandragee farmer 452k £1045
£231.00; Tandragee farmer
500k £1145 £229.
BULLOCKS - 280 bullocks
maintained a very strong
demand with beef bullocks
selling to £248 per 100 kilos
for 650k at £1625 from a
Rathfriland farmer followed
by £247 for 660k at £1635
from a Newtownhamilton
farmer. A Portadown farmer
received £243 for 688k at
£1675. Main demand from
£215 to £239 per 100 kilos.
Forward feeding bullocks
sold from £248 for 550k at
£1375 from a Jerrettspass
producer followed by £240
for 560k at £1345 from a
Waringstown farmer.
Good quality middleweight
bullocks sold from £220 to
£255 for 410k at £1045 from a
Portadown farmer followed
by £252 for 480k at £1225
from an Ardglass producer.
Good quality Friesian
bullocks sold from £170 to
£192 for 550k at £1065 from a
Poyntzpass farmer followed
by £189 for 580k at £1105
from a Katesbridge farmer.
Beef bullocks - Rathfriland
farmer 654k £1625 £248.00;
Newtownhamilton farmer
662k £1635 £247.00;
Portadown farmer 688k £1675
£243.00; Newtownhamilton
farmer 684k £1655 £242.00;
Newtownhamilton farmer
712k £1665 £234.00;
Newtownhamilton farmer
678k £1585 £234.00;
Tandragee farmer 672k £1565
DONEGAL VIEWERS: Cliodhna Mudoon and Martin McCafferty, Donegal, admiring an impressive
entry at the Beattie Valais Blacknose Sheep Sale at the Beattie Pedigree Centre, Omagh.
£233.
Forward bullocks Jerrettspass farmer 554k
£1375 £248.00; Waringstown
farmer 560k £1345 £240.00;
Tandragee farmer 628k £1505
£239.00; Dromore farmer
600k £1435 £239.00; Dromore
farmer 592k £1405 £237.00;
Ardglass farmer 506k £1195
£236.00; Ardglass farmer
502k £1185 £236.00; Ardglass
farmer 504k £1185 £235.00;
Dromore farmer 650k £1525
£235.
Middleweight bullocks
- Portadown farmer 410k
£1045 £255.00; Ardglass
farmer 486k £1225 £252.00;
Whitecross farmer 468k
£1175 £251.00; Armagh
farmer 494k £1235 £250.00;
Keady farmer 422k £1035
£245.00; Crossgar farmer
406k £995 £245.00; Armagh
farmer 500k £1225 £245.00;
Whitecross farmer 492k
£1185 £241.
Friesian bullocks Poyntzpass farmer 554k
£1065 £192.00; Katesbridge
farmer 582k £1105 £189.00;
Newtownhamilton farmer
578k £1065 £184.00;
Katesbridge farmer 556k
£985 £177.00; Dromore
farmer 660k £1155 £175.00;
Dromore farmer 586k £1025
£175.00; Newtownhamilton
farmer 584k £1005 £172.00;
Banbridge farmer 670k £1145
£171.
WEANLINGS - 290
weanlings sold in an
exceptionally strong demand
with good quality light males
from £240 to £307 for 248k at
£760 from a Dromore farmer
followed by £299 for 288k
at £860 from a Portadown
farmer. A Warrenpoint
producer received £294 for
272k at £800. Top price for
light males at £1110 for 374k
£297 from an Armagh farmer.
Strong male weanlings sold
up to £295 for 410k £1210 for
an Armagh farmer followed
by £267 for 412k at £1100
from an Armagh farmer.
Good quality heifer
weanlings sold from £230 to
£289 for 280k at £810 from
an Richhill farmer followed
by £278 for 266k at £740 from
a Lurgan farmer. Top price
£980 for 348k £282. Strong
heifer weanlings sold to
£252 for 408k at £1030 for a
Portadown farmer.
Strong male weanlings Armagh farmer 410k £1210
£295.00; Keady farmer 412k
£1100 £267.00; Armagh
farmer 440k £1110 £252.00;
Keady farmer 422k £1060
£251.00; Keady farmer 442k
£1100 £249.00; Rathfriland
farmer 406k £1010 £249.00;
Ballyward farmer 462k £1100
£238.
Light male weanlings
- Dromore farmer 248k
£760 £307.00; Portadown
farmer 288k £860 £299.00;
Warrenpoint farmer 272k
£800 £294.00; Armagh
farmer 374k £1110 £297.00;
Jonesborough farmer 302k
£870 £288.00; Armagh farmer
378k £1050 £278.00; Keady
farmer 300k £880 £293.00;
Rathfriland farmer 290k £840
£289.
Strong heifer weanlings
- Portadown farmer 408k
£1030 £252.00; Portadown
farmer 448k £1090 £243.00;
Ballyward farmer 432k £1000
£232.00; Keady farmer 430k
£990 £230.
Light heifer weanlings Richhill farmer 280k £810
£289.00; Armagh farmer 348k
£980 £282.00; Lurgan farmer
266k £740 £278.00; Lurgan
farmer 298k £800 £269.00;
Lurgan farmer 258k £690
£267.00; Portadown farmer
270k £710 £263.
In the suckler ring good
quality outfits sold to £1820
for a Char cow and bull calf
from a Glenanne farmer
followed by £1610 for a Lim
cow and heifer calf from a
Markethill producer. Several
more outfits sold from £1200
to £1580 each.
ARMOY SHEEP
A smaller show of 2,240
sheep last week met with
a much sharper trade as a
result.
The packed ring of
customers were eager for
store lambs and breeding
sheep, pushing store lambs
to over £100. Fat lambs sold
to £114, fat ewes to £130 and
breeding sheep to £240.
FAT LAMBS - S Hanna,
Ballymoney, 28kgs £114; M
Taggart, Bushmills, 30kgs
£112; G McIlroy, Ballycastle,
26kgs £110; Trevor Hanna,
Loughguile, 27kgs £110; Jas
McCormick, Armoy, 26kgs
£110;
Trevor Adams,
Armoy, 25kgs £110.50;
V McHenry, Torr, 25kgs
£110; P McNaughton,
Glenariffe, 26kgs £110; Sean
McCambridge, Ballyvoy,
25kgs £108.50;
Lyle McCormick, Armoy,
25kgs £108; Alistair
McGuckian, Cloughmills,
23kgs £107;
Richard Kane, Bushmills,
21kgs £106; John J McIntyre,
Cloughmills, 24kgs £106.
STORE LAMBS - Ian
Duncan, Rathlin, 16 Suff,
£100, 20, £89.50; D McMullan,
Glenariffe, 24 c/b’s £102;
Seamus Boyle, Dunloy, 18
c/b’s £97;
W Sharkey, Cushendun,
17 Chev, £98; Jas Duffin,
Martinstown, 16 Suff, £99, 35,
£99.50; Liam Devlin, Armoy,
76 Suff, £90.50; Sam Craig,
Ballycastle, 12 Suff, £93; Joe
MacNamee, Cushendall,
35 b/f, £84; Pat McBride,
Ballyvoy, 10 Suff, £99.50; B
Blaney, Cushendall, 60 c/b’s
£82;
Hugh McNeill, Cushendun,
50 b/f, £77.50; Jas McAuley,
Cushendun, 53 Easy care,
£81.50; Dessie McMullan,
Glenariffe, 24c/b, £89.50;
Maurice McVicker, Bushmills,
7 Tex, £98.50;
A Cassley, Armoy, 8 b/f,
£89.50; Trevor Butler,
Ballyvoy, 10 b/f, £86.
FAT EWES - R McCloskey,
Ballymoney, 6 Tex, £130;
John McKeague, Ballycastle,
16 Tex, £121; Noel McQuaid,
Ballycastle, 1 Blue, £108;Ian
McLean, Bushmills, 4 Tex,
£106;
Alan Archibald, Ballycastle,
Coleraine, 1 Char, £112;
J McGill, Ballycastle, 1
Tex, £115; Richard Kane,
Bushmills, 11 Tex, £92.
BREEDING SHEEP - J J
McCouaig, Ballycastle, 7
Ewes, £128, 8, £122; John
McKillop, Cushendall, Tex
Ram Lambs, £240, £230,
£240, £225; W Sharkey,
Cushendun, 3 Suff, £112,
£104.
SAINTFIELD CATTLE
Excellent entry of cattle
at last week’s sale, sold to
a steady trade. Top price of
£1611 for a AA heifer.
FAT CATTLE - Over 100
Fats sold to £1611 for a 810kg
AA Heifer, £199 per 100kg.
Cows sold to £1538 for a
980kg Her, £157 per 100kg.
Fr Cows sold to £1122 for a
850kg, £132 per 100kg.
Leading Prices Castlewellan producer AA
Heifer 810kg £199 £1611,
Hillsborough producer
Her Cow 980kg £157 £1538,
Saintfield producer AA Heifer
660kg £208 £1372,
Belfast producer Char
Cows 830kg £160 £1328,
780kg £169 £1318, 730kg £160
£1168, 730kg £148 £1080,
630kg £161 £1014,
Crossgar producer AA Cow
820kg £154 £1262, Carryduff
producer Lim Heifer 580kg
£208 £1206, Belfast producer
Her Heifers 560kg £214 £1198,
580kg £204 £1183,
Downpatrick producer
Fr Cow 850kg £132 £1122,
Dromore producer Lim Cows
570kg £194 £1105, 590kg £184
£1085, 530kg £194 £1018,
Hillsborough producer
Fr Cows 780kg £139 £1084,
730kg £148 £1080, 860kg £120
£1032,
Castlewellan producer
AA Cows 750kg £138
£1035, 710kg £140 £994,
Downpatrick producer Fr
Cows 700kg £140 £980, 720kg
£134 £964, 600kg £160kg
£960.
BULLOCKS - 165 sold to
£1480 for a 630kg Lim (235).
Leading Prices Castlewellan producer
Lims 630kg £1480, 600kg
£1360, 500kg £1260, Lisburn
producer BBs 680kg £1440,
590kg £1400, 600kg £1400,
610kg £1400, 580kg £1370,
630kg £1325, 630kg £1300,
620kg £1240, 600kg £1175,
Millisle producer AA 610kg
£1370, Ballykinlar producer
Chars 620kg £1340, 620kg
£1260, 540kg £1190, Belfast
producer Lims 570kg £1310,
550kg £1260,
Lisburn producer Lims &
Chars 490kg £1230, 490kg
£1210, 540kg £1190, 450kg
£1180, 500kg £1170, 500kg
£1130, 490kg £1125,
Dromara producer Lims
490kg £1200, 500kg £1290,
500kg £1190, 470kg £1160,
480kg £1160, 450kg £1060,
Ballynahinch producer Lims
530kg £1170, 500kg £1140,
490kg £1125,
Ballygowan producer
Chars 490kg £1140, 490kg
£1125, 480kg £1090, 450kg
£1070, 450kg £1060, Lisburn
producer AAs 470kg £1090,
450kg £1060, 460kg £1020,
Downpatrick producer
Chars 420kg £1010, 400kg
£1000, 410kg £1000, 420kg
£1000, 420kg £990, Saintfield
producer Lims 380kg £940,
350kg £925, 320kg £900,
300kg £865.
HEIFERS - 140 sold to £1340
for a 600kg Char.
Leading Prices Ballynahinch producer Chars
600kg £1340, 530kg £1300,
470kg £1100, Kircubbin
producer Chars 600kg £1300,
600kg £1255,b 570kg £1170,
550kg £1150, 560kg £1130,
550kg £1110, 500kg £1000,
Carryduff producer BBs
600kg £1290, 600kg £1120,
540kg £1060,
Kircubbin producer Lims
570kg £1230, 460kg £1115,
Castlewellan producer Lims
500kg £1160, 500kg £1140,
500kg £1130, 470kg £1080,
500kg £1080, 400kg £920,
Crossgar producer BB
600kg £1150, Downpatrick
producer Lims 540kg £1100,
450kg £1020, Newtownards
producer BBs 500kg £1060,
500kg £935, 520kg £925,
Crossgar producer Lims
490kg £1060, 460kg £1020,
440kg £975, 430kg £960,
400kg £905,
Saintfield producer
Hers 540kg £1015, 460kg
£945,450kg £910, Saintfield
producer Lims 350kg £895,
350kg £890, 360kg £890,
360kg £880, 330kg £850,
350kg £840, 320kg £800,
320kg £770, 330kg £770.
SUCKLED CALVES - 55 sold
to £1090 for a 380kg Char
Bullock, (287).
Leading Prices Downpatrick producer Char
Bullocks 380kg £1090, 350kg
£990, 320kg £925, Char
Heifers 330kg £910, 320kg
£870,
Lisburn producer Lim
Bullocks 390kg £1060, 360kg
£1040, 350kg £990, 350kg
£960, Lim Heifers 350kg £890,
320kg £855, 290kg £790,
Downpatrick producer
Char Bullocks 320kg £905,
320kg £890, 300kg £870, Char
Heifers 250kg £755, 230kg
£715.
DROPPED CALVES sold to
£480 For a Lim Bull.
Leading Prices - Saintfield
producer Lim Bulls £480,
£440, £390, Comber producer
AA Bulls £360, £330, £310, AA
Heifers £315, £295, £290,
Crossgar producer Fr Bulls
£290, £260, £240, Lisburn
producer AA Heifers £290,
£275, Fr Bulls £155, £130,
£105.
LISAHALLY SUCKLERS
Quality calves on show at
Lisahally. Prices as follows:
BULLOCKS - G McWilliams
£880/330kg, £760/290kg,
£750/320kg, £680/280kg,
R Thompson £790/320kg,
S Hegarty £790/260kg,
£750/270kg, £730/280kg,
£720/280kg, £700/310kg,
A Moore £780/280kg,
£670/270kg, £650/230k,
S Millar £780/260kg,
£680/220kg, R George
£770/320kg,
H Reilly £760/330kg,
£700/300kg, S Farrell
£760/320kg, £710/290kg,
£710/270kg, £710/270kg, E
Archibald £690/310kg,
B O’Kane £690/300kg,
W Lowry £680/300kg,
£680/310kg, £660/290kg,
R Wilson £680/270kg
and J Dalton £670/330kg,
£650/320kg.
HEIFERS - R Scott
£1030/780kg, H Reily
£880/340kg, £800/350kg,
£660/260kg, J Pollock
£800/290kg, £700/290kg
M O’Hara £790/340kg,
£750/360kg, £720/350kg,
£700/290kg,
E Quigley £750/430kg,
B Carton £740/260kg,
£740/240kg, £740/270kg,
W O’Hara £730/380kg,
£700/260kg, E Quigley
£730/390kg, A Moore
£710/240kg,
P Conway £700/290kg,
£690/280kg, £690/280kg, R
Nutt £690/330kg, M O’Hara
£680/290kg,
R Thompson £670/250kg,
£640/240kg, S Farrell
£660/290kg,
R Wilson £650/240kg,
£630/220kg, £630/260kg,
S Millar £640/250kg,
£620/220kg and B Carton
£630/240kg, £620/200kg.